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Al Pacino

Al Pacino
Born 25 April 1940, in South Bronx, New York

<b>Wise words:</b> "The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm Talking about."

<b>Academy Awards:</b> Best Actor in a Leading Role in Scent Of A Woman (1992)



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Al Pacino - news / articles


  • Al Pacino to play Joe Paterno - report - 9 September 2012
    -Actor Al Pacino is in talks to play former American football coach Joe Paterno in a biopic, according to a new report.-Paterno lost his battle with lung cancer on 22 January (12), aged 85, and he was remembered by celebrities and sport fans alike for his successfu


  • Al Pacino returning to Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway - 13 June 2012
    -Al Pacino is returning to Broadway in a revival of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross.-The movie great won an Oscar nomination for his role as salesman Ricky Roma in the 1992 movie adaptation, but he's slated to take on late co-star Jack


  • Pacino got his start in stand-up - 30 October 2011
    -Scarface star Al Pacino made his first foray into showbusiness as a stand-up comedian.-The Scarface legend is set to shock fans of his dramatic work with a cameo in Adam Sandler's upcoming comedy Jack and Jill, but the Grown Ups star insists it's perfect casting -

Al Pacino - what members say


  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Dog Day Afternoon review by from Blackburn, Lancs
    Rated - 4.0 stars Best film you've never heard of! 17 September 2004
    ...nd this all quite amusing, in a Keystone Kops kind of way. Its not your typicAl Pacino character, he isnt in control in this film. Despite the fact a bank is being r...   Read customer review
  • Donnie Brasco
  • Donnie Brasco review by wolfenchild from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Donnie Brasco 4 February 2004
    ...ho infiltrates the mafia of New York, by befriending Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggerio (Al Pacino) under the moniker of Donnie Brasco. He gets himself in with the mafia faction ...   Read customer review
  • Heat
  • Heat review by from NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
    Rated - 5.0 stars 5 October 2004
    ... the top ten actors together (Ronin) (Robert De Niro) and the very perdictable (Al Pacino) and batan star (Val Kilmer) the story starts when Heists begin in the city cre...   Read customer review

