The Godfather

An offer you can't refuse.

Plot Summary

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.

8.7 /10

1972

US

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based on novel or book

loss of loved one

love at first sight

italy

symbolism

patriarch

europe

organized crime

mafia

religion

lawyer

revenge motive

crime family

sicilian mafia

religious hypocrisy

gun violence

rise to power

dead horse

gang violence

1940s

1950s

mafia war