Where To Watch Francis Ford Coppola’s 15 Best Movies, Ranked

Published on

Rachel Ulatowski

Rachel Ulatowski

JustWatch Editor

After a 13-year hiatus from directing, legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has returned with a new film, Megalopolis, which is already causing a stir following its Cannes premiere. A prominent figure in the New Hollywood film movement, Coppola is often hailed as one of the greatest directors of all time for his cinematic masterpieces with larger-than-life characters and rich stories. For those interested in delving into his work before Megalopolis, this guide will demonstrate where to watch his 15 best films.

Even those unfamiliar with Coppola will likely have heard of his best film, The Godfather, which is often hailed as one of the greatest movies ever made. The Godfather is credited with revolutionizing the gangster genre as it humanized the Corleones and their love of family. Additionally, the storytelling is rich, the criminals larger-than-life, and the performances of Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone and Al Pacino as Michael Corleone blew audiences away.

While the sequel, The Godfather II, couldn’t match the original's groundbreaking nature and historical significance, it is easily one of the greatest movie sequels ever made. The film arguably adds more depth and an even darker tone as it continues to delve into Michael’s deterioration intercut with masterfully crafted flashbacks of Vito’s (Robert de Niro) life.

Another movie that almost eclipsed The Godfather in quality and impact is Apocalypse Now. It is based on Joseph Conrad’s thought-provoking novel Heart of Darkness but switches the setting to the Vietnam War. Featuring the talents of Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, and Laurence Fishburne, Apocalypse Now is one of the most haunting, mesmerizing, and unforgettable war epics of all time.

Although often overshadowed by The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, The Conversation also warrants special mention in discussions of Coppola’s greatest works. The movie follows surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), who faces an intense moral dilemma when he realizes the couple he has been tailing may be at the center of a murder plot. It’s a simple plot, but the layers to the story are numerous as viewers delve deep into the nightmarish sense of paranoia and probe questions of morals and power.

In addition to four of the greatest movies of all time, Coppola has made many more well-received hits ranging from the zany and amusing You’re a Big Boy Now to the experimental road trip drama The Rain People to the horror vampire film Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

If you’re looking for more of Coppola’s greatest works, see below for where to watch his 15 best films ranked by their quality, popularity, and historical significance.

