James Franco

Chart List

1.	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	3,848
2.	Pineapple Express	1,910
3.	Why Him?	1,891
4.	Eat Pray Love	1,637
5.	Spider-Man 3	1,438
6.	Spider-Man 2	1,026
7.	The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure	490
8.	Spider-Man	469
9.	Knocked Up	427
10.	The Interview	415
11.	Sausage Party	397
12.	Kin	385
13.	11.22.63	265
14.	Homefront	249
15.	The Deuce	164
16.	The Little Prince	154
17.	This Is the End	124
18.	127 Hours	88
19.	Lovelace	68
20.	In the Valley of Elah	64
21.	Queen of the Desert	56
22.	Date Night	55
23.	Oz: The Great and Powerful	45
24.	Freaks and Geeks	41
25.	Never Been Kissed	33
26.	True Story	17
27.	Milk	15
28.	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	14
29.	The Disaster Artist	11
30.	The Adderall Diaries	10
31.	The Iceman	9
32.	Spring Breakers	5
33.	An American Crime	5
34.	Palo Alto	5
35.	Whatever It Takes	5
36.	Your Highness	4
37.	As I Lay Dying	1
38.	Arctic Dogs	1
39.	Goat	0
40.	In Dubious Battle	0

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Movie | United States | 08/04/2011 | Science Fiction | Postapocalypse

Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father Charles. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects... Especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.

7.6/10

82%

7,307

Pineapple Express

Movie | United States | 08/06/2008 | Comedy | Weed

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

6.9/10

68%

5,117

Why Him?

Movie | United States | 12/22/2016 | Comedy | Rom Com

A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.

6.2/10

39%

4,147

Eat Pray Love

Movie | United States | 08/12/2010 | Drama | Travel

Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a husband, a house, a successful career - yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali. Based upon the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert.

5.8/10

36%

4,377

Spider-Man 3

Movie | United States | 05/03/2007 | Superhero | Marvel

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains -- including the shape-shifting Sandman -- in the third installment of this blockbusting comic book adventure series. While Spidey's superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and gets caught up in a love triangle.

6.3/10

63%

14,379

Spider-Man 2

Movie | United States | 06/29/2004 | Superhero | Marvel

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood.

7.5/10

93%

5,048

The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

Movie | France | 07/31/2024 | Action

Largo Winch, devastated by the kidnapping of his son, realizes that if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he'll see his son again.

5.1/10

989

Spider-Man

Movie | United States | 05/02/2002 | Superhero | Marvel

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.

7.4/10

90%

5,903

Knocked Up

Movie | United States | 06/01/2007 | Comedy | Pregnancy

For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.

6.9/10

89%

1,335

The Interview

Movie | United States | 12/25/2014 | Comedy | Parody

Dave Skylark is king of the celebrity interview and host of the hit night time talk show \Skylark Tonight.\ The brain behind Dave's empire is his producer and best friend, Aaron Rapoport. Unfulfilled, Aaron yearns to do meaningful work. He scores the chance of a lifetime when he secures an interview for Dave with Kim Jong-Un, the mysterious and ruthless dictator of a nuclear-armed North Korea. As Dave and Aaron prepare to leave for North Korea, they are approached by the CIA and asked to assassinate Kim. They accept the mission, becoming two of the least qualified men ever to assassinate – or interview – the most dangerous man on earth.

6.5/10

52%

2,615

Sausage Party

Movie | United States | 07/11/2016 | Animation | Adult Animation

Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.

6.1/10

82%

1,155

Kin

Movie | United States | 08/29/2018 | Science Fiction | Aliens

A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.

5.8/10

35%

652

11.22.63

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

8.1/10

66%

2,114

Homefront

Movie | United States | 11/27/2013 | Action | Revenge

Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter,Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for Maddy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who was bullying her at school and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands.

6.5/10

42%

5,016

The Deuce

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.

8.1/10

93%

165

The Little Prince

Movie | France | 07/29/2015 | Animation | For Older Kids

Based on the best-seller book 'The little prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.

