Heat

Heat (1995)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (59 reviews)

  • 92% of users liked it
    (186,649 ratings)

A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs,… More

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Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Dec 15, 1995 Wide
Warner Bros.

Critic Reviews

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    Heat occupies an exalted position among the countless contemporary crime films.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Robert De Niro's last great role before he devoted himself to self-parody.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    This is simply the best American crime movie -- and indeed, one of the finest movies, period -- in over a decade.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    As Heat progresses, its sensational looks pale beside storytelling weaknesses that expose the more soulless aspects of this cat-and-mouse crime tale.

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    Michael Mann and a superlative cast have taken a classic heist movie rife with familiar genre elements and turned it into a sleek, accomplished piece of work, meticulously controlled and completely involving.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    In what is arguably one of the finest heist movies in history, "Heat" pits two acting heavy-weights in Robert De Niro and Al Pacino against one another. One is a professional thief, so well seasoned that he has avoided the law for as long as he can probably remember. The… More

  • Dan S


    A riveting, extremely entertaining cops and robbers saga concerning a veteran LAPD cop (Al Pacino), on the last days of his marriage, who is tracking an intelligent, cunning robber (Robert De Niro) who heads a sturdy, supremely professional group of criminals. In terms of the… More

  • Al S


    A masterpiece. An astonishing, outstanding and breathtaking piece of work. A powerful, riveting and exhilarating thrill-ride. An undeniable instant classic in it's own right. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have never been better, some of their finest work as actors. An engaging… More

  • Graham J


    With such a great cast, this should have been so much better. Mann's direction is on point but it just doesn't work for me.

  • Sophie B


    Far too long and twisted for my liking. Will need to watch again before I had a definitive review.

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