How would you rank or rate William Friedkin's filmography?

Bug (2006)
The Hunted (2003)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV)
Jade (1995)
Blue Chips (1994)
The Guardian (1990)
Rampage (1987)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Deal of the Century (1983)
Cruising (1980)
The Brink's Job (1978)
Sorcerer (1977)
The Exorcist (1973)
The French Connection (1971)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
The Birthday Party (1968)
Good Times (1967)

Bug (2006) - I haven't seen it, but I noticed it's on my cable this week.
The Hunted (2003) - C+
Rules of Engagement (2000) - B-
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV) - B-
Jade (1995) - C+
Blue Chips (1994) - B-
The Guardian (1990) - C
Rampage (1987) - C+
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) - B
Deal of the Century (1983) - C+
Cruising (1980) - C
The Brink's Job (1978) - B-
Sorcerer (1977) - B
The Exorcist (1973) - A-
The French Connection (1971) - B+
The Boys in the Band (1970) - B+
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) - B-
The Birthday Party (1968) - D
Good Times (1967) - C+

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I've only seen these.

Jade (1995) - 7/10
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) - 8.5/10
Cruising (1980) - 8/10
The Exorcist (1973) - 10/10
The French Connection (1971) - 5/10

Bug 7/10
The Hunted ~ 7/10
Jade ~ 8/10
Blue Chips ~ 8/10
The Guardian ~ 8/10
Rampage ~ 7/10
To Live and Die in L.A. ~ 8/10
Cruising ~ 8/10
The Brink's Job ~ 8/10
The Exorcist ~ 9/10
The French Connection ~ 8/10
The Night They Raided Minsky's ~ 7/10

1. The French Connection, A
2. To Live and Die in L.A., A-
3. The Boys in the Band, B+
4. The Exorcist, B+
5. Rules of Engagement, B
6. Sorcerer, B-
7. The Night They Raided Minsky's, B-
8. The Brinks Job, C+
9. Blue Chips, C
10. Good Times, C
11. "12 Angry Men", C-
12. Bug, C-
13. Hunted, C-
14. Rampage, C-
15. Jade, D+
16. The Guardian, D
17. Deal of the Century, D-
18. Cruising, F

*I've never seen The Birthday Party

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I'm a huge fan of The Night They Raided Minsky's, which hasn't been getting much love here. I give it an A.

He directed three episodes (I think) of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour. I give an F to the one with Sally Kellerman, a B for the one with Elsa Lancaster (I think he directed that one), and a C+ to the other one.

I guess I should chime in.

The Hunted (2003) - I really liked it and thought it might end up being a return to form.
Rules of Engagement (2000) - At the time the film was made a buddy and me had a discussion about Samual L. Jackson never giving a bad performance even in not so great to bad movies. I didn't really like the film but the two leads were good and since then I can't really have this argument about him.
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV) - I gotta say Lemmon works his magic and Fredkin does the right thing here he doesn't change much.
Jade (1995) - neo nior pretty silly stuff should have been and could have been better with the people envolved.
Blue Chips (1994) - I dug it at the time of release, not so sure I would now.
Rampage (1987) - pretty intellegent tv movie, is there a longer cut for it release on to VHS and or DVD.
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) - Brilliant. I remember watching this film with my mom and the both of us being completely bowled over by the hook and the character developments.
Deal of the Century (1983) - what a mess.
Cruising (1980) - I like it a lot though I know many don't.
Sorcerer (1977) - fantastic a hidden gem.
The Exorcist (1973) - Perfect horror.
The French Connection (1971) - I'm being to like the 2nd one as much.

His episode of CSI Las Vegas really sucked!

Really want too see:
Bug - Most of his new stuff has fallen off so I think if I go into this one with low expectations I might come out liking it
The Guardian - Looks crazy
The Brink's Job - Honestly I can't remember if I saw this or not.
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) - you guys got me really wanting to check this out but to my knowledge it's a hard film to find

Watching this made me realize I could have mentioned this in the musical thread although the singing and dancing is only on stage.

It was released on R1 DVD a couple years back, it shouldn't be impossible to locate.

I looked on Amazon. Definitely not scarce. Lots of offerings.

somehow this one got around me realizing it had been released on DVD. Unfortunatly I just don't think i'm prepared to buy and vanilla DVD for 17.99 plus shipping and handling. I will though try to find it for rent there's a few decent movie rentel places around were I live.

Bug (2006) - F
The Hunted (2003) - C-
Rules of Engagement (2000) - C
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) - B
The Exorcist (1973) - A
The French Connection (1971) - A

I haven't seen many of his films, unfortunately.

I disliked Bug immensely. I'm curious what some of you will think of it after you've seen it.

Happy birthday, William Friedkin! Out of all of his work, "Killer Joe" remains my favourite. A perversive, odd, twisted slice of Southern Gothic storytelling, and remarkably well-directed.

I've wanted to watch Killer Joe for awhile. I love Southern Gothic. I started to watch it once, but there was a chatty person watching with us, so I took it out and put something else in. I haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe I'll get to it tonight.

Killer Joe
Bug
The Exorcist
The French Connection
The Hunted

Obviously a lot I've yet to see.

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This thread made me realize how little of Friedkin's work I had actually seen...I have only seen six of the films listed here.

12 Angry Men (1997) (TV) -
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) need a rewatch ..
The Exorcist (1973) +
The French Connection (1971) -

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The Exorcist
Killer Joe
Sorcerer
To Live and Die in L.A.
12 Angry Men
The French Connection
Rules of Engagement
Bug
Jade