Rififi - 7

Best heist movie ever? Quite possibly. This 1955 film was made by Jules Dassin (who also did Night and the City) in France following his being black listed from Hollywood (how's that for a Jeopardy answer). The story follows a recently released thief and his friends and hired safe-cracker as they plan a heist to steal jewelry worth over 200 million dollars. The 33 minute heist scenes are done in complete silence with only the noise that the thieves make, the feel is that you are right there, trying not to get them caught. It soon turns into a film noir when the technically excellent heist meets the human elements of humiliation and greed. The film shows well the fallibility of the characters as well as there moral stamina in trying to commit crime without hurting people, which may be impossible. The film is a classic that most contemporary heist films imitate.