100 favorite films. Accolades This film is the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II remain the only original/sequel combination both to win Best Picture. Along with The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather Trilogy shares the distinction that all of its installments were nominated for Best Picture; additionally, The Godfather Part II and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King are the only sequels to win Best Picture. American Film Institute recognition 1998: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies#32 2003: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains: Michael Corleone#11 Villain 2005: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."#58 "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart." – Nominated "Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel."Nominated 2007: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #32 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10#3 Gangster Film and Nominated Epic Film Notes References External links "The Godfather and The Godfather Part II" essay by Michael Sragow on the National Film Registry website 1970s English-language films 1970s American films 1974 crime films 1974 films American crime films American crime drama films American epic films American sequel films BAFTA winners (films) Best Picture Academy Award winners Films about father–son relationships Films about the American Mafia Films about the Sicilian Mafia Films based on American crime novels Films based on organized crime novels Films directed by Francis Ford Coppola Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award-winning performance Films produced by Francis Ford Coppola Films scored by Nino Rota Films set in 1901 Films set in 1917 Films set in 1941 Films set in 1958 Films set in 1959 Films set in Havana Films set in New York City Films set in Sicily Films set in the 1920s Films set in the Las Vegas Valley Films shot in Miami Films shot in New York City Films shot in the Las Vegas Valley Films that won the Best Original Score Academy Award Films whose art director won the Best Art Direction Academy Award Films whose director won the Best Directing Academy Award Films whose writer won the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award Films with screenplays by Francis Ford Coppola Films with screenplays by Mario Puzo Fratricide in fiction The Godfather films Paramount Pictures films Sicilian-language films United States National Film Registry films Cultural depictions of the Mafia