In 1973 The Godfather won the Oscar for Best Picture. In 1975 its follow-up, The Godfather II, also won the Best Picture Oscar… the only time in Oscar history that a sequel has won the award.
The gangster genre is one which I’ve never been drawn towards whether it be in television, film, or novel. It’s simply always been outside my wheelhouse. For this reason, until this weekend I was in an elite and very small group of movie lovers who had never seen any of the Godfather films. I’m very pleased to no longer be a member of that elite group!
