William Friedkin
          Director, Actor  
	
	Films to Rent 
				 
	  
	        
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…
 
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…