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The Godfather

Coin Flip Wins almost exactly half the time
1972 · Drama, Crime · Francis Ford Coppola

The Godfather at 53% is about as even as it gets. The voters are divided, and 257 matchups haven't settled the debate. The weight of its reputation alone reshapes any bracket it enters. Voting against it requires a voter to consciously reject the consensus greatest film ever made, and most people aren't willing to do that lightly. It leads both Francis Ford Coppola films tracked on BingeBracket. Voters pick in 1.5s on average — well under the 3.5s platform norm.

Synopsis

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Round 1
53.2%
75/141
Semifinals
54.7%
Finals
46.3%

The split doesn't budge. 53% in the opening round, 55% in the semis, 46% in the final — The Godfather is contested at every stage, with neither side able to pull away.

Against Citizen Kane, the margin is razor-thin: 50%. The most contested matchup in The Godfather's record. The extremes tell a clear story — 83% against The Shawshank Redemption at one end, 25% against The Big Lebowski at the other.

Closest Rival

Quote-Off: The Most Quotable Movie of All Time: The Godfather clears Airplane! in the opening round and dispatches Pulp Fiction at 78% in the final. A convincing start-to-finish run.

The Godfather leads Francis Ford Coppola's filmography on BingeBracket, though only 2 films are tracked so far. The Godfather Part II at 50% is the comparison point.

BingeBracket Record
53%
Win Rate
#37 of 100 in Drama #5 of 13 from the 1970s #1 of 2 Francis Ford Coppola films
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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#4 of 8 in Quote-Off: The Most Quotable Movie of All Time.

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The Big Lebowski #1
The Princess Bride #2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail #3
The Godfather #4
Airplane! #5
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy #6
A Few Good Men #7
Pulp Fiction #8
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