The Godfather Part II
1974USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Francis Ford Coppola★ 8.6
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.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholicbleakcold and detachedhaunting
Pacing
slow burnmethodicalescalatingepisodic
Story
unravelingsurvivalpursuitjourneyinvestigation
Emotion
guiltfiguring out who you aregriefloyalty under pressureloss of innocencelongingredemption
Themes
class and moneyfamily wounds passed downcorrupt institutionsfamily dutypovertycolonial historynational identity
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingemotionally wreckingdiscussion starterrewatchable
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Foreign films like The Godfather Part II
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as The Godfather Part II. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
