
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most celebrated and influential film directors. He epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, which included George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Woody Allen and William Friedkin, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary filmmaking. He co-authored the script for Patton, winning the Academy Award in 1970. His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather in 1972. The film revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, garnering universal laurels from critics and public alike. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including his second, which he won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was instrumental in cementing his position as one of the prominent American film directors. Coppola followed it with an equally successful sequel The Godfather Part II, which became the first ever sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film received yet higher praises than its predecessor, and gave him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. In the same year was released The Conversation, which he directed, produced and wrote. The film went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His next directorial venture was Apocalypse Now in 1979, and it was as notorious for its lengthy and troubled production as it was critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War. It won his second Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Although some of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and early 1990s were critically lauded, Coppola's later work has not met the same level of critical and commercial success as his '70s films.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 7, 1939 (87)
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Producer, director, writer and editor, also actor and composer
- 95 on MovieCove · 139 credits in all
What are Francis Ford Coppola's films like?
Across their 94 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 5 · Earnest 85
A split, not a type: Light 30 · Serious 26 · Dark 36
A split, not a type: Grounded 40 · Stylized 30 · Heightened 22
Gentle 22 · Charged 47 · Intense 23
A split, not a type: Steady 44 · Shifting 39 · Whiplash 9
Straight-faced 60 · Some laughs 30 · Funny 2
Slow burn 64 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 3
Casual 35 · Engaged 42 · Full focus 15
Easy watch 34 · Affecting 34 · Heavy 24
Resolved 60 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 16
Moods and endings
- Happy20
- Bittersweet37
- Tragic12
- Ambiguous21
- Cyclical4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Francis Ford Coppola's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 61 of their 95 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (33).
- Koyaanisqatsi (1982) · producer · free
- The Conversation (1974) · director, writer, producer · free
- The Black Stallion (1979) · producer · free
- Dracula (1992) · director, producer · free
- Powaqqatsi (1988) · producer · free
- The Outsiders (1983) · director, producer · free
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) · director, producer · free
- Tetro (2009) · director, writer, producer · free
- The Haunted Palace (1963) · writer · free
- The Cotton Club (1984) · director, writer, producer · free
- One from the Heart (1981) · director, writer · free
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) · director, producer · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Black Stallion (1979) · producer
- The Rainmaker (1997) · director, writer, producer
- Powaqqatsi (1988) · producer
- The Haunted Palace (1963) · writer
- The Great Gatsby (1974) · writer
- Jeepers Creepers (2001) · producer
- War Hunt (1962) · actor
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983) · producer
- Assassination Tango (2002) · producer
- Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) · producer
- Dementia 13 (1963) · director, writer
- Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) · producer
- +3 more
- The Godfather Part II (1974) · director, writer, producer · free
- The Godfather (1972) · director, writer, producer · free
- The Godfather Part III (1990) · director, writer, producer · free
- The Black Stallion (1979) · producer · free
- The Virgin Suicides (1999) · producer · free
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) · producer · free
- The Rainmaker (1997) · director, writer, producer · free
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) · director, producer · free
- The Cotton Club (1984) · director, writer, producer · free
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) · producer · free
- Pumpkin (2002) · producer · free
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983) · producer · free
- +3 more
- The Godfather (1972) · director, writer, producer
- Paper Moon (1973) · producer
- The Godfather Part III (1990) · director, writer, producer
- The Haunted Palace (1963) · writer
- The Odyssey (1997) · producer
- Haunted (1995) · producer
- The People (1972) · producer
- Outrage (1998) · producer
- Assassination Tango (2002) · producer
- Dementia 13 (1963) · director, writer
- The Terror (1963) · director, producer
- Powaqqatsi (1988) · producer · free
- Wind (1992) · producer · free
- The Odyssey (1997) · producer · free
- Palo Alto (2013) · actor · free
- Pumpkin (2002) · producer · free
- No Such Thing (2001) · producer · free
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983) · producer · free
- Dementia 13 (1963) · director, writer · free
- The Terror (1963) · director, producer · free
- Buddy (1997) · producer · free
- Supernova (2000) · director, editor · free
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- UP Faith & Family, show their title on UP Faith & Family
Subscription and free streaming for Francis Ford Coppola's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
139 credits, 95 with a MovieCove page; 129 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Pinocchio: Unstrung(2026)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Brother Verses Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

