I'm a big fan of The Godfather, and loved James Caan's "Santino" characterization. Unfortunately, I haven't seen many of Caan's other works, with the exception of 1990's Misery.

I've got Thief and The Gambler ready to be shipped to me via NetFlix. What other James Caan films should be recommended?

Thief is by far his best movie, you might have trouble finding good ones after that...

A lot of his roles are second tier...

The Killer Elite and Brian's Song are both worth checking out, IMO.

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Caan.

I love Killer Elite.. also Alien Nation.

The Way of the Gun

"I promise you a day of reckoning that you won't live long enough to never forget."

Cinderella Liberty
Lady in a Cage

I really liked the original Rollerball. It's dated looking, but still kinda nifty.

Any season of Las Vegas.

another vote for Brian's Song


oh, and Elf

I like Bottle Rocket a lot.

Also of those not mentioned Misery and El Dorado are both worth seeing.

El Dorado (great scenes with John Wayne)
Elf (very funny and underplayed roll)

I just looked at the IMDB list of movies that Caan was in and it seems to be missing one. There was a quite good thriller with Caan where he is chased by this black van the whole movie. I cannot remember the name, but I am quite certain he was in it. Anyone remember this. It was kind of like Duel.

Las Vegas-seasons 1-3 On DVD!: he's in season 4 but the DVD won't be released until around september.

Eraser-don't laugh, i thought it was a great movie, Arnold!'s in it!

Thief,Eraser and Misery are all great movies with Cann

Freebie and the Bean

Brian's song.

I've always like his role as the doctor in The Dark Backward.

Rollerball