Better actor: Pacino or De Niro

Tough one. Younger versions I'd go with De Niro who's work I liked more. Later in life I have a new appreciation for Pacino, particularly some of the biopics he's done playing Jack Kevorkian and Joe Paterno. A lot of De Niro's later stuff seems to be him having fun (which I also appreciate because he's earned the right to kick back even if it means he's making movies like Dirty Grandpa). All this said I haven't seen The Irishman yet. Such a close call but overall there is something about De Niro that I've always just liked.

EDIT TO ADD: Although if I had to pick the worst movie of their collective careers it would have to be Al Pacino in Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill.

De Niro, by a nose.

DeNiro

De Niro

Bobby D. Young Pacino was great but now he just yells every line.

De Niro

I couldn't rate one over the other. While watching any of their performances I forget about them as actors and totally buy into their characters.

De Niro. Both are excellent actors.