The Godfather is one of the best movies ever made, admittedly Part 2 was even better. What is it about The Godfather that you don't like?
I just watched the whole Godfather trilogy again recently, it's OK, whilst it's a great gangster movie (maybe in 1972 it was a ground breaker), IMO it's not one of the "best movies ever made".
I've always heard people going on about "Godfather part2" being the best, after watching it again, I couldn't disagree more, I thought 2 was the worst of the trilogy. I think it's people repeating what they hear everyone else saying, so as to sound like they know what's what, without really knowing or having a true opinion. In fact there are plenty of Mafia / Mob movies that are way better and more realistic, Goodfellas, Once Upon a Time in America, Scarface, Carlito's Way, for example.
The same with The Shawshank Redemption, it's good, but it ain't the best movie ever made, as is often repeated.
The same with music, Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On", it may have been a revolutionary album when it came out and a sign of the disaffected times, but it ain't the best soul album of all time as it's often lauded, even "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye is better.
Some things do deserve their iconic status and aren't over rated, Caterham, probably the best road legal track car (and I've driven quite a few).