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William Friedkin's favorite movies

by mrh214 • Created 10 years ago • Modified 10 years ago
This list is based on the interview that Mr Friedkin gave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-APzEjrklc
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  • Onibaba (1964)

    1. Onibaba

    19641h 43mNot Rated
    7.9 (24K)
    Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
    DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei Satô
  • Z (1969)

    2. Z

    19692h 7mM/PG86Metascore
    8.1 (33K)
    The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
    DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandIrene PapasJean-Louis Trintignant
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    3. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (250K)
    A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth Gordon
  • Alien (1979)

    4. Alien

    19791h 57mR89Metascore
    8.5 (1M)
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    5. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (860K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
  • Blood Simple (1984)

    6. Blood Simple

    19841h 39mR84Metascore
    7.5 (111K)
    The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn GetzFrances McDormandDan Hedaya
  • Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (2007)

    7. No Country for Old Men

    20072h 2mR92Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
    DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh Brolin
  • Steve McQueen in Bullitt (1968)

    8. Bullitt

    19681h 54mM/PG81Metascore
    7.4 (79K)
    A nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.
    DirectorPeter YatesStarsSteve McQueenJacqueline BissetRobert Vaughn
  • Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

    9. The Great Escape

    19632h 52mApproved86Metascore
    8.2 (271K)
    Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard Attenborough
  • David Hemmings and Veruschka von Lehndorff in Blow-Up (1966)

    10. Blow-Up

    19661h 51mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.4 (71K)
    A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsDavid HemmingsVanessa RedgraveSarah Miles
  • Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, and Monica Vitti in La Notte (1961)

    11. La Notte

    19612h 2mNot Rated
    7.9 (26K)
    A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsJeanne MoreauMarcello MastroianniMonica Vitti
  • Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, and Monica Vitti in L'Eclisse (1962)

    12. L'Eclisse

    19622h 6mNot Rated
    7.7 (24K)
    A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsMonica VittiAlain DelonFrancisco Rabal
  • 8½ (1963)

    13. 8½

    19632h 18mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.0 (130K)
    A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia Cardinale
  • Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)

    14. An American in Paris

    19511h 54mApproved83Metascore
    7.1 (38K)
    Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyLeslie CaronOscar Levant
  • Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953)

    15. The Band Wagon

    19531h 52mApproved93Metascore
    7.4 (13K)
    An aging movie star uncertain of his future teams up with a top ballerina to headline a new Broadway musical, but the pretentiously artistic goals of its director threaten to change it beyond recognition.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseOscar Levant
  • Leslie Caron in Gigi (1958)

    16. Gigi

    19581h 55mG82Metascore
    6.6 (26K)
    Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
    DirectorsVincente MinnelliCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMaurice ChevalierLouis Jourdan
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)

    17. Singin' in the Rain

    19521h 43mG99Metascore
    8.3 (275K)
    A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
    DirectorsStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie Reynolds
  • All About Eve (1950)

    18. All About Eve

    19502h 18mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (146K)
    A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge Sanders
  • Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    19. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    19482h 6mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (138K)
    Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim Holt
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    20. The Birth of a Nation

    19153h 15mTV-PG
    6.1 (28K)
    The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
    DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. Walthall
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    21. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (485K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in Breathless (1960)

    22. Breathless

    19601h 30mNot Rated96Metascore
    7.7 (92K)
    A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean SebergRichard Balducci
  • Toshirô Mifune and Machiko Kyô in Rashomon (1950)

    23. Rashomon

    19501h 28mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.1 (191K)
    The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki Mori
  • Buster Keaton in The General (1926)

    24. The General

    19261h 18mPassed
    8.1 (104K)
    After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
    DirectorsClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen Cavender
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

    25. The Bourne Ultimatum

    20071h 55mPG-1385Metascore
    8.0 (674K)
    Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
    DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonEdgar RamírezJoan Allen
  • One Week (1920)

    26. One Week

    192025mTV-GShort
    8.1 (9.9K)
    A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
    DirectorsEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe Roberts
  • Vertigo (1958)

    27. Vertigo

    19582h 8mPG100Metascore
    8.2 (449K)
    A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel Geddes
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    28. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (759K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • Henry Fonda and Vera Miles in The Wrong Man (1956)

    29. The Wrong Man

    19561h 45mApproved83Metascore
    7.4 (34K)
    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHenry FondaVera MilesAnthony Quayle
  • Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)

    30. Notorious

    19461h 42mApproved100Metascore
    7.9 (112K)
    The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude Rains
  • Woody Allen and Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

    31. Crimes and Misdemeanors

    19891h 44mPG-1377Metascore
    7.8 (62K)
    An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsMartin LandauWoody AllenBill Bernstein
  • Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)

    32. North by Northwest

    19592h 16mApproved98Metascore
    8.3 (363K)
    A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames Mason

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