The Stunt Man

Man, has this film got it all...

1980 movie directed by Richard Rush is a thriller, drama, comedy, romance, action flick...about the only thing it isn't is a musical.

Starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, and Barbara Hershey, The Stuntman is about a fugitive who comes upon a film set. Unwittingly causing the death of the film's stunt man, the convict is given refuge by the director if he replaces the stunt man.

Railsback is the fugitive. O'Toole absolutely steals the show as the director, who threatens, cajoles, does anything to get his way and to get his scenes shot.

Brilliant film, lots of fun and thought provoking.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081568/

Jacob's Ladder

1990 Adrian Lyne thriller stars Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello, Jason Alexander, Ving Rhames.

A real mind freak of amovie where Vietnam vet and current postman Robbins starts seeing what may or not be frightening fantasy creatures as well as his deceased son.

Makes you wonder what's real, what's not.

Sometimes frightening, this film is a wild ride.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

Frantic

Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner star in this 1988 thriller from Roman Polanski.

American doctor in Paris for a convention tries to find his wife who has disappeared. He is aided by a woman he doesn't know, doesn't trust as she takes him through a Parisian underworld of crime, drugs, murder, and espionage.

Slows down occaissionally but has some good moments. Polanski co-wrote the script.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095174/

Seven Days in May

Taut thriller from 1964 directed by John Frankenheimerstars Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas.

Rod Serling scripted this drama about an attempted military takeover of the U.S. Government.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058576/