Biography
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in films, such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Squali
2025
as Robert Price
19-year-old Max gets a startup incubator opportunity in Rome, disrupting his summer plans with friends. As he navigates the adult world, his friends e...

Hey Joe
2024
as Dean Barry
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 an...

The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
2024
as Ezio Burntwood
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.

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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 J...

Sleepaway Slasher
2020
Executive Producer
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.

Birth of a Poet
2020
Writer, Director
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 i...

Arctic Dogs
2019
as Lemmy (voice)
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.

Pretenders
2019
as Maxwell
A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.

Pretenders
2019
Director
A love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.

Zeroville
2019
as Vikar
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Zeroville
2019
Director
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019
as Roman Smalley
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 desol...

Don't Come Back from the Moon
2019
Producer
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 desol...

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
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 songste...

Kin
2018
as Taylor Balik
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 ...

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
as Self
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 air...

Future World
2018
as Warlord
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.

Future World
2018
Director, Producer
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.

Mississippi Requiem
2018
as Homer Barron
A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.

Mississippi Requiem
2018
Writer, Executive Producer
A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
as Self
A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
Director
A documentary about the making and shooting of James Franco's ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017)

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
Harmony Korine has spent his life disrupting traditional cinema with his provocative films. What most people don’t know is that first and foremost he'...

The Show
2017
as Male Host
An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

The Vault
2017
as Ed Mass
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.
Dumpster Diving
2017
as El Diablo
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...

Blood Heist
2017
as Farmer Simon
DIY filmmakers who simultaneously commit a star-crossed armed robbery and shoot a vérité film of it

The Mad Whale
2017
as Edward Fry
Inmates at a women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick.'

Alien: Covenant
2017
as Jacob Branson (uncredited)
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 ...

Tenn
2017
Director
Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also deal...

The Disaster Artist
2017
as Tommy / 'Johnny'
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 pred...

The Disaster Artist
2017
Director, Producer
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 pred...

Actors Anonymous
2017
as Jake Lamont
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 t...

Actors Anonymous
2017
Writer
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 t...

The Institute
2017
as Dr. Cairn
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood In...

The Institute
2017
Director, Executive Producer
In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood In...

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
2017
as Branson
The official prologue to Alien: Covenant introduces the crew of the mission as they gather for a final meal before entering cryosleep. Set aboard the...

High School Lover
2017
as Rick Winters
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.

High School Lover
2017
Executive Producer
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.
Rio
2017
Executive Producer
Screen adaptation of James Franco's novel 'Actors Anonymous', in which the Hollywood star addresses the strange addiction of acting, based on the 12-s...

Why Him?
2016
as Laird Mayhew
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.

Why Him?
2016
Executive Producer
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.

The Labyrinth
2016
as Narrator (voice)
A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.

The Labyrinth
2016
Executive Producer
A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.

Blood Surf
2016
as Metalhead Troy
A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother.

Blood Surf
2016
Executive Producer
A shy tattoo artist must infiltrate a notorious gang of surf witches to discover what happened to her missing brother.

King Cobra
2016
as Joe Kerekes
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 ...

King Cobra
2016
Producer
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 ...

In Dubious Battle
2016
as Mac McLeod
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 ...

In Dubious Battle
2016
Director, Producer
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 ...

Goat
2016
as Mitch
Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in t...

Goat
2016
Producer
Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in t...

Sausage Party
2016
as Druggie (voice)
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 ch...

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
as Director
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...

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016
Story, Executive Producer
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...
The Caged Pillows
2016
as David D-R+
The Caged Pillows is a story about the way we’ve come to communicate, removing ourselves from human touch, alone but together

Burn Country
2016
as Lindsay
A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home.

The Adderall Diaries
2016
as Stephen Elliott
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of ...

The Adderall Diaries
2016
Producer
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of ...

Memoria
2016
as Mr. Wyckoff
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...

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
as Self
Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insigh...

Yosemite
2016
as Phil
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 thr...

Yosemite
2016
Executive Producer, Book
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 thr...

Richard Peter Johnson
2015
as James Franco
The world's most famous male porn star, Richard Peter Johnson, retires at the height of his career to pursue his dream of acting.

The Night Before
2015
as Self
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 parti...

A Walk in Winter
2015
as Conrad
When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood.

A Walk in Winter
2015
Executive Producer
When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood.

The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Benjy Compson
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.

The Sound and the Fury
2015
Director
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.

Queen of the Desert
2015
as Henry Cadogan
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the da...

Call Me Lucky
2015
as Self
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 C...

The Little Prince
2015
as The Fox (voice)
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 ...

Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Leo
Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.

Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
Writer, Director
Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.
Miss Famous
2015
Executive Producer
All Monica wants is to be wanted. But can she get past her fantasies in order see the truth about her life and desires?

Wild Horses
2015
as Ben Briggs
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...

