all week long we work on the calls all
the over over again you are not focused
with more than five decades of
experience under his belt he’s played
every role you can imagine from the most
righteous upholder of the law what the
caller
you don’t want to fill out forms to the
devil himself virtue of the devil is in
his loins welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Al Pacino performances evade
a choice you got to make by questioning
my reputation
number 10 Lowell Bergman the insider no
Birdman ber GMA and I’m a producer with
60 minutes in this film about a
real-life tobacco industry whistleblower
run that’s Sandifer piece on nicotine is
not addictive
Pacino plays the CBS News producer
responsible for helping Russell Crowe’s
character publicize the industry’s nasty
little secret this guy is the ultimate
insider he’s got something to say he
wants to say it I want on 60 minutes the
film was nominated for a slew of awards
and reaped praised for its stellar
acting performances Pacino’s included
put the corporation at risk give me a
break
these people are putting our whole
reason for doing what we do on the line
intense but not over-the-top he
perfectly complements Crowes riveting
Jeffrey Wigand and helps make the
insider compelling viewing the entire
deposition of his testimony in a court
of law in the state of Mississippi the
cat totally out of the bag you’re still
standing here debating Don what the hell
else do you need number 9 will dormer
insomnia do me this Christopher Nolan’s
psychological thriller follows a pair of
LAPD’s finest as they travel to an
eternally sunlit town in Alaska to
investigate a homicide didn’t panic
didn’t chop her up or burn on beyond
recognition just
thought about what we would be making
for things go south when Detective will
dormer accidentally shoots his partner
and attempts to cover it up he’s
conscious he’s dead
Pacino doesn’t only deliver a profound
portrayal of the ensuing guilt and
accompanying insomnia but he’s also
forced to deal with a surprisingly
creepy Robin Williams who spends much of
the film’s screwing with his character’s
head you shot your partner and you lied
about it well – then you’re a liar and
you’re a killer number 8 Frank Serpico
Serpico based on real-life cop Frank
Serpico this crime flick has Pacino
playing an honest cop who attempts to
single-handedly uncover the corruption
in the NYPD even though his life is
constantly threatened and his colleagues
turn against him it seems he’ll do just
about anything to triumph over evil even
wearing a ton of fancy hats Besson
Pacino is so enthralling in the role
that he won a Golden Globe and earned an
Oscar nod if I could work alone that’s
the thing just get work alone but they
don’t like that clue they want they
don’t want that they want to suck in
number 7 lefty Ruggiero Donnie Brasco
anybody ask anybody about lefty for
Mulberry Street
you pissing up the wrong fucking tree
sliding to the complete opposite end of
the spectrum with Donnie Brasco Pacino
plays the old-timer mafioso who
befriends undercover FBI agent Joe
Pistone II otherwise known as Donnie
Brasco duty and friendship butt heads
when Brasco realizes that if he comes
clean to the Mafia he’ll put Lefty’s
life in danger
not only does his chemistry with the
younger Johnny Depp completely shined
through but Pacino’s take on the
real-life gangster is also original and
authentic in our thing you get sent for
going alive you come out dead and it’s
your best friend that does it number six
Vincent Hanna heat why did I get mixed
up with that bitch she got off great ass
and you got your head all the way up it
the film marketed as Al Pacino’s and
Robert De Niro’s first onscreen
performance together is a cat-and-mouse
story based on true events Pacino is an
LAPD cop trying to catch a professional
thief while De Niro’s thief struggles
with his own demons I spent all my time
chasing guys like you around the block
that’s my life aside from being adored
by critics and fans alike the crime
flick is a classic of the genre thanks
in no small part to Pacino’s mesmerizing
and moving performance as the obsessive
and dedicated lieutenant Hanna I got
three dead bodies on a sidewalk off
Venice Boulevard Justine I’m sorry if
the goddamn chicken got
number five Frank Slade scent of a woman
does call me Frank call me mr. slave
call me colonel if you must just don’t
call me sir although this blind
Lieutenant Colonel is quite a departure
from his other roles who Pacino reminds
us
he’s a diverse artist capable of taking