7.6/10

92%

795

This Is the End

Movie | United States | 06/12/2013 | Comedy | Horror Comedy

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

6.6/10

83%

1,461

127 Hours

Movie | United States | 11/05/2010 | Thriller | Survival

127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?

7.5/10

93%

299

Lovelace

Movie | United States | 08/08/2013 | Biography | sex

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

6.2/10

53%

428

In the Valley of Elah

Movie | United States | 08/31/2007 | Thriller | Iraq War

A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

7.2/10

73%

115

Queen of the Desert

Movie | United States | 09/03/2015 | Biography | Travel

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

5.7/10

18%

229

Date Night

Movie | United States | 04/08/2010 | Comedy | Rom Com

The mild-mannered married couple Phil and Claire fear that their relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, they impetuously steal a dinner reservation, which leads to a case of mistaken identity. Turns out the reservation was for a pair of thieves, and now a number of unsavory characters want Phil and Claire killed.

6.3/10

66%

218

Oz: The Great and Powerful

Movie | United States | 03/08/2013 | Fantasy | Fantasy Adventure

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

6.3/10

56%

660

Freaks and Geeks

TV Show | United States | 09/25/1999 | Comedy | Teens

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the freaks), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the geeks).

8.9/10

100%

Never Been Kissed

Movie | United States | 04/09/1999 | Romance | Rom Com

Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

6.0/10

55%

True Story

Movie | United States | 04/17/2015 | Crime | Journalists

A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

6.3/10

45%

473

Milk

Movie | United States | 11/26/2008 | Biography | LGBT

The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and old, straight and gay, alike – at a time when prejudice and violence against gays was openly accepted as the norm.

7.5/10

93%

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Movie | United States | 05/05/2016 | Comedy | Situation

A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.

5.7/10

64%

768

The Disaster Artist

Movie | United States | 12/01/2017 | Comedy | Showbusiness

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

7.3/10

91%

The Adderall Diaries

Movie | United States | 04/15/2016 | Thriller

Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir of the same name.

5.2/10

25%

The Iceman

Movie | United States | 09/01/2012 | Biography

The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

6.8/10

124

Spring Breakers

Movie | United States | 09/05/2012 | Crime | Heist

Brit, Candy, Cotty, and Faith have been best friends since grade school. They live together in a boring college dorm and are hungry for adventure. All they have to do is save enough money for spring break to get their shot at having some real fun. A serendipitous encounter with rapper \Alien\ promises to provide the girls with all the thrill and excitement they could hope for. With the encouragement of their new friend, it soon becomes unclear how far the girls are willing to go to experience a spring break they will never forget.

5.3/10

67%

An American Crime

Movie | United States | 12/07/2007 | Biography

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

7.2/10

43%

Palo Alto

Movie | United States | 05/09/2014 | Drama

Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to any boy to cross her path; and the increasingly dangerous exploits of Teddy and his best friend Fred, whose behavior may or may not be sociopathic.

6.2/10

Whatever It Takes

Movie | United States | 03/31/2000 | Comedy

A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete Chris Campbell has his eye on Ryan's brainy and beautiful friend, Maggie Carter. The two agree to help each other in their romantic quests, but, as they come closer to their goals, both Ryan and Chris suspect that they might be pursuing the wrong girls.

5.5/10

16%

Your Highness

Movie | United States | 04/08/2011 | Adventure | Knights

A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their fathers kingdom.

5.5/10

27%

151

As I Lay Dying

Movie | United States | 05/20/2013 | Drama

Based on the 1930 classic by Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

5.3/10

40%

Arctic Dogs

Movie | Canada | 11/01/2019 | Animation | Animals

Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.

4.8/10

12%

357

Goat

Movie | United States | 09/23/2016 | Drama | Psychological

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways.

5.7/10

79%

In Dubious Battle

Movie | United States | 02/17/2017 | Drama

In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up in dubious battle against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the courage never to submit or yield.

6.1/10

30%

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