Great characters in movies can belong to all sorts of professions.

There are blue-collar worker characters,there are writer characters, andof coursethere are criminals.

Pickpocketis packed with everything that makes Bresson such an acclaimed auteur.

A woman standing outside a cell talking to a man inside in Pickpocket

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There’s a good reason why the film opens with them.

Of course, one of the best among them isAladdin, inspired byThe Thousand and One Nights.

This exhilarating action epic is about a thief who steals corporate secrets using dream-sharing technology.

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Tolkien’s Legendarium in hisLord of the Ringstrilogy.

Sometime later, he released a prequel trilogy.

He may not be one ofMiddle-earth’s strongest heroes, but he sure is one of its most valuable.

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It’s about three amateur bank robbers planning a nice, simple bank heist.

Pacino plays the part masterfully, imbuing him with complexity and personality.

You have yourRussell CroweRobin Hoods and yourErroll FlynnRobin Hoods, yourKevin CostnerRobin Hoods and yourCary ElwesRobin Hoods.

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That’s certainly the case with Robin Hood, the most iconicand bestthief character in all of cinema.

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Danny Ocean (George Clooney) sitting at a betting table in Ocean’s Eleven.

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Aladdin smiling and offering his hand to someone in Aladdin.

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Cobb, in a mansion, holds a gun and looks at something off-camera in Inception

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Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins looking at the ring in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) hanging by a door hook while Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) look at him menacingly in Home Alone

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Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik looking surprised at a person offscreen in Dog Day Afternoon

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Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley point a gun at a taget off camera in 1995’s Heat

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