Rififi

Rififi

1955
Suspense/Thriller, Crime
1h 58m
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Rated 17 Dec 2006
75
50th
The big heist sequence is expertly done, and the scene at the end is great too. The rest of the film, however, is mostly standard noir fare. It's good, but it pales when viewed next to the two aforementioned set pieces, and I thought it was actually a little boring at times. That heist sequence, though... hoo boy. I could watch that shit all day.
Rated 02 Sep 2012
90
95th
The close shots of sweat-coated faces were stunning. Beautifully framed photography permeated right through, and into a final act that resolved - and crumbled - in a regressing cycle of tiny thwarting misfortunes. Thrilling and exquisite - a truly great heist film.
Rated 03 Oct 2007
100
99th
Very few sequences can top that of the heist here. But my favorite moments in the film might be those that immediately precede the heist. Three of the four gang members leave their respective women before Dassin jarringly cuts to a low-angle shot of Tony backlit with glaring floodlights. Beautiful sets the tone for the remainder of the film.
Rated 21 Dec 2006
6
99th
The preeminent heist film. The narrative is measured to meticulous contour, a master class of rising and falling action. Enter Tony le Stephanois, utterly down-and-out, and the perpetually grey and rain-slicked criminal underworld. Behold the jewel store robbery, a silent and extended set piece as methodical and suspenseful as anything Hitchcock ever filmed. Finally a deterioration into tragedy of Greek proportion, the film never relenting its bleak disposition.
Rated 13 Feb 2007
4
70th
The parabolic shape of the narrative creates a film with depth in both storytelling and character development; from the opening shots of the film, the underworld portrayed is hopeless and despairing, and nothing is ever done to contradict these initial moods. This is one of those noirs that's grounded more in documentary-style cinematography, using bleak, rainy Paris as a backdrop to reflect its moods. Masterful.
Rated 05 Jan 2009
5
96th
A near perfect heist film, and the standard against which all other movies of this nature should be measured. A quarter of the film plays out in (near) silence, and it's one of the most nerve-wracking sequences I've ever seen committed to film. My hands hurt from wringing them so hard! Very well made.
Rated 04 Jul 2009
95
98th
Clearly, Rififi set a benchmark for future heist-movies. Nevertheless, it still got a bunch of startling scenes that can make your jaw drop. It can't be said often enough how much tension is created without words during the actual heist-scene. Another impressive scene is the final scene when the excellently narrated story finds its climax - storytelling-wise as well as filmmaking-wise. 04/07/09
Rated 31 Jan 2009
9
90th
Set the tone for future heist films like "The Killing" or "Heat" (which were IMO better), but Rififi is amazing on its own: exciting, entertaining and gripping, a true classic. "Wake up, you bastard, I don't want you to miss anything". Bam!
Rated 08 Dec 2006
84
81st
The first act kind of drags, but the second act features a spectacular 33-minute dialogue-free heist sequence. The third act again drags a bit at first, but works up to a tense and thrilling end.
Rated 09 Sep 2015
85
90th
Fantastic, groundbreaking heist movie. I just wish it had more interesting characters.
Rated 02 Jan 2007
85
81st
The long silent heist scene is both the film's crowning moment and it's primary weakness. The execution of that scene is exquisite but its pacing is so completely jarring with the rest of the film that I found it hard to stay focused through it. It also stumbles a tiny bit towards the end, but on the whole it's well worth watching.
Rated 23 Dec 2009
92
96th
One of the two best heist movies along with Heat I have ever seen only this one was engineered in 1955. Sadly the heist movies of today are all flawed and depend mostly on jumping thru the laser lines in the vault room or overriding voice recognition coded, finger print coded security systems and a lame love story. The heist directots of today who can't understand why they fail to build proper tension and emotion despite such scenes, should study Rififi first.
Rated 27 Jul 2010
8
88th
Dark, dreary Paris; in this film a shower of deep shades of black and grey. A notorious, immoral underworld of doom and gloom, and inevitably death (and with it, failure). The perfect heist does not exist, the minute details, the promise of glory and riches unknown to the common man (and its seeming immortality) are all illusions. We know it, the crooks know it, but somehow they still search and try their hand, always coming up with a bitter fate. The best heist scene ever.