Killing Animals
2015
as Mr. Hurston
Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as they experiment with vice...

Killing Animals
2015
Novel
Killing Animals is a portrait of a lost generation of California youths. The lives of troubled teenage misfits intertwine as they experiment with vice...

True Story
2015
as Christian Longo
A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outsi...

Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015
as Tomas Eldan
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Wi...

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Conrad
Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.

I Am Michael
2015
as Michael Glatze
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

I Am Michael
2015
Producer
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
as Pasamonte
With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world.

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
Executive Producer
With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world.

The Interview
2014
as Dave Skylark
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North ...

The Interview
2014
Executive Producer
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North ...

Future Relic 02
2014
as The Searcher
A worker who spends his days underground indexing and destroying objects from the civilization that was.
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014
as George
A powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship.

Guests
2014
Executive Producer
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 o...

Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
2014
as David Skylark
In celebration of the 2014 Video Music Awards MTV tasked Entertainment tabloid TV host, Dave Skylark , and his dynamic production team lead by Aaron R...

Good People
2014
as Tom Reed
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 thei...

Third Person
2014
as Rick
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 ...

Obituaries
2014
as Felix Mitchum
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,...

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
as Self
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 V...

Child of God
2014
as Jerry
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 ...

Child of God
2014
Director, Screenplay
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 ...

Veronica Mars
2014
as James Franco (uncredited)
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 reu...

I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
2014
Director
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 thre...

Palo Alto
2013
as Mr. B
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Palo Alto
2013
Author, Book
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Seth Rogen & James Franco Bound 3
2013
Seth Rogen and James Franco parody video, Bound 3. A tribute to Kanye and Kim's stellar vid, "Bound 2"

DREAM
2013
Producer, Director
The cinematic polymath artist / actor / director, James Franco, creates a lyrical short film as the very first Dazed Visionary.

Homefront
2013
as Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
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 ...

Playtime
2013
as The Art Dealer
Playtime’s cosmopolitan spectacle, presented in a kaleidoscopic montage across seven large screens, interconnects the lives of its archetypical charac...

Sal
2013
as Milton Katselas
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 Cau...

Sal
2013
Director, Story
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 Cau...

As I Lay Dying
2013
as Darl Bundren
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

As I Lay Dying
2013
Director, Screenplay
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
as James
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 c...

Interior. Leather Bar.
2013
Director, Cinematography, Producer
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 c...

Here Comes the Night Time
2013
as Man on Phone

Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.

What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, Da...

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
as Self
It's James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.

A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child...

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 t...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Director
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 t...

Lovelace
2013
as Hugh Hefner
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.
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show
2013
as Self
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...
La Passione
2013
Director
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...
Bukowski
2013
Writer, Director
The story of writer Charles Bukowski's formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcoh...

This Is the End
2013
as James Franco
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

The Director
2013
Producer
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...

Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as Oz
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 wiza...

Spring Breakers
2013
as Alien
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.

Kink
2013
Producer
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 con...

The Color of Time
2012
as C.K. Williams (age 40)
A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

The Color of Time
2012
Producer
A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

The Letter
2012
as Tyrone
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 ...

The Iceman
2012
as Marty Freeman
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

Maladies
2012
as James
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 ...

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
as Self
Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The Broken Tower
2012
as Hart Crane
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

The Broken Tower
2012
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012
as Himself
James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011).

Hart Crane: An Exegesis
2012
Director
James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011).

My Own Private River
2012
Editor, Director
Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix.

About Cherry
2012
as Francis
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-addict...

Francophrenia
2012
Director
A mini-thriller comprised of TV footage of actor James Franco's guest-starring appearances on the American daytime drama, "General Hospital."

Jeffrey
2012
Executive Producer
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...

Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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 te...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Will Rodman
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 primat...

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 ...

Your Highness
2011
as Fabious
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.

Blood Meridian Test Reel
2011
Director
James Franco's pre production test reel for Blood Meridian. Originally selected to direct a feature length adaptation, James Franco filmed a 32 minute...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Enjoy some of the bet sketches from SNL's 35th season including Will Forte as MacGruber, Kenan Thompson's Deandre Cole in What Up With That?, Fred Arm...

The Green Hornet
2011
as Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
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. Afte...

14 Actors Acting
2010
as Self
This year's great performers striking some of the classic attitudes of cinema.

127 Hours
2010
as Aron Ralston
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 i...

42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director
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 f...

Untitled
2010
Director
Short film by James Franco. Part of the collective film One Dream Rush.

Howl
2010
as Allen Ginsberg
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...
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock)
2010
as James Franco (Image Only)

Love and Distrust
2010
as Travis (segment "Grasshopper")
This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.

Eat Pray Love
2010
as David
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 f...

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
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,...
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. ...
Masculinity & Me
2010
Writer, Director
A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural constructions. ...
The Clerk's Tale
2010
Screenplay, Director
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...

Saturday Night
2010
as Self
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 ...

