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John Frankenheimer (1930-2002) was an American director. He was known for social dramas and action/suspense films. His better known movies include Birdman of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, Seconds and Grand Prix. His IMDb page shows 52 directing credits from 1952 to 2000. This page will rank John Frankenheimer movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
John Frankenheimer Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1966
Grand Prix (1966)
1977
Black Sunday (1977)
1964
Seven Days in May (1964)
1962
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
1964
The Train (1964)
1962
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
1998
Ronin (1998)
1975
French Connection II (1975)
1966
Seconds (1966)
1973
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
1961
The Young Savages (1961)
1979
Prophecy (1979)
1962
All Fall Down (1962)
2002
Path To War (2002)
HBO Movie
1968
The Fixer (1968)
1989
Dead Bang (1989)
1971
The Horsemen (1971)
1982
The Challenge (1982)
1986
52 Pick-Up (1986)
1969
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
1974
99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974)
1991
Year of the Gun (1991)
1990
The Fourth War (1990)
2000
Reindeer Games (2000)
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
1970
I Walk The Line (1970)
1985
The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
John Frankenheimer Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort John Frankenheimer movies by his co-stars
- Sort John Frankenheimer movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort John Frankenheimer movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort John Frankenheimer movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each John Frankenheimer movie received.
- Sort John Frankenheimer movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Grand Prix (1966) | James Garner & Eva Marie Saint |
23.80 | 232.8 | 232.80 | 8 | 75 | 03 / 03 | 97.7 | |
| 3 | Black Sunday (1977) | Robert Shaw & Bruce Dern |
36.00 | 174.1 | 174.10 | 23 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 2 | Seven Days in May (1964) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
10.20 | 117.1 | 117.10 | 26 | 86 | 02 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 4 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | Frank Sinatra & Janet Leigh |
6.10 | 88.3 | 88.30 | 43 | 93 | 02 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 5 | The Train (1964) | Burt Lancaster & Paul Scofield |
10.60 | 121.2 | 121.20 | 25 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 91.3 | |
| 6 | Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) | Burt Lancaster & Karl Malden |
7.60 | 108.8 | 108.80 | 33 | 80 | 04 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 7 | Ronin (1998) | Robert DeNiro & Jean Reno |
41.60 | 95.7 | 162.50 | 47 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 8 | French Connection II (1975) | Gene Hackman & Fernando Rey |
17.00 | 89.5 | 89.50 | 41 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 9 | Seconds (1966) | Rock Hudson & Frank Campanella |
3.10 | 30.6 | 30.60 | 75 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 78.9 | |
| 10 | The Iceman Cometh (1973) | Lee Marvin & Jeff Bridges |
2.50 | 15.2 | 15.20 | 108 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 11 | The Young Savages (1961) | Burt Lancaster & Dina Merrill |
5.00 | 72.8 | 72.80 | 47 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 12 | Prophecy (1979) | Talia Shire & Robert Foxworth |
18.40 | 79.0 | 79.00 | 50 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 13 | All Fall Down (1962) | Eva Marie Saint & Warren Beatty |
2.30 | 32.9 | 32.90 | 93 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 14 | Path To War (2002) HBO Movie |
Donald Sutherland | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 314 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.4 | |
| 14 | The Fixer (1968) | Alan Bates & Dirk Bogarde |
0.60 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 161 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 50.3 | |
| 16 | Dead Bang (1989) | Don Johnson & Penelope Ann Miller |
8.10 | 22.1 | 22.10 | 91 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | |
| 15 | The Horsemen (1971) | Omar Sharif | 1.00 | 6.4 | 6.40 | 159 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 17 | The Challenge (1982) | Scott Glenn & Toshirô Mifune |
3.00 | 10.9 | 10.90 | 106 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 45.2 | |
| 18 | 52 Pick-Up (1986) | Roy Scheider & Ann-Margret |
5.20 | 15.1 | 15.10 | 100 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 19 | The Gypsy Moths (1969) | Burt Lancaster & Deborah Kerr |
1.60 | 11.9 | 11.90 | 119 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 26.9 | |
| 20 | 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974) | Richard Harris | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 163 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.6 | |
| 22 | Year of the Gun (1991) | Andrew McCarthy & Sharon Stone |
1.20 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 164 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.9 | |
| 22 | The Fourth War (1990) | Roy Scheider & Jürgen Prochnow |
1.30 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 176 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.4 | |
| 23 | Reindeer Games (2000) | Ben Affleck & Gary Sinise |
23.40 | 50.9 | 70.10 | 90 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 23.4 | |
| 25 | The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) | David Thewlis & Marlon Brando |
27.70 | 67.5 | 67.50 | 54 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 16.0 | |
| 24 | I Walk The Line (1970) | Gregory Peck & Tuesday Weld |
1.00 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 145 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 15.4 | |
| 26 | The Holcroft Covenant (1985) | Michael Caine & Anthony Andrews |
0.40 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 170 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 12.4 | |
| 27 | The Extraordinary Seaman (1969) | David Niven & Faye Dunaway |
0.90 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 144 | 24 | 00 / 00 | 0.4 |
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A nice new UMR page for John Frankenheimer, nice work Bruce. And thanks for the video share, it is appreciated.
