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James Franco

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor. He left college in order to pursue acting and started off his career by making guest appearances on television series in the 1990s. Franco landed a lead part on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks and later achieved recognition for playing the titular character in the TV biopic James Dean (2001), for which he was awarded a Golden Globe Award. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Franco has appeared in an eclectic range of projects since the 2000s. Ranging from period to contemporary pieces, and from major Hollywood productions to less publicized indie films, as well as fantasy movies to biopics and soap operas. Other notable films include Pineapple Express, a stoner comedy that earned him his second Golden Globes nomination, the Harvey Milk-biopic Milk (both 2008) as well as Danny Boyle's 2010 movie 127 Hours, about real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston's struggle to free his hand from a boulder. His performance in 127 Hours earned him nominations for many high-profile awards, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globe and SAG Awards (None of which he won)

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Movies Starring James Franco (153)

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin (2025)

Naya, the Golden Dolphin Princess, is sent on an urgent mission by her father, the King, to eight corners of the Earth that are rich and fluid with dolphin energy, to unite the dolphins and save the oceans. Throughout her global quest, she learns true cour ...

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Bunny-Man (2025)

A multimillionaire superhero strikes against evil forces in anonymity wearing a rabbit mask. He is driven by the desire to avenge his sister who committed suicide after suffering a violent act, images of which wound up on the internet. ...

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Hey Joe (2024)

In 1944 Dean Barry, an American sailor, 23, arrives in Naples, a city destroyed by bombing after the liberation of Italy. Dean meets Lucia, a young and very poor girl with whom he falls madly in love. Two years later, at the end of his service, Dean has to ...

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The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure (2024)

Largo Winch, devastated by the kidnapping of his son, realizes that if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he'll see his son again. ...

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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022)

JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from Jon Watts. ...

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The Long Home (2021)

Rural Tennessee in the 1940's: a young man unwittingly goes to work building a honky-tonk for the charismatically diabolical bootlegger who murdered his father ten years earlier and runs into conflict when he falls for the young woman the bootlegger is gro ...

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Arctic Dogs (2019)

Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle. ...

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Pretenders (2019)

A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress. ...

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Zeroville (2019)

A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry. ...

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Don't Come Back from the Moon (2019)

The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves in a desolate and dreamlike world. ...

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the We ...

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Kin (2018)

A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset. ...

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Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018)

The creators and actors from the TV show 'Freaks and Geeks' share their untold stories and pivotal moments from the making of the series that only aired for one season. ...

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Future World (2018)

A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother. ...

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Mississippi Requiem (2018)

A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner. ...

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The Show (2017)

An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment. ...

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The Vault (2017)

Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank. ...

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Dumpster Diving (2017)

Best friends Miguel and Bryan have their relationship tested by peer pressure when a local gang attempts to recruit Bryan in this short written by Los Angeles High School students. ...

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Blood Heist (2017)

DIY filmmakers who simultaneously commit a star-crossed armed robbery and shoot a vérité film of it ...

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The Mad Whale (2017)

Inmates at a women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick. ...

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Alien: Covenant (2017)

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world. ...

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The Disaster Artist (2017)

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made. ...

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Actors Anonymous (2017)

The film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, exploring the lives of young actors in Hollywood, from the highs to the lows, to the lies and the heartbreak. ...

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The Institute (2017)

In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modifi ...

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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2017)

A prologue short to Alien: Covenant, it takes place aboard the Covenant, a Weyland colonization ship on its way to a remote planet to form a new human settlement. Before the crew is set to enter hypersleep, the 14 crew members (all couples) and their andr ...

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High School Lover (2017)

17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession. ...

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Why Him? (2016)

A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend. ...

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Blood Surf (2016)

A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother. ...

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King Cobra (2016)

It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire ...

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In Dubious Battle (2016)

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on ...

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Goat (2016)

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways. ...

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Sausage Party (2016)

Hot dog Frank leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store. ...

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Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (2016)

When theater major Leah, brings home the special someone in her life to meet her mom, Julie, the family is met with a surprise when Pearl comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah's new love interest, but she can't shake the feeling that s ...

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The Caged Pillows (2016)

The Caged Pillows is a story about the way we've come to communicate, removing ourselves from human touch, alone but together ...

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Burn Country (2016)

A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home. ...

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The Adderall Diaries (2016)

Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is l ...

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Memoria (2016)

Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world. Based on the book Palo ...

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The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016)

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood. ...

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Yosemite (2016)

It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community. ...

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Richard Peter Johnson (2015)

The world's most famous male porn star, Richard Peter Johnson, retires at the height of his career to pursue his dream of acting. ...

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The Night Before (2015)

In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end. ...

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A Walk in Winter (2015)

When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood. ...

