Serpico, 1973

This was one of the two movies filmed between the two Godfather films that featured Al Pacino, the other being the buddy film Scarecrow (Gene Hackman being the buddy). It’s no coincidence that Pacino looks like the Messiah. A NYC cop refusing to go bad in the face of corruption by his partners shares parallels with Christ’s incorruptible character in the face of the dissenting disciples. Director Sidney Lumet later used Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon.