The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Don Vito Corleone is one of the most powerful mafia bosses in New York. At his daughter Connie's wedding, family friends ask him for help. However, when Corleone refuses to enter the drug business, he becomes a target of other mafia families. After an assassination attempt on his father, the family's youngest son and war hero Michael is reluctantly drawn into the criminal world and takes over as head of the family.