James Franco Movies
by BaxterCallow | created - 01 Jul 2017 | updated - 13 Mar 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Ape (2005)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a walking, talking, foul-mouthed ape in a Hawaiian shirt and Converse High Tops.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Brian Lally, Allison Bibicoff, Stacey Miller
Votes: 1,022
An ill-conceived, boring and puerile mess.
2. Fool's Gold (2005)
90 min | Comedy
"Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During his search to find the galleon and its treasure, his wife Tess divorces him.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Stacey Miller, Robyn Cohen
Votes: 239
3. Good Time Max (2007)
Unrated | 79 min | Drama
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Wilmer Calderon, Trip Hope
Votes: 2,498
4. The Broken Tower (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Michael Shannon, Stacey Miller, Richard Abate
Votes: 1,307
Despite earnest attempts, Mr. Franco can't bring the fervency of Crane's poetry to life in the extensive recitations.
5. Sal (I) (2011)
TV-MA | 85 min | Biography, Drama
The last day in the life of the actor Sal Mineo, who was murdered on February 12, 1976.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Val Lauren, Jim Parrack, James Franco, Vince Jolivette
Votes: 524 | Gross: $0.01M
All we do is wait through uneventful hours with the protagonist until their foreordained death comes as a kind of finale and release.
6. Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from Cruising (1980) as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
Directors: James Franco, Travis Mathews | Stars: Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, James Franco, Travis Mathews
Votes: 2,710 | Gross: $0.04M
"Interior. Leather Bar." is a Rubik's Cube of a movie, an intriguing, layered puzzle that isn't easily solved.
7. As I Lay Dying (2013)
R | 110 min | Drama
Based on the classic novel by William Faulkner, first published in 1930, "As I Lay Dying" is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her last wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Ahna O'Reilly
Votes: 4,194 | Gross: $0.02M
As I Lay Dying finds director, star, and co-writer James Franco attempting to adapt one of William Faulkner's weightier works, with disappointingly muddled results.
8. Bukowski (2013)
Biography, Drama
The story of writer Charles Bukowski's formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcohol addiction, and his initial attempts at writing.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Shannen Doherty, Josh Peck, Tim Blake Nelson, Camila Morrone
Votes: 93
9. Child of God (2013)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dispossessed, violent man's disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Steve Hunter
Votes: 4,393 | Gross: $0.04M
An obviously reverent adaptation that fails to make a case for the source material being turned into a movie, Child of God finds director James Franco outmatched by Cormac McCarthy's novel.
10. The Sound and the Fury (2014)
TV-MA | 101 min | Drama
A look at the trials and tribulations of the Compson family, living in the Deep South during the early 20th century.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Loretta Devine
Votes: 1,252
Its surfeit of half-baked film-student flourishes and needless cameos occasionally give it an amateur-hour feel. But Franco nonetheless shows improvement over 2013's "As I Lay Dying," and well, it's hard to fault him for trying.
11. I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel (2014)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
On the first day of shooting, James Franco, David Shields, and Caleb Powell throw out the script when a real-life argument breaks out between the three of them about what can and can't be ... See full summary »
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Caleb Powell, David Shields
Votes: 95
12. Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)
85 min | Drama, Family, Thriller
Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.
Directors: Adriana Cepeda Espinosa, James Franco, Anastasia Frank, Pedro Gómez Millán, Zachary Kerschberg, Brian Lannin, Leonora Lonsdale, Jon Matthews, Charles Rogers, Isabella Wing-Davey | Stars: Olivia Wilde, James Franco, Chloë Sevigny, Logan Marshall-Green
Votes: 100
13. In Dubious Battle (2016)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, History
An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Nat Wolff, James Franco, Vincent D'Onofrio, Selena Gomez
Votes: 4,514
In Dubious Battle is monotonous in its messaging, working only when it allows itself to be a character piece less tied to Having Something to Say.
14. The Institute (2017)
R | 98 min | Thriller
Subjected to bizarre, increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.
Directors: James Franco, Pamela Romanowsky | Stars: Allie Gallerani, James Franco, Joe Pease, Scott Haze
Votes: 3,106
Every once in a while, something will rise to the surface-an acting choice by the talented cast, a line of dialogue, an interesting theme-but it's not often enough to justify the film's many missteps.
15. Tenn (2017)
80 min | Biography, Drama
A young Tennessee Williams struggles to find his voice in 1930's St. Louis
Director: James Franco | Stars: Michelle Arthur, Michael Bradley, Alon Dina, Emilio Garcia-Sanchez
Votes: 52
16. The Disaster Artist (2017)
R | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
When aspiring actor Greg Sestero meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Dave Franco, Ari Graynor, Seth Rogen
Votes: 164,178 | Gross: $21.12M
Oh, hai Mark. The Disaster Artist is a surprisingly poignant and charming movie-about-a-movie that explores the creative process with unexpected delicacy.
17. Future World (2018)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
Directors: James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung | Stars: James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeff Wahlberg, Margarita Levieva
Votes: 6,873 | Gross: $1.28M
A low-rent, post-apocalyptic sci-fi tale that doesn't succeed as either homage or parody of such obvious inspirations as the Mad Max series, Future World proves as original as its title.
18. The Pretenders (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Juno Temple, Brian Cox, Dennis Quaid
Votes: 678
It descends into several discrete modes of misogyny.
19. Zeroville (2019)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A young ex-communicated seminarian, Ike "Vikar" Jerome, arrives in Los Angeles on the same August day in 1969 that a crazed hippie ''family'' led by Charles Manson commits five savage murders.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Megan Fox, Seth Rogen, Joey King
Votes: 3,556
Potentially an ironic favorite for cult film fans, Zeroville is a fundamentally misguided -- and descriptively titled -- passion project for its director and star.
20. The Long Home
R | 96 min | Drama | Completed
A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Giancarlo Esposito, James Franco, Lio Tipton
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