William Friedkin: movies and TV shows
William Friedkin has 125 credits in the archive: 116 films and 9 TV series, from 1962 to 2026. Highest rated: Through the Night with... (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1962 – 2026 · busiest year: 2007 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 2024 | Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros. | Self | TV | 7.6 | 87 |
| 2023 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Film | 6.7 | 87 | |
| 2023 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Film | 6.7 | 87 | |
| 2022 | The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons | Self | Film | — | 86 |
| 2021 | I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 85 |
| 2021 | Algren | Self | Film | 6.0 | 85 |
| 2020 | Fellini of the Spirits | Self | Film | 6.6 | 84 |
| 2019 | Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Self | Film | 7.4 | 83 |
| 2018 | Friedkin Uncut | Self | Film | 7.1 | 82 |
| 2018 | The Devil and Father Amorth | Self | Film | 5.1 | 82 |
| 2018 | The Devil and Father Amorth | Film | 5.1 | 82 | |
| 2018 | The Devil and Father Amorth | Film | 5.1 | 82 | |
| 2016 | Return to the Genre | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2015 | Verdi Aida | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2015 | Sorcerers: A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn | Film | 4.5 | 79 | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Self | Film | 4.0 | 78 |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Film | 4.0 | 78 | |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2013 | A Fuller Life | Self - Reader (segment "My Ballsy Yarns") | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 2013 | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self | Film | 6.3 | 77 |
| 2013 | Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | Film | 6.8 | 77 |
| 2013 | The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Self | Film | 10.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Killer Joe | Film | 6.5 | 76 | |
| 2012 | Stanley Kubrick in Focus | Self | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2012 | Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of | Self | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2012 | Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic | Self | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2011 | Miller's Tale | Self | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2011 | Making the Boys | Self | Film | 4.7 | 75 |
| 2010 | Godard Made in USA | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2010 | The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2010 | Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist | Self | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2009 | North by Northwest: One for the Ages | Self | Film | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2009 | Anatomy of a Chase | Self | Film | 4.0 | 73 |
| 2009 | Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2009 | Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman | Self | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2009 | The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style | Self | Film | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2008 | The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't | Self | Film | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2008 | In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy | Self | Film | 6.8 | 72 |
| 2008 | Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2008 | Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2007 | Bug | Film | 6.1 | 71 | |
| 2007 | The History of 'Cruising' | Self | Film | 7.7 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo | Self | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2007 | Exorcising 'Cruising' | Self | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Painter's Voice | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2007 | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2007 | Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 | Self | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2007 | Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2007 | Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' | Self | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2007 | Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2006 | Shadows of Suspense | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2005 | Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy | Film | 9.4 | 69 | |
| 2004 | Leçon de Cinéma | Self | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2004 | A Little Solitaire | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2003 | The Hunted | Film | 6.2 | 67 | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | Film | 7.9 | 67 |
| 2003 | Filming “The Hunted” | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2003 | Pursuing “The Hunted” | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2003 | The Cutting Edge | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2003 | Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' | Self | Film | 7.7 | 67 |
| 2003 | Narc: The Friedkin Connection | Self | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2002 | Through the Night with... | Self | TV | 8.3 | 66 |
| 2001 | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | TV | 7.6 | 64 | |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Film | 6.3 | 64 | |
| 2000 | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | Film | 8.1 | 64 |
| 1998 | Without Limits | TV Director | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1998 | The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist | Self - Director | Film | 7.4 | 62 |
| 1998 | The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist | Film | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 1998 | Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Film | 7.7 | 61 | |
| 1997 | Howard Hawks: American Artist | Self | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1997 | Hollywood Halloween | Self | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | Jade | Film | 5.5 | 59 | |
| 1994 | Rebel Highway | TV | 8.0 | 58 | |
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Film | 6.1 | 58 | |
| 1994 | Jailbreakers | Film | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 1991 | Fear in the Dark | Self | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1990 | The Guardian | Film | 5.7 | 54 | |
| 1990 | The Guardian | Film | 5.7 | 54 | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Dr. Kenneth Humphries (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | TV | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 1988 | C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | Film | 5.5 | 52 | |
| 1988 | C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | Film | 5.5 | 52 | |
| 1988 | C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | Film | 5.5 | 52 | |
| 1987 | Rampage | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1987 | Rampage | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1987 | Rampage | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1986 | Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album | Self | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1986 | Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album | Film | 9.0 | 50 | |
| 1986 | C.A.T. Squad | Film | 5.0 | 50 | |
| 1986 | C.A.T. Squad | Film | 5.0 | 50 | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | TV | 7.7 | 49 | |
| 1985 | To Live and Die in L.A. | Film | 7.1 | 49 | |
| 1985 | To Live and Die in L.A. | Film | 7.1 | 49 | |
| 1983 | Deal of the Century | Film | 4.7 | 47 | |
| 1980 | Cruising | Film | 6.6 | 44 | |
| 1980 | Cruising | Film | 6.6 | 44 | |
| 1978 | The Brink's Job | Film | 6.2 | 42 | |
| 1977 | Sorcerer | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1977 | Sorcerer | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1977 | Sorcerer | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1975 | Conversation with Fritz Lang | Self | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1975 | Conversation with Fritz Lang | Film | 7.1 | 39 | |
| 1974 | Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | Film | 7.7 | 37 | |
| 1971 | The French Connection | Film | 7.5 | 35 | |
| 1970 | The Boys in the Band | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Film | 5.5 | 32 | |
| 1968 | The Birthday Party | Film | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1967 | Muggins | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1967 | Good Times | Film | 5.2 | 31 | |
| 1967 | Good Times | Film | 5.2 | 31 | |
| 1967 | The Pickle Brothers | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1966 | The Thin Blue Line | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1966 | The Thin Blue Line | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1966 | The Thin Blue Line | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1965 | The Bold Men | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1965 | Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | TV | 7.8 | 26 | |
| 1962 | The People vs. Paul Crump | Film | 9.0 | 26 | |
| 1962 | The People vs. Paul Crump | Film | 9.0 | 26 |