Rated 18 Nov 2010
92
92nd
Rififi is a dark and moody movie. The characters, the city, the way silence is used all help make the atmosphere in Rififi wonderfully dark and gritty.
Rated 20 Jan 2009
90
90th
An extremely well crafted Heist/Noir movie. The actors that played the four robbers are absolutely fabulous and make a very compelling crew. The actual robbery scene literally had me on the edge of my seat and really got my heart beating. But after that section of the movie it started to lag a bit for me, but was still irresistible to watch.
Rated 25 Nov 2012
81
86th
Superb location photography, great characterisation and a definitive heist sequence make this a must-see noir. The taut narrative and risque interaction between the underworld characters hasn't dated, but the inevitable tragedy for all involved felt like a product of its time.
Rated 08 Aug 2010
92
93rd
Great heist film, yes. But it's Stephanois who makes the movie. One of the greatest characters ever put on film.
Rated 18 Oct 2010
78
89th
Very good heist film with an excellent cast, great style, and some remarkable sequences. The final portion followed formula a little too closely, but for the most part this was an excellent movie offering a very human portrayal of the criminal world.
Rated 30 Jul 2012
85
75th
Certainly a heist movie. The basic plot points are about what you'd expect and I found it quite reminiscent to Bob le Flambeur, only with less engaging characters. Where this movie finds its footing is in the architecture of individual scenes/sequences. The famous dialogue-free heist and the overall look of the film elevated the material so it felt fresh. The style was noticeable but not intrusive.
Rated 02 Jun 2010
88
88th
For every piece of this that's aged poorly, there's another that's striking in its vitality. The "simplicity" of the heist just heightens the tension and focus of the job, while the initial nonchalance of the criminal partnership quickly shatters, and plain domesticity becomes consuming. Tony's violent misanthropy finally finds answers, in a swell of repressed, desperate feeling, in the glorious and wild closing sequence.
Rated 24 Feb 2013
85
80th
The half-hour long, wordless heist scene at the centre of the film is astonishing and absolutely riveting stuff. I know the ending is also highly praised by some though I found it overblown and even contrived compared to what preceded it. Still, most of the stuff surrounding the heist is well handled and even on its own the heist itself is enough to make the film rather special.
Rated 23 May 2015
84
77th
A straight-forward film about this heist and its repercussions, but it's still a compelling watch due to some great acting from Servais as the grizzled old crim and Möhner as the cocky young crim. The excellently tense heist scene, that goes on forever, is the highlight of the film, though the fantastic title song in the night-club is a close runner-up. I love how the ending is just like "Yep. There ya go."
Rated 15 Dec 2011
94
97th
It's great to see a heist film where the robbery isn't the only shining moment. That's not to say that the second act's heist isn't brilliant -- it's an absolute thrill that appears to have established tradition of crime film since. But the third act is just as, if not more, tense, and the film concludes at it's absolute best. Starting at good and steadily building into fantastic, there's no wonder why this film has had such a vast influence on the genre.
Rated 08 Feb 2007
75
89th
Excellent film.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
90
92nd
I'm supposed to like this film, everything about it says, "you know, NilkyNarfy, I think you'd like this film. It's got French dudes smoking and being dickish antiheroes, a lefty director, grit, novelty, 1337 camera skillz, horrible child acting and lots of choc-- blood." So, I do like it, but I'm not sure if I only like it because I think I should, or because it's good. I've only seen 5 minutes of Naked City. If I finish that, my dassin counter should be calibrated and I can have an opinion.
Rated 02 Feb 2011
90
87th
I'm giving this a bit of a benefit of the doubt as I suspect that I anachronistically didn't appreciate a few things.
Rated 12 Sep 2015
85
80th
I think it has a bit too much going on; every time you think the movie's gonna end it throws another plot point at you. But to be fair, the story is fascinating and suspenseful. That heist without dialogue or music was more suspenseful than I thought it'd be!
