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.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
based on novel or book
loss of loved one
love at first sight
italy
gangster
symbolism
patriarch
europe
organized crime
mafia
religion
revenge motive
crime family
sicilian mafia
religious hypocrisy
gun violence
rise to power
gang violence
1940s
1950s
mafia war
oscar winner
Rank
#1 in 1972·#79 overall
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Cast
Marlon Brando
Don Vito Corleone
Al Pacino
Michael Corleone
James Caan
Sonny Corleone
Robert Duvall
Tom Hagen
Richard S. Castellano
Clemenza
Diane Keaton
Kay Adams
Talia Shire
Connie Corleone Rizzi
Gianni Russo
Carlo Rizzi
Sterling Hayden
Captain McCluskey
John Marley
Jack Woltz
Richard Conte
Barzini
Al Lettieri
Sollozzo
Crew
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Mario Puzo
Screenplay
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
Albert S. Ruddy
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Robert Evans
Producer
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Anthony Caso
Stunt Double
Carmine Coppola
Additional Music
Popular Reviews
14577 reviews
Ethan Colburn
10.0★ · 06/03/20
Leave the gun, take the cannoli
Leave the gun, take the cannoli
60
Sarish DeotalePRO
9.3★ · 05/15/25
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new sigma males unlocked
5
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Titersh
10.0★ · 03/26/26
It does, in fact, not insist upon itself.
It does, in fact, not insist upon itself.
6
Gdolla
10.0★ · 02/23/26
10/10. I’m not going to give a long review because I watches this yesterday and I like to do long reviews the day I watch it. Acting was phenomenal and what a cast. My Italian roots were thriving during this film.
10/10. I’m not going to give a long review because I watches this yesterday and I like to do long reviews the day I watch it. Acting was phenomenal and what a cast. My Italian roots were thriving during this film.
