Francis Ford Coppola
Born 1939 · American filmmaker
Francis Ford Coppola is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He has received various accolades including five Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Palmes d'Or, as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Coppola was also honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2010, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2024, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2025. Four of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Francis Ford Coppola, in order
- 1962 Battle Beyond the Sun: directed
- 1962 The Bellboy and the Playgirls: directed, wrote
- 1962 Tonight for Sure: directed, wrote
- 1963 Dementia 13: directed, wrote
- 1963 The Haunted Palace: wrote · directed by Roger Corman
- 1963 The Terror: directed
- 1963 The Young Racers: acted · directed by Roger Corman
- 1966 Is Paris Burning?: wrote · directed by René Clément · critics 75%, audiences 72%
- 1966 This Property Is Condemned: wrote · directed by Sydney Pollack
- 1966 You're a Big Boy Now: directed, wrote
- 1968 Filmmaker (short film): produced, acted · directed by George Lucas
- 1968 Finian's Rainbow: directed
- 1969 The Rain People: directed, wrote
- 1970 Patton: wrote · directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · critics 92%, audiences 93%
- 1971 THX 1138: produced · directed by George Lucas · critics 72%, audiences 73%
- 1972 The Godfather: directed, wrote · critics 97%, audiences 98% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
- 1973 American Graffiti: produced · directed by George Lucas · critics 95%, audiences 84% · streaming on TCM
- 1974 The Conversation: directed, wrote, produced · critics 94%, audiences 89% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
- 1974 The Godfather Part II: directed, wrote, produced · critics 96%, audiences 97% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1974 The Great Gatsby: wrote · directed by Jack Clayton · critics 41%, audiences 47% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1977 The Godfather Saga (TV movie): directed, wrote
- 1979 Apocalypse Now: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 91%, audiences 94% · streaming on Paramount+
- 1980 Kagemusha: produced · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 89%, audiences 92%
- 1982 Hammett: produced · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 75%, audiences 61% · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex, Fawesome
- 1982 One from the Heart: directed, wrote
- 1982 The Escape Artist: produced · directed by Caleb Deschanel
- 1983 Rumble Fish: directed, wrote · critics 78%, audiences 80%
- 1983 The Black Stallion Returns: produced · directed by Robert Dalva
- 1983 The Outsiders: directed · critics 69%, audiences 82% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Philo
- 1984 The Cotton Club: directed, wrote · critics 75%, audiences 57% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters: produced · directed by Paul Schrader · critics 79%, audiences 90%
- 1986 Captain EO (short film): directed, wrote · audiences 65%
- 1986 Peggy Sue Got Married: directed · critics 87%, audiences 55% · streaming on Tubi
- 1987 Barfly: produced · directed by Barbet Schroeder
- 1987 Gardens of Stone: directed, produced
- 1987 Lionheart: produced · directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1988 The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (TV movie): produced · directed by Paul Wendkos
- 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream: directed
- 1989 New York Stories: directed, wrote · critics 76%, audiences 56% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1989 Wait Until Spring, Bandini: produced · directed by Dominique Deruddere
- 1990 The Godfather Part III: directed, wrote, produced
- 1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse: acted · directed by Eleanor Coppola and George Hickenlooper · critics 100%, audiences 94% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula: directed, produced
- 1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980: directed, wrote
- 1992 Wind: produced · directed by Carroll Ballard
- 1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: produced · directed by Kenneth Branagh · audiences 11% · streaming on Netflix, Pluto TV
- 1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies: acted · directed by Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson · critics 100%, audiences 95% · streaming on Kanopy
- 1995 Don Juan DeMarco: produced · directed by Jeremy Leven
- 1995 Kidnapped (TV movie): produced · directed by Ivan Passer
- 1995 White Dwarf: produced · directed by Peter Markle
- 1996 Dark Angel: produced · directed by Robert Iscove
- 1996 Jack: directed, produced · critics 18%, audiences 49% · streaming on Disney+
- 1997 The Rainmaker: directed, wrote · critics 82%, audiences 78% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
- 1998 Lani Loa – The Passage: produced · directed by Sherwood Hu
- 1998 Moby Dick (TV movie): produced · directed by Franc Roddam
- 1999 Sleepy Hollow: produced · directed by Tim Burton · critics 72%, audiences 80%
- 1999 The Florentine: produced · directed by Nick Stagliano
- 1999 The Virgin Suicides: produced · directed by Sofia Coppola · critics 80%, audiences 81% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2000 Supernova: directed
- 2001 Apocalypse Now Redux: directed, wrote, created, acted · critics 93%, audiences 91% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2001 CQ: produced · directed by Roman Coppola
- 2001 Jeepers Creepers: produced · directed by Victor Salva
- 2003 A Decade Under the Influence: acted · directed by Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme · critics 76%, audiences 83%
- 2003 Jeepers Creepers 2: produced · directed by Victor Salva
- 2004 Kinsey: produced · directed by Bill Condon · critics 90%, audiences 75% · streaming on Hoopla
- 2005 Inside Deep Throat: acted · directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato · critics 82%, audiences 67%
- 2006 Marie Antoinette: produced · directed by Sofia Coppola
- 2006 The Good Shepherd: produced · directed by Robert De Niro · critics 56%, audiences 51% · streaming on YouTube (free), Fawesome
- 2007 Fog City Mavericks: acted · directed by Gary Leva
- 2007 Youth Without Youth: directed, wrote, produced
- 2009 I Knew It Was You (short film): acted · directed by Richard Shepard · streaming on Tubi
- 2009 Tetro: directed, wrote, produced
- 2010 Somewhere: produced · directed by Sofia Coppola
- 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 2011 Twixt: directed, wrote, produced
- 2012 On the Road: produced · directed by Sam Riley and Walter Salles
- 2013 Milius: acted · directed by Zak Charles Knutson · critics 94%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla, Pluto TV
- 2013 Palo Alto: acted · directed by Gia Coppola · critics 69%, audiences 49% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2013 Seduced and Abandoned: acted · directed by James Toback · critics 83%, audiences 62% · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex, Fawesome
- 2015 Distant Vision: directed, wrote, produced
- 2017 Behind the Scenes: acted · directed by Mohammad Mohammadian
- 2017 Jeepers Creepers 3: produced · directed by Victor Salva
- 2024 Megalopolis: directed, wrote, produced