{"id":1961926,"date":"2025-08-15T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1961926"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:22:57","slug":"netflixs-new-documentary-is-like-a-cross-between-oceans-eleven-and-the-usual-suspects-and-i-still-cant-believe-this-heist-was-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflixs-new-documentary-is-like-a-cross-between-oceans-eleven-and-the-usual-suspects-and-i-still-cant-believe-this-heist-was-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s New Documentary Is Like A Cross Between Ocean&#8217;s Eleven And The Usual Suspects, And I Still Can&#8217;t Believe This Heist Was Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When I sat down to watch <em>Stolen: The Heist of the Century<\/em> with my <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/articles\/netflix-subscription-plans-price-included-174717448.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix subscription;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Netflix subscription<\/a>, I had a good idea what I was getting into. Years ago, in the middle of the Covid lockdown, I listened to an audiobook about the 2003 diamond heist in Antwerp, Belgium, called <em>Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History<\/em>, which this documentary is based on. The new documentary is excellent, and it gives off vibes of both <em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em> and <em>The Usual Suspects<\/em>, two of my favorite movies. I can\u2019t decide which it reminds me of more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The Ocean's Eleven cast\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/qTCmS2begEhp.Zsj85JfaQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/b08a8590ed4ef1713a1d327be08b1355\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Like Clooney And Company, The Robbers Really Planned The Heist Perfectly<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I love a great heist movie, and <em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven <\/em>is one of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/32-best-heist-movies-time-233514055.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:best heist movies of all time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">best heist movies of all time<\/a>. Obviously, the planning and the crew\u2019s ability to bypass multiple security systems is what really makes that movie so fun. Well, that and the chemistry among the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2551711\/what-the-oceans-eleven-cast-is-doing-now\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:all-star cast of Ocean\u2019s Eleven;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">all-star cast of <em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em><\/a> (and the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/32-best-one-liners-oceans-213511066.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:classic one-liners;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">classic one-liners<\/a>). At every turn, the group of lovable criminals knows exactly what they need to do to get past the biometrics, cameras, and the rest of the high-end tech out to thwart them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That\u2019s exactly what the crew of robbers in <em>Stolen<\/em> had to do as well. Motion detectors, multiple locks, a vault, cameras, and heat sensors were set up in the targeted building, Antwerp Diamond Center. They spent two years, as the investigators in the documentary explain, working out the plan. According to one of the robbers, Leonardo Notarbartolo (who is interviewed in the film), the crew consisted of five specialists, just like the eleven specialists in <em>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It also helps that the filmmakers were clearly inspired by the vibe that director Steven Soderbergh brought to <em>Ocean\u2019s<\/em> with the music and the cinematography. <em>Stolen <\/em>feels like the George Clooney and Brad Pitt-led classic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The Usual Suspects cast\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/udxjNrnuO0awqPWZIycfqQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/d9a4d315343678e8f50cf9eb20e4545c\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Gramercy<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The Story Also Sounds Like The Usual Suspects<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Notarbartolo, who was one of the four men convicted of committing the crime, is who the investigator&#8217;s believe was the ultimate mastermind behind the robbery. However, in <em>Stolen<\/em>, Notarbartolo claims there was another, more mysterious figure who recruited him and the rest of the participants. He claims to only know him by the name \u201cAlessandro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If, as investigators and prosecutors believe, Notarbartolo was the guy planning the heist, then he is the Keyser Soze of the crew. He\u2019s there, he\u2019s involved, but he was much more important than even the rest of the robbers seemed to know, just like Kevin Spacey\u2019s character in <em>The Usual Suspects. <\/em>Sure, no one died (thankfully), and Notarbartolo was convicted of being the leader and spent 10 years in prison as a result, while Soze walked away and disappeared at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2553812\/the-usual-suspects-ending-everything-leading-up-to-that-big-reveal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the end of the movie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the end of the movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, with a mysterious figure like \u201cAlessandro\u201d possibly lurking in the shadows, it feels just like the Bryan Singer-directed classic. Notarbartolo claims he never saw any money as a result of the heist, but almost none of the diamonds stolen (estimated to be between $100 and $300 million worth) have been recovered. By all accounts, the convicted participants don\u2019t live like they had a multimillion-dollar windfall, so it seems possible that there was a guy behind the guy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We may never know the answers. It\u2019s been more than 20 years, those convicted of the crime have served their time and been released, and we still don\u2019t know where the diamonds went. What I do know is that <em>Stolen: The Heist of the Century<\/em> is one of the best documentaries on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/television\/2025-tv-premiere-date-schedule-upcoming-new-returning-shows\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 TV schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2025 TV schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Netflix When I sat down to watch Stolen: The Heist of the Century with my Netflix subscription, I had a good idea what I was getting into. Years ago, in the middle of the Covid lockdown, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1961927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[345807,23191,345806,345808],"class_list":["post-1961926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-leonardo-notarbartolo","tag-netflix","tag-oceans-eleven","tag-the-usual-suspects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Netflixs-New-Documentary-Is-Like-A-Cross-Between-Oceans-Eleven.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}