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The Godfather
1972
· Movie
· 175 min
A+
MEANRANK
92/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2
- IMDb #2
- Google retired #243
- Rotten Tomatoes #6
- Metacritic #1
- Letterboxd #15
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #175
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #8
- Metacritic Critics #8
- Metacritic Audience #5
- Criticker #2
- Douban #18
- Kinopoisk #6
- AlloCiné #21
- Trakt #8
Every rating
83–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 83, highest is Metacritic critics on 100.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A powerful Italian-American crime family patriarch seeks to transfer control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son. The son, who initially wanted a separate life away from the family's brutal business, finds himself gradually drawn into its world of power, loyalty, and violence. As a war with rival gangs erupts, he must navigate a web of betrayal and murder to protect his family and secure their legacy, discovering a chilling aptitude for the very life he once rejected.
Details
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Writers
- Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
- Based on
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- Released
- 14 March 1972
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian, Latin
- Runtime
- 175 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $245.1M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →11 major awards won · 12 wins from 25 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| 15th Grammy Awards 1972 | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special | Nino Rota | Winner |
| 25th Directors Guild of America Awards 1972 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| 25th Writers Guild of America Awards 1972 | Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| 30th Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Screenplay | Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| 30th Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Original Score | Nino Rota | Winner |
| 30th Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner |
| 30th Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| 30th Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama | Marlon Brando | Winner |
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30th Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 5 won
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama | Marlon Brando | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Nino Rota | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama | Al Pacino | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | James Caan | Nominee |
45th Academy Awards
10 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Marlon Brando (declined award) | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
| Best Picture | Albert S. Ruddy | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Anna Hill Johnstone | Nominee |
| Best Director | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | William Reynolds and Peter Zinner | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Bud Grenzbach, Richard Portman and Christopher Newman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | James Caan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Al Pacino | Nominee |
15th Grammy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special | Nino Rota | Winner |
25th Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
25th Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola | Winner |
26th British Academy Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film Music | Nino Rota | Winner |
| Best Actor | Marlon Brando (Also for The Nightcomers ) | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Anna Hill Johnstone | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Al Pacino | Nominee |