The Best Great Heists Documentaries

True Crime - 72 free documentaries about great heists.

Start with The Un-Perfect Crime: America’s Dumbest Heist (101 min, Real Stories), then The $18.8 Million Armored Car Heist: Phil Johnson's Bold Gamble (26 min, Wonder). All 72 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on great heists is The Art of the Heist by Myles J Connor Jr..

• The Un-Perfect Crime: America’s Dumbest Heist (101 min, Real Stories)
• The $18.8 Million Armored Car Heist: Phil Johnson's Bold Gamble (26 min, Wonder)
• $70k Lost in a Day | How to Rob a Bank (47 min, VICE)
• The Lufthansa Heist (S1, E4) (43 min, HISTORY)
• Inside The $28M Goodfella's Lufthansa Heist: Jimmy "The Gent" Burke (46 min, Real Crime)
• The Pierre Hotel Robbery (S1, E2) (42 min, HISTORY)
• The Albuquerque Bank Heist: Oso Blanco Robbery (50 min, Real Stories)
• Armored Car Heist: New Hampshire's Most Brutal And Infamous Crime (97 min, Real Stories)
• Deadly Heist: The Brothers That Stole $333K (50 min, Real Stories)
• The Loomis Gang: How $17 Million Vanished In One Night (101 min, Wonder)
• Seattle’s “Hollywood” Bank Robber | The FBI Files (50 min, Real Crime)
• Inside the Town of Bank Robbers: These Professional Thieves Turned Into Killers (44 min, Real Crime)
• Where Did The $10 Million Go? Inside the Genius 1976 Nice Bank Heist | Daring Capers (26 min, Wonder)
• London Bank Robbery Goes Haywire (S1, E8) | History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan | Full Ep (42 min, HISTORY)
• Uncovering the Van Gogh Museum Heist | Stealing Van Gogh (60 min, Real Crime)
• Uncovering The Shocking $10 Million Heist By A Corrupt Cop (68 min, Wonder)
• She Stole Identities For Years Without Getting Caught (45 min, Real Crime)
• The Biggest Heist in US History: Why Jimmy Burke Murdered Everyone (92 min, Real Crime)
• Masterminds: The Boldest Bank Robbers Of All Time | Greatest Crimes Of All Time (48 min, Real Crime)
• Bank Heists and Mass Killers: History's Greatest Crimes (96 min, Real Stories)
• The Most Violent Bank Robbery Of The Century (50 min, Wonder)
• The Manhunt for Taiwan US$2.78m ATM Heist Hackers | Inside The Great ATM Heist - Part 2/2 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Mob Heist of Nixon's Millions (43 min, HISTORY)
• FBI Catches The World's Smartest Robber (He Never Even Entered the Bank) (44 min, Real Crime)
• Lufthansa Heist: The Most Intense Mob Betrayal in History (46 min, Real Crime)
• The Robber the FBI Couldn’t Catch Until This One Mistake (99 min, Real Crime)
• The USPS Scandal: Inside the Great Postal Heist (94 min, Real Stories)
• God Stole My Sister (40 min, Real Stories)
• Vincenzo Peruggia: The Louvre Employee Who Stole The Mona Lisa (86 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• $4.5 Million Gone! New York's Most Expensive Heist Of All Time (102 min, Wonder)
• 1+ Hour Of $1.5 Million Money Heists Of The Century (75 min, Wonder)
• $$ Millions Stolen In World's Most Expensive Heists (101 min, Wonder)
• Trapping the Most Dangerous Bank Robbery Crew in America (44 min, Real Crime)
• Perfect Couple For The Perfect Heist (47 min, Real Crime)
• The Greatest Art Heist Of The 21st Century (59 min, Real Stories)
• The $60 Million Knightsbridge Jewel Heist: Valerio Vichi’s Epic Robbery (75 min, Wonder)
• Crime Stories: Dumbest Bank Robbers, Counterfeit Strongholds, World's Gangs (47 min, Free Documentary)
