Heist

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

• Klemheist knot