# Godfather

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"God Father" redirects here. Not to be confused with [God the Father](/source/God_the_Father).

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

## Common uses

- A male [godparent](/source/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](/source/Crime_boss) - [Capo dei capi](/source/Capo_dei_capi), Italian for "boss of all bosses"

## Arts and media

### Film

- [*God Father* (2017 film)](/source/God_Father_(2017_film)), an Indian Odia-language film
- [*God Father* (2020 film)](/source/God_Father_(2020_film)), an Indian Tamil-language film
- *[The Godfather](/source/The_Godfather)*, a 1972 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola - [*The Godfather* (film series)](/source/The_Godfather_(film_series)) - [*The Godfather* (soundtrack)](/source/The_Godfather_(soundtrack))
- [*Godfather* (1991 film)](/source/Godfather_(1991_film)), an Indian Malayalam-language film by Siddique–Lal
- [*Godfather* (2007 film)](/source/Godfather_(2007_film)), a Pakistani film by Hriday Shetty
- [*Godfather* (2012 film)](/source/Godfather_(2012_film)), an Indian Kannada-language film by P. C. Sriram - [*Godfather* (soundtrack)](/source/Godfather_(soundtrack))
- [*GodFather* (2022 film)](/source/Godfather_(2022_film)), an Indian Telugu-language film

### Literature

- [*The Godfather* (book series)](/source/The_Godfather_(book_series))
- ["The Godfather" (fairy tale)](/source/The_Godfather_(fairy_tale)), a story from *Grimms' Fairy Tales*
- *The Godfather*, a 1929 novel by [Nalbro Bartley](/source/Nalbro_Bartley)
- [*The Godfather* (novel)](/source/The_Godfather_(novel)), a 1969 novel by Mario Puzo

### Music

- [*Godfather* (album)](/source/Godfather_(album)), by Wiley 2017
- "Godfather", a 2023 song by Indo-Canadian rapper [Sukha](/source/Sukha_(musician))
- *The Godfather*, a compilation album by [Héctor el Father](/source/H%C3%A9ctor_el_Father)
- *[The Godfather: The Very Best of James Brown](/source/The_Godfather:_The_Very_Best_of_James_Brown)*, a 2002 compilation album by James Brown
- [The Godfathers](/source/The_Godfathers), an English alternative rock band from London
- [The Godfathers (rap duo)](/source/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](/source/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music) - [Godfather of Punk (disambiguation)](/source/Godfather_of_Punk_(disambiguation))

### Television

- [*The Godfathers* (TV series)](/source/The_Godfathers_(TV_series)), a 1970 Australian television show
- "The Godfather", an [episode of *Married... with Children*](/source/List_of_Married..._with_Children_episodes#ep93)

### Video games

- [*The Godfather* (1991 video game)](/source/The_Godfather_(1991_video_game)), based on the film trilogy, for MS-DOS, Amiga and Atari ST
- [*The Godfather* (2006 video game)](/source/The_Godfather_(2006_video_game)), based on Puzo's novel and the film trilogy, for Windows, PS2 and XBox

## People

- [Dontay Corleone](/source/Dontay_Corleone) (born 2003), American football defensive lineman nicknamed "The Godfather"
- [The Godfather (wrestler)](/source/The_Godfather_(wrestler)) (born 1961), ring name of professional wrestler Charles Wright
- [Godfather Don](/source/Godfather_Don), American rapper and record producer
- [Pat Riley](/source/Pat_Riley), former professional basketball coach and current president of the Miami Heat

## Other uses

- [Godfather (cocktail)](/source/Godfather_(cocktail))
- [Godfather's Pizza](/source/Godfather's_Pizza), a United States restaurant chain

## See also

- [God the Father](/source/God_the_Father)
- [Goodfather (disambiguation)](/source/Goodfather_(disambiguation))
- [The Three Godfathers (disambiguation)](/source/The_Three_Godfathers_(disambiguation))
- [El Padrino (disambiguation)](/source/El_Padrino_(disambiguation)), Spanish for "the Godfather"; also including Italian 'Il Padrino'
- [Parrain (disambiguation)](/source/Parrain_(disambiguation)), French for "Godfather"

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