James Franco

James Franco is a 47 year old american actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor, known for The Masterpiece (2017), Holiday, The (2006) (2006) and The Long Home (2025).

Best according to IMDb ratings

Here are the top-rated movies and series featuring James Franco, based on user ratings on IMDb.

#	Title	IMDb
1	Planet Of The Apes 2: Dawn Of (2014)	7.6
2	Planet Of The Apes 1: Rise Of (2011)	7.6
3	Alien։ Covenant (2017)	6.4
4	Eat Pray Love (2010)	5.9

James Franco

Name: James Franco
Age: 47 years
Height: 180 cm
Birth Date: April 19, 1978
Birth Name: James Edward Franco
Birth Region: Palo Alto, California, USA
Nationality: American

James Franco' filmography

Actor

James is listed as actor for sixty seven titles.

The Long Home
Dallas Hardin
Movie, 2025

Director: James Franco
Main cast: James Franco, Ashton Kutcher, Leila George
Music: Aaron Embry

Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad
Lemmy
Movie, 2019

Director: Aaron Woodley
Main cast: James Franco, Alec Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, Jeremy Renner
Music: David Buckley

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
Movie, 2018

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Main cast: Liam Neeson, Zoë Kazan, James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McCarthy
Music: Carter Burwell

Kin
Movie, 2018

Director: Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker
Main cast: Carrie Coon, Myles Truitt, James Franco, Zoë Kravitz, Dennis Quaid

Alien։ Covenant
Branson
Movie, 2017

Director: Ridley Scott
Main cast: Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce, James Franco, Billy Crudup
Music: Jed Kurzel

The Masterpiece
Tommy Wiseau
Movie, 2017

Director: James Franco
Main cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen
Music: Dave Porter

The Adderall Diaries
Stephen Elliott
Movie, 2016

Main cast: Ed Harris, James Franco, Amber Heard, Christian Slater
Music: Michael Andrews

Sausage Party
Druggie
Movie, 2016

Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Main cast: Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen
Music: Christopher Lennertz, Alan Menken

The Little Prince
The Fox
Movie, 2015

Main cast: Marion Cotillard, Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Mackenzie Foy
Music: Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey

Queen of the Desert
Henry Cadogan
Movie, 2015

Director: Werner Herzog
Main cast: Damian Lewis, James Franco, Nicole Kidman, Jay Abdo
Music: Klaus Badelt

The Night Before
James
Movie, 2015

Director: Jonathan Levine
Main cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lizzy Caplan, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie
Music: Marco Beltrami

Black Dog, Red Dog
Leo
Movie, 2015

Director: James Franco
Main cast: Olivia Wilde, James Franco, Chloë Sevigny

Richard Peter Johnson
James Franco
Movie, 2015

Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
Self
Movie, 2015

Main cast: James Franco, Luke Wilson, Josh Sussman, Jesse Heiman

Planet Of The Apes 2: Dawn Of
(archive footage)
Movie, 2014

Director: Matt Reeves
Main cast: Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell
Music: Michael Giacchino

The Interview
Dave Skylark
Movie, 2014

Director: Seth Rogen
Main cast: James Franco, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan, Seth Rogen
Music: Henry Jackman

Veronica Mars
Movie, 2014

Director: Rob Thomas
Main cast: Kristen Bell, Francis Capra, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III, Tina Majorino
Music: Josh Kramon

Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz
Movie, 2013

Director: Sam Raimi
Main cast: Mila Kunis, Chloë Grace Moretz, Michelle Williams, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Franco, Rachel Weisz
Music: Danny Elfman

The End of the World
Himself
Movie, 2013

Director: Seth Rogen
Main cast: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson, Jay Baruchel
Music: Henry Jackman

Lovelace
Hugh Hefner
Movie, 2013

Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Main cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Brody, Amanda Seyfried, Hank Azaria
Music: Stephen Trask

As I Lay Dying
Darl Bundren
Movie, 2013

Director: James Franco
Main cast: Logan Marshall-Green, James Franco, Danny McBride, Ahna O'Reilly

Homefront
Gator
Movie, 2013

Director: Gary Fleder
Main cast: Winona Ryder, James Franco, Jason Statham, Izabela Vidovic
Music: Mark Isham

Carine Roitfeld is Mademoiselle C
Self
Movie, 2013

Main cast: Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld, Donatella Versace

James Franco's Cruising
Self
Movie, 2013

Director: James Franco

Third Person
Rick
Movie, 2013

Director: Paul Haggis
Main cast: Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, James Franco
Music: Dario Marianelli

A Fuller Life
- Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
Movie, 2013

Director: Samantha Fuller
Main cast: Samuel Fuller, James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Bill Duke

