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Carlito's Way

He's got a good future if he can live past next week.

7.8(3,623)19932h 24m15

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.

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Status
Released
Budget
$30M
Box office
$63.8M
Language
English
Part of Carlito's Way Collection · 2 films
  • new york city
  • based on novel or book
  • gangster
  • go-go dancer
  • release from prison
  • 1970s
  • puerto rico
  • cocaine
  • nightclub
  • criminal past
  • love
  • lawyer

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York City, New York7 Nov 1993
    • TheatricalR10 Nov 1993
    • PhysicalBlu-ray18 May 2010
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical187 Jan 1994
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalBlu-ray25 Oct 2021
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+9 Mar 1994
  • CanadaCA

    • Physical18ADVD1 Jul 2001
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical1624 Mar 1994
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical25 Feb 1994
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1421 Jan 1994
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+18 May 1995
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1529 Apr 1994
  • EgyptEG

    • PhysicalDVD23 Apr 2021
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1621 Jan 1994

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Carlito's Way was released on 10 November 1993.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/29/2026

    7/10

    Talk about swimming through treacle? "Carlito" (Al Pacino) has a pretty murky past when he is released from jail after five years (of thirty - on a technicality), but now free he is determined to hook up with his gal "Gail" (Penelope Ann Miller) and steer clear of the riff-raff he'd hitherto associated with. Easier said than done, though, when he almost immediately gets caught up in a gun fight with some drug pedlars…

  • N

    nggr

    8/29/2026

    5/10

    This movie feels off most of the time. The story is fine on paper, but almost all scenes lack soul. You see what is happening and it turns you off on a subconscious level. You know what they are trying to do, you have seen these kind of scenes, but they just don't work here. Its like an uncanny valley. Its the gangster movie your mom says you have at home, when you're trying to get her to buy you The Godfather, Donn…

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