Francis Ford Coppola was arguably the most talented director to have matriculated from an American film school and one can make a case his body of work trumped Martin Scorsese’s throughout the 1970s and ’80s. The very real distractions of trying to keep his production studio (Zoetrope) afloat led to a disconnect from his craft in the 1990s and Coppola’s penchant for movie-making never recovered. At this late stage it seems unlikely he’s got another great movie left in him but, to his credit, he remains committed to being an independent voice when he could have easily cashed-in his chips.

1962  The Bellboy and the Playgirls
1962  Tonight for Sure
1963  Dementia 13 ***
1966  You’re a Big Boy, Now ***
1968  Finian’s Rainbow ***
1969  The Rain People ***
1972  The Godfather ****
1974  The Conversation ****
1974  The Godfather Pt. 2 ****1/2
1979  Apocalypse Now ***1/2
1981  One From the Heart ***1/2
1982  The Outsiders ***1/2
1983  Rumble Fish ***1/2
1984  Cotton Club ***1/2
1986  Peggy Sue Got Married ****
1987  Gardens of Stone ***
1988  Tucker ***1/2
1989  New York Stories *** (segment)
1990  The Godfather Pt. 3 ***1/2
1992  Bram Stoker’s Dracula ***
1996  Jack
1997  The Rainmaker ***
2000  Supernova
2007  Youth without Youth ***1/2
2009  Tetro ***
2011  Twixt ***