Heist

A heist is a grand, high-end theft from an institution such as a bank or a museum, or any theft in which there is a large haul of loot.

Heist may also refer to:

Places

• Heist, Germany, municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Heist-aan-Zee, West Flanders, Belgium
• Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp, Belgium

People

• Al Heist (1927–2006), Major League Baseball outfielder
• George Heist (died 1920), immunologist
• Hans-Joachim Heist (born 1949), German actor and comedian
• Heist., botanical standard author abbreviation for Lorenz Heister
• Monique van Heist (born 1972), Rotterdam-based Dutch fashion designer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Heist, a female supporting character in Wattu Academy
• Heist, a fat male character in Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Film

• Heist film, a genre
• The Heist, aka $ (1971), directed by Richard Brooks
• The Heist, aka The Squeeze, directed by Michael Apted
• The Heist (1976 film), a 1976 Mexican crime film
• The Heist (1970 film), a 1970 French-Italian crime-drama film
• 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
• Heist (2015 film), directed by Scott Mann
• The Heist, a 2015 TV film directed by Errol Morris

Television

• Heist (2008 film), British TV comedy-drama
• Heist (TV series) (2006), American TV series
• The Heist (Derren Brown special) (2006), British TV show by Derren Brown
• The Heist (2018-2020), British reality competition TV show

Episodes

• "The Heist" (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• "The Heist" (Chowder)
• "The Heist" (MacGyver)
• "The Heist" (The Outer Limits)

Games

• Heist (video game), a cancelled video game
• Payday: The Heist, 2011 video game focused on various robberies

Music

• ¡Heist!, a 2008 EP by Boston-based rock group The Lights Out
• 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

Other uses

• The Heist (Silva novel), a 2014 novel in the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva

Sport

• K.S.K. Heist, a professional football club from Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium

See also

• Klemheist knot