The Godfather Guía y cronología

The first film lets Michael's distance from his family change gradually. Part II's movement between generations then asks the viewer to compare what the family builds with what preserving it destroys. Pulling all the earlier history out first would change that deliberate comparison.

Mario Puzo's source novel and the later books offer another literary route, while the games approach the criminal world through play. The Offer changes the subject entirely to the film's production. These formats are connected with The Godfather without all being chapters in the same Corleone biography.

Keep the first two films in publication order. Select Part III or Coda as the version of Michael's later chapter you want, then explore the other cut if comparison interests you. Begin the book route with Puzo's The Godfather; save The Offer for an interest in the adaptation's making.

The groups distinguish formats and subjects. Novels and games need their own story relationships; television's The Offer belongs to production history rather than the family's fictional calendar.

• Films (4 entries)

  The film saga, with Part III and Coda distinguished as alternative presentations of the later Michael chapter rather than consecutive sequels.

• TV (1 entry)

  The Offer's dramatization of the film's production, a related subject rather than another event in the Corleones' fictional lives.

• Books (5 entries)

  The source novel and selected later literary stories, approached within their own publication and narrative relationships.

• Games (2 entries)

  The Godfather game interpretations, optional playable visits to the criminal world rather than required chapters between film scenes.

The Godfather before Part II preserves the films' view of two generations. Choose the later chapter's cut rather than treating a recut as a fourth film.

1. 1
   The GodfatherNovel · 1969
2. 2
   The GodfatherFilm · 1972
3. 3
   The Godfather Part IIFilm · 1974
4. 4
   The SicilianNovel · 1984
5. 5
   The Godfather Part IIIFilm · 1990
6. 6
   The Godfather: The GameGame · 2006
7. 7
   The Godfather ReturnsNovel · 2004
8. 8
   The Godfather's RevengeNovel · 2006
9. 9
   The Family CorleoneNovel · 2012
10. 10
    The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael CorleoneFilm · 2020
11. 11
    The OfferSeries · 2022
12. 12
    The Godfather IIGame · 2009

Part II deliberately moves between earlier and later periods. Coda revisits Part III, and The Offer's production drama should not be inserted into the Corleones' story time.

1. 1
   1969The GodfatherNovel · 1969
2. 2
   1972The GodfatherFilm · 1972
3. 3
   1974The Godfather Part IIFilm · 1974
4. 4
   1984The SicilianNovel · 1984
5. 5
   1990The Godfather Part IIIFilm · 1990
6. 6
   2004The Godfather ReturnsNovel · 2004
7. 7
   2006The Godfather's RevengeNovel · 2006
8. 8
   2006The Godfather: The GameGame · 2006
9. 9
   2009The Godfather IIGame · 2009
10. 10
    2012The Family CorleoneNovel · 2012
11. 11
    2020The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael CorleoneFilm · 2020
12. 12
    2022The OfferSeries · 2022

Publication preserves the films' structure and reveals when literary extensions, game interpretations and the alternative cut appeared. Those arrivals do not all advance one fictional timeline.

1. 1
   The GodfatherNovel · 1969
2. 2
   The GodfatherFilm · 1972
3. 3
   The Godfather Part IIFilm · 1974
4. 4
   The SicilianNovel · 1984
5. 5
   The Godfather Part IIIFilm · 1990
6. 6
   The Godfather ReturnsNovel · 2004
7. 7
   The Godfather: The GameGame · 2006
8. 8
   The Godfather's RevengeNovel · 2006
9. 9
   The Godfather IIGame · 2009
10. 10
    The Family CorleoneNovel · 2012
11. 11
    The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael CorleoneFilm · 2020
12. 12
    The OfferSeries · 2022