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William Friedkin
Writer 1935 - 2023

William Friedkin

Chicago, Illinois, USA

William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is... Read full bio →

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The Guardian

The Guardian

William Friedkin 1990 1h 32m 6.4

A young couple with a newborn son don't realize that their new nanny is a magical Druid sacrificing infants to an evil tree.

Rampage

Rampage

William Friedkin 1987 1h 31m 8.0

Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.

To Live and Die in L.A.

To Live and Die in L.A.

William Friedkin 1985 1h 56m 8.0

A Secret Service agent becomes obsessed with catching a ruthless counterfeiter.

Cruising

Cruising

William Friedkin 1980 1h 42m 7.3

A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society.

Sorcerer

Sorcerer

William Friedkin 1977 2h 2m 7.9

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

Good Times

Good Times

William Friedkin 1967 1h 31m

Sonny and Cher spoof many Hollywood classic movie scenes.

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