# What is the best Michael Mann movie?

> Neon-soaked heists and obsessive professionals span four decades, from cult early work to late-career swings. Which will win?

*By YPB Team · Published August 12, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-michael-mann-movie*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Heat** — 100% (3 votes · score 1000/1000)
   His 1995 crime epic pairing Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in a legendary cat-and-mouse duel.
2. **The Insider** — 0% (0 votes · score 503/1000)
   A 1999 drama about a tobacco whistleblower and the news show that nearly buried his story.
3. **Blackhat** — 0% (0 votes · score 503/1000)
   The 2015 cyber-thriller following a convicted hacker hunting a global cybercrime network.
4. **Manhunter** — 0% (0 votes · score 436/1000)
   The stylish 1986 thriller that first brought Hannibal Lecter to the screen.
5. **Collateral** — 0% (0 votes · score 435/1000)
   The 2004 thriller with Tom Cruise as a hitman commandeering a Los Angeles cab driver.
6. **Ferrari** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   His 2023 biopic of Enzo Ferrari during the brutal 1957 racing season.
7. **Ali** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2001 biopic with Will Smith as Muhammad Ali across a defining decade.
8. **Miami Vice** — 0% (0 votes · score 356/1000)
   The 2006 feature reinvention of the TV series, shot in gritty digital nightscapes.
9. **Public Enemies** — 0% (0 votes · score 261/1000)
   The 2009 gangster drama with Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger.
10. **The Keep** — 0% (0 votes · score 261/1000)
   His atmospheric 1983 supernatural horror film set in a Romanian fortress.
11. **Thief** — 0% (0 votes · score 145/1000)
   His 1981 debut feature starring James Caan as a safecracker chasing one last score.
12. **The Last of the Mohicans** — 0% (0 votes · score 145/1000)
   His sweeping 1992 frontier epic set during the French and Indian War.

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