Greatest Al Pacino performance after his 50s

He was 49 in '89 for Sea of Love.

I would say that it's Donnie Brasco - there's so much going on in that performance - the way he dials down his charisma, the way he acts without speaking at the end AND comes up with one of his greatest physical "moves" - ever.....in the photo below. It is the most perfect example of how great and unique he is - he walks the line between being pathetic and scary. There is great humor in the portrayal.....there's great sadness in it.........and it's nothing like his previous Italian gangster (Michael Corleone).

By the way aside from all those wonderful portrayals in the list I would say The Humbling (and to a lesser extent Danny Collins though that got a Golden Globe nod) is his most underrated film performance 50+.....one day people will look at that Manglehorn/Danny Collins/The Humbling trifecta for how marvelous they really were out of nowhere in less than a year........and that was ~3 years after me saying on IMDB that I thought he was kind of done at 72  

You must be new here dude, because this is discussed pretty much every day

Angels in America and You Don't Know Jack are far and away the best performances he's given in his period (and frankly, I consider them his best work overall). But if we're counting film performances, I'd say Glengarry Glen Ross is the best.

The Irishman or The Insider.

Also a shout out to his terrific portrayal of Shylock in the deeply underrated The Merchant of Venice.
He should have been nominated for that.

Heat, but his works in Scent of a woman and Insomnia are excellent as well.

I’ll go with Heat because the ad-libs and acting choices he makes in that film are almost Scarface level iconic. How quotable and imitated is his performance in that?

By the time I get to Phoenix....he’ll be riiiiiissssssiiiiinnn. He’ll probably leave a note...right on the door.


GIMME ALL YOU GOT!!!! GIMME ALL YOU GOT!!!