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A heist is a robbery from an institution such as a bank or a museum, or any robbery in which there is a large haul of loot.
Places
- Heist, Germany, municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Heist-aan-Zee, West Flanders, Belgium
- Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp, Belgium
People
Heist as a surname may refer to:
- Al Heist (1927–2006), Major League Baseball outfielder
- George Heist (died 1920), George D. Heist a 20th-century immunologist
- Heist., botanical standard author abbreviation for Lorenz Heister
Art, entertainment, and media
Genres
- Heist film, genre of fiction focused around a robbery
Films
- The Heist aka $ (film) (1971), directed by Richard Brooks
- The Heist aka The Squeeze (1977 film), directed by Michael Apted
- The Heist (1989 film) (1989), TV film starring Pierce Brosnan
- Heist (2001 film), directed by David Mamet
- The Heist (2001 film), directed by Kurt Voss
- The Heist (2008 film), directed by Campbell Cooley
- The Maiden Heist, a 2009 film starring Morgan Freeman, released as The Heist in the UK
- Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?, a 2011 documentary film directed by Donald Goldmacher and Frances Causey
- American Heist, a 2014 film directed by Sarik Andreasyan
- Heist (2015 film), directed by Scott Mann
Games
- Heist (2002 video game), 2002 video game about bank robberies
- Heist (video game), a cancelled video game
- Payday: The Heist, 2011 video game focused on various robberies
Literature
- The Heist (Daniel Silva novel), a novel in the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva
Music
- The Heist (album), the debut full length album from American hip-hop musicians Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- "Heist", a song by Lindsey Stirling from the album Shatter Me (album)
- "Heist", a song by Ben Folds from the movie Over the Hedge
Television
Shows
- Heist (2008 comedy), British TV comedy-drama
- Heist (TV series) (2006), American TV series
- The Heist (Derren Brown special) (2006), British TV show by Derren Brown
Episodes
- "The Heist" (The Outer Limits), 1996 episode of The Outer Limits
Sports
- K.S.K. Heist, a professional football club from Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
See also
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