Al Pacino
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A blade of grass -- A change -- A tiger and an Indian -- The new world -- Grown-ups don't do things like this -- The business we've chosen -- Maximum velocity -- Every day above ground is a good day -- It's over -- Just when I thought I was out -- Forty dollars a day (and all the donuts you can eat) -- You can always buy new friends -- The undiscovered country -- Who speaks of triumph? To endure is everything.
"To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded...
2) The Irishman
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"Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa to the rift that forced him to choose between the two."--container.
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In the final installment of the epic Corleone trilogy, Al Pacino reprises his role as the powerful family leader Michael Corleone. Now in his sixties, Michael is consumed with guilt for his past deeds while he plans for the family's re-emergence as a completely legitimate corporation.
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Shylock has grown wealthy through money-lending, the only profession open to Jewish businessmen of the time, but faces indignity and danger when he ventures beyond the Jewish quarter. In the same city, though in a different world, lives Antonio, a Christian merchant beset by worry over the fate of his trading vessels and his increasing isolation from his best friend Bassanio. The younger man has fallen in love with the beautiful Portia, and seeks...
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Val is released from prison after serving twenty-eight years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. He's reunited with his two best friends Doc and Hirsch. But one of the friends is keeping a dangerous secret. He's been put in an impossible quandary by a former mob boss, and his time to find an acceptable alternative is running out. As the sun rises on the guys' legendary reunion, their position becomes more and more desperate....
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In this searing police thriller, Jonathan is a second-generation cop who gets assigned to reopen a double homicide cold case in his neighborhood. An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy...
10) The humbling
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Over-the-hill stage actor Simon Axler struggles to find his passion for life again. Near his breaking point, he finds motivation in the form of a young and lustful lesbian Pegeen Stapleford, but as their relationship heats up Simon has a hard time keeping up with the youthful Pegeen.
11) The Godfather
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Revenge, envy, and parent-child conflict mix with the rituals of Italian mob life in America.
13) Manglehorn
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Al Pacino and Holly Hunter give moving performances as a cat loving locksmith and a lovelorn bank teller who are both transformed by a new romance in this magical love story.
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Times are tough at the real estate firm of Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene (Lemmon) and Dave Moss (Harris) are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma (Pacino) is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering...
15) Hangman
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A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game Hangman.
16) Scent of a woman
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A scholarship student at an exclusive prep school becomes the caretaker of a blind, retired Lieutenant Colonel over Thanksgiving weekend.
18) Scarface
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Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, Scarface follows the violent career of a smalltime Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire.
19) Dick Tracy
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"The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob." --imdb.com.
20) House of Gucci
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"House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately ... murder." --container