Set both before and after the events of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola's gangster picture sequel is just as violent, devastating, self-serious, actually serious, and as full of life as its reputation suggests. Pauline Kael identified one reason we're still so drawn to the Corleones: "the casting is so close to flawless that we can feel the family connections." Technicolor delayed the decommissioning of their dye-transfer printers to accommodate the release printing of The Godfather Part II, a film which has the distinction of being one of the last films printed in Technicolor — as well as one of the longest. (Julian Antos, Chicago Film Society)