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The Sound and the Fury (2015)

A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century. ...

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Queen of the Desert (2015)

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century. ...

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Call Me Lucky (2015)

An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy's most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fost ...

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The Little Prince (2015)

Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that wil ...

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Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)

Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry. ...

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Wild Horses (2015)

Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott's estranged son unexpectedly returns home durin ...

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Killing Animals (2015)

Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as they experiment with vices of all kinds, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. ...

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True Story (2015)

A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name. ...

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Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)

One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on? ...

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The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards (2015)

Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition. ...

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Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)

Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live. ...

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I Am Michael (2015)

The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor. ...

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Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha (2015)

With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world. ...

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The Interview (2014)

Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassi ...

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Future Relic 02 (2014)

A worker who spends his days underground indexing and destroying objects from the civilization that was. ...

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National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men (2014)

A powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship. ...

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Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special (2014)

In celebration of the 2014 Video Music Awards MTV tasked Entertainment tabloid TV host, Dave Skylark , and his dynamic production team lead by Aaron Rapoport, to sit down with some of this year's biggest VMA celebrities. In this half-hour special, Skylark ...

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Good People (2014)

Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is d ...

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Third Person (2014)

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship. ...

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Obituaries (2014)

A chronicle of lives lost in a school shooting. In the wake of another tragedy, we get a glimpse of each victim and see who they were, who they loved, who they hurt, and who they wanted to be. ...

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Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto (2014)

Jacqui Getty's behind-the-scenes look at Gia Coppola's directorial debut Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer. ...

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Child of God (2014)

A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation. ...

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Veronica Mars (2014)

Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery. ...

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Palo Alto (2013)

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex. ...

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Bound 3 (2013)

A parody of the Kayne West music video 'Bound 2', created by James Franco and Seth Rogen. ...

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Homefront (2013)

Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter, Maddy. He decides to quit the t ...

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Playtime (2013)

Playtime's cosmopolitan spectacle, presented in a kaleidoscopic montage across seven large screens, interconnects the lives of its archetypical characters—hedge fund managers and art world players in London; a photographer in Reykjavik; and a Filipina ho ...

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Sal (2013)

James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus. ...

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As I Lay Dying (2013)

Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch. ...

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Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)

Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom. ...

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Here Comes the Night Time (2013)

Directed by Roman Coppola. Featuring 'Here Comes The Night Time,' 'We Exist,' and 'Normal Person' from the album REFLEKTOR. ...

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Mademoiselle C (2013)

A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld. ...

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What Is Cinema? (2013)

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others d ...

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Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (2013)

It's James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast. ...

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

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A Fuller Life (2013)

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha. ...

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Lovelace (2013)

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life. ...

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Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show (2013)

The Franco Roast Red Carpet Pre-Show is hosted by Franco's real-life grandmother, Mitzie Verne and comedian Jonah Ray. Mitzie brings the Franco family perspective to the carpet and spends time on her couch with celebrity attendees, while Jonah stumps talen ...

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This Is the End (2013)

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse. ...

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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

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 wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil. ...

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Spring Breakers (2013)

After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda. ...

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The Color of Time (2012)

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years. ...

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The Letter (2012)

A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality. ...

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The Iceman (2012)

The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. ...

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Maladies (2012)

A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister and works to restart his creative career, he tries to figure out who is really calling the shots. ...

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Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012)

Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. ...

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The Broken Tower (2012)

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba. ...

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Hart Crane: An Exegesis (2012)

James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011). ...

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About Cherry (2012)

A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer. ...

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Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)

Interviews with the junior designers swept into the 24-7 world of "The Eamery" are the heart of this complex picture of a husband-and-wife creative team that define the era of Mid-Century Modernism. Narrated by James Franco, the film draws from a trove of ...

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him. ...

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Caput (2011)

Short film for the exhibition Rebel curated by James Franco. 'Caput' premiered as part of the Rebel installation at the Venice Biennale that featured three short films directed by Korine, Franco and Douglas Gordon. ...

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Your Highness (2011)

A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom. ...

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The Green Hornet (2011)

Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent a ...

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14 Actors Acting (2010)

This year's great performers striking some of the classic attitudes of cinema. ...

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127 Hours (2010)

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 in an isolated canyon in Utah. ...

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Howl (2010)

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's rea ...

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Love and Distrust (2010)

This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it. ...

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Eat Pray Love (2010)

Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a ...

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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)

At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X ...

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Masculinity & Me (2010)

A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural constructions. Inspired to the underground movement of the Sixties, the film is made of lurid and improper monologues abo ...

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Saturday Night (2010)

With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document what it takes to create one full episode of Saturday Night Live. ...

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Shadows & Lies (2010)

The story of William Vincent as he recounts the eccentric and curious path that has brought him, at mortal risk, to New York City, after four years in exile, to rescue a woman he scarcely knows, Ann, from the vague crime syndicate that first brought them t ...

