James Franco Movies

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

Haunted by the disappearance of his sister and plagued by his parent's expectations, young artist Ovid uses mythology and drawings to understand the...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". Images of destruction and chaos are shown.