(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 P. C. 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

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  • 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"