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Frank Whaley has 19 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s.
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Like Sunday, Like Rain
2014 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 27%Prime Video · Included

Career Opportunities
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Prime Video · Included

The Doors
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 36%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Freshman
1990 · Movie · Actor
Top 54%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Swimming with Sharks
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 55%Tubi · Free w/ ads

When Trumpets Fade
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 57%Max · Included

A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
Dir. Frank Whaley · With Leighton Meester, Debra Messing, Billie Joe Armstrong

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Dir. Phil Alden Robinson · With Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann

Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar.
Dir. Bryan Gordon · With Frank Whaley, Jennifer Connelly, Dermot Mulroney

A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Dir. Nimród Antal · With Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.
Dir. Frank Sabatella · With Jay Jay Warren, Cody Kostro, Sofia Happonen

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
Dir. Andrew Bergman · With Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.
Dir. George Huang · With Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
Dir. Louis Morneau · With Jim Belushi, Kylie Travis, Shannon Whirry

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
Dir. John Irvin · With Ron Eldard, Zak Orth, Frank Whaley

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Dir. Thomas Carter · With Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley

In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Dir. Keith Gordon · With Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross

Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect his mischievous new friend, Tripp hides Creech under the hood of his latest creation, turning it into a real-life super-powered Monster Truck. Together, this unlikely duo with a shared taste for speed team up on a wild and unforgettable journey to reunite Creech with his family.
Dir. Chris Wedge · With Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Amy Ryan
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
Dir. Peter Hutchings · With Victoria Justice, Eden Sher, Ashley Rickards

When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.
Dir. John Woo · With John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis

Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
Dir. Fred Schepisi · With Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
Dir. Danny DeVito · With Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante

The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
Dir. Raymond De Felitta · With Michael Pitt, Nina Arianda, Andy Garcia

A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
Dir. Richard Greenberg · With Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern