James Franco

Q: Has James Franco won any major awards?

James Franco has received numerous awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for his role in 'The Disaster Artist'. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for '127 Hours'.

Q: What was James Franco's first film?

James Franco's first film was 'Never Been Kissed', released in 1999, where he played the role of a high school student.

Q: How did James Franco start his acting career?

Franco began his acting career in television with roles in series like 'Freaks and Geeks' before transitioning to film, where he gained recognition.

Q: What is James Franco's estimated net worth?

As of 2023, James Franco's estimated net worth is approximately $30 million, stemming from his extensive work in film, television, and other ventures.

Q: What are some notable roles played by James Franco?

Notable roles include his performances in '127 Hours', where he portrayed Aron Ralston, and 'The Disaster Artist', where he played Tommy Wiseau.

Q: Is James Franco involved in any other creative fields?

Yes, James Franco is also a writer, director, and producer. He has directed several films and has published books and poetry.

Q: What is James Franco's background in education?

James Franco has an extensive educational background, having studied at UCLA, Columbia University, and other institutions, earning degrees in various fields including English and filmmaking.

Known for

127 Hours (2010)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

2010 / Adventure, Biography / 94 min

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him...

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

IMDb 6.3 / 10

2013 / Family, Fantasy / 125mins

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great...

Name

James Franco

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

19 April 1978, Palo Alto, California, USA

Spouses

None

Children

None

Parents

Douglas Franco, Betsy Franco

Estimated Net Worth

$30 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2027	Movie John Rambo The origin story of a young John Rambo during the Vietnam War.	Unknown character	Not rated
2026	Movie Bunny-Man A multimillionaire superhero strikes against evil forces in anonymity wearing a rabbit mask. He is driven by the desire to...	Austin Boyd	Not rated
2025	Movie Squali 19-year-old Max gets a startup incubator opportunity in Rome, disrupting his summer plans with friends. As he navigates the adult...	Robert Price	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2024	Movie Hey Joe In 1944, American sailor Dean Barry arrives in Naples, a city destroyed by bombing after the liberation of Italy. Dean...	Dean Barry	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	Movie Largo Winch: The Price of Money Largo Winch, devastated by the kidnapping of his son, realizes that if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe...	Ezio Burntwood	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2019	Movie Arctic Dogs Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global...	Lemmy (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	Movie Pretenders A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.	Maxwell	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2019	Movie Zeroville A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.	Vikar	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2019	Movie Don't Come Back from the Moon The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children...	Roman Smalley	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following...	Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	Movie Kin A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew...	Taylor Balik	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	Movie Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary The creators and actors from the TV show 'Freaks and Geeks' share their untold stories and pivotal moments from the...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	TV Cultureshock A look at the untold stories behind watershed moments in pop culture according to producers with each episode helmed by...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2018	Movie Future World A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.	Warlord	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2018	Movie Mississippi Requiem A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.	Homer Barron	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2018	Movie Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)	Self	Not rated
2017	TV Marcians	Self - Interviewee	Not rated
2017	Movie Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine Harmony Korine has spent his life disrupting traditional cinema with his provocative films. What most people don’t know is that...	Self - Archive Footage	Not rated
2017	Movie The Show An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's...	Male Host	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2017	TV The Deuce The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early...	Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie The Vault Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary...	Ed Mass	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2017	Movie Dumpster Diving Best friends Miguel and Bryan have their relationship tested by peer pressure when a local gang attempts to recruit Bryan...	El Diablo	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2017	Movie Blood Heist DIY filmmakers who simultaneously commit a star-crossed armed robbery and shoot a vérité film of it	Farmer Simon	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Mad Whale Inmates at a women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick.'	Edward Fry	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2017	Movie Alien: Covenant The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers...	Jacob Branson (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	Movie The Disaster Artist An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor...	Tommy / 'Johnny'	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie Actors Anonymous The film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, exploring the lives of young actors in Hollywood, from the...	Jake Lamont	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2017	Movie The Institute In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into...	Dr. Cairn	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2017	Movie High School Lover 17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into...	Rick Winters	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie Why Him? A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.	Laird Mayhew	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie The Labyrinth A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	Movie Blood Surf A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother.	Metalhead Troy	Not rated
