Best Frank Whaley movies
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TOP 25: Drillbit Taylor
Frank Whaley as: Jittery Bodyguard
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2008
Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully, not realising he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
TOP 24: Broken Arrow
Frank Whaley as: Giles Prentice
Genre: Action
Release: 1996
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.
TOP 23: Monster Trucks
Frank Whaley as: Wade Coley
Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Release: 2016
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.
TOP 22: I.Q.
Frank Whaley as: Frank
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1994
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.
TOP 21: World Trade Center
Frank Whaley as: Chuck Sereika
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 2006
After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
TOP 20: Retroactive
Frank Whaley as: Brian
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 1997
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
TOP 19: Vacancy
Frank Whaley as: Mason
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Release: 2007
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.
TOP 18: Career Opportunities
Frank Whaley as: Jim Dodge
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1991
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.
TOP 17: Rob the Mob
Frank Whaley as: Agent Frank Hurd
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2014
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.
TOP 16: Hoffa
Frank Whaley as: Young Trucker in Diner
Genre: Crime, History
Release: 1992
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.
TOP 15: The Freshman
Frank Whaley as: Steve Bushak
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1990
Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini, an "importer" bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
TOP 14: The Outcasts
Frank Whaley as: Herb Watson
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2017
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.
TOP 13: Hustlers
Frank Whaley as: Reese
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 2019
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
TOP 12: When Trumpets Fade
Frank Whaley as: Medic Chamberlain
Genre: Drama, War
Release: 1998
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.
TOP 11: Swimming with Sharks
Frank Whaley as: Guy
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1994
A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
TOP 10: Swing Kids
Frank Whaley as: Arvid
Genre: Drama, Music
Release: 1993
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 Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
TOP 9: Ironweed
Frank Whaley as: Young Francis
Genre: Drama
Release: 1987
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
TOP 8: A Midnight Clear
Frank Whaley as: Paul 'Father' Mundy
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 1992
Set 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.
TOP 7: Red Dragon
Frank Whaley as: Ralph Mandy (uncredited)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2002
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
TOP 6: Born on the Fourth of July
Frank Whaley as: Timmy
Genre: Drama, War
Release: 1989
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
TOP 5: The Doors
Frank Whaley as: Robby Krieger
Genre: Drama, Music
Release: 1991
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
TOP 4: School of Rock
Frank Whaley as: Battle of the Bands Director
Genre: Comedy, Music
Release: 2003
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
TOP 3: Field of Dreams
Frank Whaley as: Archie Graham
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Release: 1989
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.
TOP 2: JFK
Frank Whaley as: Oswald Imposter (credited on Director's Cut)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 1991
This acclaimed Oliver Stone drama presents the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison. When Garrison begins to doubt conventional thinking on the murder, he faces government resistance, and, after the killing of suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, he closes the case. Later, however, Garrison reopens the investigation, finding evidence of an extensive conspiracy behind Kennedy's death.
TOP 1: Pulp Fiction
Frank Whaley as: Brett
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 1994
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.