<PAGE>   1

   As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 1998

                                                   Registration No. 333-________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8


                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                        FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                      86-0498599
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

                 17911 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA       92614
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

      TWO STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS AND AMENDED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (ALAMO)
                           (Full titles of the plans)

                                   ----------

                                M'Liss Jones Kane
                    Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                        Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
                    17911 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614
                     (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (714) 622-5000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                             J. Michael Vaughn, Esq.
           Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation
      660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660
                                 (714) 725-4000

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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===============================================================================================
                                        Proposed Maximum    Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities    Amount To Be         Offering           Aggregate         Amount of
 To Be Registered     Registered(1)      Price Per Share     Offering Price   Registration Fee
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                   <C>                   <C>              <C>                 <C>
 Common Stock,
 $0.0001 par value    82,978 shares        $33.94(2)         $1,638,108(2)        $483.24
===============================================================================================
</TABLE>
(1)  Includes 39,959 shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted to
     Robert T. Rork and Alan L. Stinson by Alamo Title Holding Company ("Alamo")
     pursuant to Stock Option Agreements and 38,169 shares issuable upon the
     exercise of options and 4,850 shares to be awarded to Paul Holladay
     pursuant to an Amended Stock Award Agreement. The options and award were
     assumed by the Registrant in connection with its acquisition of Alamo on
     August 20, 1998. Also includes additional shares of Common Stock that may
     become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the
     foregoing agreements.

(2)  In accordance with Rule 457(h), the aggregate offering price of the 78,128
     shares of Common Stock registered hereby which would be issued upon
     exercise of options granted is based upon the per share exercise price of
     such options, the weighted average of which is approximately $18.87 per
     share. The offering price of the 4,850 shares issuable pursuant to the
     Amended Stock Award Agreement is estimated solely for purposes of
     calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high
     and low sales prices of the Common Stock ($33.78) on the New York Stock
     Exchange on September 21, 1998.
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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
-------------------------------------------------

        The following documents filed by Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (the
"Registrant") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference:

        (a)    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1997;

        (b)    The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
               ended March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998;

        (c)    The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 26, 1998
               (as amended), March 19, 1998, March 25, 1998, April 23, 1998, May
               6, 1998, June 24, 1998 and August 20, 1998; and

        (d)    The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
               Registrant's Registration Statement filed under Section 12 of the
               Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
               purpose of updating such description.

        All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any
portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document
that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this
Registration Statement, any statement in a document incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement
contained in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes a statement in
such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.
-----------------------------------

        Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
------------------------------------------------

        Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
---------------------------------------------------

        The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law, a director will not be liable for monetary
damages for breach of the director's fiduciary duty of care to the Company and
its stockholders. This provision in the Certificate of Incorporation does not
eliminate a director's fiduciary duty of care, and, in appropriate
circumstances, equitable remedies such as an injunction or other forms of
non-monetary relief would remain available under Delaware law. Each director
will continue to be subject to liability for (i) breach of the director's duty
of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders for acts or omissions not in good
faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, (ii)
acts or omissions that the director believes to be contrary to the best
interests of the Company or its stockholders, (iii) any transaction from which
the director derives an improper personal benefit, (iv) acts or omissions
involving reckless disregard for the director's duty to the Company or its
stockholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of the risk
of serious injury to the Company or its stockholders, (v) acts or omissions that
constitute an unexpected pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of
the director's duty to the Company or its stockholders, (vi) improper
transactions between a director and the Company, 

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and (vii) improper distributions and loans to directors and officers. This
provision does not affect a director's responsibilities under any laws, such as
the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.

        In addition, the Company's Bylaws provide that the Company will
indemnify its directors and executive officers and may indemnify its other
officers, employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law. The Company is also empowered under its Bylaws to enter into
indemnification contracts with its directors and officers and to purchase
insurance on behalf of any person whom the Company is required or permitted to
indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements with its directors and
executive officers, which requires the Company to indemnify them to the fullest
extent permitted by law against certain losses they may incur in legal
proceedings arising in connection with their services to the Company.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

        The above discussion of the Registrant's Bylaws and Certificate of
Incorporation and of the Delaware Law is not intended to be exhaustive and is
respectively qualified in its entirety by such Bylaws and Certificate of
Incorporation and the Delaware Law.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
---------------------------------------------

        Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
------------------

        The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        Number               Description
        ------               -----------
<C>                   <S>

           5.1        Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional
                      Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.

          23.1        Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors,
                      with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
                      the Registrant.

          23.2        Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman, PC,
                      independent auditors, with respect to the consolidated
                      financial statements of Granite Financial, Inc.

          23.3        Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional 
                      Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 
                      5.1).

          24.1        Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
</TABLE>


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Item 9.  Undertakings.
----------------------

        (a)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                      (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
               of the Securities Act of 1933;

                      (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
               arising after the effective date of the registration statement
               (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
               individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
               in the information set forth in the registration statement;

                      (iii) To include any material information with respect to
               the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
               registration statement or any material change to such information
               in the registration statement.

               Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of
this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.

               (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

               (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

        (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<PAGE>   5

                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on the 23rd day of
September, 1998.

                                   FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.


                                   By:  /s/ WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                           William P. Foley, II
                                           Chairman of the Board
                                           and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned directors and officers of Fidelity National
Financial, Inc., do hereby make, constitute and appoint William P. Foley, II,
Andrew F. Puzder and Allen D. Meadows, and each of them acting individually, our
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any
other and with full power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in
our name and behalf in our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, or any related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.


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           Signature                      Title                            Date          
           ---------                      -----                            ----           
<S>                               <C>                               <C>                  
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
  /s/ WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II        Chairman of the Board and                              
-------------------------------    Chief Executive Officer          September 23, 1998  
      William P. Foley, II      (Principal Executive Officer)                            
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                 Executive Vice President and                            
-------------------------------    Chief Financial Officer          September ___, 1998  
        Allen D. Meadows       (Principal Financial Officer and                          
                                     Accounting Officer)                                 
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
     /s/ FRANK P. WILLEY
-------------------------------     President and Director          September 23, 1998  
         Frank P. Willey
</TABLE>


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<CAPTION>

           Signature                      Title                          Date        
           ---------                      -----                          ----        
<S>                                     <C>                       <C>                

  /s/  William A. Imparato
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
       William A. Imparato
                                                                                     


---------------------------------        Director                 September ___, 1998
         Donald M. Koll
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
     /s/ Daniel D. Lane
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
         Daniel D. Lane                                                              
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
  /s/ General William Lyon
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
      General William Lyon                                                           
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
    /s/ Stephen C. Mahood
---------------------------------        Director                 September 21, 1998
        Stephen C. Mahood                                                            
                                                                                     
                                                                                     

---------------------------------        Director                 September ___, 1998
        J. Thomas Talbot                                                             
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
    /s/ Cary H. Thompson
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
        Cary H. Thompson                                                             
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
    /s/ William W. Wehner
---------------------------------        Director                 September 21, 1998
        William W. Wehner
</TABLE>

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Exhibit                                                                 Sequential 
Number        Description                                               Page Number
------        -----------                                               -----------
<C>           <S>                                                       <C>        
    5.1       Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a                        
              Professional Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.                 
                                                                                   
   23.1       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors,              
              with respect to the consolidated financial statements of             
              the Registrant.                                                      
                                                                                   
   23.2       Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman, PC,                     
              independent auditors, with respect to the consolidated               
              financial statements of Granite Financial, Inc.                      
                                                                                   
   23.3       Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a                        
              Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed              
              as Exhibit 5.1).                                                     
                                                                                   
   24.1       Power of Attorney (included on signature page).                      
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1

   As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 1998

                                                   Registration No. 333-________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                        FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                      86-0498599
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

                 17911 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA       92614
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

      TWO STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS AND AMENDED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (ALAMO)
                           (Full titles of the plans)

                                   ----------

                                M'Liss Jones Kane
                    Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                        Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
                    17911 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614
                     (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (714) 622-5000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                             J. Michael Vaughn, Esq.
           Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation
      660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660
                                 (714) 725-4000

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===============================================================================================
                                        Proposed Maximum    Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities    Amount To Be         Offering           Aggregate         Amount of
 To Be Registered     Registered(1)      Price Per Share     Offering Price   Registration Fee
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
 $0.0001 par value    82,978 shares        $33.94(2)         $1,638,108(2)        $483.24
===============================================================================================
(1)  Includes 39,959 shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted to
     Robert T. Rork and Alan L. Stinson by Alamo Title Holding Company ("Alamo")
     pursuant to Stock Option Agreements and 38,169 shares issuable upon the
     exercise of options and 4,850 shares to be awarded to Paul Holladay
     pursuant to an Amended Stock Award Agreement. The options and award were
     assumed by the Registrant in connection with its acquisition of Alamo on
     August 20, 1998. Also includes additional shares of Common Stock that may
     become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the
     foregoing agreements.

(2)  In accordance with Rule 457(h), the aggregate offering price of the 78,128
     shares of Common Stock registered hereby which would be issued upon
     exercise of options granted is based upon the per share exercise price of
     such options, the weighted average of which is approximately $18.87 per
     share. The offering price of the 4,850 shares issuable pursuant to the
     Amended Stock Award Agreement is estimated solely for purposes of
     calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high
     and low sales prices of the Common Stock ($33.78) on the New York Stock
     Exchange on September 21, 1998.
2

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
-------------------------------------------------

        The following documents filed by Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (the
"Registrant") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference:

        (a)    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1997;

        (b)    The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
               ended March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998;

        (c)    The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 26, 1998
               (as amended), March 19, 1998, March 25, 1998, April 23, 1998, May
               6, 1998, June 24, 1998 and August 20, 1998; and

        (d)    The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
               Registrant's Registration Statement filed under Section 12 of the
               Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
               purpose of updating such description.

