List of the best John Frankenheimer movies: The Manchurian Candidate(1962), Seven Days in May(1964), Birdman of Alcatraz(1962), Seconds(1966), Ronin(1998), Grand Prix(1966), The Iceman Cometh(1973), All Fall Down(1962), French Connection II(1975), Black Sunday(1977), I Walk the Line(1970), The Challenge(1982) ... ...
7.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1962
126 Minutes
Director
Frank Sinatra Laurence Harvey Janet Leigh Angela Lansbury Henry Silva James Gregory Leslie Parrish John McGiver Khigh Dhiegh James Edwards Douglas Henderson
war hero politician soldier spy communist tense intricate china washington, d.c. rally costume party brainwashing communism cold war political campaign assassination conspiracy transformation rise revenge
A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Fredric March Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Martin Balsam George Macready Whit Bissell Hugh Marlowe
president military officer assistant mistress tense intricate suspenseful washington, d.c. white house office army base texas politics deception political coup cold war discovery rivalry pursuit 1960s
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
7.8/10
Biography, Drama, Crime
USA
1962
148 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Karl Malden Thelma Ritter Betty Field Neville Brand Edmond O'Brien Hugh Marlowe Telly Savalas James Westerfield Chris Robinson
prisoner warden guard mother wife moving touching leavenworth prison alcatraz island missouri solitude prison new love redemption rise transformation 1960s
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
7.7/10
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
106 Minutes
Director
Rock Hudson Salome Jens John Randolph Will Geer Jeff Corey Murray Hamilton Wesley Addy
banker artist thrilling dark suspenseful united states secret new identity escape mystery metamorphosis 1960s
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|France
1998
118 Minutes
Director
Robert De Niro Jean Reno Natascha McElhone Stellan Skarsgård Sean Bean Skipp Sudduth Michael Lonsdale Jan Tríska Jonathan Pryce Féodor Atkine Katarina Witt
irishwoman intelligence officer soldier russian expert mercenary gritty suspenseful brooding intense paris nice, france villa arena warehouse france irish republican army theft espionage betrayal
A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1966
179 Minutes
Director
James Garner Eva Marie Saint Yves Montand Toshirô Mifune Brian Bedford Jessica Walter Antonio Sabato Françoise Hardy
driver teammate wife girlfriend cool thrilling racetrack monaco germany united states italy grand prix comeback affair quest rivalry 1960s
American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1973
239 Minutes
Director
Lee Marvin Fredric March Robert Ryan Jeff Bridges Bradford Dillman Sorrell Booke
salesman barfly bartender bleak spirited new york city greenwich village bar alcoholism failure secret murder delusion drinking fall 1910s
A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1962
111 Minutes
Director
Warren Beatty Eva Marie Saint Brandon de Wilde Karl Malden Angela Lansbury Barbara Baxley Evans Evans Albert Paulsen
gigolo teenager parent son bleak dark tense cleveland ohio family dysfunction brotherhood love triangle father/son relationship suicide forbidden love growing up wretched excess 1960s
Ralph (Karl Malden) and Annabell Willart (Dame Angela Lansbury) are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry (Warren Beatty). ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Action
USA
1975
119 Minutes
Director
Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Bernard Fresson Jean-Pierre Castaldi Charles Millot Cathleen Nesbitt Pierre Collet Alexandre Fabre Philippe Léotard Jacques Dynam Raoul Delfosse
cop drug trafficker henchman gritty tense raw marseilles, france police station bar street drugs smuggling culture clash justice pursuit discovery escape 1970s
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1977
143 Minutes
Director
Robert Shaw Bruce Dern Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Steven Keats Bekim Fehmiu Michael V. Gazzo William Daniels Walter Gotell Victor Campos Walter Brooke
veteran pilot intelligence officer terrorist fbi agent chilling brutal miami super bowl terrorism assassination suicide post-traumatic stress disorder massacre israeli-palestinian conflict wretched excess quest pursuit 1970s
Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the United States in attendance.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1970
95 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Tuesday Weld Estelle Parsons Ralph Meeker Lonny Chapman Charles Durning
sheriff criminal femme fatale wife brooding sultry intense tennessee small town backwoods affair honor morality infatuation small-town life hypocrisy temptation fall forbidden love 1970s
Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA|Japan
1982
112 Minutes
Director
Scott Glenn Toshirô Mifune Atsuo Nakamura Donna Kei Benz Calvin Jung Clyde Kusatsu Sab Shimada Yoshio Inaba Seiji Miyaguchi Miiko Taka Kiyoako Nagai
A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1969
110 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Gene Hackman Scott Wilson William Windom Bonnie Bedelia
skydiver rookie aunt uncle love interest performer engaging gripping intense melodramatic kansas small town family home airplane unlikely romance marital problems affair performance skydiving love
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
109 Minutes
Director
Roy Scheider Ann-Margret Vanity John Glover Robert Trebor Lonny Chapman Kelly Preston Clarence Williams III Doug McClure Alex Henteloff Amy White
wealthy man wife mistress criminal gutsy tense los angeles california household blackmail infidelity murder wealth showdown rivalry revenge 1980s
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
6.3/10
Adventure, Drama
USA
1971
110 Minutes
Director
Omar Sharif Leigh Taylor-Young Jack Palance David de Keyser Peter Jeffrey George Murcell
Drama depicting rural life in contemporary Afghanistan and the Afghani people's love for an ancient traditional sport similar to horseback polo.
6.2/10
Action
USA
1989
105 Minutes
Director
Don Johnson Penelope Ann Miller William Forsythe Bob Balaban Frank Military Tate Donovan Tim Reid
detective murderer racist neo-nazi widow gritty suspenseful intense los angeles mystery murder guns racism mystery quest revenge 1980s
A man kills a storekeeper and a cop. LASD homicide detective Jerry Beck gets the case. His murder suspect is connected to a heavily armed white supremacy group.
5.8/10
Drama, Crime
USA
2000
104 Minutes
Director
Ben Affleck Gary Sinise Charlize Theron Dennis Farina James Frain Donal Logue Danny Trejo Isaac Hayes Gordon Tootoosis Dana Stubblefield Clarence Williams III
ex-convict cellmate criminal girlfriend brother pen pal thrilling suspenseful gritty prison casino household heist mistaken identity kidnapping car theft prison life starting over rivalry love
After assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.
5.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1985
112 Minutes
Director
Michael Caine Anthony Andrews Victoria Tennant Lilli Palmer Mario Adorf Michael Lonsdale Bernard Hepton Richard Münch Carl Rigg André Penvern Andy Bradford
nazi nazi collaborator adolf hitler architect father son bleak thrilling suspenseful intense tense emotional new york city germany united states geneva nazi collaboration nazis money war crimes
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
5.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
98 Minutes
Director
Richard Harris Edmond O'Brien Bradford Dillman Chuck Connors
mob boss hit man old flame dancer criminal offbeat amusing cool fascinating city hotel club estate gang war hired killers vengeance womanizing shoot-out dystopia rivalry
Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
111 Minutes
Director
Andrew McCarthy Valeria Golino Sharon Stone John Pankow Mattia Sbragia George Murcell Lou Castel Francesca Prandi
journalist terrorist thrilling italy rome terrorism 1970s discovery 19th century
Two young Americans, he a journalist and she a photojournalist, experience Red Brigades terrorists close up in Rome, 1978.
5.4/10
Drama
France|Italy|USA
1973
110 Minutes
Director
Alan Bates Dominique Sanda Evans Evans Léa Massari Michel Auclair Laurence De Monaghan
Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful. As a result of his work, Harry has trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality ... See full summary »
Drama
1968
132 Minutes
Director
Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde Georgia Brown Hugh Griffith Elizabeth Hartman Ian Holm David Opatoshu David Warner
prisoner lawyer pretty woman bleak disheartening somber prison russia shop disillusionment prison imperialism anti-semitism meaning of life class distinctions fall discovery underdog 1910s
A government lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) tries to help a poor Jewish handyman (Alan Bates) railroaded for murder in czarist Russia.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1961
110 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Dina Merrill Shelley Winters Edward Andrews Vivian Nathan Larry Gates Telly Savalas Pilar Seurat Jody Fair Roberta Shore Milton Selzer
assistant district attorney district attorney teen boy wife mother gripping intense powerful disheartening office spanish harlem new york city gangs lawyers turf war paternity juvenile crime mystery pursuit growing up
An assistant district attorney discovers one of the hoodlums he must prosecute is the son of a former love.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany
1999
111 Minutes
John Travolta Madeleine Stowe James Cromwell Timothy Hutton Leslie Stefanson Daniel von Bargen Clarence Williams III James Woods Peter Weireter Mark Boone Junior John Beasley
warrant officer lieutenant general investigator captain daughter father dark disturbing suspenseful savannah, ga. military base murder investigation military father/daughter relationship cover-up murder rape mystery pursuit discovery
When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
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