William Friedkin Movies

A intimate reflection at the making of and cultural phenomenon of one of the most popular and profitable horror films ever made, The Exorcist (1973).

The magic and creation behind the making of William Friedkin's classic action film To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). It follows cast, crew and the...

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the...

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask...

The behind-the-scenes story of how "Casablanca" became an American film classic.

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."

The life and times of music arranger, composer, producer Jack Nitzsche (Starman, Up Where We Belong, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).

The cry of gulls. The ticking of a clock. The clatter of a shower curtain, torn from its rod. In this workshop-like documentary, Academy...

Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and...

An Oscars special featuring interviews with a few of the nominees and the writer and director the year's breakout hit, The Exorcist (1973).

What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.

Friedkin and Roizman talk about the film's Georgetown locales, and side-by-side comparisons between the 1973 locations and their modern 2010...

The work of the US police force and the problem of fighting rising crime across the country.

Documentary on the connections between Narc (2002) and William Friedkin's filmography.

Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols of the insuperable cinematic...

2010 documentary on William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic, featuring the never before seen on set footage of cinematographer Owen Roizman.

An impassioned plea for the release of a young man sentenced to die in an Illinois prison.

A documentary film detailing the hunt for the holy grail of cinema: the legendary lost director's cut of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons.

Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed...