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The Godfather (1972)

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ThumbScore
👍 90%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 98%
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Runtime
2h 55m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
8.7/10 (22,611 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
100

Cast

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone · 77% avg
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone · 75% avg
James Caan as Sonny Corleone · 74% avg
Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen · 74% avg
Richard S. Castellano as Clemenza
Diane Keaton as Kay Adams · 74% avg
Talia Shire as Connie Corleone Rizzi · 79% avg
Gianni Russo as Carlo Rizzi

Is The Godfather good?

Yes. 90% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 98%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#141 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#1 / 22 · 1972
Rank among its director's films

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on Mario Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name. The film stars Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone, the aging patriarch of the Corleone crime family, and Al Pacino as his youngest son Michael, who reluctantly joins the family business and ultimately rises to become the new Don. The ensemble cast includes James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and Talia Shire.

Initially skeptical of the project, Paramount Pictures faced production challenges including disputes over casting Brando and Pacino. The Godfather became the highest-grossing film of 1972, earning over $250 million worldwide. It won three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando (who famously declined the award), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The film is universally regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, credited with revitalizing the gangster genre and establishing many of the narrative conventions used in crime films since.

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