Back to trending
How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million

Comedy · Crime · Romance · 1966

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

Movie details

How to Steal a Million

“A movie about those who appreciate the finest things in life... for free!”

1966 Comedy · Crime · Romance 2h 3m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.5 / 10

Community rating

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over How to Steal a Million?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Comedy · 2001

CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Comedy · 1955

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

Comedy · 2001

Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.

Fletch

Fletch

Comedy · 1985

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Jingle Bell Heist

Jingle Bell Heist

Romance · 2025

Two down-on-their-luck hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way?

Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty

Comedy · 2003

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club

Comedy · 2025

A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.

Rough Cut

Rough Cut

Adventure · 1980

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

Comedy · 1978

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.

See How They Run

See How They Run

Mystery · 2022

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

Where it lives

Watch in your region.

Cinema release signals and current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region.

Streaming availability data supplied by JustWatch.

Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

William Wyler

Written by

Harry Kurnitz · George Bradshaw

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Nicole Bonnet

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Simon Dermott

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Davis Leland

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Charles Bonnet

Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

Bernard De Solnay

Fernand Gravey

Fernand Gravey

Grammont

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

Senior Paravideo

Court is in session

Put How to Steal a Million on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.