John Frankenheimer Archives

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 9, 2000Brainwashed Assassin/Political Satire

John Frankenheimer film. concerning a Communist plot for creating a brainwashed assassin, Frankenheimer shoots with stark and blackly funny effect and this has duly become a cult classic

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 July 20005 January 2025 by Roog

Seven Days in May (1964)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 14, 2001Political Thriller/Presidential Overthrow Plot

Stark black-and-white thriller from John Frankenheimer about a military coup in the US. Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling delivers a superb script

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Frederic March, Edmond O'Brien, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 February 200111 March 2025 by Roog

Seconds (1966)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 18, 2002Secret Rejuvenation Syndicate

An astonishingly bleak John Frankenheimer film in which a disillusioned middle-aged man is contacted by a secret organisation that rejuvenates him to become Rock Hudson

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer, …

Category: Science Fiction

18 February 200225 October 2024 by Roog

Prophecy (1979)

Rating: ★

Mar 4, 2010Mutant Bear Amok

The once celebrated John Frankenheimer flopped with this monster movie about a mutant bear with laughable effects and inflated pretensions to message making

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart, …

Category: Horror

4 March 201025 March 2023 by Roog

The Island of Dr Moreau (1996)

Rating: ★★★½

Feb 15, 2001Mad Scientist Creates Beast Men

A legendary cinematic train wreck filled with behind the scenes stories of fired directors and star egos. Despite all of this, this remake of the H.G. Wells novel emerges as a well made and watchable film

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 February 20016 August 2026 by Roog