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.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedFrancis Ford Coppola's 1972 crime drama chronicles a fictional Italian-American Mafia dynasty across a decade of upheaval, as a near-fatal attack on its patriarch draws his reluctant youngest son into a world of loyalty, power, and bloody reprisal. The tone is operatic and meticulous, treating organized crime as a sweeping family saga. Themes of family, duty, corruption, and the slow erosion of the soul give it enduring weight. With an exceptional MagicMovieScore of 8.7, it stands as essential viewing for serious film lovers and anyone drawn to richly textured, character-driven epics about power's true cost.
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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
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Movie Info
Release Date
March 14, 1972
Runtime
2h 55m
Rating
R
Genres
Crime, Drama
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