The Last Showgirl(2024)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Preakness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Megalopolis(2024)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Shadow Brother Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Freda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Morceaux de Cannes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Konbini Vidéo Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Paris Can Wait(2016)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Henri Langlois vu par... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Palo Alto(2013)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Oldboy(2013)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Locations: Looking for Rusty James (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

The Bling Ring(2013)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
On the Road(2012)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Twixt(2011)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Somewhere(2010)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Tetro(2009)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Coda: Thirty Years Later(2007)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Youth Without Youth(2007)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Good Shepherd(2006)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Marie Antoinette(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Kinsey(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
She Hate Me(2004)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all filmsForever Is a Long, Long Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Lost in Translation(2003)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Jeepers Creepers 2(2003)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Platinum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Assassination Tango(2002)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Pumpkin(2002)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
No Such Thing(2001)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Another Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

The Legend of Suriyothai(2001)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Jeepers Creepers(2001)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
CQ(2001)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

The Virgin Suicides(1999)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Supernova(2000)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Sleepy Hollow(1999)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Third Miracle(1999)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Goosed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Florentine(1999)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all filmsLani Loa: The Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

First Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Moby Dick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Outrage(1998)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Rainmaker(1997)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Buddy(1997)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Odyssey(1997)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Survival on the Mountain(1997)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Dark Angel(1996)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Jack(1996)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Kidnapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Haunted(1995)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
White Dwarf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

My Family(1995)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all filmsThe Conversation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Don Juan DeMarco(1994)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all filmsIronbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Travelling Light(1994)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Secret Garden(1993)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Junky's Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Dracula(1992)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Wind(1992)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Godfather Part III(1990)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Outsiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

New York Stories(1989)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Powaqqatsi(1988)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Tough Guys Don't Dance(1987)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Barfly(1987)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Lionheart(1987)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Gardens of Stone(1987)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Captain EO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Cotton Club(1984)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Rumble Fish(1983)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Koyaanisqatsi(1982)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Outsiders(1983)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Faerie Tale Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

The Making of 'One from the Heart' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Hammett(1982)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Escape Artist(1982)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Parsifal(1982)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
One from the Heart(1981)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
An All Round Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Black Stallion(1979)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Apocalypse Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Apocalypse Now(1979)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Perfumed Nightmare(1977)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Godfather Part II(1974)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Conversation(1974)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Great Gatsby(1974)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Way We Were(1973)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
American Graffiti(1973)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Paper Moon(1973)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Godfather(1972)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The People(1972)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
THX 1138(1971)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Patton(1970)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Rain People(1969)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Filmmaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Finian's Rainbow(1968)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
You're a Big Boy Now(1966)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Is Paris Burning?(1966)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Dementia 13(1963)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Haunted Palace(1963)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Terror(1963)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
The Young Racers(1963)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Peeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Tonight for Sure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

War Hunt(1962)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Bellboy and the Playgirls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Battle Beyond the Sun(1959)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
No Cigar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Apocalypse Retold! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Close-Up on The Conversation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Glimpses of the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Thank You Mr. Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 135 titles, 131 of them dated from 1956 to 2026.
Film career
- 1962Screen debut· War Hunt
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Francis Ford Coppola's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 94; across their 92 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up33
- 50th to 74th31
- 25th to 49th19
- Below 25th12
Shape of the crowd
41 of their 95 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved18
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser41
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed28
Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 83 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Francis Ford Coppola's work okay for kids?
Across up to 48 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Francis Ford Coppola work with?
People who share at least 2 of Francis Ford Coppola's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fred Fuchs shares the most, 20.
Directors
- Sofia CoppolaShared titles: La saga Rassam-Berri, le cinéma dans les veines (2023), The Bling Ring (2013), Marie Antoinette (2006), Lost in Translation (2003), The Virgin Suicides (1999), The Godfather Part III (1990), New York Stories (1989)See all 7 shared titles with Sofia Coppola

