William Friedkin is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 29 august 1935 at Chicago (USA)
William Friedkin
William Friedkin participated to
30 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
4 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
, 2h2
Directed by William FriedkinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
HorrorThemes Films about children,
Films about religion,
Films about television,
Demons in filmActors Ellen Burstyn,
Max von Sydow,
Lee J. Cobb,
Kitty Winn,
Jack MacGowran,
Jason MillerRating80%
Lankester Merrin is a veteran Catholic priest who is on an archeological dig in Iraq. There he finds an amulet which resembles the statue of Pazuzu, a demon who Merrin defeated years ago. Merrin then realizes the demon has returned to seek revenge. , 2h8
Directed by William FriedkinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Tommy Lee Jones,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Guy Pearce,
Ben Kingsley,
Bruce Greenwood,
Anne ArcherRating63%
Operation Kingfisher, a disastrous American advance in the Vietnam War has 2nd Lt. Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) executing an unarmed prisoner in order to intimidate a Vietnam People's Army officer into calling off an ambush of U.S. Marines. His act thereby saves the life of wounded 2nd Lt. Hays Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones)., 1h44
Directed by William FriedkinOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Mafia films,
Medical-themed films,
La provence,
Films about drugs,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Rail transport films,
Road movies,
Chase films,
Gangster filmsActors Gene Hackman,
Fernando Rey,
Roy Scheider,
Tony Lo Bianco,
Marcel Bozzuffi,
Frédéric de PasqualeRating76%
In Marseille, an undercover detective is following Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey), a wealthy French criminal who runs the largest heroin-smuggling syndicate in the world. The policeman is assassinated by Charnier's hitman, Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi). Charnier plans to smuggle $32 million worth of heroin into the United States by hiding it in the car of his unsuspecting friend, French television personality Henri Devereaux (Frédéric de Pasquale).Producer
, 1h40
Directed by Peter BogdanovichOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
CrimeThemes Films about children,
Transport films,
Road movies,
Children's filmsActors Ryan O'Neal,
Tatum O'Neal,
Madeline Kahn,
John Hillerman,
Randy Quaid,
Noble WillinghamRoles Executive Producer
Rating80%
Con man Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal) meets 9-year-old Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) at Addie's mother's graveside service, where the neighbors suspect he is Addie's father. He denies this, but agrees to deliver the orphaned Addie to her aunt's home in St. Joseph, Missouri.