Al Pacino's 10 best and 10 worst movies, according to critics

<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Al Pacino in 2023.Dominik Bindl/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Al Pacino is one of the most iconic actors of the last 100 years.</li><li>He's been in some of the greatest films in history.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/al-pacino">Al Pacino</a> is one of the most iconic and influential actors of all time. He's earned hundreds of millions at the box office, appeared in some of the best films in history, and remains a cultural presence over 50 years after he made his on-screen debut in 1969.</p><p>The 84-year-old recently released a memoir, "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/al-pacino-the-godfather-worst-picture-ever-made-coppola-2024-10">Sonny Boy</a>," which chronicles his decades in Hollywood, including his belief that "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trivia-about-filming-the-godfather-2020-8">The Godfather</a>" was going to be "the worst picture ever made."</p><p>But for cinema lovers everywhere, that wasn't the case.</p><p>Instead, the film catapulted Pacino to the A-list and earned him his first of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/actors-with-most-oscar-nominations-2017-2">nine Academy Award nominations</a>. It was also the first of his four consecutive nominations from 1973 to 1976.</p><p>But not every film in his career has been a classic. Does "Gigli" ring any bells?</p><p>We've compiled the 10 worst films and the 10 best films Pacino has starred in across his career, according to critics' scores on Rotten Tomatoes. First: his worst.</p>