Movies and TvShows featuring "art-theft" theme.
In the present, a teenage girl reads a memoir about the Grand Budapest Hotel, a once-glorious establishment in a war-torn country. The story follows the hotel's lobby boy, Zero, and the eccentric concierge, Gustave, as they navigate a murder accusation, theft, and a chase with an assassin. Amidst the chaos, they uncover the truth and Gustave is proven innocent. The story ends with the hotel's decline and Zero's dedication to preserving its memory.
When a valuable painting is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a billionaire art thief and a determined insurance investigator engage in a mind game with high stakes. As the investigation unfolds, the lines between trust and deception blur, leading to a surprise ending.
Retired archaeologist Judith Potts lives alone in a faded mansion in the peaceful town of Marlow, filling her time by setting crosswords for the local paper. During one of her regular wild swims in the Thames, Judith hears a gunshot coming from a neighbour's garden and believes a brutal murder has taken place.
Three years after the Bellagio heist, Terry Benedict finds the Ocean's eleven crew and demands they return his money with interest. With only two weeks to repay the debt, Danny Ocean and his team plan another heist in Europe to steal a valuable stock certificate. However, a rival thief known as the Night Fox is also after the same object, leading to a challenge to determine the better thief. Agent Isabel Lahiri, a detective with a personal connection to one of the crew members, tries to stop them. Despite setbacks and captures, the team manages to outwit their rivals and successfully complete the heist. In the end, they reunite for a poker night and celebrate their freedom.
Fletch is accused of murder and works to clear his name. At the same time, he embarks on a mission to find his girlfriend's stolen art collection.
An insurance agent, Virginia Baker, is sent by her employer to track down and capture an art thief named Robert MacDougal. She tries to entrap him by posing as an art thief and offers him a challenge to steal a priceless Chinese mask. They plan the theft at Mac's hideout, an isolated castle, but little does Gin know that Mac can hear their conversations. After successfully stealing the mask, Mac accuses Gin of planning to double-cross him, but she convinces him that she has an even bigger heist planned. They target a bank in Kuala Lumpur, but their plans are foiled by building security. Gin and Mac manage to escape and agree to meet at a train station, but Gin reveals that she still needs Mac for another job.
A woman named Maria Altmann, who fled to America during World War II, seeks to reclaim a painting by Gustav Klimt known as the Woman in Gold. The painting was stolen from her family by the Nazis and is now displayed in a museum in Austria. With the help of a young lawyer, Maria embarks on a legal battle against the Austrian government to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her family.
In Gambit, a Texan art curator teams up with a con artist to seek revenge on his abusive boss. Their plan involves stealing a valuable painting and replacing it with a forgery. As they execute their scheme, unexpected twists and turns ensue, leading to a surprising and comedic conclusion. This dark comedy combines elements of crime, caper, and heist genres.
In 1943 during World War II, the Monuments Men, a group of museum directors and art historians, embark on a mission to save art treasures from being lost or looted. They face challenges from both the Allied forces and the Germans. Along the way, they encounter resistance from a curator in Paris, collaborate with resistance fighters, and find hidden caches of artwork. Despite the risks and setbacks, they succeed in rescuing and preserving vast quantities of art. Decades later, their efforts are celebrated and the impact of their sacrifice is appreciated by future generations.
Twist is a modern-day reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist. The movie follows a young graffiti artist named Twist who gets caught up in an art theft orchestrated by a notorious gang. As Twist navigates the criminal underworld of London, he must use his parkour skills and street smarts to stay one step ahead of the police and the dangerous gang.
A bumbling but lovable gendarme is assigned to Saint-Tropez, where he gets involved in various comedic misadventures and attempts to solve a case of a stolen painting.
School of Thieves follows an inept con artist who poses as a bank guard in order to steal a valuable piece of art. However, his plans go awry when he is betrayed by his partners in crime.
In 2023, Alexia, Tam and Sylia are reunited in the City of Light after many years apart. At the same time, a work of art that belonged to their father – who had died ten years earlier in a mysterious fire at his art gallery – reappears in a prestigious exhibition at the Eiffel Tower. The sisters decide to risk everything to steal the painting, in the hope that they will finally solve the mystery of what happened to their father.
Roger, an accomplished headhunter, steals art to keep financially afloat. When presented with the opportunity to recruit Clas Greve, a former elite soldier and CEO with a valuable painting, Roger sees it as a chance to solve his financial problems. However, Greve is playing his own games and Roger's life takes a drastic turn when he discovers something in Greve's house, forcing him to go on the run.
Set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, 'The Train' tells the story of a train engineer who becomes involved in a plot to steal precious artworks from a museum before they fall into the hands of the Germans. As he navigates through danger and betrayal, he must race against time to save the priceless treasures.
In the glamorous yet cutthroat world of the Los Angeles art scene, a supernatural force starts killing people involved in the exploitation of art. As an art critic, an artist, and an art dealer cross paths, they must confront their own greed and dark desires to survive.
During a hurricane in Puerto Rico, a group of thieves takes advantage of the chaos to plan and execute a heist. As a retired cop and a doctor try to protect their apartment building and its residents, they must confront the dangerous gang.
In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.
Reykjavik-Rotterdam is a thrilling action movie about a former sailor named Kristofer who, after being released from prison, is tempted to return to his criminal past. He gets lured back into a dangerous smuggling operation involving art theft, drugs, and betrayal. As the plot unfolds, Kristofer finds himself caught in a web of danger and intrigue as he navigates through the criminal underworld of Reykjavik and Rotterdam. With a cargo ship, a helicopter, and the fate of his life hanging in the balance, Kristofer must make difficult choices to survive.
In this action-packed comedy, a group of skilled thieves from Korea team up with an expert safecracker from Hong Kong to pull off the ultimate diamond heist in Macau. As they plan and execute their daring scheme, they face unexpected obstacles and twists. Will they be able to outsmart their enemies and get away with the loot?