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Al Pacino has 56 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 5 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Godfather.
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The Godfather
1972 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

The Godfather Part II
1974 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

Carlito's Way
1993 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Starz · Included

The Irishman
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Netflix · Included

The Godfather Part III
1990 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Paramount+ · Included

Serpico
1973 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%MGM+ · Included

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Dir. Martin Brest · With Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Dir. Mike Newell · With Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer

Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.
Dir. James Foley · With Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
Dir. Michael Keaton · With Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino in conversation about The Irishman.
With Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
Dir. Jerry Schatzberg · With Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Al Pacino, Danny Huston, Susan Sarandon

A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Colin Farrell, Al Pacino, Bridget Moynahan

After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
Dir. Bryan Buckley · With Evan Peters, Barkhad Abdi, Melanie Griffith

God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but as disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.
Dir. Tony Kushner · With Al Pacino, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman

A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid

Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
Dir. Jerry Schatzberg · With Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
Dir. Michael Radford · With Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.
Dir. Garry Marshall · With Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Héctor Elizondo
Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.
Dir. David Midell · With Dan Stevens, Abigail Cowen, Al Pacino

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Dir. Harold Becker · With Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
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