James Franco films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 55 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Freaks and Geeks, Spider-Man and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

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Freaks and Geeks
1999 · TV
8.1/10 · TMDB
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
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11.22.63
2016 · TV
7.8/10 · TMDB
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
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The Little Prince
2015 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
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...
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caeser has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caeser decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
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Milk
2008 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
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...
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An American Crime
2007 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
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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Spider-Man
2002 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
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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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
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...
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Spider-Man 2
2004 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
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...
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127 Hours
2010 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
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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The Holiday
2006 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the...
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The Disaster Artist
2017 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
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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Homefront
2013 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
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...
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Join our hosts JB Smoove and Martin Starr for a celebration of 20 years of Spider-Man™ movies! From the original Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb’s “amazing” movies to the latest trio from Director Jon Watts, we will take viewers through the...
In the Valley of Elah
2007 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
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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Tristan & Isolde
2006 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
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The Great Raid
2005 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
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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Pineapple Express
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
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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Veronica Mars
2014 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
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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The Iceman
2012 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
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Flyboys
2006 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
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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Spider-Man 3
2007 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
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...
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Why Him?
2016 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
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True Story
2015 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A drama centered around 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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Annapolis
2006 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
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...
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This Is the End
2013 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
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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Knocked Up
2007 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.
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The Interview
2014 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
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...
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Eat Pray Love
2010 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
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...
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Never Been Kissed
1999 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
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...
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Palo Alto
2014 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual...
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Nights in Rodanthe
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
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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Kin
2018 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
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...
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Arctic Dogs
2019 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
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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Date Night
2010 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
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...
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The Night Before
2015 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
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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Lovelace
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
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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Alien: Covenant
2017 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world—which has a sole inhabitant: the 'synthetic'...
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Queen of the Desert
2015 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
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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Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
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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Third Person
2013 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
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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King Cobra
2016 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
When a lonely suburban man turned gay porn producer discovers a hot, lucrative new star, he finds himself the target of rival pornographers who will stop at nothing to steal his money maker.
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In Dubious Battle
2017 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
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...
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City by the Sea
2002 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
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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Sausage Party
2016 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
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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I Am Michael
2015 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
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The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure
2024 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
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.
The Green Hornet
2011 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
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...
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Good People
2014 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna'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...
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The Adderall Diaries
2016 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
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...
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Your Highness
2011 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
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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Spring Breakers
2013 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
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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Zeroville
2019 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
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The Vault
2017 · Film
4.8/10 · TMDB
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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About Cherry
2012 · Film
4.5/10 · TMDB
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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Future World
2018 · Film
4.3/10 · TMDB
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
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Hey Joe
2024 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
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...