| − | ''The Godfather'' is a critically acclaimed [[United States|American]] feature film from 1972. The film follows the Corleone crime family, a fictional Italian-American criminal organization. It was directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and based on the book by [[Mario Puzo]]. It won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture, and is considered to be one of the greatest American films of all time (of course, this is debatable.) The film was followed by two sequels, ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974) (which also won Best Picture) and ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990) (which was only nominated for Best Picture). | + | '''The Godfather''' is a critically acclaimed [[United States|American]] feature film from 1972. The film follows the Corleone crime family, a fictional Italian-American criminal organization. It was directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and based on the book of the same name by [[Mario Puzo]]. It won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture, and is considered to be one of the greatest American films of all time. The American Film Institute ranks ''The Godfather'' as the second-best movie of the last century, after [[Citizen Kane]]. |