Movies like The Godfather Part II (1974)

Name: The Godfather Part II
Released: 1974

10 films to watch after The Godfather Part II, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Fit 72%

Shares Drama and Crime with The Godfather Part II.

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
2

GoodFellas (1990)

Fit 72%

Shares Drama and Crime with The Godfather Part II.

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
3

Casino (1995)

Fit 71%

Shares Crime and Drama with The Godfather Part II.

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
4

Carlito's Way (1993)

Fit 69%

Shares Crime and Drama with The Godfather Part II.

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
5

Mobsters (1991)

Fit 48%

Shares Crime and Drama with The Godfather Part II.

The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
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The Alto Knights (2025)

Fit 47%

Shares Crime and Drama with The Godfather Part II.

Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
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Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

Fit 46%

Shares Crime and Drama with The Godfather Part II.

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
8

The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

Fit 43%

Shares Crime and Drama with The Godfather Part II.

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence over his nephew will help shape the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss, Tony Soprano.
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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

Fit 42%

Shares Drama and Crime with The Godfather Part II.

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

Fit 39%

Shares Crime and Drama with The Godfather Part II.

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.