• He Stole a Cop's Identity to Fly Commercial Jets (28 min, Real Crime)
• The Largest Bank Robbery in US History: Inside The $8,000,000 Heist (149 min, Wonder)
• Global Manhunt To Catch The Elusive Con Artist, The Queen Of Jewels | Daring Capers (25 min, Wonder)
• Caught on CCTV: This Convicted Killer Stole a $4 Million Fortune (29 min, Real Crime)
• She Stole $45,000 From Donors While Pretending to Die (28 min, Real Crime)
• The Most Genius Robbery in America (And They Almost Got Away With It) (99 min, Real Crime)
• How One Man Stole $18M & Lived a Double Life (44 min, Wonder)
• This $6 Million Heist Was Actually a Setup (28 min, Real Crime)
• Inside The $3 MILLION Louvre Heist (86 min, Real Crime)
• $200 Million Heist: How One Man Pulled Off the Biggest Drug Deal of All Time (91 min, Real Crime)
• The One Mistake That Brought Down a $20 Million Heist | Daring Capers S1 E3 (26 min, Wonder)
• The Untold Story of The Millennium Dome Heist: Britains Most Daring Robbery (46 min, Our History)
• The Cursed $8 Million Heist No One Could Escape Away With (26 min, Wonder)
• The Real Story Of "The Town": FBI Task Force Hunts Boston's Most Dangerous Bank Robbers (44 min, Wonder)
• The Infamous Man That Robbed A Train Then Broke Out Of Prison | Daring Capers S1 EP07 (26 min, Wonder)
• Why The World's Biggest Bank Heist Failed (28 min, Real Crime)
• The Greatest Art Heist In History | Daring Capers S1 EP1 (26 min, Wonder)
• From Robber To Redemption: Notorious Gangster Transformation (43 min, Wonder)
• The Man Who Stole $4,000,000 Through Fraud | Scammed S1 EP4 (20 min, Wonder)
• Waldy & Bendy | Season 5 | Episode 06: Robberies, parties and nudes (56 min, ZCZ Films)
• The Silver Thief Who Stole From The Stars | Daring Capers S1 EP2 (26 min, Wonder)
• How a Drunk Dare Became a $1 Million Bank Heist (43 min, Wonder)
• America's Biggest Heist On a Robbery-Proof Gallery (42 min, Wonder)
• The Greatest Heists: Five Criminal Masterminds Who Stole Over $275 Million (46 min, Wonder)
• Real Expert Bank Robbers Escape Through Secret Tunnel | Daring Capers S2 EP5 (25 min, Wonder)
• How These Thieves Stole Millions of Cash In The 50s | Daring Capers S2 EP1 (25 min, Wonder)
• The Female Bank Robber Who Committed 20 Bank Heists (42 min, Wonder)
• How a Security Guard Pulled Off a $7 Million Wells Fargo Heist (42 min, Wonder)
• The Fat Bandit: The 300lb Mastermind Behind 7 Unbelievable Bank Heists (42 min, Wonder)
• This Man Stole One Of The Largest Gems In The World | Daring Capers S1 EP9 (26 min, Wonder)
• The Biggest Heist in US History: The Great Brinks Robbery (42 min, Wonder)
• How One Man Stole Thousands From An Unsuspecting Family | Scammed S1 EP7 (20 min, Wonder)
• Jewel Thieves Target Movie Actress's Diamond In Grand Hotel Heist | Daring Capers (26 min, Wonder)
• Staging A Deadly Heist To Steal Thousands In Insurance | Daring Capers S2 EP7 (25 min, Wonder)
• The WWII Soldier Who Stole Royal Jewels | Daring Capers S2 EP6 (25 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Great Heists

1. The Art of the Heist by Myles J Connor Jr. - View on Amazon
2. Flawless by Scott Andrew Selby - View on Amazon
3. The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson - View on Amazon
4. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel - View on Amazon
5. The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser - View on Amazon