 12 Angry Men 1997  TV, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Courtney B. Vance, George C. Scott, Mykelti Williamson, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood, James Gandolfini, Hume Cronyn
This TV remake of the 1957 original Sidney Lumet film features convincing performances by a strong cast portraying jurors deciding on whether or not to convict a Latino youth of murder.
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Blue Chips 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Bob Cousy, Shaquille O'Neal, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Wuhl
When his team fails to live up to his expectations for it, a basketball coach (Nick Nolte) resorts to recruitment of blue chip candidates.
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The Boys in the Band 1970  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Reuben Greene, Laurence Luckinbill, Peter White, Keith Prentice, Robert La Tourneaux, Maud Adams
Based on Matt Crowley's Broadway play concerning the subject of homosexuality, this is the story of Harold's (Leonard Frey) birthday party at Michael's (Kenneth Nelson) apartment. All of the party attendees are gay. But, just before the party begins, Michael's old college friend Alan (Peter White) appears for a visit. Alan is straight, and Michael warns the others to mind their manners. The alcohol drinking begins, the group celebrates, and the games get out of hand as the guests reveal previously unspoken revelations about themselves.
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The Brink's Job 1978 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvino, Sheldon Leonard, Kevin O'Connor, Gerard Murphy
Based on the true story of a Brinks heist, Peter Falk plays Tony Pino, leader of a not-very-successful gang that manages to pull off a theft of $30,000.
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 Bug 2007 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins, Brian F. O'Byrne, Harry Connick Jr., Neil Bergeron, Bob Neill
Agnes (Ashley Judd) has suffered more than a few tragedies during her life and is now freebasing coke while downing vodka and drinking cheap red wine. One night, her friend R.C. (Lynn Collins) brings a new man into Agnes' motel room. He is Gulf War veteran Peter Evans (Michael Shannon) who claims that the Army used him in an experiment and gave him drugs involving infectious diseases. Agnes and Peter have sex, and then the bugs arrive. They are coming out of Peter's body, and he is convinced that they are infecting Agnes as well. Paranoia sets in as both Agnes and Peter descend into a state of madness using any means at their disposal to rid themselves of the bugs.
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 Cruising 1980  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, Joe Spinell, Barton Heyman, Gene Davis, Allan Miller, Ed O'Neill, Jay Acovone, Randy Jurgensen
Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is an officer for the NYPD who goes undercover by dressing in leather and chains in the S & M subculture to catch a sadistic homosexual killer. In the process, Burns becomes obsessed with the man (Richard Cox) he is trailing.
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 The Exorcist 1973  R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Jack MacGowran, Titos Vandis, Mercedes McCambridge, Vasiliki Maliaros, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson, Rudolf Schundler, Gina Petrushka, Robert Symonds
When Megan (Linda Blair) exhibits bizarre behavior that includes violence and foul language, her mother, Chris (Ellen Burstyn), calls in a young priest, Father Karras (Jason Miller), to help her. Father Karras is sure that Megan is possessed by the devil and asks exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) to come to her aid by staging an exorcism. Many horrors ensue as Father Merrin confronts the supernatural spirit. This film caused quite a stir at the time of its release. Academy Awards were received for Best Writing and Sound as well as eight other nominations including Best Picture, Actress (Burstyn), Supporting Actor (Miller) and Actress (Blair), and Director. Two sequels follow
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 The French Connection 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, Patrick McDermott, Andre Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Alan Weeks
If for no other reason than the spine-tingling car chase, this movie deserves viewing. Fortunately, it also has much more going for it. NYPD detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) visits Paris to uncover the source of a drug supply coming into the United States. Doyle ends up back in the Big Apple for the elevated train car chase. This film won the Best Picture Academy Award, and Gene Hackman and William Friedkin were also honored for Best Actor and Director. Awards were also given for Best Writing and Editing, and nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Roy Scheider) and Sound.