on films outside the cop and gangster
genre with scent of a woman
starting out as rough and borderline
unlikable Pacino manages to give depth
to his character through his journey
that makes us empathize with him but I
sometimes need a point in the right
direction
after his irascible yet likable ex-army
Ranger was universally celebrated by
critics and viewers alike Pacino finally
won his first Oscar for the role after
decades of executing top quality
performances you break my heart son all
my life I stood up to everyone and
everything because it made me feel
important number four Carlito Brigante
Carlito’s Way I have been sick with the
social ills known in the ghetto but my
time in the Sterling correctional
facilities of Green Haven and Sing Sing
has not been in vain I’ve been cured
before we start wondering why Pacino is
in so many mobster movies let’s not
forget he also happens to play a pretty
awesome thug I’ve been freshly released
from prison on a technicality Carlito
takes a solemn oath to live an honest
life with his ballerina girlfriend
Charlie
hello girl however his former life soon
catches up to him and inevitably reels
him back in never
I mean if I ever see you here again you
just like this crime drama certainly
wouldn’t be the same without Pacino’s
first-rate acting which has also helped
Carlito’s Way become a cult classic I
guess I’m a workaholic
number three Tony Montana Scarface
I’m Tony Montana are you what you call
yourself this reboot of the 1932 film
based on the novel of the same name
features Pacino playing the power-hungry
Cuban who relocates to Miami in order to
live out the American dream yep it’s all
cocaine guns incest and apple pie are
you got a look in your eye like you
having me hero although the film
initially received mixed reviews for its
heavy drug use and gratuitous violence
Pacino’s turn as the immigrant turned
drug lord is the perfect mix of nuanced
and over-the-top making the role
undeniably iconic hypnotic and oh so
quotable number two Sonny wart sick dog
day afternoon
on the surface this movie doesn’t really
stray from a typical cops-and-robbers
story but within the usual lawlessness
and gun-happy brutality prevalent in
most Pacino flicks we find some pretty
touchy issues for the time like
anti-establishment Arianism
homosexuality and gender identity to my
darling wife Leon whom I love more than
any man has loved another man
Pacino plays an unlucky man who tries to
rob a bank to pay for his pre-op wife’s
sex change right away sunny wanted to
get me money for the sex change
operation but was
how’s that for breaking the mold and
with his crime playing out on live
television Pacino’s character grows from
a meek thief into a sort of folk hero
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions stocks bonds
objects of art real estate what are they
and opportunity the inches we need are
everywhere around us they’re in every
break of the game every minute every
second how the hell did that happen I’m
the hand of Mona Lisa’s skirt I’m a
surprise Ken they don’t see me coming
you spring three hundred dollars to put
the ad in the magazine you spring
another let’s say five yards a month for
some little love nest in the village 50
bucks for the post office box and you’re
trying to tell us you never even went
out with any starving people to death
they cut off their feeding and their
water and they let him die and it’s all
legal the United States Supreme Court
has validated the Nazi method of
execution number one Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part two father taught me
many things here don’t me in this room
he taught me keep your friends close but
your enemies closer our top pick is
Pacino’s role in the first sequel to
ever win an Oscar for Best Picture and a
film that transports us through the
parallel lives of father and son and the
evolution of their mob careers no proof
linking me to any criminal conspiracy
whether it is called Mafia Cosa Nostra
while he played Michael Corleone in the
first and third films its Pacino’s turn
as Vito Corleone’s reluctant successor
turned merciless mob boss in part two
that’s really the stuff of movie history
just not only did it earn him an Oscar
nomination but more important
it’s solidified his place as one of the
best actors in the business
I know it was you afraid of you broke my
heart
do you agree with our list I just think
it’s just crazy
which Pacino performance is your
favorite girl me Russell for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
back to work
