A star-studded classic heist movie steals the streaming limelight

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Stealing has never looked so cool.

Fantastic Beasts: The Mysteries of Dumbledore, Black Adam and The Black Phone seem destined to be tumbled to the top of the streaming charts. There’s a new competitor on the horizon; According to Flix Patrol, Ocean’s Eleven is already number 5 on HBO’s most-watched list and is rising.

A slick, funny, movie star-packed heist movie that looks like it’s just what the doctor ordered. The whole world seems to have caught ocean fever! Steven Soderbergh’s image is top-3 when streaming in countries as diverse as the Philippines, United Arab Emirates and Estonia.

The film is a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film of the same name. In it, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his friend Rusty (Brad Pitt) plot a $160 million heist on three casinos owned by the same owner: Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia ). For this they need a whole team of crime specialists.

Not surprisingly, for a film starring Clooney, Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle, it was a worldwide box office hit, grossing $450 million and becoming the first chapter in the trilogy. The film was well received by both critics and audiences, earning an 83% critic rating and an 80% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ocean’s Eleven was directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Brad Pitt (Bullet Train), Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman), Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III), Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity), Don Cheadle ( Hotel Rwanda), Bernie Mac (Guess Who), Elliot Gould (The Long Goodbye), Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) and Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0).

You can watch Ocean’s Eleven on HBO. Tell us in the comments below if you enjoyed the film and its sequels.