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Good Times 1967 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Sonny Bono, Cher, George Sanders, Norman Alden, Larry Duran, Kelly Thordsen, Lennie Weinrib, Edy Williams, James Flavin, Charles Smith
In this movie about making a movie, Sonny and Cher play themselves as they plan to make a musical. Songs include "I've Got You Babe."
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 The Hunted 2003 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, Jose Zuniga, Ron Canada, Mark Pellegrino, Aaron Brounstein, Carrick O'Quinn, Lonny Chapman, Rex Linn, Eddie Velez
Retired FBI Agent L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones) agrees to aid FBI Agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielson) in tracking down a trained assassin (Benicio Del Toro) who is leaving hunters' corpses in his wake. A brutal chase movie.
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Jade 1995 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Donna Murphy, Richard Crenna, Angie Everhart, Michael Biehn, Kevin Tighe
Three people, including a psychiatrist (Linda Fiorentino), become trapped in a world of passion and deceit after a San Francisco socialite is brutally murdered.
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Jailbreakers 1994  R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Shannen Doherty, Antonio Sabato Jr., Kerri Randles, Adrien Brody, Adrienne Barbeau, Vince Edwards, Charles Napier, George Gerdes, Dana Barron, Sean Whalen, Talbert Morton, Louan Gideon, Julie St. Claire
Angel (Shannen Doherty) is a high-school cheerleader who falls for rebel biker Tony (Antonio Sabato Jr.), a wrong-side-of-the-tracks thief. She joins him in his "work" but flees when he is caught and sent to jail. Of course, he breaks out of jail and is now on her trail in order to continue their escapades. Originally made for Showtime TV network.
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The Night They Raided Minsky's 1968 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Bert Lahr, Richard Libertini, Gloria LeRoy, Eddie Lawrence
Set in the 1920s, this is a tale about a young Amish woman, Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) heads for New York with her father Jacob (Harry Andrews) on her trail. She seeks employment as a dancer on Broadway but ends up working as a stripper at Minsky's burlesque house where she stars as "Mme. Fifi" along with comedians Raymond and Chick (Jason Robards and Norman Wisdom). All goes well–until the burlesque house is raided.
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 Rules of Engagement 2000  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Blair Underwood, Anne Archer, Guy Pearce, Philip Baker Hall, Bruce Greenwood, Nicky Katt, Roma Maffia
After Colonel Terry L. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) is accused of inciting a riot and then firing on innocent civilians, Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) reluctantly takes on the legal case in defense of his comrade, who, 28 years ago, saved his life in Vietnam.
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Sorcerer 1977 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell, Joe Spinell, Karl John, Friedrich von Ledebur, Jacques Francois
This remake of "The Wages of Fear" is a suspenseful thriller about four outcasts who are given a second chance by trucking nitroglycerine through the South American jungle.
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: William Petersen, Dean Stockwell, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Robert Downey Sr., Christopher Allport., Dwier Brown, Steve(2) James, Anne Betancourt, Jack Hoar, Valentin de Vargas, Michael Chong
A counterfeiter, Eric "Rick" Masters (Willem Dafoe), has eluded the police for years. After Rick kills a Secret Service agent, the partner of the deceased agent, Agent Richard Chance (William Petersen), joins forces with Agent John Vukovich (John Pankow), and the violence escalates as they break all the rules and stop at nothing in their pursuit of Rick.
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1. 12 Angry Men (1997)
2. Blue Chips (1994)
3. The Boys in the Band (1970)
4. The Brink's Job (1978)
5. Bug (2007)
6. Cruising (1980)
7. Deal of the Century (1983)
8. The Exorcist (1973)
9. The French Connection (1971)
10. Good Times (1967)
11. The Hunted (2003)
12. Jade (1995)
13. Jailbreakers (1994)
14. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
15. Rules of Engagement (2000)
16. Sorcerer (1977)
17. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
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