Items27The creator’s order
  1. 1The Silent Partner (1978)The Silent Partner (1978) 7.4/10 on IMDbReleased Sep 7, 1978Start here for a Toronto bank clerk who sees a robbery coming and decides he can turn it to his advantage. Miles Cullen’s colleagues know him as quiet and predictable, which makes his choices surprising to the people closest to him. The movie gives Elliott Gould time to make you wonder what Miles…0
  2. 2Set It Off (1996)Set It Off (1996) 6.9/10 on IMDbReleased Nov 6, 1996Choose this for Frankie, a teller who loses her job after a robbery and ends up working with three friends. You see what being dismissed does to her before she takes part in a heist herself. The movie gives each woman a reason to join, so Frankie’s bank experience is only part of what holds the…0
  3. 3Dog Day Afternoon (1975)Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 on IMDbReleased Sep 21, 1975Pick this for a Brooklyn branch whose staff have to live through a standoff while a crowd and the police gather outside. Manager Mulvaney and head teller Sylvia get room to respond as the hours pass. Their impatience and humor help you feel how familiar work becomes a day nobody knows how to end.0
  4. 4The Lookout (2007)The Lookout (2007) 6.9/10 on IMDbReleased Mar 9, 2007Try this for a bank janitor whose job is one of the few steady parts of his life after a serious crash. Chris gets pulled into a planned robbery by people who offer him friendship. The movie takes enough time with his daily routine for you to care what the plan could take away from him.0
  5. 5Cash on Demand (1961)Cash on Demand (1961) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased Dec 20, 1961Choose this for a strict branch manager who has to lean on employees he usually keeps at a distance. Peter Cushing plays a man who is used to treating any break in routine as a personal failing, and an unexpected visitor makes that habit matter. The close quarters turn ordinary office conversations…0
  6. 6Intimidation (1960)Intimidation (1960) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased Mar 23, 1960Choose this compact Japanese noir for a bank manager under pressure and a resentful colleague he has long underestimated. A missed promotion gives the underling something personal to bring to the standoff. At just over an hour, the movie has time for both men to change how you read the other.0
  7. 7The Town (2010)The Town (2010) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased Sep 15, 2010Pick this for Claire Keesey, a bank manager whose life after being taken hostage becomes part of the story. You know something about her new acquaintance that she doesn’t, which makes their quieter scenes as tense as the robbery. It’s the choice if you want the branch worker’s experience to carry…0
  8. 8Inside Man (2006)Inside Man (2006) 7.6/10 on IMDbReleased Mar 17, 2006Try this when you want a bank robbery whose version of events keeps shifting as people leave the building. The branch workers become witnesses, while bank chairman Arthur Case worries about what the police might learn. Spike Lee gives you time with the different accounts instead of staying beside…0
  9. 9Experiment in Terror (1962)Experiment in Terror (1962) 7.3/10 on IMDbReleased Apr 12, 1962Choose this for Kelly Sherwood, a bank teller who has to keep going to work after a man threatens her and her sister. Blake Edwards follows how she handles that fear while working with an investigator. The quiet scenes pay off if you want the teller’s pressure to matter more than the money.0
  10. 10Aankhen (2002)Aankhen (2002) 7.4/10 on IMDbReleased Mar 27, 2002Try this Hindi-language caper for a former bank manager who turns his dismissal into a grudge against his old workplace. The three men he recruits have their own reasons to hear him out. Amitabh Bachchan's intensity holds the caper together even as the men he picked start pushing back.0