Heat

30 Years

When Heat was released in 1995, it was mainly marketed on the fact that it was the first time Robert De Niro and Al Pacino faced off in a movie together. Sure, they’d been in The Godfather Part II together, but in different timelines where they never met. Heat ended up being a lot more than just an actor match-up, but a sprawling crime epic whose centerpiece heist and aftermath of urban combat has influenced every single crime movie made in its wake. 

Michael Mann made great movies before Heat and after Heat, but none of his movies have become part of pop culture DNA the way Heat has.