Top 10 Best Al Pacino Movies

As Michael Corleone, the youngest son of a mafia family who reluctantly takes over the family business, Pacino delivered one of the most influential roles in film history. The transformation from reserved outsider to ruthless don is the core of the film.

In the sequel, Pacino shows how Michael Corleone's power increasingly isolates him from his own family. The film is widely regarded as one of the few sequels to equal or surpass the original.

As Cuban immigrant Tony Montana, who works his way up to drug lord in Miami, Pacino created one of the most quoted characters in gangster cinema. The role has become a cultural icon in its own right.

Based on true events, Pacino plays a man whose bank robbery spirals completely out of control into a lengthy hostage situation. The role shows a more chaotic, human side than his later mafia roles.

Opposite Robert De Niro, Pacino plays a detective trying to catch a master thief. The film is famous for the diner scene in which the two actors share the screen for the first time.

As a blind, cynical retired officer who takes a young student under his wing, Pacino delivered the role that finally won him an Oscar. The tango scene is one of his most famous movie moments.

As an honest cop who exposes corruption within his own department, Pacino gives one of his most physically and emotionally demanding early performances. The film is based on the true story of the real Frank Serpico.

Opposite Johnny Depp, Pacino plays an aging mobster who doesn't realize his protégé is an undercover FBI agent. The role shows a more vulnerable, tragic side than his earlier gangster characters.

As union leader Jimmy Hoffa in Martin Scorsese's epic crime drama, Pacino played his first lead role in a Scorsese film. The role earned him another Oscar nomination at the age of eighty.

As a former criminal trying to go straight but constantly pulled back into his old world, Pacino plays one of his most tragic characters. The film explores how hard it is to truly leave your past behind.

Pacino plays a priest who, together with a younger colleague (Dan Stevens), must perform a risky exorcism, based on the true story behind The Exorcist.

Pacino plays Ricky Roma, the slick top salesman in this razor-sharp drama about desperate real estate agents, based on David Mamet's play.

Pacino plays a detective struggling with sleeplessness and guilt during a murder investigation in Alaska, in this thriller by Christopher Nolan.

Pacino delivers one of his earliest iconic roles as a lawyer forced to defend a corrupt judge, in this driven courtroom drama.

Pacino plays a fierce American football coach in Oliver Stone's intense sports drama, famous for his legendary 'inch by inch' speech.

Pacino returns for the third and final time as an aging Michael Corleone trying to legitimize his family empire.

Pacino plays ruthless lawyer Roy Cohn in this award-winning HBO miniseries about the AIDS crisis in 1980s America.

One of Pacino's earliest film roles: a raw drama about addiction in New York that marked his breakthrough as a serious actor.