This caper film invariably involves a group of criminals pooling their resources together to perform a robbery or heist, usually with each member contributing a specified skill (the explosions expert, the marksman, the strong arm) crucial to the job, with the hope of a big payoff that will allow the criminals to fulfil their idea of the American Dream. The terse looks around a laid-out blueprint of a bank or jewelry store, the mastermind criminal assembling a motley crew of career felons, the co-ordinated wristwatches and perfected timing in executing "the job," the fatal flaw that brings the culprits to justice... these are all ingredients to the most viable of crime genres, the caper film. Often there is tension within the group dynamics, contributing to the difficulty of working in harmony to pull off the caper and usually resulting in double-crosses and/or the gang's downfall. The caper film flourished during the original film noir period of American cinema, with films like The Asphalt Jungle setting the standard for later works such as The Killing and Odds Against Tomorrow as well as inspiring the crime dramas of the French (Rififi, Bob Le Flambeur). Caper films can also be solely whimsical in nature (The Lavender Hill Mob, Big Deal On Madonna Street, Bottle Rocket), and some notable later entrees (Reservoir Dogs, The Usual Suspects) have blended black humor and suspense to good effect.

Featured Films:

Rating	MPAA	Year	Title
	PG13	2009	Duplicity
	PG13	2008	Mad Money
	R	2008	The Bank Job
	R	2008	RocknRolla
	PG	2007	National Treasure: Book of Secrets
	PG13	2007	Ladron Que Roba a Ladron
	PG13	2007	Flawless
		2007	Priceless
	PG13	2007	Ocean's Thirteen
	PG	2006	The Pink Panther
	PG13	2005	Into the Blue
	PG13	2004	The Perfect Score
	PG13	2004	Ocean's Twelve
	PG13	2004	After the Sunset
	R	2004	Bandido
	PG	2004	National Treasure
	R	2004	Criminal
	R	2003	Nicotina
	PG13	2003	The Italian Job
	PG13	2003	Matchstick Men
	R	2003	Icemaker
	R	2003	The Good Thief
	PG	2003	Catch That Kid
	R	2003	Milwaukee, Minnesota
	PG13	2003	The Big Bounce
	R	2002	Stealing Sinatra
	R	2002	Steal
	R	2002	Rip It Off
	R	2002	Stark Raving Mad
		2002	Bedwin Hacker
	R	2002	Welcome to Collinwood
	R	2002	The Hard Word
		2002	Kaante
		2002	This Thing of Ours
	R	2001	Swordfish
	R	2001	Heist
	PG13	2001	Ocean's Eleven
		2001	Extreme Honor
		2001	Windfall
	R	2001	3000 Miles to Graceland
	R	2001	The Score
	R	2001	Nine Queens
	PG13	2000	Gone In 60 Seconds
	R	2000	Honest
	R	2000	Snatch
	PG13	2000	Where the Money Is
	R	2000	The Opportunists
	R	2000	Reindeer Games
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