2016	Movie King Cobra It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent...	Joe Kerekes	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2016	Movie In Dubious Battle In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a...	Mac McLeod	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie Goat Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity....	Mitch	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie Sausage Party Hot dog Frank leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and...	Druggie (voice)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? Theater major Leah brings her new love home to meet her mom, Julie, who is surprised when Pearl comes to...	Director	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	Movie The Caged Pillows The Caged Pillows is a story about the way we’ve come to communicate, removing ourselves from human touch, alone but...	David D-R+	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2016	Movie Burn Country A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home.	Lindsay	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2016	Movie The Adderall Diaries Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated...	Stephen Elliott	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2016	Movie Memoria Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love...	Mr. Wyckoff	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	Movie The 4%: Film's Gender Problem Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share...	Self	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2016	TV 11.22.63 An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life...	Jake Epping	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2016	TV Angie Tribeca Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of...	Sgt. Eddie Pepper	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie Yosemite It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the...	Phil	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2015	Movie Richard Peter Johnson The world's most famous male porn star, Richard Peter Johnson, retires at the height of his career to pursue his...	James Franco	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Night Before In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie A Walk in Winter When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of...	Conrad	Not rated
2015	Movie The Sound and the Fury A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part...	Benjy Compson	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie Queen of the Desert A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in...	Henry Cadogan	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2015	Movie Call Me Lucky An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie The Little Prince Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with...	The Fox (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	Movie Black Dog, Red Dog Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.	Leo	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2015	Movie Wild Horses Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely...	Ben Briggs	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2015	Movie Killing Animals Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as...	Mr. Hurston	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie True Story A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who...	Christian Longo	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie Every Thing Will Be Fine One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits...	Tomas Eldan	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2015	Movie The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human...	Conrad	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2015	TV Hot Ones The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie I Am Michael The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.	Michael Glatze	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2015	Movie Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs...	Pasamonte	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2014	Movie The Interview Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with...	Dave Skylark	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie Future Relic 02 A worker who spends his days underground indexing and destroying objects from the civilization that was.	The Searcher	Not rated
2014	Movie National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men A powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship.	George	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2014	TV Making A Scene With James Franco Franco and one or more of his "fellow artists" discuss their favorite scenes from Hollywood cinema and then re-create them...	Unknown character	Not rated
2014	Movie Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special In celebration of the 2014 Video Music Awards MTV tasked Entertainment tabloid TV host, Dave Skylark , and his dynamic...	David Skylark	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	Movie Good People Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As...	Tom Reed	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	Movie Third Person An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different...	Rick	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2014	Movie Obituaries A chronicle of lives lost in a school shooting. In the wake of another tragedy, we get a glimpse of...	Felix Mitchum	Not rated
2014	Movie Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto Jacqui Getty's behind-the-scenes look at Gia Coppola's directorial debut Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff,...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	Movie Palo Alto A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.	Mr. B	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2014	Movie Child of God A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and...	Jerry	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2014	TV Deadbeat Kevin Pacalioglu may have no money and no clue, but he can see dead people, so that’s pretty cool. Faced...	Johnny	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	Movie Veronica Mars Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown...	James Franco (uncredited)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie Homefront Phil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws...	Morgan 'Gator' Bodine	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	Movie Playtime Playtime’s cosmopolitan spectacle, presented in a kaleidoscopic montage across seven large screens, interconnects the lives of its archetypical characters—hedge fund...	The Art Dealer	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2013	Movie Sal James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of...	Milton Katselas	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2013	Movie As I Lay Dying Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased...	Darl Bundren	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Interior. Leather Bar. Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader...	James	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Here Comes the Night Time	Man on Phone	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	Movie Mademoiselle C A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2013	Movie What Is Cinema? Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Comedy Central Roast of James Franco It's James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2013	Movie A Fuller Life Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's...	Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	Movie Venice 70: Future Reloaded Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long...	Self (segment James Franco)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2013	Movie Lovelace Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband,...	Hugh Hefner	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	Movie Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show The Franco Roast Red Carpet Pre-Show is hosted by Franco's real-life grandmother, Mitzie Verne and comedian Jonah Ray. Mitzie brings...	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie This Is the End While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the...	James Franco	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	Movie My Journey in Oz Actor James Franco documents the day-to-day making of Oz the Great and Powerful, interviewing director Sam Raimi and co-stars Michelle...	Self	Not rated