        All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any
portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document
that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this
Registration Statement, any statement in a document incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement
contained in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes a statement in
such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.
-----------------------------------

        Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
------------------------------------------------

        Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
---------------------------------------------------

        The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law, a director will not be liable for monetary
damages for breach of the director's fiduciary duty of care to the Company and
its stockholders. This provision in the Certificate of Incorporation does not
eliminate a director's fiduciary duty of care, and, in appropriate
circumstances, equitable remedies such as an injunction or other forms of
non-monetary relief would remain available under Delaware law. Each director
will continue to be subject to liability for (i) breach of the director's duty
of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders for acts or omissions not in good
faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, (ii)
acts or omissions that the director believes to be contrary to the best
interests of the Company or its stockholders, (iii) any transaction from which
the director derives an improper personal benefit, (iv) acts or omissions
involving reckless disregard for the director's duty to the Company or its
stockholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of the risk
of serious injury to the Company or its stockholders, (v) acts or omissions that
constitute an unexpected pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of
the director's duty to the Company or its stockholders, (vi) improper
transactions between a director and the Company, 

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3

and (vii) improper distributions and loans to directors and officers. This
provision does not affect a director's responsibilities under any laws, such as
the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.

        In addition, the Company's Bylaws provide that the Company will
indemnify its directors and executive officers and may indemnify its other
officers, employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law. The Company is also empowered under its Bylaws to enter into
indemnification contracts with its directors and officers and to purchase
insurance on behalf of any person whom the Company is required or permitted to
indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements with its directors and
executive officers, which requires the Company to indemnify them to the fullest
extent permitted by law against certain losses they may incur in legal
proceedings arising in connection with their services to the Company.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

        The above discussion of the Registrant's Bylaws and Certificate of
Incorporation and of the Delaware Law is not intended to be exhaustive and is
respectively qualified in its entirety by such Bylaws and Certificate of
Incorporation and the Delaware Law.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
---------------------------------------------

        Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
------------------

        The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Number               Description
        ------               -----------
5.1        Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional
                      Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.

          23.1        Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors,
                      with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
                      the Registrant.

          23.2        Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman, PC,
                      independent auditors, with respect to the consolidated
                      financial statements of Granite Financial, Inc.

          23.3        Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional 
                      Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 
                      5.1).

          24.1        Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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Item 9.  Undertakings.
----------------------

        (a)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                      (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
               of the Securities Act of 1933;

                      (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
               arising after the effective date of the registration statement
               (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
               individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
               in the information set forth in the registration statement;

                      (iii) To include any material information with respect to
               the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
               registration statement or any material change to such information
               in the registration statement.

               Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of
this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.

               (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

               (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

        (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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5

                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on the 23rd day of
September, 1998.

                                   FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                           William P. Foley, II
                                           Chairman of the Board
                                           and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned directors and officers of Fidelity National
Financial, Inc., do hereby make, constitute and appoint William P. Foley, II,
Andrew F. Puzder and Allen D. Meadows, and each of them acting individually, our
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any
other and with full power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in
our name and behalf in our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, or any related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature                      Title                            Date          
           ---------                      -----                            ----
/s/ WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II        Chairman of the Board and                              
-------------------------------    Chief Executive Officer          September 23, 1998  
      William P. Foley, II      (Principal Executive Officer)                            
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                 Executive Vice President and                            
-------------------------------    Chief Financial Officer          September ___, 1998  
        Allen D. Meadows       (Principal Financial Officer and                          
                                     Accounting Officer)                                 
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
     /s/ FRANK P. WILLEY
-------------------------------     President and Director          September 23, 1998  
         Frank P. Willey
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Signature                      Title                          Date        
           ---------                      -----                          ----
/s/  William A. Imparato
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
       William A. Imparato
                                                                                     

---------------------------------        Director                 September ___, 1998
         Donald M. Koll
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
     /s/ Daniel D. Lane
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
         Daniel D. Lane                                                              
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
  /s/ General William Lyon
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
      General William Lyon                                                           
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
    /s/ Stephen C. Mahood
---------------------------------        Director                 September 21, 1998
        Stephen C. Mahood                                                            
                                                                                     
                                                                                     

---------------------------------        Director                 September ___, 1998
        J. Thomas Talbot                                                             
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
    /s/ Cary H. Thompson
---------------------------------        Director                 September 23, 1998
        Cary H. Thompson                                                             
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
    /s/ William W. Wehner
---------------------------------        Director                 September 21, 1998
        William W. Wehner
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit                                                                 Sequential 
Number        Description                                               Page Number
------        -----------                                               -----------
5.1       Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a                        
              Professional Corporation, Counsel to the Registrant.                 
                                                                                   
   23.1       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors,              
              with respect to the consolidated financial statements of             
              the Registrant.                                                      
                                                                                   
   23.2       Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman, PC,                     
              independent auditors, with respect to the consolidated               
              financial statements of Granite Financial, Inc.                      
                                                                                   
   23.3       Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a                        
              Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed              
              as Exhibit 5.1).                                                     
                                                                                   
   24.1       Power of Attorney (included on signature page).