Rated 13 Jan 2009
87
74th
Near perfect heist thriller, with one of the best robbery sequences ever. With uncanny depth, Riffi is a crowning achievement in the crime genre.
Rated 07 Dec 2014
5
93rd
Dassin's fatalistic heist thriller features one of cinema's finest moments; the breath-taking central robbery scene. It would, however, do the film a horrible injustice to solely focus on that, in the process pushing aside its most enduring quality, a deeply affecting story of inevitability, an unavoidable march towards doom.
Rated 19 Jul 2016
87
95th
A very nicely assembled crime caper, built around the core of a perfectly executed heist sequence. If a couple of the characters don't stand out, it's a minor flaw. Tense and compelling, and well worth seeing.
Rated 18 Jul 2018
95
87th
The only weakness of this movie is that the kid is a dumb annoying little shit.
Rated 27 Jun 2011
81
78th
One or two mixed bag elements, the ending was especially iffy. My biggest gripes are a couple things that make no logical sense, making plans over the phone while never really actually giving a where or when, and a mother pulling her child out of a crashed car while leaving her dying brother-in-law there without a second thought. The actual lead up to and heist it's self are utterly awesome. Good watch, not to be ignored.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
71
53rd
# 578
Rated 19 Sep 2011
88
97th
Technically perfect, entertaining as hell, and it contains the greatest heist sequence ever filmed. What's not to love?
Rated 27 Dec 2012
70
76th
An entertaining film. Also, nicely shot with fun little details here and there. Still, I don't think the plot was very original. The film might have been first of its kind but seeing it now, after watching dozens of other similar crime movies, failed to impress me in any way.
Rated 18 Aug 2013
88
89th
Nice rough, cancer ridden lead traipses through a jail term and into a 30 or so minute, silent heist. That kind of originality from a film made 58 years ago is what's so impressive with Rififi. Shows the high watermark of societies moral leanings in it's ending compared to say, Oceans 11. An ending which I was expecting to be shot in a more objective fashion than the subjective exploration that was exhibited. From the era, that leaves an after-taste of appreciation on my behalf.
Rated 09 Mar 2008
85
88th
A bit long (as is the celebrated heist scene, or so says I). But generally absorbing nonetheless.
Rated 17 Oct 2012
85
90th
A heist movie as cool as they come. With nice, hard b&w cinematography. The proceedings leading up to the break-in and the characters are very well presented.
Rated 18 Apr 2007
91
87th
Stephanois is a rififi hahahahahahahahaha
Rated 21 Jan 2016
92
85th
Great heist sequence with 32 minutes of glorious silence
Rated 08 Dec 2012
5
81st
The dank and damp, unappealingly risque, devoid of heroes Parisian underworld of this film is so far removed from the Hollywood pictures of the 1950's it's like a cold, hard, sexy slap in the face.
Rated 24 Dec 2013
4
52nd
a good enough heist film with an excellent heist scene, but it felt all too run-of-the-mill to be great. the sympathy was nice to see, although it was only given to the 'good' criminals. why the bad guys were supposed to be any worse than the good guys is beyond me.
Rated 17 Mar 2016
90
85th
Our Daily Free Stream: Jules Dassin - Rififi (engl. subt.). Dassin interessiert sich mehr für die menschlichen Aspekte: Was geschieht zwischen den Gangstern nachdem sie ihren Lohn erhalten haben? Rififi funktioniert vorzüglich als Parabel und ich denke, das ist die eigentliche Intention Dassins... die ganze Rezension sowie die für uns faszinierendsten franzöischen Thriller der 50er/60er als Film List verpackt
Rated 07 Dec 2008
68
70th
Very nice, but most of it is in every way milder than Dassin's masterpiece Night and the City. The acting, for instance, leaves much to be desired. The last fifteen minutes are absolutely classic.
