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3. THE GODFATHER (1972) Complete Five Disc Box Set
American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Movies

The Godfather - This Francis Ford Coppola film is one of those rare experiences that feels perfect right from beginning to end. Based on Mario Puzo's bestselling novel about a Mafia dynasty, Coppola's Godfather extracted and enhanced universal themes of immigrant experience in America. Marlon Brando played against Puzo's own conception of patriarch Vito Corleone, and time has certainly proven the actor correct. The rest of the cast, Al Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, and Robert Duvall are wonderful.

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