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie, 2013

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Jia Zhang-ke, James Franco, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ulrich Seidl, Paul Schrader, Isabel Coixet, Atom Egoyan, Shekhar Kapur, Todd Solondz, Tobias Lindholm, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Karim Aïnouz, John Akomfrah, Catherine Breillat, Júlio Bressane, Antonio Capuano, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Lav Diaz, Davide Ferrario, Frédéric Fonteyne, Haile Gerima, Amos Gitai, Monte Hellman, Benoît Jacquot, Marlen Khutsiyev, Milcho Manchevski, Franco Maresco, Celina Murga, Amir Naderi, Franco Piavoli, Ermanno Olmi, Giuseppe Piccioni, Michele Placido, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Edgar Reitz, João Pedro Rodrigues, Walter Salles, Sion Sono, Jean-Marie Straub, Pablo Trapero, Shinya Tsukamoto, Teresa Villaverde, Krzysztof Zanussi, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Pablo Larraín, Hala Alabdalla, Kim Ki-duk, Brillante Mendoza
Main cast: Bernardo Bertolucci, Shôta Sometani, Haile Gerima, Jessica Alexander
Music: Juan Cristóbal Meza, Tim Prebble

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Movie, 2013

Director: Joel Gallen
Main cast: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen

About Cherry
Francis
Movie, 2012

Main cast: Dev Patel, James Franco, Heather Graham, Ashley Hinshaw
Music: Jeff Russo

Spring Breakers
Alien
Movie, 2012

Director: Harmony Korine
Main cast: Ashley Benson, James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens
Music: Cliff Martinez

Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
Self
Movie, 2012

Director: Matthew Akers
Main cast: Marina Abramović
Music: Nathan Halpern

The Iceman
Marty Freeman
Movie, 2012

Director: Ariel Vromen
Main cast: Winona Ryder, Michael Shannon, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans
Music: Haim Mazar

Maladies
James
Movie, 2012

Main cast: James Franco, Catherine Keener, David Strathairn

Tar
C.K. Williams (age 40)
Movie, 2012

Director: Gabrielle Demeestere
Main cast: Mila Kunis, James Franco, Jessica Chastain, Zach Braff
Music: Daniel Wohl

Hart Crane: An Exegesis
Movie, 2012

Director: James Franco
Main cast: James Franco

Planet Of The Apes 1: Rise Of
Will Rodman
Movie, 2011

Main cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto
Music: Patrick Doyle

Your Highness
Fabious
Movie, 2011

Director: David Gordon Green
Main cast: Natalie Portman, James Franco, Danny McBride, Zooey Deschanel
Music: Steve Jablonsky

The Green Hornet
Danny Crystal Cleer
Movie, 2011

Director: Michel Gondry
Main cast: Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Seth Rogen
Music: James Newton Howard

127 Hours
Aron Ralston
Movie, 2011

Director: Danny Boyle
Main cast: Kate Mara, James Franco, Clémence Poésy, Amber Tamblyn
Music: A.R. Rahman

Eames: The Architect & The Painter
Narrator
Movie, 2011

Director: Bill Jersey
Main cast: James Franco, Paul Schrader, Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Music: Michael Bacon

Sal
Milton Katselas
Movie, 2011

Director: James Franco
Main cast: James Franco, Jim Parrack, Vince Jolivette

Date Night
Taste
Movie, 2010

Director: Shawn Levy
Main cast: Mark Wahlberg, Steve Carell, Tina Fay, Tina Fey
Music: Christophe Beck

Eat Pray Love
David Piccolo
Movie, 2010

Director: Ryan Murphy
Main cast: Javier Bardem, Julia Roberts
Music: Dario Marianelli

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
Movie, 2010

Director: Terry Dougas, Will Hess
Main cast: Kenneth Branagh, Sean Astin, Stan Lee

14 Actors Acting
Movie, 2010

Main cast: Javier Bardem, Jesse Eisenberg, James Franco, Lesley Manville
Music: Owen Pallett

Pineapple Express
Saul Silver
Movie, 2009

Director: David Gordon Green
Main cast: James Franco, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Gary Cole
Music: Graeme Revell

Milk
Scott Smith
Movie, 2009

Director: Gus van Sant
Main cast: Diego Luna, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin
Music: Danny Elfman

Nights In Rodanthe
Mark Flanner
Movie, 2008

Director: George C. Wolfe
Main cast: Richard Gere, Viola Davis, Diane Lane, Christopher Meloni

Knocked Up
Movie, 2007

Director: Judd Apatow
Main cast: Paul Rudd, Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann
Music: Joe Henry, Loudon Wainwright III

Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience
Harry Osborn / New Goblin
Movie, 2007

Director: Sam Raimi
Main cast: James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Thomas Haden Church
Music: Christopher Young

