John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 9 films on Boxlist

Known for The Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May and Birdman of Alcatraz.

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Directed by John Frankenheimer

  1. The Manchurian Candidate

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the...

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  2. Seven Days in May

    Seven Days in May

    1964 · Film

    7.2/10 · TMDB

    A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

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  3. Birdman of Alcatraz

    Birdman of Alcatraz

    1962 · Film

    7.4/10 · TMDB

    After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise...

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  4. Ronin

    Ronin

    1998 · Film

    6.9/10 · TMDB

    A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the...

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  5. French Connection II

    French Connection II

    1975 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.

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  6. 52 Pick-Up

    52 Pick-Up

    1986 · Film

    6.2/10 · TMDB

    Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a video tape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000...

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  7. Reindeer Games

    Reindeer Games

    2000 · Film

    5.6/10 · TMDB

    After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

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  8. The Island of Dr. Moreau

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    1996 · Film

    4.8/10 · TMDB

    A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

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