William Friedkin

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Good Times (1967): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Sonny Bono, Cher, George Sanders…; Silly, but fun vehicle for 60s idols Sonny and Cher during their kooky, family–friendly period, is also an incredibly uncharacteristic debut…
Birthday Party, The (1968): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols; A lodger at a boarding house is menaced by two sinister visitors, in this version of Harold Pinter's Kafka–esque first play. Flashes of black…
Night They Raided Minskey's, The (1968): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom…; An exquisite recreation of New York’s lower East Side burlesque domain headlines this 1920s romp, with Britt Ekland as the Amish girl turned saucy…
Boys in the Band (1970): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Leonard Frey…; Set at a hilarious and fractious birthday party, this look at the life of a group of gay men in the 70s captures the bawdy tenor of the times, with…
French Connection, The (1971): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider…; An influential crime picture based on the largest narcotics seizure of all time. Won the Oscar for Best Picture for its realistic portrait of New…
Exorcist, The (1973): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn; Landmark, influential horror film tells its tale of a child diagnosed with a case of demon–possession in explicit detail. A penetrating sense…
Brink's Job, The (1977): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands…; In 1950, the Brink’s security firm in Boston was robbed of nearly $3,000,000, in one of the US’ largest ever heists. This version of events…
Sorcerer (1977): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal; Second film adaptation of the French novel WAGES OF FEAR, following the fates of four outcasts who take on a job transporting a cargo of unstable…
Cruising (1980): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen; Controversial, grimy thriller places cop Al Pacino undercover in New York's gay community in an effort to ensnare a serial killer, but the job begins…
Deal of the Century (1983): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines; Self–destructing satire finds Chevy Chase dealing arms with a South American dictator, to the tune of $300 million. FRENCH CONNECTION hotshot…
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow; Super–charged policier with slimeball cop Petersen on the trail of big–time counterfeiters led by Dafoe. Swirlingly paced, with a car…
Twilight Zone, The (TV Series) (1985): Dir. Wes Craven, Tommy Lee Wallace, Robert Downey Snr.
Feat. Bruce Willis, Eric Bogosian, Amy Irving…; A solid if variable 1980's reprise of Rod Serling's iconic series of off–beat fantasy stories. Also available; "Lost Classics" (1994),…
Rampage (1988): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur, Nicholas Campbell; This grapples with the psychology of murder and the moral dilemma surrounding the death penalty. A vicious serial killer is prosecuted but how will…
Guardian, The (1990): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell…; An occult thriller from the director of THE EXORCIST about a nanny with a nasty supernatural temper. Demonstrates that, in experienced hands, a silly…
Jade (1995): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, David Caruso, Chazz Palminteri…; Her sultriness Linda Fiorentino (LAST SEDUCTION) revamps for this did–she–or–didn't–she thriller from the lurid pen that…
Twelve Angry Men (1997): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Courtney B. Vance, George C. Scott, William Peterson…; An emmy award–winning television version of the classic jury–room drama. Re–written by the scriptwriter of the original film…
Rules of Engagement (2000): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce…; Colonel Samuel L. Jackson interprets the 'rules' when the US Embassy in Yemen is attacked by terrorists. But after the smoke has cleared 83…
Hunted, The (2002): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen; Hunt–and–kill thriller with Del Toro playing a psychically wounded veteran of Kosovo, who back in America begins stalking deer hunters in…
Bug (2006): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jnr.…; Claustrophobic, knife's–edge drama in which a victim of spousal abuse (Judd) develops an obsessive, paranoid relationship with an enigmatic…
Killer Joe (2011): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church…; True crime, trailer park style, this down–and–dirty adaptation of Tracy Letts's play tells the ugly story of a brood of white trash…

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