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The Godfather (1972)

R ★ 8.7/10 175 min Drama, Crime United States English
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay by: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Novel: Mario Puzo
Story Editor: Robert Towne
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Description

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

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Top Cast

Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando Don Vito Corleone
Al Pacino
Al Pacino Michael Corleone
James Caan
James Caan Sonny Corleone
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall Tom Hagen
Richard S. Castellano
Richard S. Castellano Clemenza
Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton Kay Adams
Talia Shire
Talia Shire Connie Corleone Rizzi
Gianni Russo
Gianni Russo Carlo Rizzi

The Godfather Appears on 68 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Awards #53
Academy Awards: Best Actor
Academy Awards #47
Golden Globe Award For Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Golden Globe Awards #53

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
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AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #02
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
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IMDb Top 250
IMDb #02
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #008
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #02
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #539
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #271
Russian Culture Ministry’s 100 Recommended Films
Russian Culture Ministry #35
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #12
UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #665

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Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #02
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BBC #02
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Collider #47
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Entertainment Weekly #02
Roger Eberts Great Movies
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Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
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Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #01
Slashfilms Top 100 Movies Of All Time
SlashFilm #27
The 100 Best Movies Of All Time By Esquire
Esquire #10
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #69
The Guardians 25 Best Arthouse Films Of All Time
The Guardian #15
The Observers Top 100 Film Moments 2
The Observer #59
The Ringers The Rewatchables
The Ringer #54
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #72
Vulture's 101 Best Movies Set In New York City
Vulture #13
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Filmmaker Curation

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Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
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LaCinetek #22

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American Film Institute #01

Letterboxd Lists

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Letterboxd #58

Movements

New Hollywood
Letterboxd #04

Regional Waves

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Letterboxd #189

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