Rated 17 Jan 2011
60
42nd
- recommended
Rated 07 Dec 2014
80
63rd
Stilig noir som hovedsaklig er minneverdig for selve ranscenen halvveis ut i filmen. Holder på spenningen i 30 minutter uten noen form for dialog eller stemningsmusikk, noe som må sies å være veldig godt gjort. De forskjellige hovedrollene ikler rollene sine på anstendig noir-vis, og den tragiske avslutningen står i stil med alt som skjer før.
Rated 17 Feb 2012
80
85th
soygun, kuyumcu soygunu, mücevher soygunu, soygun cetesi, polis, intikam (dört kisilik soygun cetesi aklina bir bankayi soymayi koymustur. Kusursuz plan insani zaaflara takilacaktir. )
Rated 28 Feb 2012
84
81st
The centerpiece heist scene is amazing, the way sound is used in that sequence really heightens the tension. The rest of the film is very good as well, I thought most of the characters were pretty strong. Besides a few minor things I disliked about it, I think it's a great film overall.
Rated 14 Dec 2013
87
84th
The tension in the last minutes turn the movie into something almost unbearable to watch.
Rated 10 Nov 2013
90
93rd
Just for that heist sequence alone...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
92nd
Gritty and compelling. The extended heist sequence, in particular, is excellent.
Rated 08 Mar 2011
95
95th
The mother of all heist pictures, probably the greatest of all heist pictures.
Rated 24 Nov 2013
48
17th
Poor man's Reservoir Dogs. The heist scene is good though, but the rest is a boring mess. I couldn't follow who killed who and why.
Rated 01 Feb 2017
60
47th
Parts of it are thrilling and awesome, the other parts not so much.
Rated 29 Nov 2017
90
94th
Standard noir plot elevated by Servais and an amazing wordless heist scene. Always methodical, yet unobtrusive in style.
Rated 05 Dec 2012
68
85th
Really enjoyable.I'm no film student but the way this film was shot stands out even to me,uncultured oaf that I am.The silent robbery is fantastic.Watch it!
Rated 03 Feb 2015
100
96th
One of the best heist movies ever made.
Rated 13 Oct 2007
98
92nd
What a great film. Even if you don't like film noirs, I recommend watching this simply for the amazing (very long and very silent) heist sequence.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
89
89th
A great heist film and a great character piece. And the silent heist sequence is one of the most intense things I've ever seen. Really great stuff.
Rated 14 Jun 2011
91
93rd
perfectly blended both neorealism and film-noir.
Rated 07 Jan 2007
88
97th
Absolutely classic film noir. Worth seeing especially for the gripping half-an-hour heist scene without any dialog or music.
Rated 26 Dec 2006
84
92nd
The theft part alone puts this among the greats.
Rated 18 May 2009
100
95th
This may very well be the best heist picture I have ever witnessed. I am taken aback by just how suspenseful and how exciting this movie gets, even though the characterizations often seem shallow, and even though I'd like to see every career criminal taken out and shot
Rated 10 Jul 2016
93
89th
A heist film where each part (before, during, and after) all play - and get - equal importance. Interesting characters and something that is surprisingly unpredictable.
Rated 10 May 2016
71
87th
A beautifully taut, suspenseful, flawlessy crafted piece of genre film making. The heist sequence, which unfolds economically without dialogue or music, is a model of cinematic storytelling.
Rated 01 Jan 2015
42
30th
Charming but too slow and boring.
Rated 23 Apr 2018
83
70th
The heist scene was mesmerizing, but the film as a whole didn't stand out, probably due to the shallow characters and dull acting.
Rated 09 Jan 2009
60
39th
Sober and elegant filmmaking (with a surprisingly dizzy final scene), but not all that interesting.
Rated 30 Jan 2012
85
95th
This is a really cool French crime film. The heist scene itself was awesome. I loved how meticulous they were (both the characters and the filmmakers). That's only half the film though - the rest is the consequences of the crime. It ended up being far more exciting and suspenseful than I anticipated. I really enjoyed it overall. It also shows how the French were leagues ahead of the US in terms of pushing the envelope content-wise.
Rated 15 Jul 2021
96
99th
The best heist movie of all time. Incl. the most memorable half an hour without supporting score. A stunning restoration of the film is must to see.
