Say hello to my little compendium! Al Pacino films – ranked

As the actor turns 86, we rate his greatest screen performances and ask which Godfather was the best of the trilogy

Ryan Gilbert

Thursday 30 April 2026

20. Manglehorn (2014)

With greased-back hair, dainty spectacles and bristly chops, Pacino is a former Little League baseball coach turned locksmith. But – symbolism alert! – who holds the key to his clenched heart? One scene gives good cringe: over a would-be romantic dinner with a bank teller (Holly Hunter), he starts reminiscing about his great lost love, oblivious to his date’s escalating indignation.

Feline good … Pacino in Manglehorn. Photograph: Cinematic/Alamy

19. Any Given Sunday (1999)

No surprise that Oliver Stone’s football drama is frenzied, overloaded and unsubtle. At least it has at its centre a performance of style and grace by Pacino. He plays the idealistic coach of the fictional Miami Sharks, who sees the game as a test of character. “On any given Sunday, you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose,” he says. “The point is – can you win or lose like a man?”

 

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