War veteran Michael Corlone returns home to find himself becoming increasingly involved with the family "business." His father, "Don" Vito Corleone, is the head of the mafia family and eventually expects Michael to take his place when he dies. ... more about Godfather
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
The second installment in the Godfather trilogy follows Michael and his position of "Don" in the Corleone family. The film also tells about Vito Corleone's beginnings and how he became one of the most powerful men in New York. ... more about Godfather: Part II
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
A scientist hired by "Big Tobacco" revels the secrets of the industry in a "60 minutes" interview, but when the tobacco industry threatens a lawsuit, CBS caves and shelves the expose. ... more about Insider
Al Pacino is forcefully real as Frank Serpico, an independent young recruit entering the police force in the late 1960s, fulfilling a childhood dream. ... more about Serpico
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
A desperate and half-crazed man attempts to rob a bank to help pay for his lover's sex change operation, but when the heist goes wrong the situation turns into a fiasco and media circus, exposing his life and shame to the world. ... more about Dog Day Afternoon
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor
In a remake of the 1932 classic, Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee turned drug lord. With the help of his best friend, Manny Ray (Steven Bauer), Tony Montana builds a strong drug empire in Miami in the early 1980s. ... more about Scarface
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Times are tough in a New York office; the salesmen (Shelley Levene, Ricky Roma, Dave Moss, and George Aaronow) are given a strong incentive by Blake to succeed in a sales contest. ... more about Glengarry Glen Ross
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. ... more about Insomnia
This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero, Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction lead by Sonny Black. ... more about Donnie Brasco
Actor Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. ... more about Heat
A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. ... more about Carlito's Way
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. ... more about Godfather: Part III
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Pacino balances a performance between comedy and bleak despair when he adds a thoroughly detestable judge accused of rape to his already miserable client list. Maybe intended as satire, maybe not. Lahti's debut film role. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Al Pacino. ... more about ...And Justice for All
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
American Movie Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Set in the lavish era of 16th century Italy, The Merchant of Venice follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of Shakespearean characters in this story wrought with morality, revenge, redemption and love. ... more about Merchant of Venice
Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play and the events that happened at the time the play is set. ... more about Looking for Richard
Frank is a retired Lt Col in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over thanksgiving. ... more about Scent of a Woman
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
A young boy dies from a stray bullet during a shootout between a cop and mob family member who had previously been supiciously given probabtion, only to break its terms. New York's Deputy Mayor, Kevin Calhoun starts digging for information. ... more about City Hall
When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney (Denis Quaid) out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. ... more about Any Given Sunday
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a cafe beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom. ... more about Frankie and Johnny
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. ... more about Cruising
Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case. ... more about Sea of Love
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Based on a book by Andrew Neiderman, the film centers on a young lawyer who joins a New York firm only to discover that his boss has an increasingly bizarre personality. ... more about Devil's Advocate
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
When his lead actress walks off the set, a disillusioned film producer (Pacino) creates a digital star who becomes an overnight sensation. ... more about S1m0ne
Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback's anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games' outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. ... more about Two for the Money
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" in New York city. ... more about Panic in Needle Park
Smart, resourceful and uncommonly devoted seasoned publicist Eli Wurman (Pacino) has smoothly managed the public lives of the rich, the famous and the incredibly powerful throughout his long career. There has never been a crisis he couldn't handle... ... more about People I Know
Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's returning home to the midwest to see the child born while he was at sea. ... more about Scarecrow
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to have to buy a ... more about Two Bits
A lowly thug, Gigli (Ben Affleck), is assigned to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor to save his mobster boss from incarceration. ... more about Gigli
Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. His tramp wife is leaving him, leaving him as well with four children from her previous marriages plus his own son. ... more about Author! Author!
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. ... more about Righteous Kill
Bobby Deerfield (Al Pacino), a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli (Marthe Keller), who is terminally ill. ... more about Bobby Deerfield
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
This fast-paced thriller stars Al Pacino as a college professor who gets wrapped up in a game of cat-and-mouse after discovering that he only has 88 minutes to live. ... more about 88 Minutes
Two working-class Englishmen spend their free time arguing about greyhound-racing and Winston Churchill. They also read the papers, especially the gossip columns and Society pages. ... more about Local Stigmatic
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. ... more about Revolution