Top to Bottom: Al Pacino

10.

Michael Corleone

The Godfather: Part III (1990)

“I betrayed my wife. I betrayed myself. I've killed men, and I ordered men to be killed. No, it's useless. I killed... I ordered the death of my brother. He injured me. I killed my mother's son. I killed my father's son.”

Now, the obvious first question I had to ask myself when I decided to rank Pacino was whether or not to group The Godfather films into one or have them separate. Granted, they are the same character, but the performances are so different. By the third installment, Michael Corleone has aged, which gave Pacino the opportunity to act show off his pipes. He was a bit more volatile in this film, showing a bit of fury and some emotional depth, which almost made it seem as if this Corleone was closer to Pacino in reality. Corleone is the role of Pacino’s career, and this unrecognized and underrated performance only cemented that truth.