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Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
ThrillerThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Roy Scheider,
Jürgen Prochnow,
Lara Harris,
Harry Dean Stanton,
Tim Reid,
Dale DyeRating55%
During the Cold War, two gung-ho army colonels - one American (Roy Scheider), the other Russian (Jurgen Prochnow) - wage their own private war against each other on the German–Czechoslovak border. As the colonels' feud gradually escalates to frightening proportions, the threat of full-scale armed conflict between both their commands goes from possible to likely to all-but-imminent., 1h58
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Political films,
Arme nucléaireActors Burt Lancaster,
Kirk Douglas,
Fredric March,
Ava Gardner,
Edmond O'Brien,
Martin BalsamRating77%
The story is set in the early 1970s, ten years in the future at the time of the film's 1964 release, and the Cold War is still a problem (in the 1962 book, the setting was May 1974). U.S. President Jordan Lyman has recently signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union, and the subsequent ratification has produced a wave of public dissatisfaction, especially among the President's opposition and the military, who believe the Soviets cannot be trusted., 1h51
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about terrorism,
Political filmsActors Andrew McCarthy,
Sharon Stone,
Valeria Golino,
John Pankow,
Mattia Sbragia,
George MurcellRating55%
In 1978, David Raybourne is an American novelist who lives in Rome and works as a journalist in a small English-language newspaper. He is romantically involved with Lia, the estranged wife of an Italian Industrialist, and befriended by Italo Bianchi, a politically left-leaning lecturer at a Rome university., 2h7
Directed by John Frankenheimer,
Arthur Penn,
Bernard FarrelOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en FranceActors Burt Lancaster,
Paul Scofield,
Jeanne Moreau,
Michel Simon,
Wolfgang Preiss,
Howard VernonRating77%
In 1944, art masterpieces stolen by the Wehrmacht from French museums are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield), is an ardent art lover and is determined to take the art to Germany, no matter the cost. After the Germans remove the art chosen by Waldheim from the Jeu de Paume Museum, curator Mademoiselle Villard (Suzanne Flon) seeks help from the French Resistance. Given the imminent liberation of Paris by the Allies, they need only delay the train for a few days—still, it is a dangerous operation and it must be done in such a way that does not risk damaging the priceless cargo., 1h50
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about films,
Films about sexuality,
Snuff films in fiction,
Films about television,
Films about pornographyActors Roy Scheider,
Ann-Margret,
John Glover,
Vanity,
Kelly Preston,
Clarence Williams IIIRating63%
Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider) is a successful industrialist living in the suburbs of Los Angeles whose wife Barbara (Ann-Margret) is running for city council while he is having an affair. Harry is confronted by three blackmailers demanding $105,000 for a videotape of him and his mistress, Cini (Kelly Preston)., 2h1
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Spy films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Heist films,
Chase films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Robert De Niro,
Jean Reno,
Natascha McElhone,
Stellan Skarsgård,
Sean Bean,
Jonathan PryceRating71%
At a bistro in the Montmartre district of Paris, IRA operative Deirdre (Natascha McElhone) meets with ex-special operatives-turned mercenaries Sam (Robert De Niro), Larry (Skipp Sudduth), and Vincent (Jean Reno), and takes them to a warehouse where fellow mercenaries Gregor (Stellan Skarsgård) and Spence (Sean Bean) are waiting. There, Deirdre briefs the men on their mission: that they have been hired to attack a heavily armed convoy and steal a large metallic briefcase, the contents of which are never revealed. As the team prepares, Deirdre meets with her ex-IRA handler, Seamus O' Roarke (Jonathan Pryce), who reveals that the Russian mob is bidding for the case and the team must intervene. After Spence is exposed as a fraud by Sam and summarily dismissed, the others depart for Nice. Sam and Deirdre develop an attraction to each other during a stakeout. On the day of the sale, Deirdre's team ambush the convoy at La Turbie and pursue the survivors back to Nice. After a gun battle at the port, Gregor steals the case and disappears., 2h47
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Political filmsActors Frederic Forrest,
Thomas F. Wilson,
Carmen Argenziano,
Jayce Bartok,
Frederick Coffin,
Cliff De YoungRating74%
The film begins with a group of Union soldiers being captured and forced to surrender at Cold Harbor, Virginia, in June 1864. They are transported to prisoner-of-war Camp Sumter, near Andersonville, Georgia. When they enter, they discover a former comrade, named Dick Potter, who explains the grim realities of daily existence in the camp – primarily the lack of shelter, clean water, and regular food supplies. He also states the danger of a rogue group of Union soldiers, called the "Raiders", who hoard the camp's meager rations, and lure unsuspecting "fresh fish" – newly captured soldiers – into their area of the camp, to attack and rob them., 1h52
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin United-kingdomGenres Thriller,
Action,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Spy filmsActors Michael Caine,
Victoria Tennant,
Anthony Andrews,
Lilli Palmer,
Mario Adorf,
Michael LonsdaleRating56%
The story concerns Noel Holcroft's late father (a former associate of Adolf Hitler) who left behind a fortune, supposedly to make amends for his wrongdoings. Now, 40 years later, Noel finds himself embroiled in a web of conspiracies involving the children of two of his father's Nazi colleagues, a mysterious organization supposedly devoted to ensuring the Nazis never again come to power, and a woman who may be Noel's downfall, or his only hope., 1h20
Directed by John FrankenheimerOrigin USAGenres War,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
AdventureThemes Military humor in film,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political filmsActors David Niven,
Faye Dunaway,
Alan Alda,
Juano Hernández,
Mickey Rooney,
Jack CarterRating34%
A ghostly British naval officer(Niven) persuades four members of the American navy to launch an attack on Japanese positions, hoping to redeem the family honor and his own tattered record from the First World War. He had been condemned to sail the seas forever after falling down drunk before his first battle in the Great War. With his typical luck he actually succeeds in sinking a Japanese naval vessel -- *after* it had officially surrendered to the US Navy. As a result, he is seen again consigned to sailing his ship forever, this time in a children's amusement park lake, to await another chance at redemption.