the over over again you are not focused
with more than five decades of
experience under his belt he’s played
every role you can imagine from the most
righteous upholder of the law what the
caller
you don’t want to fill out forms to the
devil himself virtue of the devil is in
his loins welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Al Pacino performances evade
a choice you got to make by questioning
my reputation
number 10 Lowell Bergman the insider no
Birdman ber GMA and I’m a producer with
60 minutes in this film about a
real-life tobacco industry whistleblower
run that’s Sandifer piece on nicotine is
not addictive
Pacino plays the CBS News producer
responsible for helping Russell Crowe’s
character publicize the industry’s nasty
little secret this guy is the ultimate
insider he’s got something to say he
wants to say it I want on 60 minutes the
film was nominated for a slew of awards
and reaped praised for its stellar
acting performances Pacino’s included
put the corporation at risk give me a
break
these people are putting our whole
reason for doing what we do on the line
intense but not over-the-top he
perfectly complements Crowes riveting
Jeffrey Wigand and helps make the
insider compelling viewing the entire
deposition of his testimony in a court
of law in the state of Mississippi the
cat totally out of the bag you’re still
standing here debating Don what the hell
else do you need number 9 will dormer
insomnia do me this Christopher Nolan’s
psychological thriller follows a pair of
LAPD’s finest as they travel to an
eternally sunlit town in Alaska to
investigate a homicide didn’t panic
didn’t chop her up or burn on beyond
recognition just
thought about what we would be making
for things go south when Detective will
dormer accidentally shoots his partner
and attempts to cover it up he’s
conscious he’s dead
Pacino doesn’t only deliver a profound
portrayal of the ensuing guilt and
accompanying insomnia but he’s also
forced to deal with a surprisingly
creepy Robin Williams who spends much of
the film’s screwing with his character’s
head you shot your partner and you lied
about it well – then you’re a liar and
you’re a killer number 8 Frank Serpico
Serpico based on real-life cop Frank
Serpico this crime flick has Pacino
playing an honest cop who attempts to
single-handedly uncover the corruption
in the NYPD even though his life is
constantly threatened and his colleagues
turn against him it seems he’ll do just
about anything to triumph over evil even
wearing a ton of fancy hats Besson
Pacino is so enthralling in the role
that he won a Golden Globe and earned an
Oscar nod if I could work alone that’s
the thing just get work alone but they
don’t like that clue they want they
don’t want that they want to suck in
number 7 lefty Ruggiero Donnie Brasco
anybody ask anybody about lefty for
Mulberry Street
you pissing up the wrong fucking tree
sliding to the complete opposite end of
the spectrum with Donnie Brasco Pacino
plays the old-timer mafioso who
befriends undercover FBI agent Joe
Pistone II otherwise known as Donnie
Brasco duty and friendship butt heads
when Brasco realizes that if he comes
clean to the Mafia he’ll put Lefty’s
life in danger
not only does his chemistry with the
younger Johnny Depp completely shined
through but Pacino’s take on the
real-life gangster is also original and
authentic in our thing you get sent for
going alive you come out dead and it’s
your best friend that does it number six
Vincent Hanna heat why did I get mixed
up with that bitch she got off great ass
and you got your head all the way up it
the film marketed as Al Pacino’s and
Robert De Niro’s first onscreen
performance together is a cat-and-mouse
story based on true events Pacino is an
LAPD cop trying to catch a professional
thief while De Niro’s thief struggles
with his own demons I spent all my time
chasing guys like you around the block
that’s my life aside from being adored
by critics and fans alike the crime
flick is a classic of the genre thanks
in no small part to Pacino’s mesmerizing
and moving performance as the obsessive
and dedicated lieutenant Hanna I got
three dead bodies on a sidewalk off
Venice Boulevard Justine I’m sorry if
the goddamn chicken got
number five Frank Slade scent of a woman
does call me Frank call me mr. slave
call me colonel if you must just don’t
call me sir although this blind
Lieutenant Colonel is quite a departure
from his other roles who Pacino reminds
us
he’s a diverse artist capable of taking
on films outside the cop and gangster
