Rififi

The poster completely misrepresents this movie. If you think "jewel heist" with that poster you might think "The Hot Rock", "Raffles", "The Thief Who Came to Dinner..." Comedy dramas? Well there's no doubt this is a stone cold classic, with a good (but not IMHO fantastic) 32-minute silent robbery sequence. But what raised it to a classic in my view is its jet-black film noir sensibility. The central character may be a "man of honour" but he's also a brutal thug. The film's emotional weight comes as you watch a malign fate stalk and destroy the gang. And for me the best scene is not the robbery, but the her's final journey to the end credits...

A must see. Simply the best heist movie of all time.

Great movie, with one of the best robbery sequences, no dialogue, well in the movie they speak little, they don't need it

I finally saw Rififi and because of the comments, the overall rating and score everywhere and the recommendations, I was waiting WAAAAY more that what it was. The stealing sequeance was cool, not gonna lie; particulary because there were like 20/25 minutes of no-dialogue. Besides that, the movie itself doesn't shine on any front. Plot was meh, same as the research/stealing parts of the movie. Acting was very "old timer's" of course, so imo no-one stood out. Grim ending, also quite classic to old movies. For me is barely a 4; and just because I have seen worst robbery movies

The original title of the film is Du Rififi chez les Hommes.