To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. References are made to the sexual behavior of Sonny ( James Caan) and Fredo ( John Cazale). Characters smoke cigarettes and drink wine, and there's brief nudity (female breasts) and a scene of clothed but audible sex. The movie also depicts Italian American culture in a sympathetic but crude and stereotypical light. Ethnic and racial slurs are heard, as well as some profanity, including the 'N' word. In the opening scene, a man asks Don Corleone for vengeance after two men raped and beat his daughter.
In one of many iconic scenes, a movie executive wakes up covered in blood, with a decapitated horse's head in his bed.
Domestic abuse is shown: A man beats his wife with a belt. Characters are strangled to death and die in car explosions. Characters are shot and killed, often at close range in graphic scenes. Unsurprisingly, there's constant violence. Parents need to know that The Godfather is the classic, genre-defining Mafia movie in which Marlon Brando plays the titular character, who's facing grave threats from rival families.
