The Godfather Part II
“The rise and fall of the Corleone empire.”
Francis Ford CoppolaCast
Al Pacino 
Robert De Niro 
Diane Keaton 
Robert Duvall
Credits
Written by: Francis Ford Coppola
Plot
Michael Corleone tightens his hold on the family business while a young Vito Corleone builds his power in early New York.
Sinekatalog’s take
Both sequel and prequel: Michael's cold consolidation of power runs alongside the young Vito's rise in Little Italy. The two timelines comment on each other, and the result is one of the few sequels often ranked alongside its original.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 9.0 / 10 (1,518,575 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 96% (129 critic reviews)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset; Rotten Tomatoes snapshot from October 2026. Scores change over time.
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