2013	TV The Frame A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.	Will Rodman	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2013	Movie Oz the Great and Powerful Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants...	Oz	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2013	Movie Spring Breakers After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird...	Alien	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	Movie The Color of Time A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.	C.K. Williams (age 40)	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2012	TV The Mindy Project Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice...	Paul Leotard	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2012	Movie The Letter A playwright begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but...	Tyrone	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2012	Movie The Iceman The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.	Marty Freeman	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2012	Movie Maladies A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister...	James	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	Movie Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	Movie The Broken Tower Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off...	Hart Crane	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2012	Movie Hart Crane: An Exegesis James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2012	Movie About Cherry 18-year-old Angelina shuffles between school, a dead-end job, her exploitative boyfriend, and home, where her life consists of cleaning up...	Francis	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2011	Movie Eames: The Architect and the Painter Interviews with the junior designers swept into the 24-7 world of "The Eamery" are the heart of this complex picture...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when...	Will Rodman	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2011	TV Hamish and Andy's Gap Year In a rare example of foresight, Hamish and Andy have announced that they’ve “kind of, pretty much” decided what they...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2011	Movie Caput Short film for the exhibition Rebel curated by James Franco. 'Caput' premiered as part of the Rebel installation at the...	Unknown character	Not rated
2011	Movie Your Highness A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order...	Fabious	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2011	Movie Two Films, One Legacy New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant’s Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2011	Movie Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 Enjoy some of the bet sketches from SNL's 35th season including Will Forte as MacGruber, Kenan Thompson's Deandre Cole in...	Unknown character	Not rated
2011	Movie The Green Hornet Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus...	Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2010	Movie 127 Hours The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his...	Aron Ralston	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	TV Conan A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	Movie Howl It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment...	Allen Ginsberg	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2010	Movie Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)	James Franco (Image Only)	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2010	Movie Love and Distrust This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.	Travis (segment "Grasshopper")	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2010	Movie Eat Pray Love A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different...	David	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	Movie With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages....	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie Masculinity & Me A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural...	Unknown character	Not rated
2010	Movie Saturday Night With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2010	Movie Shadows & Lies The story of William Vincent as he recounts the eccentric and curious path that has brought him, at mortal risk,...	William Vincent	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2010	Movie Date Night Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date...	Taste	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2009	Movie SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features...	(archive footage)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2009	Movie The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco Experimental film series featuring actors trashing a room.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Erased James Franco James Franco re-enacts scenes from his filmography and reinterprets Julianne Moore's role in Todd Haynes' Safe.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2008	Movie Milk The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in...	Scott Smith	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2008	Movie Good Time Max Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled...	Max	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2008	Movie Nights in Rodanthe Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul,...	Mark Flanner (uncredited)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2008	Movie Pineapple Express A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a...	Saul Silver	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie Camille A twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls.	Silias	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2008	TV Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Host Zach Galifianakis conducts comical celebrity interviews sitting with his guests between two potted ferns on a sparse set, in...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	Movie The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis A short comedic film.	Justin Bobby	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2007	Movie In the Valley of Elah A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following...	Sergeant Carnelli	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2007	Movie An American Crime The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana...	Andy	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2007	Movie Interview After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.	Boyfriend on Phone (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2007	Movie Knocked Up A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the...	Sol (uncredited)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	Movie Spider-Man 3 The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered...	New Goblin / Harry Osborn	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Spider-Man 2.1: Extended Cut In Spider-Man 2, the latest installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man series, based on the classic Marvel Comics hero, Tobey Maguire...	Harry Osborn	Not rated
