James Franco

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") in this classic teen series from Paul Feig (Bridesmaids).

Two sisters rob a bank in order to free their brother (James Franco) of his debt in this heist movie with a supernatural twist.

Intense drama, based on the bestelling memoir of a college freshman, about the disturbing reality of American college fraternities. Stars Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft) and Nick of the Jonas Brothers. Co-stars James Franco and co-written by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express).

Described by the Hollywood Reporter as "porn-pulp" and nominated for top honours at the Venice Film Festival, Spring Breakers follows four college girls on a decadent spree of partying and crime as they head off on Spring Break. Starring James Franco and former Disney starlets Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez.

True-story drama from Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), starring James Franco as a climber who finds his arm trapped under a boulder in remote Utah.

In this 2006 retelling of the classic tale, an affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (James Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Sophia Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.

Sam Raimi's trilogy maker is said to take a darker tone

The second, and arguably the best, film in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. This time Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is struggling with the responsiblity of being a superhero at the expense of his friends and career.

Sam Raimi's cinematic take on our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, the first in a trilogy, with Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker. The origin story traces Parker's coming-of-age from timid schoolboy to fully fledged hero, and co-stars Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe and James Franco.

Adapted from the best-selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, stars Julia Roberts as a newly-divorced woman embarking on a journey of self-discovery. Also stars James Franco and Javier Bardem.

James Franco and Kate Hudson star in this London thriller as a cash-strapped couple who discover stacks of money in their dead tenant's apartment. Taking it for themselves, they soon become the target of a deadly adversary...

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.

James Franco directs and gives a Golden Globe-winning performance in this comedic account of the making of cult film phenomenon The Room.

James Franco and Seth Rogen's onscreen partnership continues, here playing a talk show host and producer who land an interview with Korean dictator Kim Jong-un - but are asked to assassinate him instead. Hits screens two months later than planned after Sony's hacking.

Apocalyptic comedy following the fate of Seth Rogen, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, James Franco, Craig Robinson and other celebs (playing unflattering versions of themselves) as the end of days strikes in the heart of Hollywood.

Directer Ridley Scott follows up 2012's sci-fi thriller Prometheus. Stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Danny McBride.

A ragtag group of Arctic misfits must save the world from melting ice caps in this animated comedy featuring the voices of Jeremy Renner and John Cleese.

James Franco writes, directs and stars in this adaptation of William Faulkner’s classic 1930 novel about the death of a mother, and her family’s quest to honour her wish to be buried in the town of Jefferson. Franco plays the lead son Darl, co-starring with Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Tim Blake Nelson (Lincoln) and Danny McBride (Pineapple Express).

A former war journalist (Dominic Rains) now living in California becomes embroiled in a series of grisly murders in this thriller co-starring Melissa Leo and James Franco.

James Franco adapts Cormac McCarthy’s (No Country for Old Men) novel about a dangerous man with an antisocial disposition – devoid of a stable home or parental figures – who delves deeper and deeper into malevolence.

An action-comedy about Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carell), whose boring suburban lives are turned upside down after a case of mistaken identity gives them an unexpected walk on the wild side.

James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Marie-Josée Croze lead this tragedy-stricken drama from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas), intriguingly shot in 3D.

A young boy is on the hunt for a cure to his mother's illness in a dystopian future desert world in this action thriller co-directed by James Franco.

Hardman Jason Statham takes on meth-head hick James Franco in this action thriller, written by Sylvester Stallone. Ex-DEA agent Phil Broker (Statham) relocates to a small American town for the sake of his 10-year-old daughter, but when a playground incident attracts the attention of crime-involved parents (Franco and Kate Bosworth), a violent conflict commences.