Malice (1993)
Directed by Harold Becker (Vision Quest, The Boost, City Hall - all Frank Movies)
Written by Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The American President, Moneyball - all Frank Movies)
Budget - $20,000,000
Box Office - $46,405,336
Reasons that it's a Frank Movie:
1. The God Complex monologue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g2dkDh4ov4
I paraphrase it every year during Christmas season re: my career.
2. Nicole Kidman as the bad guy.
I can't tell you another film where she is, but she does a great job here.
3. Aaron Sorkin + Harold Becker.
Between them they have written and directed a plethora of Frank Movies. Great combo.
Ebert's review. He was less impressed:
Runner-up : Miller's Crossing (1990)
By The Coen Brothers
Reasons that it's a Frank Movie:
1. The Coen Brothers.
Fargo, Raising Arizona, No Country For Old Men, etc. No one does American provincialism like The Coen Brothers. These are the definitive movies of America, and Miller's Crossing is the best of the best.
2. The Gangster movie.
I love gangster movies. The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface. Blah, blah, blah. Miller's Crossing is Yojimbo in Prohibition-era New York. The Irish, The Italians, The Jews. Glorious.
So much so, it inspired a reference in Ocean's Twelve , another Frank Movie:
I took graduate film school classes - they were just like this.
2nd Runner-Up : Mallrats (1995)
Directed by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Fight Back, Clerks II)
Reasons that it's a Frank Movie:
1. The View Askewniverse
Of all of the View Askewniverse, Mallrats is my favorite. I may be the only one.
2. The introduction of Jason Lee.
His premiere via Brodie Bruce was one of the best coming-out parties. Top 5 all-time favorite characters.
The Stink Palm is one of the greatest moments in film history.
Honorable Mentions: Manhunter (1986), Megamind (2010)
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