Al Pacino's Best Movies
AMC Movie List

Al Pacino's Best Movies

Boisterous, outrageous, and legendary, Al Pacino has more than a couple great roles. Which ranks highest?

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1 The Godfather
Pacino's transformation from by-the-law outlier in a mob family to ruthless boss is so perfect you can't turn away. 642 926
2 The Godfather Part II
Building on the classic original, Michael Corleone becomes even more ruthless and (thus) entertaining. 620 894
3 Scarface
Pacino creates one of the most memorable characiters of all time in the rabid drug-runner Tony Montana. 555 943
4 Dog Day Afternoon
Pacino wouldn't ever play the average bank robber, and in this movie he's using his loot to pay for his partner's sex change. 323 645
5 Donnie Brasco
This razor-sharp thriller is a reversal of Serpico, with Johnny Depp as the undercover cop ingratiating himself with a mobster (Pacino). 297 607
6 Scent of a Woman
Pacino at his pure showboating best: he drinks, he carouses, and he coins a great catchphrase: hoo-ha! 283 693
7 Carlito's Way
As an ex-con who's calmed down a bit, Pacino provides a more demur companion to his outrageous Scarface character. 283 585
8 Serpico
The true story of an honest cop in a corrupt season, this gritty tale makes Woodward and Bernstein looks like saps. 282 600
9 Any Given Sunday
If you're down in the fourth quarter and want a pep talk, Pacino is the guy to do it. Which is just what makes this football flick so fun. 16 532
10 The Recruit
This underrated flick features Pacino at his most outrageous, as a possibly villainous mentor to spy Colin Farrell. -23 343
11 The Panic in Needle Park
The closest that Pacino gets to romantic comedy has him as a junkie in love in a disfunctional relationship. -85 405