Frank Whaley Movies

Vacancy

62/100

A married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room. They soon realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

The Doors

72/100

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.

Swimming with Sharks

71/100

A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.

Swing Kids

68/100

A close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun lead to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on ... See full summary »

Career Opportunities

59/100

Jim is the dorky son of a local cement contractor who lives at home and has no direction. Josie is the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy businessman who dreams of leaving town. When Jim is ... See full summary »

When Trumpets Fade

72/100

A private in the latter days of WWII on the German front struggles between his will to survive and what his superiors perceive as a battlefield instinct.

Retroactive

63/100

A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.

Crazy Eights

40/100

Circumstance brings six childhood friends together to face their past, and a secret they share.

As Good as Dead

52/100

Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies ... See full summary »

Cold Moon

44/100

From Michael McDowell, the writer of Beetlejuice (1988) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), comes a chilling tale of supernatural vengeance.

Glam

24/100

Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, drugs, crime and violence revolving around a beautiful young woman and her mobster boyfriend.

Warning Shot

55/100

A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's farmhouse. When a business rival covets their water rights, the situation spirals out of control.

The Jimmy Show

54/100

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.

Ruffian

73/100

A look at the life of the thoroughbred filly that dominated horse racing in the early 1970s.

Detective

57/100

Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in ... See full summary »

Pursuit of Happiness

59/100

An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.

Cold Dog Soup

56/100

Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed...

Back in the U.S.S.R.

49/100

During Gorbatchov's perestroika, Archer Sloan, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he ... See full summary »

Cafe Society

56/100

A society playboy with a taste for the lowlife is set up for exploitation by an unscrupulous undercover cop and his shadowy political masters.

Aftermath

51/100

A dark comedy about one man's overreaction! Roma's (Anthony Michael Hall) perfect life unravels when his foreman goes missing and he chooses to fire the wrong guy.

Bombshell

44/100

Workers in a biotech firm utilise nanotechnology to control others for their own good.

Where There's a Will

64/100

A hapless grifter stands to inherit a small fortune from his estranged grandmother if he travels to Harmony, Texas to live with her. Instead of a short road to easy money, he finds a soft ... See full summary »

Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

57/100

The story of the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of shooting President Kennedy. Via flashbacks, the story traces the woman's life from her days in Russia, the turmoil following ... See full summary »

Homage

61/100

In New Mexico, the widow and former teacher Katherine Samuel reluctantly hires the lonely mathematician and genius Archie Landrum to be her gardener and soon they become good friends. When ... See full summary »

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