Al Pacino ▲

Apex — Serpico (1973)

25,390 feet (Camp III)

37th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Dog Day Afternoon.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Serpico ▲ apex	1973	25,500 ft
	Dog Day Afternoon	1975	25,124 ft
	Scent of a Woman	1992	24,859 ft
	The Godfather	1972	24,721 ft
	The Godfather Part II	1974	24,605 ft
	Carlito's Way	1993	24,327 ft
	...And Justice for All	1979	24,121 ft
	The Godfather Part III	1990	24,057 ft
	Sea of Love	1989	23,681 ft
	Glengarry Glen Ross	1992	23,668 ft
	Scarface	1983	23,521 ft
	Heat	1995	23,342 ft
	Cruising	1980	23,326 ft
	The Merchant of Venice	2004	23,195 ft
	The Panic in Needle Park	1971	23,173 ft
	Insomnia	2002	22,923 ft
	City Hall	1996	22,917 ft
	Author! Author!	1982	22,879 ft
	88 Minutes	2007	22,871 ft
	Danny Collins	2015	22,775 ft
	Bobby Deerfield	1977	22,753 ft
	Stand Up Guys	2012	22,699 ft
	Chinese Coffee	2000	22,662 ft
	Frankie and Johnny	1991	22,629 ft
	Any Given Sunday	1999	22,586 ft
	People I Know	2002	22,502 ft
	Revolution	1985	22,497 ft
	The Insider	1999	22,468 ft
	Hangman	2017	22,460 ft
	Paterno	2018	22,409 ft
	The Recruit	2003	22,330 ft
	Manglehorn	2015	22,279 ft
	Two for the Money	2005	22,267 ft
	The Humbling	2014	22,257 ft
	Wilde Salomé	2013	22,248 ft
	The Local Stigmatic	1990	22,242 ft
	Looking for Richard	1996	22,199 ft
	You Don't Know Jack	2010	22,186 ft
	Dick Tracy	1990	22,184 ft
	The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980	1992	22,169 ft
	S1m0ne	2002	22,158 ft
	I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale	2009	21,846 ft
	The Devil's Advocate	1997	21,633 ft
	Donnie Brasco	1997	21,540 ft
	Knox Goes Away	2024	21,471 ft
	Two Bits	1995	21,423 ft
	The Son of No One	2011	21,406 ft
	Phil Spector	2013	21,366 ft
	The Irishman	2019	21,332 ft
	Righteous Kill	2008	21,282 ft
	Jack and Jill	2011	21,277 ft
	Scarecrow	1973	21,270 ft
	American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally	2021	21,223 ft
	Ocean's Thirteen	2007	21,141 ft
	House of Gucci	2021	21,024 ft
	Salomé	2013	20,864 ft
	The Ritual	2025	20,826 ft
	Misconduct	2016	20,718 ft
	The Pirates of Somalia	2017	20,630 ft
	Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness	2024	20,370 ft
	Dead Man's Wire	2026	20,301 ft
	The Godfather Family: A Look Inside	1990	20,279 ft
	Gigli	2003	20,258 ft
	In the Hand of Dante	2026	20,150 ft
	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood	2019	20,143 ft
	Madonna: Truth or Dare	1991	20,140 ft
	Sly	2023	20,140 ft
	Casting By	2012	20,139 ft
	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	2012	20,139 ft
	Breakdown: 1975	2025	20,139 ft