Heat
A Los Angeles crime saga.
A master thief and the detective chasing him discover they are the same kind of man on opposite sides of the street.
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Signature
- Mystery · Darkness · Suspense
- Worldwide
- $187M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Heat actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
A master thief and the detective chasing him discover they are the same kind of man on opposite sides of the street.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Heat appears in 6 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #1
Ranked #1 because the most credible crew dynamics ever filmed.
Professionals doing professional work.
- Best Action Movies Ranked #2
Ranked #2 because still the benchmark for spatial clarity under fire.
The downtown shootout.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #4
Ranked #4 because the definitive professional-criminal procedural.
A thief and a cop discover they are the same man.
- Action Movies Ranked #4
Ranked #4 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest action titles in the catalogue.
A master thief and the detective chasing him discover they are the same kind of man on opposite sides of the street.
- Crime Movies Ranked #10
Ranked #10 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest crime titles in the catalogue.
A master thief and the detective chasing him discover they are the same kind of man on opposite sides of the street.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #10
Ranked #10 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest thriller titles in the catalogue.
A master thief and the detective chasing him discover they are the same kind of man on opposite sides of the street.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Heat returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $60M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $187M
- Release date
- Dec 15, 1995
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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