Frankie Faison films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 30 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Silence of the Lambs, The Wire and Do the Right Thing.

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Starring Frankie Faison

The Wire
2002 · TV
8.4/10 · TMDB
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions...
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder...
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Banshee
2013 · TV
7.9/10 · TMDB
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his...
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Do the Right Thing
1989 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a...
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Mississippi Burning
1988 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up...
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Fatherhood
2021 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.
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The Rookie: Feds
2022 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
Special Agent Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI, is a force of nature, the living embodiment of a dream deferred – and she works together with her new colleagues at the Los Angeles office of the Bureau to bring down the country’s...
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Till
2022 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
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The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
2021 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.
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Ragtime
1981 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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White Chicks
2004 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. As punishment, they are forced to escort a pair of socialites to the Hamptons, where they're going to be used as bait for a kidnapper. But when the girls...
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Adam
2009 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
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Coming to America
1988 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new...
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The Case for Christ
2017 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Based on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife... with unexpected, life-altering...
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The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
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Meet the Browns
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter...
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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
2008 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus begins an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while...
The Money Pit
1986 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their...
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My Blueberry Nights
2007 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series...
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Sommersby
1993 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus...
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Gods and Generals
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point when Jackson is killed...
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In Good Company
2004 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new...
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Cat People
1982 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After years of separation, Irina and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans in this erotic tale of the supernatural. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irina is drawn to the cat -- and the zoo curator is drawn to her...
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I'm Your Woman
2020 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Darren Shan is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and work hard at trying to find tickets. They do, and together they go to "Cirque du Freak" where they see many strange acts including...
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Maximum Overdrive
1986 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to...
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Highwaymen
2004 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years, James is now determined to avenge his wife's death. He drives across the country...
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The Grudge
2020 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by the demonic spirits, the detective must do...
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C.H.U.D.
1984 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the...
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Showtime
2002 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
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Down to Earth
2001 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Struggling comic Lance Barton knows what it's like to die on stage. But when his life takes an unexpected turn - straight to heaven - Lance is sure there's been a mistake. Miraculously, he's right! An angel tells Lance he was taken...
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Freejack
1992 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.
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I Love Trouble
1994 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
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