2007	Movie Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry...	Dean Silo	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2006	Movie The Holiday Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a...	James Franco (uncredited)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2006	Movie The Dead Girl The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.	Derek	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	TV 30 Rock Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos...	James Franco	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	Movie Grasshopper The tragic story of two people fighting to break down the walls which stand in the way of communicating...	Travis	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2006	Movie Flyboys The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War...	Blaine Rawlings	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie The Wicker Man A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve...	Bar Guy #1	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2006	Movie Tristan & Isolde An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for...	Tristan	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	Movie Annapolis Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously...	Jake Huard	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie The Great Raid As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles...	Captain Prince	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie The Ape A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a...	Harry Walker	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2005	Movie Fool's Gold "Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with...	Brent	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	TV The Tony Danza Show The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2004	Movie Spider-Man 2 Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero...	Harry Osborn	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2003	Movie The Company Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become...	Josh	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	Movie Blind Spot Three strangers are drawn together in search of Darcy, a man they all love who has been involved with some...	Danny	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie Sonny New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a...	Sonny	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2002	Movie City by the Sea Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance...	Joey	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2002	Movie Mother Ghost Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until...	Skateboarder guy	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2002	Movie You Always Stalk the Ones You Love Three friends struggle with the pursuit of happiness.	Unknown character	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2002	Movie The Car Kid Two unlikely heroes become connected through their love of music, and on the day they meet, their lives are changed...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	Movie Deuces Wild In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of...	Tino	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2002	Movie Spider-Man After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed...	Harry Osborn	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Spider-Mania A special 40-minute E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film.	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2002	Movie Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	Movie James Dean The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the...	James Dean	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	Movie Some Body Culled from the real life experiences of its star/co-writer/producer Stephanie Bennett, and starring some of her real life ex-lovers, this...	Apartment Guy #3	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2001	Movie Mean People Suck Three stubborn teenagers place a bet over which one of them is the meanest.	Casey	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie At Any Cost Two brothers and their best friend start a rock band and try to make it big in Los Angeles.	Mike	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Whatever It Takes A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in...	Chris Campbell	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2000	Movie If Tomorrow Comes Fighting to escape the demons of his past, a young man involves his best friend in a struggle for survival.	Devin	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1999	TV The Early Show The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1999	TV Freaks and Geeks High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother...	Daniel Desario	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1999	Movie Never Been Kissed Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school...	Jason	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1999	TV To Serve and Protect In Dallas Texas, three generations of one family (all police officers) track down a serial killer.	Matt Carr	Not rated
1999	Movie To Serve and Protect Three generations of Dallas police officers join together to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas.	Matt Carr	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1996	TV Profiler Rachel Burke is a criminal profiler, one of the best, actually. She, along with a sophisticated team of specialists on...	Stevie	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	TV Pacific Blue Filmed on location at Santa Monica and Venice Beach, this series focuses on an elite bike cop unit of the...	Brian	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1993	TV The X-Files The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....	Officer #2	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1993	TV Late Show with David Letterman David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1992	TV The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie The Long Home A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.	Dallas Hardin	Not rated
TBA	Movie Love Meets in the Sunshine After a chance encounter, a terminally ill ball of sunshine talks a grumpy drifter into driving him across the desert...	Jacob	Not rated
