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Al Pacino - His Top 25 Movies Ranked

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Al Pacino is an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him one of the few performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.

We have crunched the data on all his popular votes from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Letterboxd to find his top 25 highest rated movies. We stripped out any films where he didn’t have a major role (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Ocean’s Thirteen, Gigli). Here are the results.
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25 – Salomé (2013)
My treasures belong to thee.
IMDb:
6.3
RT Users:
7.9
Letterboxd:
6.04
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6.75
Drama
Directed by:
Al Pacino
Top Billed Cast:
Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Kevin Anderson, Roxanne Hart, Joe Roseto
SYNOPSIS:
At a birthday feast for King Herod, his stepdaughter, Princess Salomé, discovers the imprisoned John the Baptist and is immediately infatuated with him. Rebuffed by the prisoner, Salomé entices her lecherous stepfather with the promise of completing the erotic “Dance of the Seven Veils” if the King will grant her one wish. Herod agrees to any wish to have his desire sated. Following the dance, Salomé demands the head of John the Baptist.
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24 – The Merchant of Venice (2004)
‘Tis mine. ‘Tis mine! ‘Tis mine. And I will have it.
IMDb:
7.0
RT Users:
7.2
Letterboxd:
6.34
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6.85
Drama, Romance
Directed by:
Michael Radford
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson
SYNOPSIS:
In 16th-century Venice, Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) hopes to wed Portia (Lynn Collins). But to have a chance at winning her hand in marriage, he needs to have a lot of money — a critical resource he lacks. And because Bassanio’s rich friend Antonio (Jeremy Irons) is unable to help, he’s forced to make a deadly deal with pitiless moneylender Shylock (Al Pacino). Bassanio will get his money — and without paying interest. If he doesn’t pay it back, however, he will owe Shylock a pound of his flesh.
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23 – Danny Collins (2015)
A letter from John Lennon changed his life
IMDb:
7.0
RT Users:
7.3
Letterboxd:
6.38
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6.89
Comedy, Drama
Directed by:
Dan Fogelman
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale, Melissa Benoist, Christopher Plummer
SYNOPSIS:
An aging rocker (Al Pacino) decides to change the course of his life after receiving a long-undelivered letter from the late John Lennon.
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22 – Any Given Sunday (1999)
Play or be Played.
IMDb:
6.9
RT Users:
7.3
Letterboxd:
6.50
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6.90
Drama
Directed by:
Oliver Stone
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, LL Cool J
SYNOPSIS:
Four years ago, DAmato’s (Al Pacino) Miami Sharks were at the top. Now, his team is struggling with three consecutive losses, sliding attendance, and aging heroes, particularly 39-year-old quarterback Jack “Cap” Rooney (Dennis Quaid). Off the field, DAmato is struggling with a failed marriage and estranged children, and is on a collision course with Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), the young president/co-owner of the Sharks organization.
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21 – The Godfather: Part III (1990)
All the power on earth can’t change destiny.
IMDb:
7.6
RT Users:
6.3
Letterboxd:
6.92
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6.94
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by:
Francis Ford Coppola
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna
SYNOPSIS:
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.
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20 – House of Gucci (2021)
A legacy worth killing for.
IMDb:
6.6
RT Users:
8.3
Letterboxd:
5.98
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6.96
Crime, Drama, History
Directed by:
Ridley Scott
Top Billed Cast:
Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek
SYNOPSIS:
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge — and ultimately murder.
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19 – Chinese Coffee (2000)
There’s a fine line between friendship and betrayal.
IMDb:
7.1
RT Users:
7.4
Letterboxd:
6.98
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7.16
Drama
Directed by:
Al Pacino
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, Susan Floyd, Ellen McElduff, Michel Moinot, Judette Jones
SYNOPSIS:
Harry Levine (Al Pacino) is an aging author in Greenwich Village who fears that his best days might be behind him. Though he saw moderate success in the past, he’s currently unemployed after losing his job as a restaurant doorman. When he calls his friend Jake Manheim (Jerry Orbach) to collect a debt, he also shares his latest manuscript, a story about Levine and Manheim’s friendship, which leads to the re-opening of old, still unresolved wounds.
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18 – Insomnia (2002)
A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime.
IMDb:
7.2
RT Users:
7.7
Letterboxd:
6.92
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7.27
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by:
Christopher Nolan
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan
SYNOPSIS:
From acclaimed director Chris Nolan (“Memento”) comes the story of a veteran police detective (Al Pacino) who is sent to a small Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl. Forced into a psychological game of cat-and-mouse by the primary suspect (Robin Williams), events escalate and the detective finds his own stability dangerously threatened.
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17 – The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
God help Bobby and Helen, they’re in love in Needle Park
IMDb:
7.0
RT Users:
7.5
Letterboxd:
7.44
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7.31
Drama, Romance
Directed by:
Jerry Schatzberg
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin, Michael McClanathan
SYNOPSIS:
Bobby (Al Pacino) is a heroin addict who lives in “Needle Park,” the nickname for an area on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where junkies congregate. He meets Helen (Kitty Winn), a lonely homeless girl, and they fall in love. However, Bobby also introduces Helen to heroin, and she eventually becomes addicted, too. As Bobby and Helen become more and more dependent on each other and on heroin, their need for money to feed their habit grows, resulting in crime, desperation and betrayal.
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16 – The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
Evil has its winning ways.
IMDb:
7.5
RT Users:
7.9
Letterboxd:
7.00
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7.47
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by:
Taylor Hackford
Top Billed Cast:
Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, Tamara Tunie
SYNOPSIS:
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) accepts a high-powered position at a New York law firm headed by legal shark John Milton (Al Pacino). As Kevin moves up in the firm’s ranks, his wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron), has several frightening, mystical experiences that begin to warp her sense of reality. With the stakes getting higher with each case, Kevin quickly learns that his mentor is planning a far greater evil than simply winning without scruples.
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15 – Scarecrow (1973)
The road leads itself to somewhere.
IMDb:
7.2
RT Users:
7.9
Letterboxd:
7.54
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7.55
Drama
Directed by:
Jerry Schatzberg
Top Billed Cast:
Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth, Richard Lynch
SYNOPSIS:
A gruff ex-con and an ex-seaman share a series of adventures while travelling across America. They learn a lot about life on their travels as hitchhikers.
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14 – You Don’t Know Jack (2010)
Angel of mercy… or murderous “Doctor Death”?
IMDb:
7.6
RT Users:
8.3
Letterboxd:
6.96
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7.62
Drama
Directed by:
Barry Levinson
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Danny Huston, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Brenda Vaccaro, Eric Lange
SYNOPSIS:
Emmy award winning portrayal of Dr Jack Kevorkian (Played by Al Pacino), an advocate for assisted suicide in the United States. He was eventually convicted and went to jail for his active role in ending the lives of some of his patients.
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13 – …and justice for all. (1979)
Once in a while someone fights back.
IMDb:
7.4
RT Users:
8.1
Letterboxd:
7.44
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7.65
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by:
Norman Jewison
Top Billed Cast:
Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti
SYNOPSIS:
Satirical drama in which an idealistic lawyer who tries to win cases for clients trapped in a hypocritical and corrupt legal system finds himself defending a venal and self-righteous judge accused of rape. The judge wrongly assumes the lawyer’s ideals and disdain for the courts will drive him to get an acquittal, despite the evidence and the loathing they have for each other.
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