Al Pacino · Filmography Ranked
Best Al Pacino Films, Ranked by IQ Score
Five decades of one of cinema's most-canonical leading men. Every Pacino film, ranked by IQ Score.
Al Pacino's filmography is the most-canonical 1970s New-Hollywood-emerging leading-man catalog. Eight Oscar nominations, finally won Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1992) after seven prior misses.
Anchor picks: The Godfather (1972), Michael Corleone, the definitive Pacino role. The Godfather Part II (1974). Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Serpico (1973), Heat (1995), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).
9 titles · ranked by IQ Score
Ranked by IQ Score. None of the 9 titles on this list has yet been re-verified under the current standard; all carry legacy scores, published before August 2026 under our earlier workflow, and are queued for re-verification, children's catalog first. Each title page states its class. About score classes → · Verification status →
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Questions about this ranking
What is the best Al Pacino film?
By IQ Score on TV Intelligentsia, The Godfather (180), The Godfather Part II (176), and Dog Day Afternoon (167) anchor the catalog. Glengarry Glen Ross, Serpico, Heat, and The Irishman round out the canonical entries.
How many Oscars has Pacino won?
One, Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1992). He'd been nominated seven prior times before winning.
Which Pacino performance is most underrated?
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) are consistently underrated relative to The Godfather and Scarface. Glengarry Glen Ross in particular is canonical-ensemble work that demonstrates Pacino in extended-monologue mode at register the Mamet adaptation required.
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