The 15 Best Heist Movie Villains

Smooth talkers, loose cannons and men who own the vault: the people standing between a crew and the money make or break a heist film.

1. 1
   Don Logan

   Ben Kingsley's terrifying enforcer who bullies a retired safecracker back into one last job in Sexy Beast (2000).
   1000pts
2. 2
   Bodhi

   Patrick Swayze's surfer-guru leader of the Ex-Presidents bank robbers in Point Break (1991).
   647pts
3. 3
   Hatchet Harry

   P.H. Moriarty's porn-king loan shark who rigs a card game to start the chaos in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).
   629pts
4. 4
   Bats

   Jamie Foxx's trigger-happy, unpredictable crew member in Baby Driver (2017).
   584pts
5. 5
   James Coughlin

   Jeremy Renner's volatile, loyal-to-a-fault bank robber in The Town (2010).
   542pts
6. 6
   Willy Bank

   Al Pacino's ruthless Las Vegas hotel magnate targeted by Danny Ocean's crew in Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
   414pts
7. 7
   Hans Gruber

   Alan Rickman's suave thief posing as a terrorist to rob Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard (1988).
   414pts
8. 8
   Darren Cross

   Corey Stoll's tech CEO turned Yellowjacket, the target of the shrinking-suit heist in Ant-Man (2015).
   414pts
9. 9
   Mr. Blonde

   Michael Madsen's sadistic robber who turns a botched jewel heist into a bloodbath in Reservoir Dogs (1992).
   414pts
10. 10
    Mal

    Marion Cotillard's projection of Cobb's dead wife who sabotages every dream heist in Inception (2010).
    341pts
11. 11
    Hernan Reyes

    Joaquim de Almeida's corrupt Rio businessman whose vault is dragged through the streets in Fast Five (2011).
    341pts
12. 12
    Waingro

    Kevin Gage's psychopathic crew member whose killings unravel Neil McCauley's plans in Heat (1995).
    341pts
13. 13
    François Toulour

    Vincent Cassel's gentleman thief the Night Fox, who challenges Ocean's crew in Ocean's Twelve (2004).
    257pts
14. 14
    Terry Benedict

    Andy Garcia's cold casino owner whose vault Danny Ocean's crew targets in Ocean's Eleven (2001).
    159pts
15. 15
    Buddy

    Jon Hamm's charming robber who turns into a relentless hunter in Baby Driver (2017).
    159pts

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