What is the best Andy Garcia movie?

Mobsters, cops and casino bosses fill most of this list, but there is room for a musical, a painter biopic and a Havana story he directed himself. Some earned him awards talk; others became cable-TV staples.

1. 1
   Confidence

   James Foley's 2003 con-artist thriller with Garcia as federal agent Gunther Butan.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Godfather Part III

   Francis Ford Coppola's 1990 sequel in which Garcia plays Vincent Mancini, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination.
   953pts
3. 3
   Modigliani

   Mick Davis's 2004 biopic with Garcia in the title role of painter Amedeo Modigliani in 1919 Paris.
   900pts
4. 4
   Ocean's Eleven

   Steven Soderbergh's 2001 heist film with Garcia as Las Vegas casino owner Terry Benedict.
   900pts
5. 5
   Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

   Gary Fleder's 1995 crime film with Garcia as ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint, pulled back for one last job.
   812pts
6. 6
   Smokin' Aces

   Joe Carnahan's 2006 action thriller with Garcia as FBI deputy director Stanley Locke.
   811pts
7. 7
   City Island

   Raymond De Felitta's 2009 family comedy with Garcia as Bronx corrections officer Vince Rizzo, which he also produced.
   750pts
8. 8
   Ocean's Thirteen

   Steven Soderbergh's 2007 sequel in which Garcia's Terry Benedict teams up with Danny Ocean's crew.
   680pts
9. 9
   Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

   Ol Parker's 2018 musical sequel with Garcia as hotel manager Fernando Cienfuegos opposite Cher.
   680pts
10. 10
    The Untouchables

    Brian De Palma's 1987 Prohibition drama with Garcia as sharpshooting agent George Stone alongside Kevin Costner and Sean Connery.
    600pts
11. 11
    Desperate Measures

    Barbet Schroeder's 1998 thriller with Garcia as a San Francisco cop whose son needs a bone marrow donor played by Michael Keaton.
    600pts
12. 12
    8 Million Ways to Die

    Hal Ashby's 1986 crime thriller in which Garcia plays drug dealer Angel Maldonado opposite Jeff Bridges.
    600pts
13. 13
    Black Rain

    Ridley Scott's 1989 thriller set in Osaka with Garcia as detective Charlie Vincent, partner to Michael Douglas.
    508pts
14. 14
    When a Man Loves a Woman

    Luis Mandoki's 1994 drama with Garcia as airline pilot Michael Green, husband of Meg Ryan's alcoholic school counselor.
    508pts
15. 15
    Book Club

    Bill Holderman's 2018 comedy with Garcia as pilot Mitchell, who romances Diane Keaton's character.
    508pts
16. 16
    Jennifer 8

    Bruce Robinson's 1992 thriller with Garcia as detective John Berlin hunting a serial killer, co-starring Uma Thurman.
    507pts
17. 17
    Hero

    Stephen Frears's 1992 comedy with Garcia as John Bubber, a drifter who takes credit for Dustin Hoffman's character's rescue.
    507pts
18. 18
    For Greater Glory

    Dean Wright's 2012 historical drama with Garcia as General Enrique Gorostieta in Mexico's Cristero War.
    400pts
19. 19
    The Lost City

    Garcia's 2005 first fiction feature as director, in which he also stars as a Havana nightclub owner during the Cuban Revolution.
    400pts
20. 20
    Ocean's Twelve

    Steven Soderbergh's 2004 sequel in which Garcia's Terry Benedict demands his stolen money back.
    400pts
21. 21
    Dead Again

    Kenneth Branagh's 1991 mystery thriller with Garcia as reporter Gray Baker.
    273pts
22. 22
    Father of the Bride

    Gary Alazraki's 2022 remake with Garcia as Billy Herrera, a Cuban-American architect facing his daughter's wedding.
    273pts
23. 23
    Night Falls on Manhattan

    Sidney Lumet's legal drama with Garcia as a former cop turned New York assistant district attorney.
    0pts
24. 24
    Internal Affairs

    Mike Figgis's 1990 thriller with Garcia as LAPD internal affairs investigator Raymond Avila pursuing Richard Gere's corrupt cop.
    0pts
25. 25
    Hoodlum

    Bill Duke's 1997 gangster film in which Garcia plays Lucky Luciano opposite Laurence Fishburne.
    0pts

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