The Godfather (1972)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $6,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $245,066,411.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 90.725 |
Directed By
Francis Ford Coppola
Crew
Mario Puzo
Albert S. Ruddy
Francis Ford Coppola
William Reynolds
Peter Zinner
Anthony Caso
Paul Baxley
Harry Daley
Nancy Hopton
Carlo Savina
George Newman
Walter Murch
Michael Chapman
Tony Bowers
Michael Briggs
Carmine Coppola
Nino Rota
Gordon Willis
Mario Puzo
Dean Tavoularis
Louis DiGiaimo
Andrea Eastman
Fred Roos
Gray Frederickson
Philip Smith
Warren Clymer
Anna Hill Johnstone
Joe Bucaro III
Valerio De Paolis
Richard Portman
Dick Smith
Phil Rhodes
Philip Leto
Charles Grenzbach
Sass Bedig
Joe Lombardi
Fred C. Caruso
Francis Ford Coppola
A.D. Flowers
Richard Adee
Chris Newman
Robert Evans
Tony Brandt
Francis Ford Coppola
Fred T. Gallo
TOP 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
Abe Vigoda
Sal Tessio
John Cazale
Fredo Corleone
Rudy Bond
Cuneo
Al Martino
Johnny Fontane
Morgana King
Mama Corleone
Lenny Montana
Luca Brasi
John Martino
Paulie Gatto
Salvatore Corsitto
Bonasera
Richard Bright
Neri
Alex Rocco
Moe Greene
Tony Giorgio
Bruno Tattaglia
Vito Scotti
Nazorine
Tere Livrano
Theresa Hagen
Victor Rendina
Philip Tattaglia
Jeannie Linero
Lucy Mancini
Julie Gregg
Sandra Corleone
Ardell Sheridan
Mrs. Clemenza
Simonetta Stefanelli
Apollonia - Sicilian Sequence
Angelo Infanti
Fabrizio - Sicilian Sequence
Corrado Gaipa
Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence
Franco Citti
Calo - Sicilian Sequence
Saro Urzì
Vitelli - Sicilian Sequence
Roman Coppola
Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
Sofia Coppola
Michael Francis Rizzi (uncredited)
Don Costello
Don Victor Stracci (uncredited)
Italia Coppola
Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Gray Frederickson
Cowboy on the Set at Woltz's Studio (uncredited)
Ron Gilbert
Usher in Bridal Party (uncredited)
Sonny Grosso
Cop Outside Hospital (uncredited)
Louis Guss
Don Zaluchi (uncredited)
Randy Jurgensen
Sonny's Killer #1 (uncredited)
Tony King
Tony - Stablehand (uncredited)
Tony Lip
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Joe Lo Grippo
Sonny's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Lou Martini Jr.
Boy at Wedding (uncredited)
Raymond Martino
Corleone Family Member (uncredited)
Joseph Medaglia
Priest at Baptism (uncredited)
Carol Morley
Night Nurse (uncredited)
Similar Movies
The Wild Pear Tree
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
The King of Comedy
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Contempt
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
Batman
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.
Breathless
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.
Batman Begins
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Fargo
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
The Edukators
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Amadeus
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Barton Fink
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Desert Hearts
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.
Meet Joe Black
William Parrish, media tycoon and loving father, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the inevitable, by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death enters his home and his life, personified in human form as Joe Black. His intention was to take William with him, but accidentally, Joe and William's beautiful daughter Susan have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on Earth, as well as in Susan, who has no clue with whom she's flirting.
Swimming Pool
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
Once Upon a Time in America
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.