I’ve seen 16 of the 27 films on the chart. Favorites are – Seven Days in May, The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Ronin, Black Sunday and Grand Prix.
Top rated films I haven’t seen include – The Iceman Cometh, The Iceman Goeth and The Fixer.
I saw French Connection II at the cinema on a double bill with French Connection I about 40 years ago, gosh that seems ages ago now. The sequel isn’t as good as the first movie, I hated that whole ‘cold turkey’ sequence which takes up about a third of the film, ironically that’s the only thing people remember from the sequel.
I also saw Prophecy at the cinema in 1979, a silly monster movie featuring a giant mutated bear. I probably enjoyed it then a lot more than I did the last time I watched it.
Looking at the chart Grand Prix was Frankensteiner’s biggest hit eh, Black Sunday was successful too.
Good stuff Bruce, Vote Up!
Hey Steve….thanks for the thoughts on Johnny F. I saw your video…and thought I should follow your lead…and got a page out there as well. Your tally of 16 has me and Flora beat…..as we are at 12 each. Somehow I have missed The Train….but I will see that one in the future. I was talking about French Connection 2 at work today….the whole “cold turkey” section of the movie derailed the entire movie for me. As for Prophecy….I saw that one in theaters as well….and it scared the hell out of me…..I have not gone camping since…..as there is a scene where the creature destroys two campers….40 years later and you would think I would have gotten over it….but no…I have not…lol. Grand Prix was supposed to be a Steve McQueen movie…but he bailed at the last minute with Garner getting the role…after the success of Grand Prix, McQueen made Le Mans….but it was not nearly as successful Good stuff as always.
Hi Bob, good work moving all the related comments to Bruce’s official Frankenheimer page. Bruce is fast, when he wants to be. 🙂
Hey Steve…I agree 100%….Bob is the man for doing all of these transfers….I can speak highly of him since he is probably on vacation…just don’t let him know.
HI WH: So many different stars are included in the comments on Steve’s U Tube page that it is easy to be confused when transferring posts across to Cogerson pages and I must take more care in future when engaged in such exercises.
However the volume of the material on the U tube page illustrates that Steve’s work is well- appreciated on Cogerson alongside your own and it is worth effort to ultimately have comments about a given artist reside on his/her own Cogerson page.
Anyway I’m being a pain in the proverbial again in asking you to now also delete the 6.29pm post yesterday – the one that has the Jesse James poem in it. You will see that this post relates to Nick Ray and not John. Many thanks and apologies once more.
When I was at primary school our teacher was a poetry fanatic and set 3 separate hours per week aside for reading poetry to his class. He became so excited that he went though a whole range of mannerisms when he was doing the readings [Brando would have been proud of him!].
Teach read from a massive book of collected handwritten poems that he had copied into the book over the years and he treasured it much as you do the Master’s 1983 of horror stories [though I don’t think Teach kept a duplicate copy!] So as you too are a teacher and scholar you may wish to start your own poetry collection by retaining a copy of the Jesse James poem!