The Godfather
Movie • 1972 • Crime
ReportSpanning 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.
This movie contains 51 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
25 supporters
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wallflowers
Fredo makes excuses for his boss beating him
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Is someone stalked?
17 supporters
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5
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Cassiman
Mafiosos stalk other mafiosos with the intention of killing them
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unimaggiecorn
Carlo hits Connie off-screen; later, he uses a belt on-screen.
(Both times, the abuser is rightfully portrayed as being the 'Bad Guy' in the situation)
(Both times, the abuser is rightfully portrayed as being the 'Bad Guy' in the situation)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
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Cassiman
No but they are sold
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Is there addiction?
10 supporters
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2
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Anonymous
There is discussion of drugs and drug distributions but no drugs were actively taken.
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Yes
16
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
68 supporters
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Nufsaid
Yes, a real horse was killed but supposedly it was not killed for the movie.
“We didn’t kill the horse,” Coppola said. “Most horses are killed for dog food. So we went to the dog food company, and we looked at the horses before they were slaughtered. I didn’t do it, but the art director found one that looked like the real horse and I said when you kill that horse we want the head.” - https://www.cheatsheet.com
“We didn’t kill the horse,” Coppola said. “Most horses are killed for dog food. So we went to the dog food company, and we looked at the horses before they were slaughtered. I didn’t do it, but the art director found one that looked like the real horse and I said when you kill that horse we want the head.” - https://www.cheatsheet.com
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Does a horse die?
55 supporters
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Anonymous
The act of decapitating the horse is not seen, but it's aftermath is.
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gatorgirlgab
a horse and a fish die but neither is shown being killed. The horse’s decapitated head is shown.
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Is there a dead animal?
63 supporters
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DBG
Around minute 33:30 Is the horse scene
And at minute 55:40 a dead fish
And at minute 55:40 a dead fish
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Does a cat die?
101 supporters
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Anonymous
The cat held by Vito at the start of the film isn't seen again and there are no implications that anything bad happened to it.
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Does a dragon die?
0 supporters
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gatorgirlgab
Who voted yes? There’s no dragons in this movie lol
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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b3ll4g0th
The movie starts with a description of sexual assault.
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Bodily Harm
Yes
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
16 supporters
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denialol
Strangulations.
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Is someone crushed to death?
17 supporters
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Anonymous
In the first godfather movie no one got crushed to death? Their was strangulation and shooting. But i just watched it and no one gets crushed.
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Is someone burned alive?
24 supporters
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Cassiman
Apollonia murdered in a fiery car bombing
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12
Is there body horror?
28 supporters
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3
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Anonymous
I only answer yes because their is no more nuetral option. Its not necessarily horrific for the context of the movie, but there are a couple more graphic scenes as mentioned in other comments that should be taken into account.
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Is there a hanging?
24 supporters
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KelseyHavlik
There is no hanging, but there are a lot of times where people are choked to death.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
16 supporters
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A couple of strangulations with piano wire.
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Are any teeth damaged?
25 supporters
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JuanOteo
We don't actually see it but Michael could have had teeth damaged when Mccluskey hit him
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Does someone break a bone?
15 supporters
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KelseyHavlik
Michael's face gets broken.
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Does someone have a seizure?
4 supporters
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Cassiman
No but Don Corleone’s death resembles one
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
29 supporters
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Anonymous
Someone's hand is stabbed and it shows the hand.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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mossx
A character is shot on stone courthouse stairs and rolls most of the way down them.
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Is there eye mutilation?
59 supporters
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28
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Epiccing
Moe Greene is shot in the eye
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Is there excessive gore?
51 supporters
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3
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jdpamv
Bloody wounds are shown but they're usually just stains on clothes and there are no severed parts or other gore aside from a decapitated horse head with blood.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
28 supporters
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Anonymous
I say No a 'child' does not die but a fully grown young adult character is murdered and does die before his father, and there is a sequence that shows his family mourning him. So if death and grief bother you this definitely isn't your movie.
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
9 supporters
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Anonymous
There is discussion of drugs and drug distributions but no drugs were actively taken.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
6 supporters
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Constanzia
Tom is kidnapped by Sollozzo but is released shortly after without being harmed.
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Does a parent die?
