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The Exorcist (1973): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

8.1IMDb
78%Tomatometer
83Metacritic
7.8TMDB

The Exorcist is a 1973 horror film directed by William Friedkin. It scores 8.1 on IMDb, 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, 83 on Metacritic, 7.8 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 2 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 2 of 77 films from 1973 in our catalog and number 6 of 1,143 horror films.

Billed cast: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, William O'Malley.

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