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Date Night (2010)

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters wan ...

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SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)

Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features favorite holiday-themed sketches from SNL's 35-year history. ...

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The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco (2009)

Experimental film series featuring actors trashing a room. ...

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Erased James Franco (2009)

James Franco re-enacts scenes from his filmography and reinterprets Julianne Moore's role in Todd Haynes' Safe. ...

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Milk (2008)

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available ...

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Good Time Max (2008)

Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life. ...

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Nights in Rodanthe (2008)

Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying. ...

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Pineapple Express (2008)

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder. ...

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Camille (2008)

A twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls. ...

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In the Valley of Elah (2007)

A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq. ...

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An American Crime (2007)

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s. ...

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Interview (2007)

After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress. ...

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Knocked Up (2007)

A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the relationship work, they must navigate the challenges of parenthood and their differences in lifestyle and maturity. ...

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Spider-Man 3 (2007)

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 by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also ge ...

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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)

In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to th ...

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The Holiday (2006)

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship. ...

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The Dead Girl (2006)

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect. ...

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Grasshopper (2006)

The tragic story of two people fighting to break down the walls which stand in the way of communicating... ...

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Flyboys (2006)

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots. ...

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The Wicker Man (2006)

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community. ...

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Tristan & Isolde (2006)

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers. ...

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Annapolis (2006)

Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard academically. Constantl ...

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The Great Raid (2005)

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. ...

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The Ape (2005)

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. ...

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Fool's Gold (2005)

"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. ...

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Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act ...

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The Company (2003)

Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer. ...

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Blind Spot (2003)

Three strangers are drawn together in search of Darcy, a man they all love who has been involved with some nasty underworld business. ...

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Sonny (2002)

New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't e ...

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City by the Sea (2002)

Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime. ...

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Mother Ghost (2002)

Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths bathroom sink. The same jewelry she was buried in. Keith tells his wife Karen, about the jewelry and that ...

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The Car Kid (2002)

Two unlikely heroes become connected through their love of music, and on the day they meet, their lives are changed forever. ...

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Deuces Wild (2002)

1950s New York City. A bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn. The Deuces at war with the vicious Vipers. Scott Kalvert directs this tale of lust, drugs, mayhem and madness during one hot summer on the streets of ...

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Spider-Man (2002)

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man. ...

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Spider-Mania (2002)

E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film. ...

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James Dean (2001)

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant. ...

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Some Body (2001)

Culled from the real life experiences of its star/co-writer/producer Stephanie Bennett, and starring some of her real life ex-lovers, this is the story of Samantha (Bennett), a twenty-something Los Angeles schoolteacher, searching for excitement and an elu ...

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Mean People Suck (2001)

Three stubborn teenagers place a bet over which one of them is the meanest. ...

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At Any Cost (2000)

Two brothers and their best friend start a rock band and try to make it big in Los Angeles. ...

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Whatever It Takes (2000)

A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete Chris Campbell has his eye on Ryan's brainy and beautiful friend, Maggie Carter. The two agree to help each ...

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If Tomorrow Comes (2000)

Fighting to escape the demons of his past, a young man involves his best friend in a struggle for survival. ...

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Never Been Kissed (1999)

Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular cliq ...

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To Serve and Protect (1999)

Three generations of Dallas police officers join together to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas. ...

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Movies Made By James Franco (61)

The Long Home (2021)

Rural Tennessee in the 1940's: a young man unwittingly goes to work building a honky-tonk for the charismatically diabolical bootlegger who murdered his father ten years earlier and runs into conflict when he falls for the young woman the bootlegger is gro ...

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Sleepaway Slasher (2020)

Things take a turn for the worst when a group of bickering filmmakers join a suspicious film festival on the site of a mysterious murder. ...

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Birth of a Poet (2020)

Birth of a Poet is a dramatic short film that captures the moment Stephen Dobyns transitions from a disillusioned journalist to an emerging poet. It is adapted from autobiographical poems. ...

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Pretenders (2019)

A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress. ...

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Zeroville (2019)

A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry. ...

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Don't Come Back from the Moon (2019)

The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves in a desolate and dreamlike world. ...

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Future World (2018)

A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother. ...

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Mississippi Requiem (2018)

A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner. ...

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Tenn (2017)

Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also dealing with his depressed and anti-social sister. Struggling against the societal pressures and expectations ...

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The Disaster Artist (2017)

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made. ...

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Actors Anonymous (2017)

The film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, exploring the lives of young actors in Hollywood, from the highs to the lows, to the lies and the heartbreak. ...

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The Institute (2017)

In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modifi ...

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High School Lover (2017)

17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession. ...