8 supporters
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KelseyHavlik
Vito Corleone passes away on screen, but it's not gruesome. He falls down.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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gatorgirlgab
Michael gets married to someone else while never breaking up with his girlfriend back home
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Fear
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Gross
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Does someone spit?
8 supporters
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nicofrannie
Sonny spits at the FBI agent who comes to his sisters wedding
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Is there audio gore?
30 supporters
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9
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Cassiman
Yes in strangulation scenes
1 comment | Add comment
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3
Large-scale Violence
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12
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
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Cassiman
Cops are shown as being corrupt and in the pockets of the mob
1 comment | Add comment
LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
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31
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KelseyHavlik
Michael visits his father in the hospital. There is a slight panic when he finds his father unguarded, but nothing else happens in the hospital.
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Does someone have cancer?
12 supporters
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0
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17
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Cassiman
Don Corleone dies from a chronic mystery illness
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
50 supporters
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
17 supporters
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
56 supporters
Add comment
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Noxious
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2
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1
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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17
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gatorgirlgab
There’s a few times babies cry in this
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
4 supporters
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jdpamv
Very tame for an R-rated film but there are uses of "b*tch" and "wh*re."
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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9
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14
Are there abortions?
12 supporters
Yes
3
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14
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Epiccing
Yes, Kay says it in godfather 2 that she made an abortion not a miscarriage
1 comment | Add comment
Are there babies or unborn children?
10 supporters
Yes
11
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0
Connie (Vito’s daughter, pregnant at the time) fights with her husband and gets brutally beaten with a belt, it starts on screen and you can hear it continue after they exit…was not expecting it and it got to me
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Does a pregnant person die?
9 supporters
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3
No
9
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Thumper
Whether or not it's clear in the movie, in the book a woman is pregnant when she dies, and the character dies in the movie
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Prejudice
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jdpamv
I don't remember any, but, judging by the many "yes"es, I assume there is. What I do know is that Marlon Brando was antisemitic IRL and spread the "Jews own Hollywood" myth, so I thought I'd add in case out-of-film bigotry is a trigger.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
20 supporters
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gatorgirlgab
No but there is a guy telling another guy he shouldn’t “cry like a woman”, “man up” sort of language
1 comment | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
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29
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denialol
Various racial slurs.
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Yes
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Are there n-words?
18 supporters
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1
2
Epiccing
Sonny says it in godfather 1
2 comments | Add comment
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Race
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Relationships
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1
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
Yes
34
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0
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denialol
A couple scenes of sexual content, neither of which are particularly detailed.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
26 supporters
Yes
12
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0
1
mossx
A movie director refers to an actress he trained (who is never seen) as "the greatest piece of *ss I've had". Very brief. There's surprisingly barely any of this type of behavior in the film.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there nude scenes?
23 supporters
Yes
8
No
2
0
DeDoDoDeDaDa
Yes. Frontal female nudity.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
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4
Does someone lose their virginity?
9 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
0
Implied in conversation.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
51 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
12 supporters
Yes
16
No
1
1
CloudControl
The Godfather slaps Johnny Fontaine for crying.
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
5 supporters
Yes
5
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3
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Anonymous
Its sort of vague how this one character died, but the leading events made it seem stroke like.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
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0
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6
1
Anonymous
One of the adopted sons of the head of the family started as homeless but its only mentioned in passing.
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4
Yes
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Spoiler
Yes
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17
Does it have a sad ending?
24 supporters
Yes
13
No
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4
KelseyHavlik
It depends on how you see a happy ending. The ending is rather gruesome, but for the Corleone Family, it could be seen as happy, as a lot of their enemies are taken out. However, it is not a happy ending for the main character's wife, and it leaves it rather ominously.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
3
Anonymous
A car explodes
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Yes
8
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0
Yes
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Yes
0
No
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
Yes
0
No
15
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Anonymous
No, but a car does explode with someone inside.
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Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
2
denialol
Many graphic shootings and strangulations of mobsters. Real, bloody severed horse head. Real, but grainy images of dead gangsters are quickly shown in a montage.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone drown?
10 supporters
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0
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14
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gatorgirlgab
No. There’s a “sleep with the fishes” reference but nothing happens
1 comment | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
12 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
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denialol
Multiple cold shootings, with plenty of blood.
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