The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Drama Crime Romance Directed by John McTiernan
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Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Banning, the insurance company's investigator, takes an interest in Crown, he may have met his match, and a complicated back-and-forth game with seductive undertones begins between them.

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  1. To Catch a Thief (1955)
    "The 1999 Thomas Crown Affair was designed in the spirit of mid-century glamorous-caper films, with To Catch a Thief named alongside Charade and Arabesque as the template. The cat-burglar-meets-insurance-investigator romance is To Catch a Thief's exact dynamic, gender-flipped." source

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), directed by John McTiernan, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including To Catch a Thief. Check out the citations below.