James Franco Movies

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...

"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...

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

Three friends struggle with the pursuit of happiness.

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

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....

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

Short film for the exhibition Rebel curated by James Franco. 'Caput' premiered as part of the Rebel installation at the Venice Biennale that featured...

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

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

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

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

A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural constructions....

A documentary following a year in the life of Jesse Heiman, Hollywood's most recognizable background actor - as he tries to parlay overnight...

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...