Movies: James Franco

A mysterious outsider's life turns upside down when she is blackmailed by an evil filmmaker to carry out an extraordinary act of violence. She winds up in a brutal fight to save the woman she loves....

A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable....

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 works in the lumber industry, supports his family, and stalks and murders women he picks up in town. W...

Inmates at a women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick.'...

Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry....

The tragic story of two people fighting to break down the walls which stand in the way of communicating......

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

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

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

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 is adapted from autobiographical poems....

Playtime’s cosmopolitan spectacle, presented in a kaleidoscopic montage across seven large screens, interconnects the lives of its archetypical characters—hedge fund managers and art world players in London; a photographer in Reykjavik; and a Filipin...

Three strangers are drawn together in search of Darcy, a man they all love who has been involved with some nasty underworld business....

Screen adaptation of James Franco's novel 'Actors Anonymous', in which the Hollywood star addresses the strange addiction of acting, based on the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous....

A former mob hitman faces a dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped and his love interest targeted. He must take on a final dangerous job while evading a ruthless assassin....

A no-budget production, focused on the perverse candour of young sexuality, where release and sterility become tied to larger cultural constructions. Inspired to the underground movement of the Sixties, the film is made of lurid and improper monologu...

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The Caged Pillows is a story about the way we’ve come to communicate, removing ourselves from human touch, alone but together...

James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011)....

On a remote Italian island in the early 1960s, a teenage boy haunted by memories of the war falls in love with an older girl who holds a dark secret. Based on the novel "Tu, Mio," by Erri De Luca....

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 a high-end menswear store....