The Challenge

John Frankenheimer

When an American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware it's a set up. An action-packed thriller from director John Frankenheimer (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE) featuring legendary Toshinro Mifune and Oscar nominee Scott Glenn, featuring an American boxer hired to transport a sword to Japan. Unaware the trip is a set-up, he's caught between two brothers in a bitter blood-feud—one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman.


Reindeer Games (Director's Cut)

John Frankenheimer

After being imprisoned for six years on a grand theft auto charge, Rudy Duncan and his cellmate Nick are finally going to be paroled. After hearing endless stories during his incarceration of Nick's romantic correspondence to a woman named Ashley he has never met, Rudy is looking forward to returning to his family. When Nick is killed during a prison riot, Rudy decides to assume Nick's identity and meet up with the unknown woman. Burdened with knowledge of Nick's Indian casino employment past, Rudy finds himself in too deep with Ashley's brother Gabriel and is forced to cooperate with a casino robbery that Gabriel and his gang have been planning with Nick in mind.


The Manchurian Candidate

John Frankenheimer

Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury star in this political suspense classic about the drug-hypnosis-induced behavior that transforms a U.S. Army hero into a human time bomb.


Path to War

John Frankenheimer

As the successor to a martyred president, Lyndon Johnson hoped to transform America into a "Great Society" of equal opportunity. What he became was the symbol of the most unpopular war in U.S. history. From acclaimed director John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) comes this powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider’s look at the way our country goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during Vietnam. Based on public documents and extensive interviews, the film stars Michael Gambon as the former president who allowed himself to be persuaded by his advisors to increase the U.S. military presence in Vietnam at the expense of his vision of a Great Society. Co-starring Donald Sutherland, Bruce McGill, James Frain, Felicity Huffman and Alec Baldwin. Directed by John Frankenheimer; written by Daniel Giat.


The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

John Frankenheimer

Marlon Brando stars with Val Kilmer in this update of H.G. Wells' classic novel about a brilliant but deranged scientist who performs genetic experiments melding humans and animals — with horrific results.


The Young Stranger

John Frankenheimer

Before he gained his fame directing cinematic masterpieces like The Manchurian Candidate and Seven Days in May, John Frankenheimer made his feature film debut with this sensitive father-son drama about troubled youth. When clean-cut Hal Ditmar (Hawaii Five-O's James MacArthur), son of a wealthy movie producer (James Daly), gets into a fight with a movie theater manager (Whit Bissell), no one believes he acted in self-defense. With the police concerned that they have another juvenile delinquent on their hands, Hal's mother (Kim Hunter) thinks the problem lies in the growing gulf between father and son. Heartfelt and effective, Frankenheimer's already sure hand at the helm and the talent that star MacArthur shared with his illustrious mother Helen Hayes buoy The Young Stranger above the common ground of 1950's delinquency dramas.


All Fall Down (1962)

John Frankenheimer

Oscar-nominee Brandon de Wilde ("Shane") co-stars in this evocative coming-of-age story about an adolescent boy who discovers that his older brother, played by Oscar-winner Warren Beatty ("Bullworth," "Love Affair"), is a shallow wreck of a man. Featuring Academy Award-winners Eva Marie Saint ("Superman Returns," "On the Waterfront") and Karl Malden ("A Streetcar Named Desire," TV's "The Streets of San Francisco"), and Oscar-nominee Angela Lansbury (TV's "Murder, She Wrote," "Beauty and the Beast"). Directed by Emmy-winner John Frankenheimer ("Ronin," "The Manchurian Candidate").


Seven Days In May

John Frankenheimer

It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen here. Or can it? A classic of suspense directed by John Frankenheimer, Seven Days in May tautly explores that possibility. At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and an unpopular President with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant colonel uncovers the scheme. But are the seven fateful days ahead enough time to derail a takeover? The clock is ticking.


The Gypsy Moths

John Frankenheimer

Burt Lancaster ("From Here to Eternity"), Gene Hackman ("Absolute Power") and Scott Wilson ("Pearl Harbor") star as sky-divers staging a show in a small town in Kansas. When one member dies while attempting a very dangerous manuever, the other two put on the show in his memory and to prove that the stunt can be done. Also stars Deborah Kerr ("From Here to Eternity") and William Windom ("To Kill a Mockingbird").


I Walk the Line

John Frankenheimer

A married backwoods Tennessee sheriff falls in love with a teenager whose father is a moonshiner. The sheriff becomes involved in the illicit operations, making sure his men and federal agents stay clear of the stills. When a deputy stumbles upon the still and is killed, this makes the sheriff an accomplice to the crime.


The Train

John Frankenheimer

Burt Lancaster plays Labiche, a French railway inspector. Allied forces are threatening to liberate Paris, so Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) is ordered to move the priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to the fatherland. The head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) attempts to convince Labiche that he should sabotage the train on which they are transporting the art. After his friend is killed trying to stop the train with the art, and after a consciousness-raising conversation with a hotel owner (Jeanne Moreau), Labiche resolves to save the antiquities.


Grand Prix

John Frankenheimer

Oscar-winning editing and sound propel this action-packed look at the intertwining lives of four competitive Grand Prix race car drivers. Starring James Garner ("Victor/Victoria," "Maverick," TV's "The Rockford Files"), Eva Marie Saint ("North by Northwest," "On the Waterfront," TV's "Moonlighting"), and international stars Yves Montand ("The Wages of Fear") and Toshiro Mifune (TV's "Shogun," "Rashomon"). Directed by Emmy-winner John Frankenheimer ("The Manchurian Candidate," "Ronin").


French Connection II

John Frankenheimer

Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) is back after narrowly escaping the clutches of Alain Charnier in the first film, and Doyle's out for revenge. Taking his quest to Charnier's home turf, Doyle is determined to bring down Charnier's heroin ring and he enlists the help of the gendarmes.


Dead-Bang

John Frankenheimer

Heartthrob Don Johnson ("Guilty as Sin," TV's "Miami Vice") stars in the action thriller based on the true story of a dedicated L.A. homicide detective who, while investigating a routine murder, stumbles upon a frightening national conspiracy that will push his professional expertise to the limit. Directed by John Frankenheimer ("The Manchurian Candidate"), and co-starring Penelope Ann Miller ("Carlito's Way," "Kindergarten Cop"), William Forsythe ("Out for Justice"), Bob Balaban ("Little Man Tate") and Tim Reid (TV's "WKRP in Cincinnati").


Birdman of Alcatraz

John Frankenheimer

How does bitter convict Robert Stroud cope with a lifetime of solitary confinement? The answer, in a sense, comes from above in the form of a feeble sparrow he finds in the isolation yard. Stroud brings this newfound companion to his cell, nurses it to health and, from that point on, there's no turning back. Despite having only a third-grade education, and no hope of parole, Stroud becomes a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind prison walls than many in the outside world will ever know.


Ronin

John Frankenheimer

An international team of former intelligence agents is hired to carry out a dangerous mission in this character-driven post-Cold War action adventure directed by veteran filmmaker John Frankenheimer. When the caper goes awry, each member reveals his true self. Featured among the operatives are Robert De Niro, Stellan Skarsgard, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce, Sean Bean and Natascha McElhone. Of the story whose title derives from the Japanese word meaning masterless samurai: "The characters, both male and female, are terribly good at what they do, they just have no place to do it anymore. They're hired to pull off a job, get double-crossed twice and have to get out of it. During a difficult job, the men and their morality, or lack of it, is revealed."