The ‘best’ movie of all time leaving BBC iPlayer on Monday | Films | Entertainment

Movie lovers will be devastated to hear that a hit Hollywood classic hailed the ‘best’ film of all time will be leaving BBC IPlayer in a matter of hours. Released in 1972 this Oscar-winning adaptation of Mario Puzo’s epic bestseller The Godfather is a Shakespearean-style tragedy of a man’s moral downfall.

Focusing on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone, this mythic gangster film is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. It is also hailed as a landmark of the gangster genre, breaking many box office records to become the highest grossing film of 1972. The Godfather was even nominated for seven awards at the 30th Golden Globe Awards.

Starring Hollywood heavyweights such as Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, The GodFather went on to become a trilogy.

And the first film is still adored by millions today with the film holding an approval rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 9.4/10.

The website’s critics consensus reads, “One of Hollywood‘s greatest critical and commercial successes, The Godfather gets everything right; not only did the movie transcend expectations, it established new benchmarks for American cinema.”

Those wishing to watch this globally loved film on BBC iPlayer will need to do so in the next couple of hours before it leaves the streaming platform for good on Monday September 22.

For those unable to catch the film before it disappears should fear not as you can catch it on Amazon Prime, Now, Apple TV, YouTube and Paramount plus.

In a further blow to movie lovers The Godfather Part II’s last day on BBC Iplayer will be tomorrow, September 23.

Released in 1974 the Mafia epic follows Michael Corleone’s (Al Pacino) loss of power in the 1950s as he faces betrayal and an assassination attempt amid growing paranoia. The Godfather II also looks back on the life of his father, Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), from his Sicilian childhood to his ascension to a crime boss in the heart of New York City.

It has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96 per cent from critics and a 97 per cent rating from more than 250,000 audience reactions, with some even branding the movie a “masterpiece”.