Rated 29 Dec 2012
70
81st
Very entertaining until the famous heist scene, after which it loses it's direction and turns very generic. Apparently Jules Dassin decided to cut huge swaths from the original novel and it shows.
Rated 11 Oct 2018
80
80th
Louise: "You're not the only one that had an unhappy childhood, there are millions like you, and, in my eyes, they are the tough ones, not you!"
Rated 26 Oct 2018
8
85th
The famous 30-minute near-silent heist scene is spellbinding and inventive (tools used include a fire extinguisher and an umbrella) but the less talked-about senseless third act that follows is almost as good. So bleak, too, that the most likeable character is still a woman-beating piece of shit.
Rated 20 Jan 2020
90
91st
Dassin,dönemin oldukça meşhur bir janr’ı olan american film-noir’i bir anlamda fransız sinemasının yeni dalga akımıyla harmanlamış ve ortaya cidden nefis bir iş çıkmış.film özellikle dramatik yapısıyla da amerikan türdaşlarından biraz ayrılıyor.bize hollywood örneklerine nazaran daha karamsar bir atmosfer sunuyor.ayrıca yaklaşık 35-40 dakika süren, sıfır diyalog ve müzik içeren soygun sahnesinde gerilimi sonuna kadar hissediyorsunuz.
Rated 04 May 2020
82
83rd
In the aftermath of a perfect crime everything unravels due to a simple mistake. Rififi seems to represent a similar mood later applied by Melville in his crime films: cold, calculated characters/motives/actions culminating in disaster.
Rated 05 May 2020
80
73rd
The trio of heist films (Asphalt Jungle, Rififi, and Le Cercle Rouge) sit as pillars of excellence in the genre. Rififi is set-up, gorgeously executed heist, and downfall in three acts. I love watching professionals excel with this cold calculation. More heart than Melville's take, but just barely.
Rated 16 Jul 2020
60
69th
The grandfather of all heist films. The half hour heist with no dialogue and no music was riveting.
Rated 01 Jan 2021
85
90th
Definitely lives up to its reputation as one of the purest heists ever filmed - no action, no guns, not even any dialogue, just an almost Bressonian focus on the details. The second half shows why this was initially a Melville project, with the honorable lone wolf setting out to make things right.
Rated 02 Jun 2021
60
58th
ger; [rififi]; ein Einbrecher plant einen coup - doch dies erfordert Zusammenarbeit aller Beteiligten.; (viel atmosphäre);
Rated 21 Oct 2021
99
97th
As influential on the heist movie as GOLDFINGER was to action, this is also just damn fine, beautifully constructed entertainment, with not a wasted second in the set-up (mini-portraits of each character in the first act give a simple, sharp outline of what their particular stakes are), before the breathless mid-section takes over and grips hard, followed by Servais' sad decline in maintaining his almost samurai code of honour (the best of a terrific cast). Just an outstanding film.
Rated 13 Mar 2022
77
52nd
02.17 Hobbit
Rated 27 Apr 2022
70
76th
good movie
Rated 01 Jul 2022
95
99th
Doesn't put a foot wrong at any step. That heist is worth the hype.
Rated 11 Oct 2022
50
42nd
Already seen The Asphalt Jungle, The Killing, and/or Le Cercle Rouge? Probably needn't see this one.
Rated 04 Nov 2022
96
96th
loved the details in the story: the connection of the characters to one another, the planning of the heist, the caper itself and most of all the manner in which the gang meets it's demise.
Rated 11 Jan 2023
85
80th
Coming to this many decades after release you find that the plot doesn't differ much from the heist movies you know and love, but even today it's told well. It's not really about feeling for the characters, it's feeling the impact of the decisions they make. The heist scene has depth and is filmed quite a bit differently (and silently) than many heist sequences, so that's cool. Fun watching everything fall apart afterward too. Shot well. Tense.
Rated 23 Dec 2023
86
86th
Cracking gritty heist yarn with an excellent score by Auric.

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