Best Coppola Films of the 1970s, Ranked by IQ Score

Francis Ford Coppola's 1970s is widely cited as the single most-canonical decade by any American director ever. Four canonical entries — The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979). In 1974 alone, Coppola directed both The Conversation AND The Godfather Part II, both Best Picture nominees.

Anchor picks: The Godfather (1972, 180) and The Godfather Part II (1974) anchor the canon. The Conversation (1974, 169) is the catalog's most-formally-disciplined chamber piece. Apocalypse Now (1979) closes the decade with the canonical Vietnam epic.