Al Pacino - filmography


  • Despicable Me 2 (2013)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Steve Carell,  Kristen Wiig
    Director: Pierre Coffin,  Chris Renaud
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Arch-criminal Gru (voice of Steve Carell) and his minions return in this computer-animated comedy sequel. Now living a life of domestic bliss in suburbia with adopted daughters Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Elsie Fisher) and Edith (Dana Gaier), Gru's world is turned upside down when he finds ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 111 members
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  • Dali & I - The Surreal Story (2011)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Cillian Murphy
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    From the 1960s to the 1980s, after most of his great work is behind him, Dali becomes more flamboyant and forms a mentor-protege relationship with Stan Lauryssens, a young art dealer.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 8 members
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  • Jack and Jill on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Al Pacino,  Katie Holmes
    Director: Dennis Dugan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jack Sadelstein is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 6,195 members
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  • Jack and Jill - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Al Pacino,  Katie Holmes
    Director: Dennis Dugan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jack Sadelstein is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 2,143 members
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  • The Son of No One on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Channing Tatum,  Ray Liotta
    Director: Dito Montiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In this searing police thriller, Jonathan (Channing Tatum – G.I. Joe: Retaliation, 21 Jump Street) is a cop who gets in over his head when he is assigned to re-open a double homicide case in his Queens neighbourhood. An anonymous source feeds new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,120 member
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  • You Don't Know Jack (2010)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Brenda Vaccaro,  John Goodman
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 - ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 47 members
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  • 88 Minutes on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Tammy Hui,  Leah Cairns,  Christopher Redman
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Crime thriller starring Al Pacino as Jack Gramm, a Seattle-based college professor who also works for the FBI as a forensic psychologist. Jack finds himself the target of an intended murder after giving evidence that led a jury to sentence serial killer Jon Forster (Neal McDonough) to Death Row. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 19,979 members
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  • Righteous Kill - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,326 members
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  • Righteous Kill on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 32,009 members
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  • Ocean's Thirteen - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Casey,  Al Pacino,  Elliott Gould
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Third installment of director Steven Soderbergh's popular series of glitzy crime comedies. The only hotelier in Las Vegas who can claim that each and every one of his establishments has earned the Royal Review Board's Five Diamond Award, Willy Bank (Al Pacino) has made more than his share of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 6,192 members
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  • Two For The Money on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ralph Garman,  Al Pacino,  Jeremy Piven
    Director: D.J. Caruso
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gambling drama starring Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey. Pacino plays top sports better Walter Abrams, who grooms Brandon Lang (McConaughey) as his protege when Lang seems adept at picking consistent winners in the high-profile world of sports gambling. But with millions of dollars at stake, Lang ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 11,427 members
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  • Two For The Money - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Ralph Garman,  Matthew McConaughey,  Al Pacino
    Director: D.J. Caruso
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gambling drama starring Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey. Pacino plays top sports better Walter Abrams, who grooms Brandon Lang (McConaughey) as his protege when Lang seems adept at picking consistent winners in the high-profile world of sports gambling. But with millions of dollars at stake, Lang ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 47 members
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  • The Merchant Of Venice on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jeremy Irons,  Al Pacino,  Lynn Collins
    Director: Michael Radford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic play, "The Merchant of Venice," fuelled by passion, intergenerational misunderstanding, hypocrisy, religious intolerance and entrapment. In the powerful and putatively liberal city-state of Venice, Shylock has grown wealthy through the abomination of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 16,269 members
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  • Angels In America (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ben Shenkman,  Emma Thompson,  Al Pacino
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    HBO's highly acclaimed heavyweight six-hour TV drama, adapted from two Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway plays by Tony Kushner, 'The Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika'. Kushner also wrote the screenplay for the TV adaptation, which stars Hollywood stalwarts Al Pacino and Meryl Streep alongside ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,322 members
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  • The Recruit - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Gabriel Macht,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Walter Burke (Al Pacino) is a headhunter for the CIA and wants to recruit James Clayton (Colin Farrell). And why wouldn't he? Clayton is one of the brightest college graduates in the country - he graduated top of his class at MIT. Clayton proves to be an excellent student; but when he is given the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,230 members
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  • Gigli (2003)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Ben Affleck,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The film that saw Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's relationship begin was also a box-office disaster, despite a well-known cast including Christopher Walken and Al Pacino. Gigli (Affleck) is a small-time criminal who is hired for a high-level kidnapping by the mob. However, Gigli's boss sends in ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 3,023 members
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  • The Recruit on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Gabriel Macht,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Walter Burke (Al Pacino) is a headhunter for the CIA and wants to recruit James Clayton (Colin Farrell). And why wouldn't he? Clayton is one of the brightest college graduates in the country - he graduated top of his class at MIT. Clayton proves to be an excellent student; but when he is given the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 22,634 members
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  • People I Know on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Sophie Dahl,  Al Pacino,  Ryan O'Neal
    Director: Daniel Algrant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Al Pacino stars as Eli Wurman, a worldly and experienced publicist who has spent a long and successful career smoothing over the public lives of rich, famous and extremely powerful people. When Cary Launer (Ryan O'Neal), a famous actor, calls Eli to ask him to discreetly remove a small problem from ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 2,831 members
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  • Insomnia on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Maura Tierney,  Al Pacino,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A sleep-deprived detective 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, events escalate and the detective finds his own stability dangerously threatened.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 21,665 members
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  • Simone on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Winona Ryder,  Al Pacino,  Benjamin Salisbury
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is a washed-up Hollywood film director desperately trying to rescue his latest film from failure. His answer is to cast Simone, an ultra-realistic computer-generated actress, in the lead role. The film and Simone herself are both instant hits with the public, but rather ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,227 members
