Movies starring James Franco
Danny Boyle doesn't believe in doing the same thing twice. After the rousing success of the romantic fantasy Slumdog Millionaire, he has switched not only gears but continents to tell the true story of Aron Ralston in 127 Hours, an "action film wit...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: James Franco
Hollywood loves adult entertainment, whether it's porn, stripping, or some combination of the two. The gold standard for movies of this sort remains Boogie Nights, and it seems unlikely this will change any time soon. The sad fact is that most porn...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Stephen Elliott
Cast: Ashley Hinshaw, Dev Patel, Heather Graham, ...
It is said there's nothing new under the sun, but watching Annapolis created a powerful sense of déjà vu the likes of which I rarely experience while watching a movie. Not only did I know everything that was going to happen from start to finish,...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-01-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Justin Lin
Cast: James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, ...
Those wacky Coens are at it again. And those serious Coens. And those loquacious Coens. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a paean to pre-revisionist Westerns, allows the Oscar-winning brothers to try out nearly every weapon in their considerable ...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Western
Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, Tyne Daly, Saul Rubinek, ...
When it comes to the pantheon of the Worst Movies Ever Made, there are only a few challengers to the title claimed by Plan Nine from Outer Space. One of those is Tommy Wiseau’s universally derided 2003 debut feature, The Room. Instead of fad...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Franco
Cast: James Franco, David Franco, Alison Brie, ...
Eat Pray Love is a muddle of a film - an overlong bore that either mistakenly thinks it's something more than a humdrum romance or has incorporated a variety of pretentions as window-dressing. In either case, the movie's quasi-preachy attitude eff...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-08-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, Viola Davis, ...
Although a serviceable thriller, Good People suffers from the disconnect that exists between its narrative structure and its pacing/tone. The "feel" desired by director Henrik Ruben Genz (making his first English-language feature after compiling a...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-09-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
Cast: James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson, ...
The Great Raid seeks to be the kind of epic war film that was popular during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. And, unlike many recent entries in the genre, it does not seek to take a revisionist look at war. The central premise is promising: a factua...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-08-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: WAR/ADVENTURE
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Joseph Fiennes, ...
There's something almost refreshing about a movie that delivers exactly what's expected of it. With a script developed by Sylvester Stallone and a cast led by Jason Statham, it wouldn't be hard to put together a checklist of obligatory scenes/momen...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-11-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: Jason Statham, James Franco, Izabela Vidovic, ...
The last scene of In the Valley of Elah may be the most ridiculously ham-fisted and over-the-top moment in all of 2007’s supposed prestige cinema. This image is so blatant and cheesy that it makes one wonder whether director Paul Haggis’ succes...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-09-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, ...