If you’re a true Al Pacino super fan, you’ll know these movies. If not, allow us to introduce you to some lesser-known Pacino gems that are totally worth watching.

Bobby Deerfield (1977)

Columbia Pictures

This movie is so underrated, this reporter could write a book on it.

Bobby Deerfield follows Al Pacino as the title character, an American race car driver living in Europe who has to reevaluate his life after one of his fellow drivers dies in an inexplicable crash. While visiting another driver in a medical facility, he meets and begins to fall for a quirky and outspoken woman named Lillian (Marthe Keller) who unfortunately has a terminal illness.

I’m convinced that Bobby Deerfield walked so The Fault In Our Stars could run.

Listen, Bobby Deerfield isn’t perfect. I see why it wasn’t super well-received by critics in its day. But there’s just something really charming and pleasant about it. And Pacino does a hilarious Mae West impression at the end that will make you melt.

Author! Author! (1982)

20th Century Studios

One reason you may not have heard of this movie is because it’s not currently streaming anywhere and it’s really tough to get ahold of even a DVD copy of it. But if you can manage to see it, it’s a totally worthwhile little picture.

In Author! Author!. Pacino plays a struggling playwright who becomes the de-facto father of a group of unwanted step-children left in his care from past relationships. He’s a great single dad and his step-children love him.

It’s full of funny little moments, like when his producer friends ask to bounce an idea off of him: “Let me bounce this off you, and that off you!” he yells back, throwing scripts at them.

Please, I need more people to watch this movie so someone will understand my niche references.

Me, Natalie (1969)

National General Pictures

Technically, Pacino only has one short scene in this 1969 movie starring Patty Duke — but it’s his first on-screen role in a feature, so it’s worth noting.

The film follows Duke as Natalie, a so-called “ugly ducking” who moves to Greenwich Village and meets an artist there.

If you don’t want to watch the whole movie, you can catch Pacino’s scene here — but be warned, his character is not very likable. Hey, they can’t all be chivalrous!

S1m0ne (2002)

New Line Cinema

In 2002, an AI generated person seemed pretty futuristic — but today, it seems pretty realistic.

In this Andrew Niccol-directed drama, Pacino plays a producer who finds himself in a pickle when the star of his movie walks off the set. So he decides to create a digitally-rendered actress who only exists on screen.

But when she becomes an overnight sensation, everyone understandably assumes she’s a real person — creating yet another pickle for our producer friend.

Just another example of how life imitates art.

…And Justice For All (1979)

Columbia Pictures

Directed by Norman Jewison, …And Justice For All stars Pacino as Arthur Kirkland, a defense attorney who tries to win cases for clients trapped in an unfair legal system.

Pacino was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for this role, and the screenplay by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson was nominated for an Oscar as well — but you don’t really hear about this movie so much anymore.

It’s worth watching just for the scene where Pacino yells ” You’re out of order! You’re out of order! The whole trial is out of order!”

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