TBA	Movie Castro's Daughter Follows the true-life story of Cuban exile turned social advocate, Alina Fernandez, whose birth was the result of the tryst...	Fidel Castro	Not rated
TBA	Movie Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin Naya, the Golden Dolphin Princess, is sent on an urgent mission by her father, the King, to eight corners of...	Finn (voice)	Not rated
TBA	Movie Golden State Killer Follows the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California during the 1970s and '80s.	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Razor's Edge A former mob hitman faces a dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped and his love interest targeted. He must take...	Dante	Not rated
TBA	Movie Something's In There Billy Hobbs is a social outcast with dreams of becoming the next great movie director. When Billy gets hired as...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Toad Two naive slackers, Sam and Alex, are hired to transport a box of contraband psychedelic toads from LA to Vegas....	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Making A Scene	Himself	Not rated
TBA	Movie Foster Haunted by his past and clawing his way through sobriety, Donald 'Don' Foster just wants some peace. When a troubled...	Donald 'Don' Foster	Not rated
TBA	Movie Kill the Czar A mysterious outsider's life turns upside down when she is blackmailed by an evil filmmaker to carry out an extraordinary...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra A documentary following a year in the life of Jesse Heiman, Hollywood's most recognizable background actor - as he tries...	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2020	Movie Sleepaway Slasher Things take a turn for the worst when a group of bickering filmmakers join a suspicious film festival on the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2020	Movie Birth of a Poet Birth of a Poet is a dramatic short film that captures the moment Stephen Dobyns transitions from a disillusioned journalist...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2020	Movie Birth of a Poet Birth of a Poet is a dramatic short film that captures the moment Stephen Dobyns transitions from a disillusioned journalist...	Director Directing	Not rated
2019	Movie Pretenders A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2019	Movie Zeroville A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2019	Movie Don't Come Back from the Moon The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie Future World A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.	Producer Production	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2018	Movie Future World A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.	Director Directing	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2018	Movie Mississippi Requiem A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2018	Movie Mississippi Requiem A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.	Writer Writing	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2018	Movie Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)	Director Directing	Not rated
2017	TV The Deuce The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	TV The Deuce The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Tenn Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in...	Director Directing	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Disaster Artist An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie The Disaster Artist An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie Actors Anonymous The film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, exploring the lives of young actors in Hollywood, from the...	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2017	Movie Metamorphosis: Junior Year Haunted by the disappearance of his sister and plagued by his parent's expectations, young artist Ovid uses mythology and drawings...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2017	Movie The Institute In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2017	Movie The Institute In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2017	Movie High School Lover 17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2017	Movie Rio Screen adaptation of James Franco's novel 'Actors Anonymous', in which the Hollywood star addresses the strange addiction of acting, based...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2016	Movie Why Him? A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie The Labyrinth A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	Movie Blood Surf A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother.	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2016	Movie King Cobra It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2016	Movie In Dubious Battle In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie In Dubious Battle In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie Goat Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity....	Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? Theater major Leah brings her new love home to meet her mom, Julie, who is surprised when Pearl comes to...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	Movie Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? Theater major Leah brings her new love home to meet her mom, Julie, who is surprised when Pearl comes to...	Story Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	Movie The Adderall Diaries Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2016	TV 11.22.63 An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2016	TV 11.22.63 An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2016	Movie Yosemite It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2016	Movie Yosemite It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the...	Book Writing	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2015	Movie A Walk in Winter When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2015	Movie The Sound and the Fury A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie Black Dog, Red Dog Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2015	Movie Black Dog, Red Dog Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2015	Movie Miss Famous All Monica wants is to be wanted. But can she get past her fantasies in order see the truth about...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie Killing Animals Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as...	Novel Writing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie I Am Michael The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2015	Movie Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2014	Movie The Interview Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie Guests When Charlie and his family move to a warmer climate for the sake of his father's illness, he finds himself...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	Movie Palo Alto A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.	Book Writing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2014	Movie Palo Alto A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.	