It’s hard to deny — this week’s audacious Louvre heist has captured the public imagination like few other crimes in recent memory .

But instead of planning a caper for yourself, a good heist movie is probably the best way to feel that vicarious thrill.

In that spirit, we’ve put together some of the best titles in the genre and where you can watch them — focusing on Louvre-adjacent heists of things, instead of simply money. (That is, with a few fudged honourable mentions.)

Contemporary capers

From left, scenes from The Mastermind, The Gold and Crime 101. (Mubi/The Associated Press, Paramount+, Amazon MGM)

Extremely loosely based on the Worcester Art Museum heist in Massachusetts in 1972, the Josh O’Connor art theft film documents the exploits of a disaffected man who attempts to

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