Quicksand (UK/FRA/GER, 2003)
Implausible yet diverting innocent-man-on-the-run thriller with Michael Keaton as a banker framed for an assassination and Michael Caine as a spoilt Steven Seagal-style action hero
Rating: 5/10
Shadow Run (AUS/POR, 1998)
Terrible heist ‘thriller’ with no thrills at all which languished unreleased for four years before escaping onto DVD
Rating: 0/10
Blood and Wine (USA, 1996)
Absorbing character study of a heist gone wrong which focuses more on the dysfunctional relationships than the crime, with strong performances and a fine eye for detail
Rating: 7/10
Fourth Protocol, The (UK, 1987)
Fast-paced, involving and well acted Cold War thriller, with Michael Caine's MI6 agent facing off against a nuclear bomb threat from Russian agent Pierce Brosnan
Rating: 8/10
Mona Lisa (UK, 1986)
Very fine gangster thriller which sees Bob Hoskins trying to save just one girl but find that the system is very much stacked against him
Rating: 9/10
Marseille Contract, The (UK/FRA, 1974)
Hit man Caine and DEA officer Anthony Quinn take on James Mason’s drug kingpin in a game of cat-and-mouse in 1970s France
Rating: 7/10
Italian Job, The (UK, 1969)
A perennial favourite on the Best British Films of All Time lists, this crime caper is the best free product placement in the history of cinema
Rating: 10/10
Wrong Arm of the Law, The (UK, 1962)
Entertaining British crime caper starring Peter Sellers as a crime boss and Lionel Jeffries as a senior policeman who team up to thwart a shared enemy
Rating: 8/10
Solo for Sparrow (UK, 1962)
Tight little B-movie in which a gang of thieves rob a jeweller's, but Inspector Sparrow of the Yard is soon after them – featuring Michael Caine as an Irish gang member
Rating: 5/10
Blind Spot (UK, 1958)
Melodramatic thriller featuring a US Army captain in England getting caught up in a web of smuggling and murder, with an early speaking role for Michael Caine
Rating: 5/10