Presenter Crew	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2014	Movie Child of God A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2014	Movie Child of God A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2014	Movie I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel On the first day of shooting, James Franco, David Shields, and Caleb Powell throw out the script when a real-life...	Director Directing	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2013	Movie DREAM The cinematic polymath artist / actor / director, James Franco, creates a lyrical short film as the very first Dazed...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	Movie DREAM The cinematic polymath artist / actor / director, James Franco, creates a lyrical short film as the very first Dazed...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	Movie Sal James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of...	Director Directing	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2013	Movie Sal James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of...	Story Writing	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2013	Movie As I Lay Dying Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie As I Lay Dying Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Interior. Leather Bar. Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Interior. Leather Bar. Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Interior. Leather Bar. Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader...	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Venice 70: Future Reloaded Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2013	Movie La Passione La Passione is a decadent and beautifully shot trip that riffs on Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc,...	Director Directing	Not rated
2013	Movie My Journey in Oz Actor James Franco documents the day-to-day making of Oz the Great and Powerful, interviewing director Sam Raimi and co-stars Michelle...	Producer Production	Not rated
2013	Movie My Journey in Oz Actor James Franco documents the day-to-day making of Oz the Great and Powerful, interviewing director Sam Raimi and co-stars Michelle...	Director Directing	Not rated
2013	Movie The Director How do you make one of the world's most revered fashion brands your own? A look at the life and...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Kink Director Christina Voros and producer James Franco pull back the curtain on the fetish empire of Kink.com, the Internet's largest...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2012	Movie The Color of Time A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.	Producer Production	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2012	Movie The Broken Tower Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2012	Movie The Broken Tower Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off...	Editor Editing	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2012	Movie The Broken Tower Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2012	Movie The Broken Tower Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2012	Movie Hart Crane: An Exegesis James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2012	Movie My Own Private River Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River...	Editor Editing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie My Own Private River Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie Francophrenia A mini-thriller comprised of TV footage of actor James Franco's guest-starring appearances on the American daytime drama, "General Hospital."	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	Movie Jeffrey Jeffrey is a short film that is based on Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer who murdered more than twenty young...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2011	Movie Blood Meridian Test Reel James Franco's pre production test reel for Blood Meridian. Originally selected to direct a feature length adaptation, James Franco filmed...	Director Directing	Not rated
2010	Movie 42 One Dream Rush An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream....	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2010	Movie Masculinity & Me A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural...	Director Directing	Not rated
2010	Movie Masculinity & Me A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2010	Movie The Clerk's Tale Based on the eponymous poem by Spencer Reece, The Clerk's Tale is a psychological portrait of a gay man trapped...	Director Directing	Not rated
2010	Movie The Clerk's Tale Based on the eponymous poem by Spencer Reece, The Clerk's Tale is a psychological portrait of a gay man trapped...	Screenplay Writing	Not rated
2010	Movie Saturday Night With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2010	Movie Herbert White Michael Shannon stars in the role of Herbert White, a character based on the poem of the same name by...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Herbert White Michael Shannon stars in the role of Herbert White, a character based on the poem of the same name by...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Goat Boy Goat Boy is the cobbled-together remains of a student film James Franco made based on Frank Bidart's poem, “Herbert White”.	Director Directing	Not rated
2009	Movie The Feast of Stephen Stephen watches a group of boys playing basketball. The look in his eyes betrays his sexual interests. When the boys...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2009	Movie The Feast of Stephen Stephen watches a group of boys playing basketball. The look in his eyes betrays his sexual interests. When the boys...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2008	Movie Good Time Max Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2008	Movie Good Time Max Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2005	Movie The Ape A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a...	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2005	Movie The Ape A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2005	Movie The Ape A young writer, nearing a mental breakdown caused by his family and boss, moves into an apartment occupied by a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2005	Movie Fool's Gold "Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie Fool's Gold "Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
TBA	Movie The Long Home A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.	Director Directing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Kyle Young Kyle learns about death when his pet fish Frank dies suddenly. In attempt to make the most of his...	Writer Writing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Kyle Young Kyle learns about death when his pet fish Frank dies suddenly. In attempt to make the most of his...	Director Directing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Rant In Development. Adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's novel by James Franco.	Screenplay Writing	Not rated

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Largo Winch: The Price of Money

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Arctic Dogs

2019 / TMDB 6.0

Pretenders

2019 / TMDB 5.2

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127 Hours (2010)

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

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