A quick search on Google will reveal a plethora of lists discussing the best heist movies ever made, the vast majority of which neglect to mention the outcome of the heist itself. With this list, it's not a question of which heist movies are the best. It's a question of which heists are the best in movies.

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Using the metric of whether or not the heist in each movie is successful and trawling through a mixture of non-conventional and classic heist movies, here are five of the best and five of the worst.

Best: Avengers: Endgame

The poster for Avengers: Endgame.

Heist movies don't usually involve time-traveling superheroes, but when they do, box office records get smashed. Quickly becoming a financial behemoth, Avengers: Endgame features one of the most elaborate heists of all time. Motivated by pure altruism, The Avengers set out to steal the infinity stones from the past.

The fact they succeed is a done deal before the film begins, despite the high stakes and bitter ending of the preceding movieInfinity WarNone of this changes the fact that The Avengers are successful in this crazy and over the top adventure.

Worst: Dog Day Afternoon

An image of Sonny walking away from a store in Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon is a classic example of a heist gone wrong. One important factor in a successful heist is choosing a target of high value. The bank that Al Pacino's character (Sonny) chooses to rob has next to no money in the safe. Another factor to consider in carrying out a successful heist is speed. In, out and gone in sixty seconds is the ideal framework.

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Sonny's attempt quickly spirals into a long drawn out hostage situation, complete with FBI agents and camera crews, all of thıs just to pay for his wife's sex change. Noble motivation? Yes. Clever planning and execution? Not so much.

Best: Die Hard 3

Although things go south toward the end of the movie for villain Simon Gruber, he is devastatingly successful in carrying out his planned heist - stealing gold from Fort Knox.

Through a series of terrorist attacks and a bizarre game of "Simon Says," the movie's villain kills two birds with one stone. He exacts revenge upon the protagonist for killing his brother (see the original Die Hard) while also distracting the New York police force from his heist. He dies at the end and our hero recovers the loot, but it all takes place after the fact.

Worst: Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Tarantino's feature debut is the story of a heist gone wrong. From an amazing cast to a solidly written script, the only thing bad about this movie is the execution of the heist.

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It's the greatest of the worst heists in movie history. The target is nothing more than a jewelry store, which is hardly the hit of the century, and in the process of botching the job, every single member of the gang dies. Throw into the mix an undercover police officer and it's clear that this dysfunctional group was doomed from the very beginning.

Best: Thunderbolt & Lightfoot

Clint Eastwood plays the part of Thunderbolt, a renowned thief on the run from his old gang. Jeff Bridges is Lightfoot, a drifter, amateur thief, and kindred spirit to Thunderbolt.

The pair meet by chance and form a fast friendship. The main crux of the movie is in Thunderbolt straightening out his problems with his old gang and leading everybody on a mission to rob the same bank from their first heist. While the plot is pretty thin and the movie shows its age, it's a gem mainly because it's one of Jeff Bridge's first major roles.

Worst: Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket is a rich and detailed story of existential angst and friendship, but at the heart of it is a heist within a heist. Recently released from a psychiatric ward, Anthony (Luke Wilson) is enlisted by his friend Dignan in his plans to become a career criminal.

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On their quest, they befriend one Mr. Abe Henry (James Caan), who sets them up with the task of robbing a cold storage building. Being idiots, Anthony and Dignan take the bait and with their crew, carry out a hilariously bungled robbery. While they are failing miserably, Mr. Abe Henry clears out the home of the wealthiest member of Dignan and Anthony's crew.

Best: Inception

There are many different interpretations regarding the ending of Christopher Nolan's Inception and the man himself has stated it should be interpreted however the viewer chooses. Given the open-ended nature of the film, it's impossible to categorize it as a success or failure, as it's both.

Here, in the best category, Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Cobb, pulls off the Inception and returns home to his children (minus the grief of causing his wife's suicide).

Worst: Inception

The cast of Inception on the poster

Inception's ending never actually resolves the question of whether or not the mission is a success. Instead, it leaves the audience guessing, making the heist simultaneously successful (see previous entry) and an abject failure.

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Cobb not only fails to pull off the dream heist but also gets so lost in his guilt about his wife's suicide that he becomes permanently lost in a deeper level of the dream, never to return. Thankfully for Cobb, it's clear that he doesn't care about which reality he is in. Regardless, it deserves its equal positioning in the category of Worst heists.

Best: The Italian Job

Inspired by a friend's failed heist, Charlie Croker (Michael Cain) puts together a team to rob an armored security truck full of gold. Although the ending is somewhat unresolved and is quite literally a cliffhanger, Charlie and the gang do pull off the job.

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From tampering with the city's traffic light system and CCTV, screwing over the Mafia and escaping the city in disguises, Croker and his gang are artists with driving skills worthy of the race track. A must-see for anybody that has somehow managed to miss this one, the heist in The Italian Job is possibly the best on this list.

Worst: Welcome To Collinwood

Welcome To Collinwood Russo Brothers

Before Joe and Anthony Russo were directing successful heists, they were directing failed comically bad heists. Welcome to Collinwood is a solid slapstick misadventure. The plan is as simple as the gang - break into an apartment, break down the false wall that connects it to a jewelry store, and crack the safe.

Things do not go to plan, as it might be expected, and besides their outdated map of building layout, they also manage to blow themselves up - a definite must-watch for anybody in need of some sweet schadenfreude.

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