The Godfather

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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.

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  1. The Godfather Part II (1974)

    It has a 69% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.

    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.

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  2. The Godfather Part III (1990)

    It has a 61% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and the same director.

    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.

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  3. GoodFellas (1990)

    It has a 50% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

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  4. The Irishman (2019)

    It has a 45% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

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  5. A Bronx Tale (1993)

    It has a 44% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

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  6. The Alto Knights (2025)

    It has a 43% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.

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  7. House of Gucci (2021)

    It has a 42% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

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  8. The Valachi Papers (1972)

    It has a 42% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

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  9. All the Money in the World (2017)

    It has a 41% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.

    The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

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  10. Casino (1995)

    It has a 39% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and country of origin.

    In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

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  11. Desperation Road (2023)

    It has a 38% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.

    Ex-con Russell Gaines is attempting to rebuild his life with the help of his father, Mitchell. However, the arrival of Maben sends his new life into chaos, leading the pair to go on the run - as their violent pasts catch up to them, the pair must learn to trust each other if they hope to live out the rest of their days.

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  12. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    It has a 36% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.

    Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

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  13. Liberty Heights (1999)

    It has a 33% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.

    This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.

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  14. The Green Mile (1999)

    It has a 33% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.

    A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

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  15. Shaft (2000)

    It has a 32% affinity with The Godfather, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.

    New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

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