Instead, The Godfather showed us a world where criminals were businesspeople organized, in New York, into the Five Families. These were based on the real Five Families of New York, and the way ...

While The Godfather focuses on the rise and fall of members of the Corleone family, the trilogy also tells the stories of four other families.

The Godfather trilogy's most powerful characters might have been the family Dons, but the consiglieri were often overlooked while holding substantial power. The intricate politics of the Corleone ...