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Francis Ford Coppola has 29 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2020s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Godfather.
2018
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The Godfather
1972 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

The Godfather Part II
1974 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

Apocalypse Now
1979 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 1%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Godfather Part III
1990 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 9%Paramount+ · Included

The Conversation
1974 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 9%Prime Video · Included

The Haunted Palace
1963 · Movie · Writer
Top 17%MGM+ · Included

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.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest

Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Count sees a photo of Harker's fiancée, Mina, the spitting image of his dead wife, he imprisons him and sets off for London to track her down.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner · With George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
Dir. George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola · With Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, John Milius

A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.
Dir. Roger Corman · With Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr.

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Dir. Susan Lacy · With Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dreyfuss

Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.
Dir. René Clément · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron

With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.
Dir. Stevan Riley · With Marlon Brando, Stella Adler, Bette Davis

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito

In Buenos Aires, 17-year-old Bennie seeks out his estranged brother Tetro, a once-promising writer haunted by their family’s past. As Bennie uncovers Tetro’s hidden manuscript, old secrets and rivalries resurface, forcing both men to confront the truth about their father and the tangled legacy that tore their family apart.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau
Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.
Dir. Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen · With Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson

At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton

At Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam era, veteran sergeant Clell Hazard trains young soldiers while mourning those lost in combat. Unable to return to war himself, he mentors Jackie Willow—the idealistic son of a fallen comrade—hoping to prepare him for the realities of Vietnam and the cost of duty.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Dir. Jack Clayton · With Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern

In a dazzling, dreamlike Las Vegas, longtime couple Hank and Frannie break up on their fifth anniversary and each pursue the fantasy of new love over one neon-soaked night—he with a free-spirited acrobat, she with a seductive musician. But as illusion and reality blur, both must decide whether passion or devotion truly defines the heart.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Raúl Juliá

In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "Megalopolis," a utopian city that redefines society’s limits. Opposing him is the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who clings to power and profit. Between them stands Julia, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar forces her to choose between loyalty, ambition, and the fate of humanity.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel
A washed-up horror novelist arrives in a sleepy town on a book tour, only to stumble into a string of eerie murders. Haunted by dreams of a ghostly girl named V and guided by the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe, he’s drawn into a nightmarish world where fiction and reality blur—and the story he’s chasing leads back to his own buried guilt.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Bruce Dern