I have never understood how Godfather I and II can be separated on any list of ratings. They are virtually a single movie and one of the best ever made at that. From any critical perspective the presentation is a 10, perfect. The movie came to define a whole generation of American males. More characters from this story became icons than can be said of any other movie of the last fifty years. This fact alone makes it suitable for consideration as best ever. But if I is #1 than II should be #2. Nothing else makes any sense.