- George LucasShared titles: Milius (2013), The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998), Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), Powaqqatsi (1988), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980), American Graffiti (1973), THX 1138 (1971)See all 9 shared titles with George Lucas

- Roger CormanShared titles: Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991), Dementia 13 (1963), The Haunted Palace (1963), The Terror (1963), Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)See all 5 shared titles with Roger Corman

- Eleanor CoppolaShared titles: Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007), Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), The Rain People (1969)See all 3 shared titles with Eleanor Coppola

Writers
- Mario PuzoShared titles: The Godfather Part III (1990), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather (1972)See all 3 shared titles with Mario Puzo

- Walter MurchShared titles: Tetro (2009), Youth Without Youth (2007), The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998), The Godfather Part III (1990), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Black Stallion (1979), The Conversation (1974), THX 1138 (1971)See all 8 shared titles with Walter Murch

- S.E. HintonShared titles: On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005), Rumble Fish (1983), The Outsiders (1983)See all 3 shared titles with S.E. Hinton

- John RomanoShared titles: The Third Miracle (1999), Dark Angel (1996)See all 2 shared titles with John Romano

Actors
- Diane LaneShared titles: On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005), Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'the Outsiders' (2005), Jack (1996), The Cotton Club (1984), Rumble Fish (1983), The Outsiders (1983)See all 6 shared titles with Diane Lane

- Robert DuvallShared titles: Assassination Tango (2002), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather (1972), THX 1138 (1971), The Rain People (1969)See all 6 shared titles with Robert Duvall

- Frederic ForrestShared titles: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Hammett (1982), One from the Heart (1981), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Conversation (1974)See all 6 shared titles with Frederic Forrest

- Talia ShireShared titles: Megalopolis (2024), The Godfather Part III (1990), New York Stories (1989), Lionheart (1987), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather (1972)See all 6 shared titles with Talia Shire

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Barry MalkinShared titles: The Rainmaker (1997), Jack (1996), The Godfather Part III (1990), Gardens of Stone (1987), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), The Cotton Club (1984), Rumble Fish (1983), Hammett (1982), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Rain People (1969)See all 10 shared titles with Barry Malkin

- Carmine CoppolaShared titles: The Godfather Part III (1990), Gardens of Stone (1987), The Outsiders (1983), One from the Heart (1981), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Black Stallion (1979), The People (1972)See all 7 shared titles with Carmine Coppola

- Mihai Malaimare Jr.Shared titles: Megalopolis (2024), Twixt (2011), Tetro (2009), Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007), Youth Without Youth (2007)See all 5 shared titles with Mihai Malaimare Jr.

- Osvaldo GolijovShared titles: Megalopolis (2024), Twixt (2011), Tetro (2009), Youth Without Youth (2007)See all 4 shared titles with Osvaldo Golijov

Producers
- Fred FuchsShared titles: The Florentine (1999), The Third Miracle (1999), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Outrage (1998), Buddy (1997), Survival on the Mountain (1997), The Odyssey (1997), The Rainmaker (1997), Dark Angel (1996), Jack (1996), Haunted (1995), Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995) and 8 moreSee newest 12 of 20 shared titles with Fred Fuchs

- Tom LuddyShared titles: My Family (1995), The Secret Garden (1993), Wind (1992), Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989), Powaqqatsi (1988), Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)See all 7 shared titles with Tom Luddy

- Doug ClaybourneShared titles: On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005), Jack (1996), Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), Rumble Fish (1983), The Black Stallion Returns (1983), The Escape Artist (1982)See all 6 shared titles with Doug Claybourne

- Kim AubryShared titles: On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005), Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'the Outsiders' (2005), The Legend of Suriyothai (2001), The Outsiders (1983), Apocalypse Now (1979)See all 5 shared titles with Kim Aubry
Mixed roles
- William FriedkinShared titles: Friedkin Uncut (2018), Paper Moon (1973)See all 2 shared titles with William Friedkin

- Woody AllenShared titles: Trespassing Bergman (2013), New York Stories (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Woody Allen

- Gary KurtzShared titles: The People vs. George Lucas (2010), American Graffiti (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Kurtz

- Gloria KatzShared titles: The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998), American Graffiti (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Gloria Katz