Netflix
Disney Plus
Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV+
Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
Crunchyroll
fuboTV
Max
Max Amazon Channel
MGM+ Amazon Channel
Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Peacock Premium
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Paramount Plus
Paramount+ with Showtime
Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Starz Apple TV Channel
AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Britbox Apple TV Channel
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Discovery+ Amazon Channel
AMC+ Amazon Channel
The Roku Channel
Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
Starz Roku Premium Channel
AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
AMC+
MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
YouTube Premium
YouTube Free
Hoopla
The CW
Fandango At Home
Starz
Fandango at Home Free
Criterion Channel
PBS
FXNow
JustWatchTV
Tubi TV
Kanopy
FlixHouse
Microsoft Store
Sun Nxt
AMC
AMC Theatres
Fandor
Curiosity Stream
NBC
MGM Plus
Freeform
Philo
A&E
Lifetime
Shudder
Screambox
Acorn TV
Sundance Now
GuideDoc
BritBox
MUBI
Netflix Kids
ALLBLK
History Vault
MyOutdoorTV
WWE Network
Pure Flix
Lifetime Movie Club
PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Cinemax Amazon Channel
Hallmark+ Amazon Channel
PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
MZ Choice Amazon Channel
Pluto TV
BYUtv
HiDive
VIX
Night Flight Plus
Retrocrush
Dekkoo
Shout! Factory TV
OVID
Chai Flicks
Mhz Choice
Vice TV
Shudder Amazon Channel
MUBI Amazon Channel
BritBox Amazon Channel
AcornTV Amazon Channel
Fandor Amazon Channel
Screambox Amazon Channel
Sundance Now Amazon Channel
Adult Swim
USA Network
Fox
FlixFling
Bet+ Amazon Channel
Rakuten Viki
TCM
TNT
Bravo TV
Food Network
BBC America
IndieFlix
TLC
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Science Channel
Animal Planet
Discovery
Travel Channel
Here TV
VH1
DreamWorksTV Amazon Channel
Flix Premiere
TBS
AsianCrush
Revry
DOCSVILLE
Spectrum On Demand
OXYGEN
Hi-YAH
tru TV
DisneyNOW
WeTV
ARROW
Plex
Plex Live TV
Plex Player
WOW Presents Plus
Magellan TV
BroadwayHD
The Oprah Winfrey Network
Filmzie
MovieSaints
True Story
Martha Stewart TV
DocAlliance Films
OnDemandKorea
Darkroom
Hoichoi
iQIYI
Metrograph
Public Domain Movies
Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
Eternal Family
Fawesome
Eventive
Cultpix
FilmBox+
aha
ShortsTV Amazon Channel
Bet+
Takflix
Klassiki
Starz Amazon Channel
Netflix Standard with Ads
Cohen Media Amazon Channel
Popflick
ViX Premium Amazon Channel
Runtime
Fandango
Telemundo
Discovery +
Reveel
Ovation TV
Angel Studios
Cineverse
AD tv
Midnight Pulp
FYI Network
Xumo Play
National Geographic
Atom Tickets
Shahid VIP
DistroTV
myfilmfriend
Cinemark
Outside Watch
Cinepolis Cinemas
Full Moon Amazon Channel
Univer Video
GlewedTV
Toon Goggles
A&E Crime Central Apple TV Channel
Acorn TV Apple TV
ALLBLK Apple TV channel
UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel
Tastemade Apple TV Channel
Sundance Now Apple TV Channel
Shudder Apple TV Channel
ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
OUTtv Apple TV Channel
Lifetime Movie Club Apple TV Channel
Hallmark+ Apple TV Channel
Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel
CuriosityStream Apple TV Channel
Cinemax Apple TV Channel
BBC Select Apple Tv channel
BET+  Apple TV channel
Carnegie Hall+ Apple TV Channel
IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel
HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel
HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel
Carnegie Hall+ Amazon Channel
Lifetime Movie Club Amazon Channel
Film Movement Plus
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Troma NOW
Jolt Film
Regal Cinemas
Harkins Theatres
B&B Theatres
Marcus Theatres
Kino Film Collection
Tubi TV Live
Pluto TV Live
Cineverse LiveTV
Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
Peacock Premium Plus
ALLBLK Amazon channel
Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
Motorvision TV Amazon Channel
Stingray Classica Amazon Channel
Stingray Djazz Amazon Channel
Stingray Karaoke Amazon Channel
RetroCrush Amazon Channel
Acaciatv Amazon Channel
Adultswim Amazon Channel
Alchemiya Amazon Channel
All warrior network Amazon Channel
Amebatv Amazon Channel
Animalplanet Amazon Channel
Aspire TV Amazon Channel
BeFit Amazon Channel
Best tv ever Amazon Channel
Best of British Tv Amazon Channel
Baeble Amazon Channel
Best Westerns Ever Amazon Channel
Broadway HD Amazon Channel
Brown Sugar Amazon Channel
BR Sports Amazon Channel
Cartoon Network Amazon Channel
BFI Player Amazon Channel
MTV Hits Amazon Channel
TLC Amazon Channel
Cinefest Amazon Channel
CNN Max Amazon Channel
The Coda Collection Amazon Channel
Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
Daily Burn Amazon Channel
Daring Docs Amazon Channel
Dekkoo Amazon Channel
Discovery Max Amazon Channel
DocCom Amazon Channel
DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel
Dove Amazon Channel
Dox Amazon Channel
Dplus Discovery Amazon Channel
Discovery plus ID Amazon Channel
Discovery+ Originals Amazon Channel
Hidive Amazon Channel
Echoboom Amazon Channel
Cocina ON Amazon Channel
Fear Factory Amazon Channel
Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel
Fitfusion Amazon Channel
FlixLatino Amazon Channel
Food Matters Amazon Channel
Food network Amazon Channel
Fuse+ Amazon Channel
Grokker Yoga & Fitness Amazon Channel
Hi-YAH Amazon Channel
Indie Club Amazon Channel
IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel
Here TV  Amazon Channel
FilmBox Live Amazon Channel
Hopster Amazon Channel
Gaia Amazon Channel
France Channel Amazon Channel
IndiePix Unlimited Amazon Channel
Doki Amazon Channel
Kocowa Amazon Channel
Kartoon Channel Amazon Channel
Kidstream Amazon Channel
Kino Film Collection Amazon Channel
Mangolia Network Amazon Channel
Mangolia Selects Amazon Channel
Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel
Marquee TV Amazon Channel
MHz Choice Amazon Channel
MyOutdoor TV Amazon Channel
Outside TV Features Amzon Channel
OWN Amazon Channel
Panna Cooking Amazon Channel
Passionflix Amazon Channel
Pinoy Box Office Amazon Channel
PBS America Amazon Channel
PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
PBS Living Amazon Channel
PixL Amazon Channel
Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel
REELZ Amazon Channel
Revry Amazon Channel
Ryan and Friends Plus Amazon Channel
Science Amazon Channel
Sensical Amazon Channel
ZenLIFE by Stingray Amazon Channel
Sweatflix Amazon Channel
TCM Amazon Channel
Demand Africa Amazon Channel
The Surf Network Amazon Channel
Toku Amazon Channel
MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
True Royalty Amazon Channel
FUEL TV+ Amazon Channel
AeroCinema Amazon Channel
BongFlix Amazon Channel
Destiny Image TV Amazon Channel
Dreamscape Kids Amazon Channel
FidoTV Channel Amazon Channel
Green Planet Stream Amazon Channel
Kundalini Yoga TV Amazon Channel
Learn How to Run Amzon Channel
Sleep Sounds & Meditation Amazon Channel
The Titanic Channel Amazon Channel
Watchit.Kid Amazon Channel
Wellness Plus by Psychetruth Amazon Channel
Yoga International Amazon Channel
Yoga and Fitness TV Amazon channel
Yoga Download Amazon Channel
Young Hollywood Amazon Channel
Vemox Cine Amazon Channel
Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel
Xive TV Documentaries Amazon Channel
XLTV Amazon Channel
Docsville Amazon Channel
Yipee Kids TV Amazon Channel
Yoga Anytime Amazon Channel
Planet Earth Amazon Channel
Paramount+ Originals Amazon Channel
Paramount+ MTV Amazon Channel
ITV Amazon Channel
Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
Pongalo Amazon Channel
TVCortos Amazon Channel
MTV Plus Amazon Channel
UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel
Tastemade Amazon Channel
The Great Courses Amazon Channel
Viaplay Amazon Channel
Qello Concerts by Stingray Amazon Channel
Noggin Amazon Channel
FOUND TV
Stupid Co
Gaiam TV Yoga & Fit
Kocowa
History
Max  Originals Amazon Channel
dAnime Amazon Channel
Filters
  1. The Godfather

    The Godfather

    1972

    # 1

    Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

  2. Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

    1979

    # 2

    At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

  3. The Godfather Part II

    # 3

    In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

  4. The Conversation

    The Conversation

    1974

    # 4

    A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

  5. The Rain People

    The Rain People

    1969

    # 5

    When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

  6. Bram Stoker's Dracula

    # 6

    In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.

  7. The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

    1983

    # 7

    When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.

  8. You're a Big Boy Now

    # 8

    Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.

  9. Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish

    1983

    # 9

    Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.

  10. The Rainmaker

    The Rainmaker

    1997

    # 10

    When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

  11. Peggy Sue Got Married

    # 11

    Peggy Sue, on the verge of a divorce, faints at her 25th high school reunion, and wakes up to find herself back in 1960, leading her to try to spot and correct the mistakes that led to disappointments and an unhappy marriage.

  12. Tucker: The Man and His Dream

    # 12

    Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

  13. New York Stories

    New York Stories

    1989

    # 13

    Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and Woody Allen.

  14. Tetro

    Tetro

    2009

    # 14

    Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.