Saturday Night
2010
Director
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 ...

Shadows & Lies
2010
as William Vincent
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...

Date Night
2010
as Taste
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reserv...
Herbert White
2010
Director, Writer
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 wo...
Goat Boy
2010
Director
Goat Boy is the cobbled-together remains of a student film James Franco made based on Frank Bidart's poem, “Herbert White”.

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...

The Feast of Stephen
2009
Director, Writer
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 t...

The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco
2009
Experimental film series featuring actors trashing a room.

Erased James Franco
2009
as Self
James Franco re-enacts scenes from his filmography and reinterprets Julianne Moore's role in Todd Haynes' Safe.

Milk
2008
as Scott Smith
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 acti...

Good Time Max
2008
as Max
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life.

Good Time Max
2008
Director, Writer
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life.

Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Mark Flanner (uncredited)
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 w...

Pineapple Express
2008
as Saul Silver
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

Camille
2008
as Silias
A twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls.

The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis
2007
as Justin Bobby
A short comedic film.

In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Sergeant Carnelli
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 d...

An American Crime
2007
as Andy
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Interview
2007
as Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.

Knocked Up
2007
as Self (uncredited)
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 naviga...

Spider-Man 3
2007
as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers a...

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Dean Silo
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...

The Holiday
2006
as James Franco
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes th...

The Dead Girl
2006
as Derek
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Grasshopper
2006
as Travis
The tragic story of two people fighting to break down the walls which stand in the way of communicating...

Flyboys
2006
as Blaine Rawlings
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became th...

The Wicker Man
2006
as Bar Guy #1
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...

Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Tristan
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.

Annapolis
2006
as Jake Huard
Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman...

The Great Raid
2005
as Captain Prince
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 5...

The Ape
2005
as Harry Walker
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 ...

The Ape
2005
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
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 ...

Fool's Gold
2005
as Brent
"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 hi...

Fool's Gold
2005
Director, Writer
"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 hi...

Spider-Man 2
2004
as Harry Osborn
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 th...

The Company
2003
as Josh
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
Blind Spot
2003
as Danny
Three strangers are drawn together in search of Darcy, a man they all love who has been involved with some nasty underworld business.

Sonny
2002
as Sonny
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 h...

City by the Sea
2002
as Joey
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 ...

Mother Ghost
2002
as Skateboarder guy
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...
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
2002
Three friends struggle with the pursuit of happiness.

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.

Deuces Wild
2002
as Tino
In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers...

Spider-Man
2002
as Harry Osborn
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to b...

Spider-Mania
2002
as Self
E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film.

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'

James Dean
2001
as James Dean
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 ech...
Some Body
2001
as Apartment Guy #3
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 stor...
Mean People Suck
2001
as Casey
Three stubborn teenagers place a bet over which one of them is the meanest.

At Any Cost
2000
as Mike
Two brothers and their best friend start a rock band and try to make it big in Los Angeles.

Whatever It Takes
2000
as Chris Campbell
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 C...

If Tomorrow Comes
2000
as Devin
Fighting to escape the demons of his past, a young man involves his best friend in a struggle for survival.

Never Been Kissed
1999
as Jason
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 teena...

To Serve and Protect
1999
as Matt Carr
Three generations of Dallas police officers join together to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas.

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
N/A
as Finn (voice)
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 do...
Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde
N/A
as Fidel Castro
Follows the true-life story of Cuban exile turned social advocate, Alina Fernandez, whose birth was the result of the tryst between Revuelta and Castr...
Golden State Killer
N/A
Follows the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California during the 1970s and '80s.

Me, You
N/A
On a remote Italian island in the early 1960s, a teenage boy haunted by memories of the war falls in love with an older girl who holds a dark secret. ...

Bunny-Man
N/A
as Austin Boyd
A multimillionaire superhero strikes against evil forces in anonymity wearing a rabbit mask. He is driven by the desire to avenge his sister who commi...
The Long Home
N/A
as Dallas Hardin
A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.

The Razor's Edge
N/A
as Dante
A former mob hitman faces a dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped and his love interest targeted. He must take on a final dangerous job while evading...
Kill the Czar
N/A
A mysterious outsider's life turns upside down when she is blackmailed by an evil filmmaker to carry out an extraordinary act of violence. She winds u...
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
N/A
as Self
A documentary following a year in the life of Jesse Heiman, Hollywood's most recognizable background actor - as he tries to parlay overnight recogniti...
Toad
N/A
Two naive slackers, Sam and Alex, are hired to transport a box of contraband psychedelic toads from LA to Vegas. When the desert heat causes the toads...

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
N/A
as Self (archive footage)
Explores Caton-Jones' rise from his humble roots in the working class mining village of Broxburn, West Lothian to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, wher...
The Long Home
N/A
Director
A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.
Rant
N/A
Screenplay
In Development. Adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's novel by James Franco.