15 Movies of Director William Friedkin added

Oscar winner William Friedkin (born on the 29th of August in 1935.) definitely belongs to the directors that made Hollywood history. With his classics "French Connection"(1971) and "The Exorcist"(1973) (which we already had in the database), he made two of the biggest blockbusters of the beginning 70’s.

• The Guardian: Alan and Molly Sheridan, a wealthy young couple, have a baby boy named Jake. They hire a baby-sitter, Camilla (Jenny Seagrove), to look after Jake and ...
• The French Connection: William Friedkin's classic policier was propelled to box-office glory, and a fistful of Oscars, in 1972 by its pedal-to-the-metal filmmaking and fashionably cynical attitude toward ...
• To Live and Die in L.A.: William L. Peterson stars as Richard Chance, who is the hotshot protégé of a career agent killed by the ruthless, almost feral counterfeiting genius Eric ...
• Rampage: Charles Reece (Alex McArthur) is the all-American boy. Handsome and well liked, he does charity work and dutifully cares for his mother. One day ...
• Jade: David Corelli (David Caruso) is a politically ambitious assistant D.A. investigating the gruesome murder of a San Francisco bigwig. Too many clues point in the direction ...
• Rules of Engagement: The Marine commander Col. Terry L. Childers , played by the always-terrific Samuel L. Jackson, is accused of slaughtering innocent civilians (who actually were shooting at ...
• The Hunted: Directed by Academy Award winner William Friedkin, "The Hunted" follows FBI agent Abby Durrell (Conny Nielson) and her new recruit, L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones) ...
• Blue Chips: Nick Nolte is Coach Pete Bell in this drama about basketball. He has been a failure the last two seasons. He starts to develop a straight ...
• Deal of the Century: Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact ...
• Sorcerer: Based on the French film "Le Salaire de la peur" ("The Wages of Fear"-1953), the movie is settled in an unnamed Latin American country. Jackie Scanlon (Roy ...
• Cruising: The movie tells the story of a series of gruesome killings in modern day New York City. The victims in these killings are all homosexual men known ...
• The Birthday Party: Robert Shaw portrays Stanley Webber as a hideous wreck of a man who is gradually transformed into something credible. Throughout he is bitter, defensive, and ...
• The Night they raided Minskys: Britt Ekland stars as the innocent Amish girl, Rachel Elizabeth Schpitendavel, who arrives in New York intending to become a dancer. But she finds herself at Minsky's burlesque, a family ...
• The Boys in the Band: A sensitive yet humorous adaptation of the stage play, this 1970 film directed by William Friedkin is one of the first films to openly address ...
• The Brinks Job: The Brink's Job movie is about the 1950 Brink's robbery in Boston. Tony Pino (Robert Falk) and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security ...

Till now William Friedkin made many great movies, like "Cruising", "To Live and Die in L.A.", "Rampage" and "The Guardian". He also directed for the TV-series "The Twilight Zone" (episode "Nightcrawlers")  and "Tales from the Crypt"(episode "On a Deadman's Chest").