Scarface (1983)

Having grown up watching Scarface on poor quality VHS transfers,
a recent re-watch (the first in many years) on a wide-screen,
high-definition, gorgeously colored print, was a revelation. Also
an opportunity to reward the lurid, populist gangster classic
with the critical acclaim it deserves but that commonly eludes
it. Three already high octane personalities in director Brian de
Palma, screenwriter Oliver Stone and star Al Pacino, all firing
at the peak of their game for a film that is far more than the
obnoxious relative at the Goodfellas/Godfather family
get-togethers.