If you only know Director Steven Soderbergh’s take on the story of Danny Ocean (George Clooney) in his “Ocean’s” trilogy – which debuted in 2001 – you might not know that the first actual movie centered around a guy named Ocean and a big Las Vegas came out in 1960. So which of this series are the best, and which are the worst?

I feel pretty comfortable saying I’m going to ruffle some feathers with this ranking, and I’m good with that. I love picking hyper-specific hills and then dying on them; This is one of my absolute favorite hobbies. Still, with only five “Ocean” films to choose from — putting aside the rumored prequel starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie as Danny’s parents — it’s a pretty close ranking, but there’s still a definitive answer . Here are “Ocean’s” movies ranked from worst to best, and I guarantee people are going to be pissed about the number one spot, especially.

I should admit, right off the bat, that I walked out of “Ocean’s Thirteen” in 2007 because the movie seemed like a labyrinthine mess that I couldn’t bear to watch another second. In the third entry in Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” trilogy, the gang reunites Again Because Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), one of their own, is set to open a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip…only for one of his major investors, Willy Bank (Al Pacino) to squeeze him in to abandon most of his stake. When Reuben has a heart attack, Danny and his crew decide two things: they will ruin the reputation of the property that was once Ruben’s and now belongs to Willy (and is called “The Bank”) by preventing him from winning an industry award, and that they will design the machines so that customers win much more than usual and prevent the casino from making a profit.

“Ocean’s Thirteen” layers layers after twist after twist and produces only diminishing returns as Danny, Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) and the rest of the breakers work behind the scenes to ruin the bank . Add in a third act gag involving “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for absolutely no reason, and you have an “Ocean” movie on your hands… which is just unacceptable as a standard when Soderbergh and Clooney are still involved.

The biggest sin that the original “Ocean’s 11” makes is that it just isn’t as fun as the version that came out 41 years later. Directed by Lewis Milestone and written by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, the 1960 version of Danny Ocean’s Heist Story stars a bunch of guys from the Rat Pack – namely Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop As Danny Ocean, Sam Harmon, Josh Howard, Jimmy Foster and “Mushy” O’Connor, respectively. In this iteration, Danny and Jimmy, two World War II veterans, get together nine other people and decide to rob five casinos in Las Vegas (the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, The Sands, and the Flamingo, specifically; on of these five, only the Sahara and the Flamingo still exist today).

Perhaps the strangest part of the film is that in the end the guys don’t even get the money from the heist – because the crew’s electrical guy, Peter Bergdorf (Richard Conte) , has a heart attack and dies before its end. Desperate, the guys shove their windfall into Bergdorf’s coffin, only for his widow to burn the whole thing – including the money. The original “Ocean’s 11” isn’t bad, but it never reaches the heights of the remake.

“Ocean’s Twelve” gets a lot of heat – probably because it had the misfortune of following the near-perfect “Ocean’s Eleven” – but it’s certainly not the worst of the five films; In fact, it fits pretty squarely in the middle. Released in 2004, “Ocean’s Eleven” reunites the same gang from “Ocean’s Eleven” but gives Julia Roberts Tess more to do (in the first film, she spends most of it around a casino near the beautiful illustrations disappointed by being disappointed In George Clooney). It also, rather cleverly, picks up the same narrative thread from the first film, letting the treated casino boss, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), go after Danny and his crew for robbing him in the previous film…and not only Danny stole Terry’s money, he Also stole his daughter (meaning Tess, who is romantically involved with Terry in “Ocean’s Twelve”).

In order to return Terry’s money without being killed, the crew of twelve set out to pull a heist in Amsterdam but quickly realize that a Europol detective, Isabel Lahiri (Catherine Zeta-Jones), is hot on their heels. … And SO Realize that she actually knows Rusty. With Isabel essentially on board, the gang enters into a sort of heist contest with master thief Baron François Toulour (Vincent Cassel) with a Fabergé egg as the prize – which would allow Danny and his team to pay off their debts. Add a fun, silly plot where Tess has to imitate Julia RobertsAnd Honestly, you have a very good movie “Ocean’s”!

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, I want you to know that “Ocean’s 8” Absolutely rules. Directed by Gary Ross, the 2018 film and Heist spin-off Flick and Spin-off uses only one person from Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” crew – Elliott Gould’s Reuben Tishkoff, who shows up at the very end of the film – while keeping it in the same universe since The Ocean in this film, Debbie (Sandra Bullock), is Danny’s sister. (We learn that Danny is dead but don’t learn anything about his death, and that’s the only part of this movie that I don’t think is amazing.) After spending quite a bit of time in prison, Debbie returns to New York and tells her friend Lou Miller (Cate Blanchett) that she’s ready for a huge new job – and that she intends to steal the Met Gala, the annual Vogue event chaired by Anna Wintour that invites the most beautiful people from around the world partying at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. More specifically, Debbie wants a particular Cartier necklace, the Toussaint (which, by the way, is a real necklace).

The rest of the crew consists of pirate Leslie “Nine-ball” (Rihanna), jeweler Amita (Mindy Kaling), pickpocket Constance (Awkwafina), man on the move Tammy (Sarah Paulson), and savvy fashion designer Rose Weil ( Helena Bonham Carter). Using Rose to Trick Hughty Movie Star Daphne Kluger (a charming Anne Hathaway) to wear the necklace so they can change it for a fake one halfway through the gala. This movie is an absolute blast, and the only thing really wrong with it is that James Corden shows up near the end.

Steven Soderbergh’s first Ocean’s Film, Ocean’s Eleven, is perfect. The film, released in 2001, introduces us to Danny Ocean for the first time as he, like Debbie in “Ocean’s 8”, leaves prison; After moving from New Jersey to Los Angeles, he meets Rusty before the two travel to Las Vegas to speak with Ruben Tishkoff. When the two tell REUBEN they need his money to finance a huge heist where they rob the Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand – all of which belong to Terry Benedict – at which point Ruben tells them they are telling them that ‘they are crazy. Yet, like Danny, Reuben has a grudge against Terry, so he agrees to fund and help them, at which point the gang comes together.

Enter Con Man Frank Catton (late Bernie Mac), Mechanics Virgil and Turk Malloy (Casey Affleck and Scott Caan), explosives Guy Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), Acrobat “The Amazing” Yen (Qin Shaobo), electronics expert Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison), the dim-witted but very experienced Saul Bloom (the legendary Carl Reiner), and finally, Pickpocket Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), the eleven have it all covered. When you realize exactly how They pull out their heist – right down to the chest replica In front of the Bellagio Fountain after robbing Terry Blind, you’re dead inside. “Ocean’s Eleven” is the best of the “Ocean’s” films, and it’s not close.