"The Godfather is now a movie." The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revolution 1958 Cuba.

"All the power on earth can't change destiny." In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don Michael Corleone seeks to vow for his sins while taking a young protégé under his wing.

"Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?" An intellectually nonconformist monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.