People who say this sequel is better than The Godfather are insane. Some sequences are spectacular but its parallel arcs don't have the perfect elegance of Michael's journey in the first film.
Lists
- ranked 2 in Chicago Tribune 100 Best Films of the Century
- ranked 2 in The Guardian Top 100 Films
- ranked 3 in The IMDb Top 250
- ranked 5 in Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time
- ranked 7 in Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
- ranked 8 in Cinema Fusion Movie Bloggers' Top 100 Movies
- ranked 10 in BBC 100 Greatest American Films
- ranked 10 in WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays
- ranked 13 in Empire 100 Greatest Movies (1999)
- ranked 14 in Empire 100 Greatest Movies (2003)
- ranked 15 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 16 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 18 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 19 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- ranked 32 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of 101^w102 Movies You Must See Before...
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of Best Director Academy Award Winners
- one of Best Picture Academy Award Winners
- one of Leonard Maltin's 100 "Must See" Films of the 20th Century
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- one of The New York Times Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
- one of TIME Magazine All-Time 100 Movies
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, 10th Anniversary Edition