Francis Ford Coppola's Best Movies
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Francis Ford Coppola's Best Movies

What film is the best for one of the great modern American directors?

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1 The Godfather
After serving in WWII, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) returns home to New York to assist his mafioso father, Vito (Marlon Brando). 844 1188
2 The Godfather Part II
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) seeks to expand his mob interests to Havana against the wishes of his wife (Diane Keaton). 786 1104
3 Apocalypse Now
Coppola reimagines Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness in Vietnam, with a captain assigned to find an AWOL colonel (Marlon Brando). 610 984
4 The Conversation
A surveillance expert (Gene Hackman) is contracted to spy on a young couple (Cindy Williams and Frederic Forrest). 120 644
5 Bram Stoker's Dracula
A lovelorn Dracula (Gary Oldman) travels to London to meet his deceased wife's doppelganger (Winona Ryder). 104 658
6 The Outsiders
In this adaptation from S.E. Hinton, Oklahoman teens C. Thomas Howell and Ralph Macchio go on the run after a deadly confrontation. 102 676
7 The Godfather Part III
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) wants to remake his image as a philanthropist, but he's dogged by Mafia kingpin Altobello (Eli Wallach). 97 909
8 The Rainmaker
A broke lawyer (Matt Damon) and an ambulance chaser (Danny DeVito) take on an insurance firm for a cancer patient (Johnny Whitworth). 86 536
9 Tucker: The Man and His Dream
The automobile industry's Big Three go on the attack after the invention of a triple-headlight car by Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges). 1 497
10 Rumble Fish
A former gang member (Mickey Rourke) returns home to make right but is the object of fierce scrutiny by a local cop (William Smith). -4 446
11 The Cotton Club
Coppola's tale centers on the relationship between a cornet player (Richard Gere) and a mercenary flapper (Diane Lane). -23 447
12 Peggy Sue Got Married
A middle-aged woman (Kathleen Turner) trapped in a lifeless marriage is sent back to high school to connect with Mr. Right (Barry Miller). -28 498
13 Gardens of Stone
During the Vietnam War, a disillusioned sergeant (James Caan) blunts the patriotic fervor of a young private (D.B. Sweeney). -48 396
14 Jack
Robin Williams plays the titular character, a 10-year-old in a 40-year-old's body who gets mixed up with a floozy (Fran Drescher). -107 457
15 One From the Heart
With absolutely gorgeous retro sets and a soundtrack by Tom Waits, how could you not love this musical? -107 219
16 Tetro
Coppola returns to form with beautiful black-and-white photography and great performances from Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich. -112 216
17 Finian's Rainbow
In this musical, a pot of gold is buried -- in the hopes that it will sprout an even bigger fortune -- by a whimsical Irishman (Fred Astaire). -152 360
18 New York Stories
A young girl (Heather McComb) runs amok through New York's Sherry-Netherland hotel, in this adaptation from Kay Thompson. -170 352
19 The Rain People
A cult classic about an unsatisfied housewife (Shirley Knight) who takes to the road with a brain-damaged ex-NFL-player (James Caan). -171 349
20 Dementia 13
A thriller about the hysterics of an Irish family -- following the death of a daughter -- led by the melodramatic Lady Haloran (Eithne Dunne). -174 350
21 Youth Without Youth
After being struck by lightening, a 70-year-old linguistics scholar (Tim Roth) begins aging in reverse, after a novella by Mircea Eliade. -193 343