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Rio (2017)

Screen adaptation of James Franco's novel 'Actors Anonymous', in which the Hollywood star addresses the strange addiction of acting, based on the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. ...

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Why Him? (2016)

A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend. ...

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Blood Surf (2016)

A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother. ...

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King Cobra (2016)

It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire ...

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In Dubious Battle (2016)

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on ...

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Goat (2016)

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways. ...

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Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (2016)

When theater major Leah, brings home the special someone in her life to meet her mom, Julie, the family is met with a surprise when Pearl comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah's new love interest, but she can't shake the feeling that s ...

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The Adderall Diaries (2016)

Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is l ...

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Yosemite (2016)

It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community. ...

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A Walk in Winter (2015)

When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood. ...

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The Sound and the Fury (2015)

A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century. ...

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Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)

Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry. ...

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Miss Famous (2015)

All Monica wants is to be wanted. But can she get past her fantasies in order see the truth about her life and desires? ...

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Killing Animals (2015)

Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as they experiment with vices of all kinds, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. ...

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I Am Michael (2015)

The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor. ...

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Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha (2015)

With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world. ...

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The Interview (2014)

Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassi ...

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Guests (2014)

When Charlie and his family move to a warmer climate for the sake of his father's illness, he finds himself teetering between battles of the thought of losing his father with a conflict he has with a ferocious bully at school. ...

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Child of God (2014)

A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation. ...

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I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel (2014)

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 used in the film. Shields and Franco browbeat Powell to sacrifice ev ...

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Palo Alto (2013)

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex. ...

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Bound 3 (2013)

A parody of the Kayne West music video 'Bound 2', created by James Franco and Seth Rogen. ...

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DREAM (2013)

The cinematic polymath artist / actor / director, James Franco, creates a lyrical short film as the very first Dazed Visionary. ...

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Sal (2013)

James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus. ...

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As I Lay Dying (2013)

Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch. ...

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Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)

Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom. ...

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

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La Passione (2013)

La Passione is a decadent and beautifully shot trip that riffs on Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc, if it were shot on acid and starred the ATL Twins as demons. ...

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Bukowski (2013)

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. ...

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The Director (2013)

How do you make one of the world's most revered fashion brands your own? A look at the life and work of Gucci fashion designer, Frida Giannini. Taking advantage of rare, behind-the-scenes access, director Christina Voros shows how the Florentine trendsette ...

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Kink (2013)

Director Christina Voros and producer James Franco pull back the curtain on the fetish empire of Kink.com, the Internet's largest producer of BDSM content. In a particularly obscure corner of an industry that operates largely out of public view, Kink.com's ...

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The Color of Time (2012)

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years. ...

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The Broken Tower (2012)

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba. ...

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Hart Crane: An Exegesis (2012)

James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011). ...

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My Own Private River (2012)

Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix. ...

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Francophrenia (2012)

A mini-thriller comprised of TV footage of actor James Franco's guest-starring appearances on the American daytime drama, "General Hospital. ...

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Jeffrey (2012)

Jeffrey is a short film that is based on Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer who murdered more than twenty young boys in the late 80's and early 90's. But this film explores a different side of the murderer. We get a glimpse into Jeffrey's lonely, mundane life ...

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Blood Meridian Test Reel (2011)

James Franco's pre production test reel for Blood Meridian. Originally selected to direct a feature length adaptation, James Franco filmed a 32 minute test scene of Tobin telling The Kid about how the Glanton Gang first met Judge Holden in the desert. ...

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42 One Dream Rush (2010)

Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known for doing things differently , with other Chinese User Generated Films. ...

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Masculinity & Me (2010)

A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural constructions. Inspired to the underground movement of the Sixties, the film is made of lurid and improper monologues abo ...

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The Clerk's Tale (2010)

Based on the eponymous poem by Spencer Reece, The Clerk's Tale is a psychological portrait of a gay man trapped in the monotonous routine of life at a high-end menswear store. ...

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Saturday Night (2010)

With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document what it takes to create one full episode of Saturday Night Live. ...

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Herbert White (2010)

Michael Shannon stars in the role of Herbert White, a character based on the poem of the same name by Frank Bidart. The story follows Herbert as he works in the lumber industry, supports his family, and stalks and murders women he picks up in town. While H ...

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Goat Boy (2010)

Goat Boy is the cobbled-together remains of a student film James Franco made based on Frank Bidart's poem, "Herbert White". ...

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The Feast of Stephen (2009)

Stephen watches a group of boys playing basketball. The look in his eyes betrays his sexual interests. When the boys realize, he becomes a victim of their homophobia. Or does it only seem so? ...

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Good Time Max (2008)

Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life. ...

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The Ape (2005)

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. ...

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Fool's Gold (2005)

"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. ...

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