Godfather

"God Father" redirects here; not to be confused with God the Father.

(The) godfather(s), God Father, or variants may refer to:

Common uses

• A male godparent, an individual chosen by a child's parents to take an interest in their upbringing and personal and/or spiritual development
• A synonym for crime boss
  • Capo dei capi, Italian for "boss of all bosses"

Arts and media

Film

• God Father (2017 film), an Indian Odia-language film
• God Father (2020 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
• The Godfather, a 1972 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Godfather (film series)
  • The Godfather (soundtrack)
• Godfather (1991 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film by Siddique–Lal
• Godfather (2007 film), a Pakistani film by Hriday Shetty
• Godfather (2012 film), an Indian Kannada-language film by Sethu Sriram
  • Godfather (soundtrack)
• GodFather (2022 film), an Indian Telugu-language film

Literature

• The Godfather (book series)
• "The Godfather" (fairy tale), a story from Grimms' Fairy Tales
• The Godfather, a 1929 novel by Nalbro Bartley
• The Godfather (novel), a 1969 novel by Mario Puzo

Music

• Godfather (album), by Wiley 2017
• "Godfather", a 2023 song by Indo-Canadian rapper Sukha
• The Godfather, a compilation album by Héctor el Father
• The Godfather: The Very Best of James Brown, a 2002 compilation album by James Brown
• The Godfathers, an English alternative rock band from London
• The Godfathers (rap duo), consisting of Kool G Rap and Necro, from Brooklyn, New York City
• For musicians called "Godfather of ...", see Honorific nicknames in popular music
  • Godfather of Punk (disambiguation)

Television

• The Godfathers (TV series), a 1970 Australian television show
• "The Godfather", an episode of Married... with Children

Video games

• The Godfather (1991 video game), based on the film trilogy, for MS-DOS, Amiga and Atari ST
• The Godfather (2006 video game), based on Puzo's novel and the film trilogy, for Windows, PS2 and XBox

People

• Dontay Corleone (born 2003), American football defensive lineman nicknamed "The Godfather"
• The Godfather (wrestler) (born 1961), ring name of professional wrestler Charles Wright
• Godfather Don, American rapper and record producer
• Pat Riley, former professional basketball coach and current president of the Miami Heat

Other uses

• Godfather (cocktail)
• Godfather's Pizza, a United States restaurant chain

See also

• God the Father
• Goodfather (disambiguation)
• The Three Godfathers (disambiguation)
• El Padrino (disambiguation), Spanish for "the Godfather"; also including Italian 'Il Padrino'
• Parrain (disambiguation), French for "Godfather"