Scarface

About Scarface

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami.

Scarface is a 1983 crime film directed by Brian De Palma. The film is filed under corruption, tragic, tragedy, and mafia.

Al Pacino appears as Tony Montana, Steven Bauer as Manny Ray, Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Gina. Released in December 1983, it runs 170 minutes.

The screenplay is by Oliver Stone. Produced by Universal Pictures. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

The Godfather, American History X, and The Departed make useful companions to Scarface, all filed under gangster and loss of loved one. TMDB voters put it at 8.2 out of 10 across 13,655 votes and it carries a R rating.