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  • Chinese Coffee (2000)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jerry Orbach,  Susan Floyd
    Director: Al Pacino
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 5 members
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  • Any Given Sunday - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jamie Foxx,  Matthew Modine
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Directed by Oliver Stone ('Wall Street', 'JFK'), this tense drama sets out to lift the lid on the world of American pro football. The story focuses on the Miami Sharks, currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak which has brought team president Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,499 member
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  • The Insider on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Philip Baker Hall,  Al Pacino,  Diane Venora
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Michael Mann directs this gripping expose of the cigarette industry, based on a true story. '60 Minutes' producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) contacts Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), a former research employee of tobacco giants Brown and Williamson, after being anonymously sent some damning ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 16,948 members
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  • Any Given Sunday on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jamie Foxx,  Matthew Modine
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Directed by Oliver Stone ('Wall Street', 'JFK'), this tense drama sets out to lift the lid on the world of American pro football. The story focuses on the Miami Sharks, currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak which has brought team president Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8,771 members
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  • Donnie Brasco (1997)
    Starring: Bruno Kirby,  Al Pacino,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In the 1970s, FBI undecover agent Joe Pistone infiltrates the mob, leaving his family behind and assuming the false persona of the jewel man Donnie Brasco. His assignment: to become a trusted insider with the infamous Bonanno family by gaining the confidence of a low-level gangster. Lefty Ruggiero ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 26,605 members
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  • Pitch (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Matt Dillon,  Eric Stoltz
    Director: Kenny Hotz,  Spencer Rice,  Kenn
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Kenny Holtz and Spencer Rice in their wacky award-winning documentary. It documents the childhood friends in their quest to sell their comedy script, 'The Dawn'. It's crass, farcical and down right outrageous yet they'll stop at nothing to get the attention of the Hollywood big boys.
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 173 members
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  • Looking For Richard on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Winona Ryder,  Aidan Quinn,  Al Pacino
    Director: Al Pacino
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A workshop of William Shakespeare's Richard III inspires actor-director Al Pacino's breezy documentary, which aims to make the playwright accessible to contemporary American audiences. Though a noteworthy cast of stage actors and Hollywood stars (including Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, and Alec ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,097 member
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  • City Hall on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Martin Landau,  Al Pacino,  David Paymer
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three people die in a Brooklyn shoot-out: a cop, a drug dealer with Mafia connections, and an innocent six-year-old boy. Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun (John Cusack) decides that he has to investigate and soon uncovers a trail of corruption. With the evidence at hand he has to convince his boss, Mayor ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,963 member
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  • Heat on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ashley Judd,  Al Pacino,  Diane Venora
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 47,264 members
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  • Two Bits on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Jerry Barone,  Al Pacino,  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
    Director: James Foley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Coming-of-age drama set in Philadelphia during the Depression. Young Gennaro (Jerry Barone) needs a quarter to go and see a film in the new movie theatre that has just opened in his neighborhood. His grandfather is convinced that this is the day he is going to die, and so tells Gennaro that he can ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 159 members
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  • Heat - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Ashley Judd,  Al Pacino,  Diane Venora
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert De Niro and Al Pacino face off as thief and policeman, both obsessed with their professions. De Niro stars as Neil McCauley, the criminal mastermind in a gang of professional thieves (which includes Tom Sizemore and Val Kilmer), who unwittingly attract the attention of super-cop Vincent ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 2,828 members
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  • Carlito's Way on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Sean Penn,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality and his sleazy, cocaine-addled lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 24,778 members
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  • Carlito's Way - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Sean Penn,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carlito (Al Pacino) is a Hispanic drugs boss just released from prison. Determined to go straight and move to the Bahamas with his girlfriend, Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), Carlito is tempted back to the wrong side of the law by his lawyer, nerdish coke-head David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn), for 'one last ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 361 members
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  • Glengarry Glen Ross on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jonathan Pryce,  Alan Arkin
    Director: James Foley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Mamet's award-winning play about a group of desperate real estate agents comes to the big screen from director James Foley. In a role created specifically for the movie, Alec Baldwin appears as a sales motivator, informing the group of hard-luck salesmen that they must compete in a sales ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,936 members
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  • Scent Of A Woman on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Chris O'Donnell,  Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hard-up student Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell) agrees to a job over Thanksgiving weekend to earn some much-needed cash: he has to escort blind, embittered ex-Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino) as he indulges the good life in New York city. Slade plans to eat, drink, make merry and womanise ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 10,756 members
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  • Glengarry Glen Ross - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jack Lemmon,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: James Foley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin play four real estate salesmen who are forced into a selling competition by their head office. First prize is a Cadillac, second a set of steak knives and third and fourth prizes are the sack. This adaptation of David Mamet's hit play is packed with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 48 members
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  • Frankie And Johnny on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Jane Morris,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Al Pacino
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Frankie, a waitress who leads a lonely life in New York until Johnny (Al Pacino), an ex-convict who becomes the short order cook at Frankie's workplace, begins to lavish attention on her. Frankie has had her fill of bad relationships and initially feels that her and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,652 members
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  • Dick Tracy on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Charlie Korsmo,  Madonna
    Director: Warren Beatty
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Warren Beatty's adaptation of the detective comic strip displays a big-screen comic book look of its own. In a 1930s American city, Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) takes a stranglehold on all underworld activities, disposing of his main rival Lips Manlis (Paul Sorvino) and nabbing his girlfriend ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,822 members
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  • The Godfather Part 3 on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Richard Bright,  Raf Vallone
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One of the greatest sagas in movie history continues! In this third film in the epic Corleone trilogy, Al Pacino reprises the role of powerful family leader Michael Corleone. Now in his 60's, Michael is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 25,300 members
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  • Sea Of Love (1989)
    Starring: Michael Rooker,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Al Pacino
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sea of Love is a sexy, atmospheric thriller, very much in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, with involving characters, steamy love scenes, and surprising plot twists. Frank Keller (Al Pacino), is a lonely, tired, disillusioned, police detective, who has a problem with alcohol. Frank is investigating a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,009 members
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  • Sea Of Love - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Michael Rooker,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Al Pacino
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    New York cop Frank Keller (Al Pacino) is divorced, disenchanted and coming close to retirement. A serial killer strikes in the city, attacking men in their bedrooms and it would seem that a woman using the personal ads is responsible. Keller teams up with fellow cop Sherman (John Goodman), who has ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 81 members
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  • Revolution on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Nastassja Kinski,  Annie Lennox
    Director: Hugh Hudson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An account of the American War of Independence, as seen through the eyes of Al Pacino's ambivalent soldier, spurred on to fight by the taunting of Nastassja Kinski and the sadism of Donald Sutherland's British officer. An epic war movie which was a disaster at the box office.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 139 members
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  • Scarface (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After years of diplomatic silence between the United States and Cuba, Castro opens the port of Mariel Harbor, Cuba, to thousands emmigrating to the United States in search of the American dream. Shrewdly, Castro also unlocks the overpacked prisons, allowing hordes of criminals to join the refugees. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 39,444 members
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  • Scarface - Blu-ray (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This re-make of the 1932 Howard Hawks classic has up-and-coming gangster Tony Montana (Al Pacino) arriving in Miami as a Cuban refugee. With his friend Manny (Stephen Bauer), Tony carries out a hit on a politician, earning him the gratitude of drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia). Tony rises ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 408 members
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  • Author, Author on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Dyan Cannon
    Director: Arthur Hiller
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Successful playwright Al Pacino can't get any work done as long as he is pestered by his wacko wife Tuesday Weld. Making things worse are the couple's obstreperous children, many of them products of her previous marriages. Just as Pacino is completing his latest work, his wife walks out on him. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 373 members
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  • Cruising (1980)
    Starring: Richard Cox,  Paul Sorvino,  Al Pacino
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After a series of gay murders in New York, cop Steve Burns (Al Pacino) goes undercover, 'cruising' seedy bars and nightclubs in an attempt to track down the killer. Based on actual murder cases which took place between 1962 and 1979.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,353 member
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  • And Justice For All (1979)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jack Warden,  Christine Lahti
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Norman Jewison's blackly satirical look at the American justice system has gained in stature as one of the more incisive social commentaries of its time. Al Pacino plays Arthur Kirkland, an incorruptible attorney who attempts to initiate reforms in the Maryland justice system. Kirkland is haunted ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,545 member
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  • Dog Day Afternoon on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  James Broderick,  Charles Durning
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on a true 1972 story, Sidney Lumet's 1975 drama chronicles a unique bank robbery on a hot summer afternoon in New York City. Shortly before closing time, scheming loser Sonny (Al Pacino) and his slow-witted buddy, Sal (John Cazale), burst into a Brooklyn bank for what should be a run-of-the-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 14,113 members
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  • The Godfather Part 2 on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Marianna Hill,  Al Pacino,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 53,851 members
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  • Scarecrow (1973)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Al Pacino,  Eileen Brennan
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Drama starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. Trying to hitch a ride on a desolate California road, fresh-out-of-prison Max (Hackman) meets ex-sailor Lion (Al Pacino). They are both heading east, as Max dreams of opening a car wash in Pittsburgh and Lion believes that the wife and child he left behind ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 85 members
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  • Serpico on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Jack Kehoe,  John Randolph,  Kenneth McMillan
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Real life story of undercover police officer Frank Serpico (Al Pacino), who discovers that corruption is rife soon after joining the force. Refusing the payoffs which have become accepted practice, the nonconformist Serpico finds himself spurned and harrassed by his fellow officers. When the strain ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 8,658 members
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  • The Godfather on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Richard Conte,  James Caan
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone's ..read more »
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  • The Panic In Needle Park on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Alan Vint,  Kitty Winn,  Al Pacino
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A couple loves heroin as much as they love each other in Jerry Schatzberg's grim drug drama. After an illegal abortion at the behest of her faithless lover (Raul Julia), lost innocent Helen (Kitty Winn) finds solace with small-time crook Bobby (Al Pacino), a regular in Manhattan's Needle Park. As ..read more »
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  • Inside the Actors Studio - Leading Men (4 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Sean Penn
    Director: Jeff Wurtz
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Since 1994, James Lipton has invited Hollywood's top actors, directors, musicians, and comedians to his Bravo television series INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO for intelligent, thought-provoking interviews that delve into the creative process rather than guests' gossipy personal lives.
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Al Pacino facts

5 most recent films

Despicable Me 2 - 4.5 stars
The Son of No One - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Dali & I - The Surreal Story - 2.0 stars
Jack and Jill - 2.5 stars
Jack and Jill - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Despicable Me 2 - 4.5 stars
The Godfather Trilogy - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Scarface - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Godfather - 4.0 stars
Heat - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

10 Hollywood Leading Men - 2.0 stars
Dali & I - The Surreal Story - 2.0 stars
Two For The Money - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Glengarry Glen Ross - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Local Stimatic - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert De Niro - 15 times - show films
Alec Baldwin - 7 times - show films
Kevin Spacey - 7 times - show films
Clark Gable - 6 times - show films
Cary Grant - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Francis Ford Coppola - 8 times - show films
Brian De Palma - 7 times - show films
Michael Mann - 6 times - show films
James Foley - 6 times - show films
Jon Avnet - 5 times - show films