5 best movies of Andy Garcia

Chinmay T Barot
3 min readFeb 27, 2020

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Andy Garcia is a renowned American actor and director, known for his roles in movies like the Godfather III. He became known in the late 1980s and 90s. Some other movies worth mentioning are Internal Affairs, The Untouchables and When a Man Loves a Woman. Also, Ocean’s Twelve needs to be mentioned, which is streaming currently at Airtel XStream. Let us take a look at some of the best movies of Andy Garcia.

  1. The Untouchables — The movie is set at the time of Prohibition in the USA. Federal Agent Eliot Ness is on the mission to stop the ruthless gangster Al Capone. Due to the rampant corruption around him, he handpicks a small team to assist him in the job. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, who is a veteran patrolman and the most honourable person on the force. They recruit George Stone and Treasury Agent Oscar Wallace, who; they wish to act against Capone for evading taxes. Capone tries to get them but they are untouchable.
  2. Internal Affairs — An Internal Affairs agent aims trapping a corrupt police officer who has been able to keep a clean image. A keen young officer, Raymond Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of Los Angeles police. He, along with his partner, Amy Wallace, start to look closely at the activities of the cop, Dennis Peck, whose financial holdings suggest that he is doing something shady. The cop is indeed involved in a string of criminal activities. He is devious and a clever manipulator.
  3. Ocean’s Twelve — After Danny Ocean’s successful heist with his eleven accomplices to rob 3 casinos in Las Vegas, he recruited one more team member so that he could pull off 3 major European heists together in Ocean’s Twelve. After ripping off the casino owner Terry Benedict, he contacts them all and asks them to pay back with interest to avoid consequences. So the gang has just 2 weeks to collect $190 million. They also have to avoid persistent Europol agent Isabel Lehiri and outdo another thief — “The Night Fox”. This becomes the gang’s biggest robbery ever.
  4. When a Man Loves a Woman — The movie is a dramatic portrayal of a family torn apart due to alcoholism. The female lead in the play, Alice Green, has a serious drinking problem. He is a school counsellor and his husband, Michael is an airline pilot. She is often reckless and neglects her children. After an accident, Alice goes to a clinic for rehab and comes back completely cured of her addiction. But Michael is controlling and has troubles to cope with this version of his wife and they visit a marriage counsellor for help.
  5. The Godfather III — Aging mafia Michael Corleone is trying to come clean of his sins and legitimize the business dealings. He had handed over the crime business to Joey Zasa. Everything about the Corleone business empire is legal. But thing goes rogue as Vincent Mancini, the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone, starts a feud with Joey Zasa. There are deadly consequences, including the deal Michael had made with the Vatican.

These are among the best movies from Andy Garcia.

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