Heist Movies Worth Watching After ‘Collision Course’ on Netflix
‘Collision Course’ arrives on Netflix on October 30 as a Spanish thriller from director Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. Set during the financial crisis, it begins when robbers storm a bank in Madrid, and what looks like a routine robbery becomes a game of deception, fear and survival. The cast includes Laia Costa, Karra Elejalde, Luis Zahera, Álvaro Cervantes, Tamar Novas and Lluís Homar.
Anyone searching for movies like ‘Collision Course’ will find the closest matches in heist stories where a plan unravels and trust is tested. The picks below draw on heist rundowns from Netflix’s own Tudum and from Paste. Paste notes that the genre runs from silly fun to dark and gritty. Each title shares a piece of what makes the Madrid thriller tick.
‘Heat’
Michael Mann’s crime epic stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer, and Paste points to its idea of the cop and the robber as two sides of the same coin. That tension suits a film where, according to Netflix, no one is quite who they appear to be. Paste also highlights the large shootout at the center of the story.
‘Reservoir Dogs’
Quentin Tarantino’s debut premiered at Sundance in 1992 and follows the aftermath of a botched diamond heist, with the robbery itself never shown. The film cares more about the fallout than the job, which mirrors how ‘Collision Course’ treats its robbery as the start of a larger game. Viewers who enjoy a crew turning on itself will find plenty to chew on here.
‘Triple Frontier’
Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Pedro Pascal and Ben Affleck play Delta Force veterans who reunite to steal money from a South American crime lord. An unforeseen turn complicates a job that should be straightforward, leaving the men questioning themselves and each other. That slow erosion of trust is exactly the kind of pressure ‘Collision Course’ promises.
‘The Rip’
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play leaders of a Miami narcotics team who find millions of dollars in a safe house and are required to stay and count every bill. As outside forces learn about the seizure, the team has to survive the night and each other. It is a contained, pressure cooker setup that should appeal to fans of tense single location thrillers.
‘Army of the Dead’
Zack Snyder’s film mixes a heist with zombies, as mercenary Scott Ward, played by Dave Bautista, is offered a chance to steal money from a casino vault in a Las Vegas about to face a nuclear strike. Paste called it frustrating and only occasionally entertaining, though it credited the film with some truly gnarly zombie action. It suits viewers who want their heists loud and chaotic.
‘Wheelman’
Frank Grillo plays a getaway driver in this Netflix exclusive, which runs barely eighty minutes and keeps its camera almost entirely inside his BMW. Paste praised the claustrophobic tension and the practical car stunts, though it felt the film loses some momentum once the story leaves the car. It rewards viewers who like their thrillers lean and fast.
‘Dragged Across Concrete’
Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn play suspended cops who, desperate for cash, decide to rob a professional thief, and the plan spirals into a violent confrontation with a group of assassins. Paste called it an effective, pulpy crime thriller shaped by S. Craig Zahler’s stark and slow filmmaking.
If a heist story that grinds its characters down is what you want from ‘Collision Course’, which of these crews would you send into that Madrid bank first, and why?