genre with scent of a woman
starting out as rough and borderline
unlikable Pacino manages to give depth
to his character through his journey
that makes us empathize with him but I
sometimes need a point in the right
direction
after his irascible yet likable ex-army
Ranger was universally celebrated by
critics and viewers alike Pacino finally
won his first Oscar for the role after
decades of executing top quality
performances you break my heart son all
my life I stood up to everyone and
everything because it made me feel
important number four Carlito Brigante
Carlito’s Way I have been sick with the
social ills known in the ghetto but my
time in the Sterling correctional
facilities of Green Haven and Sing Sing
has not been in vain I’ve been cured
before we start wondering why Pacino is
in so many mobster movies let’s not
forget he also happens to play a pretty
awesome thug I’ve been freshly released
from prison on a technicality Carlito
takes a solemn oath to live an honest
life with his ballerina girlfriend
Charlie
hello girl however his former life soon
catches up to him and inevitably reels
him back in never
I mean if I ever see you here again you
just like this crime drama certainly
wouldn’t be the same without Pacino’s
first-rate acting which has also helped
Carlito’s Way become a cult classic I
guess I’m a workaholic
number three Tony Montana Scarface
I’m Tony Montana are you what you call
yourself this reboot of the 1932 film
based on the novel of the same name
features Pacino playing the power-hungry
Cuban who relocates to Miami in order to
live out the American dream yep it’s all
cocaine guns incest and apple pie are
you got a look in your eye like you
having me hero although the film
initially received mixed reviews for its
heavy drug use and gratuitous violence
Pacino’s turn as the immigrant turned
drug lord is the perfect mix of nuanced
and over-the-top making the role
undeniably iconic hypnotic and oh so
quotable number two Sonny wart sick dog
day afternoon
on the surface this movie doesn’t really
stray from a typical cops-and-robbers
story but within the usual lawlessness
and gun-happy brutality prevalent in
most Pacino flicks we find some pretty
touchy issues for the time like
anti-establishment Arianism
homosexuality and gender identity to my
darling wife Leon whom I love more than
any man has loved another man
Pacino plays an unlucky man who tries to
rob a bank to pay for his pre-op wife’s
sex change right away sunny wanted to
get me money for the sex change
operation but was
how’s that for breaking the mold and
with his crime playing out on live
television Pacino’s character grows from
a meek thief into a sort of folk hero
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions stocks bonds
objects of art real estate what are they
and opportunity the inches we need are
everywhere around us they’re in every
break of the game every minute every
second how the hell did that happen I’m
the hand of Mona Lisa’s skirt I’m a
surprise Ken they don’t see me coming
you spring three hundred dollars to put
the ad in the magazine you spring
another let’s say five yards a month for
some little love nest in the village 50
bucks for the post office box and you’re
trying to tell us you never even went
out with any starving people to death
they cut off their feeding and their
water and they let him die and it’s all
legal the United States Supreme Court
has validated the Nazi method of
execution number one Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part two father taught me
many things here don’t me in this room
he taught me keep your friends close but
your enemies closer our top pick is
Pacino’s role in the first sequel to
ever win an Oscar for Best Picture and a
film that transports us through the
parallel lives of father and son and the
evolution of their mob careers no proof
linking me to any criminal conspiracy
whether it is called Mafia Cosa Nostra
while he played Michael Corleone in the
first and third films its Pacino’s turn
as Vito Corleone’s reluctant successor
turned merciless mob boss in part two
that’s really the stuff of movie history
just not only did it earn him an Oscar
nomination but more important
it’s solidified his place as one of the
best actors in the business
I know it was you afraid of you broke my
heart
do you agree with our list I just think
it’s just crazy
which Pacino performance is your
favorite girl me Russell for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
back to work
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