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Art Heist Flicks

Many fiction and non-fiction movies have been made about the theft of art over the years. Here's a list of stolen art movies that are sure to capture your attention.

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  • Three museum security guards scheme to steal pieces of art they love from the museum they worked at after being transferred to another museum.
    DVD, 2009[United States] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009. — DVD MAIDEN
  • A young, handsome millionaire thinks he's pulled off the ultimate heist, until the beautiful insurance investigator shows up.
    DVD, 2005[Los Angeles, CA] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, c2005. — DVD THOMAS
  • Based on a true story, museum directors, curators and art historians are put into a platoon during WW2 in order to find art stolen by Nazis.
    DVD, 2014[United States] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]. — DVD MONUMENTS
  • An art auctioneer becomes mixed up with criminals, steals a painting, then cannot remember where he put it.
    DVD, 2013[United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2013. — DVD TRANCE
  • True story of the multi-billion dollar collection of art owned by Dr. Albert C. Barnes that was stolen from his foundation after he died.
    DVD, 2010New York : IFC in Theaters : MPI Media Group, c2010. — DVD 708.148 ART
  • Mona Lisa Is Missing

    Piecing Together the True Story of the Man Who Stole the Masterpiece

    In 1911, the Mona Lisa is stolen and kept for two years by the thief. Why?
    DVD, 2014[New York] : Virgil Films & Entertainment, 2014. — DVD 759.5 MONA
  • A 14-part series on the thefts of some of the world's greatest pieces of art, including Munch's The Scream and Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.
    DVD, 2015[Silver Spring, Maryland] : Athena, [2015] — DVD 364.16287 ART
  • A Jewish refugee from World War II fights to get back the portrait of her aunt, painted by Gustav Klimt, that was stolen by the Nazis.
    DVD, 2015New York, NY : Weinstein Company, [2015] — DVD WOMAN
  • The story of the Nazi plundering of art in Europe during World War II.
    DVD, 2008[Venice, CA] : Menemsha Films, [2008], c2007. — DVD 364.16287 RAPE
  • A documentary series (six episodes currently available on Kanopy) about famous pieces of art that have been stolen over the years.
    Streaming Video, 20143DD Group, 2014. — Streaming Kanopy Video