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  • The People vs. Paul Crump (1962)

    1. The People vs. Paul Crump

    196252mTV Movie
    6.7 (124)
    Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Friedkin so believed in Crump's innocence that he made The People vs. Paul Crump in order to save his life.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsLonie CrumpPaul CrumpBrooks Johnson
  • The Bold Men (1965)

    2. The Bold Men

    19651hTV Movie
    7.3 (17)
    About men who are courageous enough to risk their lives undertaking challenges, sports-related and not, that are at the limit of human capabilities.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStars'Red' AdairArt ArfonsJohn Craig
  • 3. Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon

    19651hTV Movie
    6.7 (26)
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarVan Heflin
  • John Gavin and Tom Drake in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

    4. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    Episode: 

    Off Season

    (1965)
    1962–19651hTV-PGTV Episode
    7.2 (406)
    A trigger-happy ex-cop gets a job as an unarmed deputy, but still has some very violent tendencies.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn GavinRichard Jaeckel
  • The Thin Blue Line (1966)

    5. The Thin Blue Line

    19661hTV Movie
    6.4 (41)
    This early film by William Friedkin is a documentary about the American police force and the difficulties they face in combating escalating crime throughout the country.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarVan Heflin
  • Cher, Sonny Bono, and Sonny & Cher in Good Times (1967)

    6. Good Times

    19671h 31mNot Rated
    4.5 (778)
    Sonny and Cher spoof many Hollywood classic movie scenes.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsSonny BonoCherSonny & Cher
  • Robert Shaw, Helen Fraser, and Patrick Magee in The Birthday Party (1968)

    7. The Birthday Party

    19682h 3mG
    6.4 (1.3K)
    The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsRobert ShawPatrick MageeSydney Tafler
  • The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)

    8. The Night They Raided Minsky's

    19681h 39mPG-1367Metascore
    6.1 (1.9K)
    A naive young Amish woman runs away from her home in Pennsylvania to New York City, where she hopes to act in religious stage plays but ends up performing in Burlesque theatre.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsJason RobardsBritt EklandNorman Wisdom
  • The Boys in the Band (1970)

    9. The Boys in the Band

    19702hR65Metascore
    7.6 (6.2K)
    Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsKenneth NelsonPeter WhiteLeonard Frey
  • Gene Hackman and Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection (1971)

    10. The French Connection

    19711h 44mR94Metascore
    7.7 (145K)
    A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsGene HackmanRoy ScheiderFernando Rey
  • Max von Sydow in The Exorcist (1973)

    11. The Exorcist

    19732h 2mR83Metascore
    8.1 (478K)
    When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda Blair
  • M (1931)

    12. Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin

    19752h 20m
    7.7 (444)
    American director William Friedkin interviewed Austrian director Fritz Lang on February 21st and 24th, 1975.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsWilliam FriedkinFritz Lang
  • Sorcerer (1977)

    13. Sorcerer

    19772h 1mPG68Metascore
    7.7 (31K)
    Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsRoy ScheiderBruno CremerFrancisco Rabal
  • The Brink's Job (1978)

    14. The Brink's Job

    19781h 44mPG60Metascore
    6.5 (3.7K)
    A fictional retelling of the infamous Boston Brink's Company robbery on January 17th, 1950, of $2.7M, which cost the American taxpayers $29M to apprehend the culprits, with only $58,000 recovered.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsPeter FalkPeter BoyleAllen Garfield
  • Al Pacino in Cruising (1980)

    15. Cruising

    19801h 42mR43Metascore
    6.5 (30K)
    A police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAl PacinoPaul SorvinoKaren Allen
  • Sigourney Weaver, Chevy Chase, and Gregory Hines in Deal of the Century (1983)

    16. Deal of the Century

    19831h 39mPG
    4.7 (4.6K)
    Small-time arms dealer Eddie Muntz visits South America to sell weapons to the revolutionaries and winds up negotiating the sale of an experimental plane to the nation's dictator.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsChevy ChaseSigourney WeaverGregory Hines
  • Laura Branigan in Laura Branigan: Self Control (1984)

    17. Laura Branigan: Self Control

    19845mMusic Video
    7.8 (400)
    Music video for Laura Branigan's song "Self Control" finds her wandering in the night.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsLaura BraniganRussell Clark
  • To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

    18. Wang Chung: To Live and Die in L.A.

    19854mMusic Video
    7.5 (99)
    "To Live and Die in L.A." is the single from the soundtrack of the same name.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsWang ChungNick FeldmanWilliam Friedkin
  • Scott Paulin in The Twilight Zone (1985)

    19. The Twilight Zone

    Episode: 

    Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers

    (1985)
    1985–198948mTV-PGTV Episode
    7.0 (592)
    Struggling with a major life decision, Carol Shelton meets a boy who seems to be stalking her. Shopper Janice Hammond buys an antique oil lamp that can grant wishes. Drifter Price shares his Vietnam War memories with diner patrons.
    DirectorsRick FriedbergWilliam FriedkinTommy Lee WallaceStarsSeason HubleyNicolas SurovyScott Grimes
  • William Petersen in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

    20. To Live and Die in L.A.

    19851h 56mR81Metascore
    7.3 (44K)
    A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsWilliam PetersenWillem DafoeJohn Pankow
  • Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1986)

    21. Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

    198640mVideo
    8.0 (112)
    Behind-the-scenes look of Barbra Streisand taping an album of Broadway tunes.
    DirectorsWilliam FriedkinBarbra StreisandStarsWilliam FriedkinDavid GeffenPeter Matz
  • C.A.T. Squad (1986)

    22. C.A.T. Squad

    19861h 37mPG-13TV Movie
    4.6 (227)
    A special government organization known as the C.A.T. Squad is formed to deal with terrorists.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsJoe CorteseJack YoungbloodSteve James
  • Rampage (1987)

    23. Rampage

    19871h 37mR
    6.1 (2.8K)
    Alex is an outwardly normal man who goes on killing and mutilating sprees. When he is finally captured and brought to trial, the district attorney is torn between his own liberal ideals on guilt and the crimes the accused is being tried.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsMichael BiehnAlex McArthurNicholas Campbell
  • C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988)

    24. C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

    19881h 33mRTV Movie
    4.2 (164)
    After a plutonium bust, The C.A.T squad traces the smuggling operation to South-African radicals.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsJoe CorteseJack YoungbloodSteve James
  • The Guardian (1990)

    25. The Guardian

    19901h 32mR35Metascore
    5.4 (6.7K)
    A young couple with a newborn son don't realize that their new nanny is a magical Druid sacrificing infants to an evil tree.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsJenny SeagroveDwier BrownCarey Lowell

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