Production note The film was originally set up with Ron Howard before Spike Lee took over.
Production note Russell Gewirtz spent years writing the script before it finally sold.
Production note The movie made about $184.4 million worldwide against a $45 million budget.
Production note The video game in the film was created from scratch for Spike Lee after he disliked Grand Theft Auto.
Production note Spike Lee borrowed Marcia Jean Kurtz from Dog Day Afternoon for a hostage-role callback.
Production note The Cartier diamond ring was borrowed from Cartier and valued at $1.5 million.
Production note An announced Inside Man 2 was later canceled for lack of funding.
Production note A straight-to-video sequel titled Inside Man: Most Wanted exists, but it does not include the original stars or characters.
Sidney Lumet Used as a comparison point for New York filmmaking and crime movies.
Clockers Cited as one of the Spike Lee New York crime films the hosts love.
25th Hour Cited as another favorite New York crime movie and later as an example of Spike being overlooked.
Children of Men Used to illustrate how high Owen’s 2006 profile was.
Ransom Used as a comparison for a Ron Howard version of Inside Man and for overacting talk.
The Mauritanian Mentioned as a later Jodie Foster performance with some common traits but less sex appeal.
Michael Clayton Used to describe the fixer character type Jodie Foster plays.
Panic Room Offered as another possible strong 21st-century Jodie Foster performance.
Dog Day Afternoon Referenced as a source of casting and bank-hostage energy, including a returning actress and pizza callback.
The Sixth Sense Used to describe the movie’s clue-based rewatchability.
Wag the Dog Referenced in a joke about Albania being the fake villain country in movies.
Heat Used as the benchmark for modern heist movies and for a planned streaming channel called Heist.
Pulp Fiction Referenced through Winston Wolf, who the hosts call the apex fixer.
The Town Named as one of the top post-Heat heist movies.
Fast Five Mentioned as a legitimate heist movie and a top post-Heat contender.