In the Valley of Elah
Sergeant Carnelli
Movie, 2007

Director: Paul Haggis
Main cast: Charlize Theron, Frances Fisher, Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon
Music: Mark Isham

Good Time Max
Max
Movie, 2007

Director: James Franco
Main cast: James Franco, Richard Portnow
Music: Jonathan Sadoff

Tristan and Isolde
Tristan
Movie, 2006

Director: Kevin Reynolds
Main cast: Rufus Sewell, James Franco, David O'Hara, Sophia Myles
Music: Anne Dudley

Flyboys
Blaine Rawlings
Movie, 2006

Main cast: James Franco, Jean Reno, David Ellison, Philip Winchester
Music: Trevor Rabin

Annapolis
Jake Huard
Movie, 2006

Director: Justin Lin
Main cast: Donnie Wahlberg, James Franco, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson
Music: Brian Tyler

The Wicker Man
Bar Guy #1
Movie, 2006

Director: Neil LaBute
Main cast: Nicolas Cage, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Ellen Burstyn
Music: Angelo Badalamenti

Holiday, The (2006)
Movie, 2006

Director: Nancy Meyers
Main cast: Jude Law, Jack Black, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz
Music: Hans Zimmer

The Great Raid
Captain Prince
Movie, 2005

Director: John Dahl
Main cast: James Franco, Benjamin Bratt, Connie Nielsen, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Music: Trevor Rabin

Spider-Man 2.1
Harry Osborn
Movie, 2004

Director: Sam Raimi
Main cast: James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Alfred Molina
Music: Christopher Young, Danny Elfman

Spider-Man I
Harry Osborn
Movie, 2002

Director: Sam Raimi
Main cast: Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire
Music: Danny Elfman

Deuces Wild
Tino
Movie, 2002

Director: Scott Kalvert
Main cast: Norman Reedus, Stephen Dorff, Fairuza Balk, Brad Renfro
Music: Stewart Copeland

City by the Sea
Joey
Movie, 2002

Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Main cast: Robert De Niro, James Franco, Frances McDormand, Eliza Dushku
Music: John Murphy

You Always Stalk the Ones You Love
Movie, 2002

Director: Mark Atienza
Main cast: Scott Caan, Mark Atienza

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Movie, 2002

Main cast: Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire

Mean People Suck
Casey
Movie, 2001

Director: Matthew Cole Weiss
Main cast: James Franco, Eric Christian Olsen, Dominique Swain

At Any Cost
Mike
Movie, 2000

Director: Charles Winkler
Main cast: James Franco, Eddie Mills
Music: Joel Goldsmith

Never Been Kissed
Jason
Movie, 1999

Director: Raja Gosnell
Main cast: Drew Barrymore, Molly Shannon, David Arquette, Michael Vartan
Music: David Newman

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Director

James is listed as director for eleven titles.

The Long Home
Movie, 2025

Director: James Franco
Main cast: James Franco, Ashton Kutcher, Leila George
Music: Aaron Embry

The Masterpiece
Movie, 2017

Director: James Franco
Main cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen
Music: Dave Porter

Black Dog, Red Dog
Movie, 2015

Director: James Franco
Main cast: Olivia Wilde, James Franco, Chloë Sevigny

As I Lay Dying
Movie, 2013

Director: James Franco
Main cast: Logan Marshall-Green, James Franco, Danny McBride, Ahna O'Reilly

James Franco's Cruising
Movie, 2013

Director: James Franco

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie, 2013

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Jia Zhang-ke, James Franco, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ulrich Seidl, Paul Schrader, Isabel Coixet, Atom Egoyan, Shekhar Kapur, Todd Solondz, Tobias Lindholm, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Karim Aïnouz, John Akomfrah, Catherine Breillat, Júlio Bressane, Antonio Capuano, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Lav Diaz, Davide Ferrario, Frédéric Fonteyne, Haile Gerima, Amos Gitai, Monte Hellman, Benoît Jacquot, Marlen Khutsiyev, Milcho Manchevski, Franco Maresco, Celina Murga, Amir Naderi, Franco Piavoli, Ermanno Olmi, Giuseppe Piccioni, Michele Placido, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Edgar Reitz, João Pedro Rodrigues, Walter Salles, Sion Sono, Jean-Marie Straub, Pablo Trapero, Shinya Tsukamoto, Teresa Villaverde, Krzysztof Zanussi, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Pablo Larraín, Hala Alabdalla, Kim Ki-duk, Brillante Mendoza
Main cast: Bernardo Bertolucci, Shôta Sometani, Haile Gerima, Jessica Alexander
Music: Juan Cristóbal Meza, Tim Prebble

Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)
Movie, 2012