Movie World on Instagram: "🎬 The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 Oscar-winning film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 book of the same name, written by the brilliant Mario Puzo. It tells the story of the Corleone crime family. The American film industry considers it: the second best film of all time in the history of American cinema. IMDb - 9.2; Budget: 6.5 million; Revenue: 286 million; The film's popularity was followed by two sequels: "The Godfather II" (1974) and "The Godfather I