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The Exorcist (1973): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
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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More from William Friedkin
The French Connection (1971) Sorcerer (1977) To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Cruising (1980) All William Friedkin films
More horror films of the 1970s
Alien (1979) Jaws (1975) Dawn of the Dead (1978) Halloween (1978) The Devils (1971) The Omen (1976) The Wicker Man (1973) Deep Red (1975)