Entertainment Weekly cited the film as one of the "13 must-see heist movies".
Day of the Wolves is a 1971 heist movie starring Richard Egan.
The episode parodies heist movies, in particular the Ocean's Trilogy.
At first the story was written as a heist movie, based on ideas of lucid dreaming and dream incubation.
Few would argue that Christopher Nolan's metaphysical heist movie was not visually special.
It's a shame, because heist movies used to be the smartest kind of action thriller.
And isn't that the point of heist movies - to offer a tantalizing glimpse inside the criminal mind?
But without an intricate caper that elevates robbery into art, a heist movie is a hollow affair.
The opening scenes of this fractious heist movie see him at his most acute.
Reservoir Dogs was a dialogue-driven heist movie that set the tone for his later films.