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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Producer, director, writer and editor, also actor and composer · Born April 7, 1939 (87) · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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Born
April 7, 1939 (87)
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Works as
Producer, director, writer and editor, also actor and composer
Titles
95 on MovieCove · 139 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 39% in 30 days

What are Francis Ford Coppola's films like?

Across their 94 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 92 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
46
Melancholic
41
Contemplative
40
Warm
25
Dread
16
Other
85

How their films end · 13 with a twist

  • 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).

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.

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

    Executive Producer

  • The Last Showgirl(2024)

    Thanks

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

    Thanks

  • Megalopolis(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

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

    Executive Producer

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

    Executive Producer

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

    Actor

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

    Director · Producer · Writer

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Paris Can Wait(2016)

    Thanks

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

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

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

    Director · as Self

  • Palo Alto(2013)

    as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Oldboy(2013)

    Thanks

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

    Technical Advisor

  • The Bling Ring(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • On the Road(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Twixt(2011)

    Director · Producer · Songs · Writer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Somewhere(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Tetro(2009)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Coda: Thirty Years Later(2007)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Youth Without Youth(2007)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • The Good Shepherd(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Marie Antoinette(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Kinsey(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • She Hate Me(2004)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Forever Is a Long, Long Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Lost in Translation(2003)

    Executive Producer · Thanks

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Jeepers Creepers 2(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Platinum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Assassination Tango(2002)

    Executive Producer

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

    Executive Producer

  • Pumpkin(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • No Such Thing(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Another Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Executive Producer

  • The Legend of Suriyothai(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Jeepers Creepers(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • CQ(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Executive Producer

  • The Virgin Suicides(1999)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Supernova(2000)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Sleepy Hollow(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Third Miracle(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Goosed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Executive Producer

  • The Florentine(1999)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Lani Loa: The Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Executive Producer

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

    Show 66 episodes · Producer

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

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Outrage(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • The Rainmaker(1997)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Buddy(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • The Odyssey(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Survival on the Mountain(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Dark Angel(1996)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Jack(1996)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Kidnapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Executive Producer

  • Haunted(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Tecumseh: The Last Warrior(1995)

    Executive Producer

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

    Executive Producer

  • My Family(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Conversation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer

  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Don Juan DeMarco(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Ironbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Producer

  • Travelling Light(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Secret Garden(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • The Junky's Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • Dracula(1992)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'(1992)

    Director · as Self

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

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Wind(1992)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse(1991)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Godfather Part III(1990)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · Songs

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • The Godfather Family: A Look Inside(1990)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Outsiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 13 episodes · Producer

  • New York Stories(1989)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream(1988)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Powaqqatsi(1988)

    Executive Producer · Presenter

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Tough Guys Don't Dance(1987)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Barfly(1987)

    Executive Producer · Presenter

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Lionheart(1987)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Gardens of Stone(1987)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director

  • Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Captain EO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters(1985)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • The Cotton Club(1984)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Rumble Fish(1983)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Koyaanisqatsi(1982)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • The Black Stallion Returns(1983)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The Outsiders(1983)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Faerie Tale Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Director

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

    Executive Producer · as Self

  • Hammett(1982)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • The Escape Artist(1982)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Parsifal(1982)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • One from the Heart(1981)

    Director · Presenter · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • An All Round Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Producer

  • Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior(1980)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • The Black Stallion(1979)

    Executive Producer

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

    Show Creator

  • Apocalypse Now(1979)

    Director · Composer · Producer · Writer · as Director of TV Crew (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Perfumed Nightmare(1977)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Screenplay · Writer

  • The Godfather Part II(1974)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Conversation(1974)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Great Gatsby(1974)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • The Way We Were(1973)

    Additional Writing · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • American Graffiti(1973)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Paper Moon(1973)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Godfather(1972)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The People(1972)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • THX 1138(1971)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Patton(1970)

    Screenplay · Screenstory

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • The Rain People(1969)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Filmmaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Producer · as Self

  • Finian's Rainbow(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • You're a Big Boy Now(1966)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Is Paris Burning?(1966)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Dementia 13(1963)

    Director · Stunts · Writer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • The Haunted Palace(1963)

    Additional Dialogue · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • The Terror(1963)

    Director · Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • The Young Racers(1963)

    Sound · as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Additional Writing

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

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

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

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • War Hunt(1962)

    as Army Truck Driver (uncredited)

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

    Director · Writer

  • Battle Beyond the Sun(1959)

    Director · Associate Producer

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

    Director

  • Apocalypse Retold! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Original Concept

  • Close-Up on The Conversation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Glimpses of the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Thank You Mr. Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 135 titles, 131 of them dated from 1956 to 2026.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 135: 5 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting39 of 135: 5 only directing, 34 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thWriting32 of 135: 5 only writing, 27 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thProducing101 of 135: 70 only producing, 31 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thMusic1 of 135: 0 only music, 1 with another roleCinematography1 of 135: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew21 of 135: 11 only other crew, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

135 titles, 39 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 28 of them.

By decade

1950s2 · crew1960s15 · 2 acting · 14 crew1970s14 · 1 acting · 14 crew1980s25 · crew1990s34 · crew2000s21 · crew2010s11 · 2 acting · 9 crew2020s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 92

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 92

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 92

Midcredits score across 95 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore38 titles18–87 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity48 titles8–65 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity40 titles6–76 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs37 titles12–59 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense37 titles21–75 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles