John Franchi films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 35 films on Boxlist

Known for Spotlight, The Departed and Moonrise Kingdom.

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Starring John Franchi

Spotlight
2015 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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The Departed
2006 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises...
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Moonrise Kingdom
2012 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to...
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Mystic River
2003 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.
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American Hustle
2013 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.
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The Town
2010 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but...
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Gone Baby Gone
2007 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit...
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Shutter Island
2010 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
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The Fighter
2010 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
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Patriots Day
2016 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.
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Ted
2012 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
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Ghostbusters
2016 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
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The Heat
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and...
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The Company Men
2010 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands...
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The Proposal
2009 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
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Dan in Real Life
2007 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls...
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Hope Springs
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
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The Invention of Lying
2009 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
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The Finest Hours
2016 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
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Fever Pitch
2005 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.
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The Purge: Election Year
2016 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the...
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Irrational Man
2015 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
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The Great Gatsby
1974 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to...
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Ted 2
2015 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
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That's My Boy
2012 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
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The Box
2009 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner...
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
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What's Your Number?
2011 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've...
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The...
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Daddy's Home 2
2017 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
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R.I.P.D.
2013 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
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Bride Wars
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
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Underdog
2007 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
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Unfinished Business
2015 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way...
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