| | Spider-Man 2 (2004)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $373.38M Lead Role: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, | Director: Sam Raimi, Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius. |
| | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 68 | Earnings: $176.74M Lead Role: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, Karin Konoval, | Director: Rupert Wyatt, A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives rise to a super-intelligent chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising. |
| | Spider-Man (2002)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 73 | Earnings: $403.71M Lead Role: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, | Director: Sam Raimi, When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. |
| | 127 Hours (2010)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 82 | Earnings: $18.33M Lead Role: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott, | Director: Danny Boyle, An adventurous mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. |
| | This Is the End (2013)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 67 | Earnings: $101.47M Lead Role: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, | Director: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the Biblical Apocalypse. |
| | The Disaster Artist (2017)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $21.07M Lead Role: James Franco, Dave Franco, Ari Graynor, Seth Rogen, | Director: James Franco, When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true. |
| | Pineapple Express (2008)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 64 | Earnings: $87.34M Lead Role: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny McBride, | Director: David Gordon Green, A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him. |
| | The Interview (2014)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 52 | Earnings: $6.11M Lead Role: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan, | Director: Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission. |
| | The Company (2003)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 73 | Earnings: $2.28M Lead Role: Neve Campbell, James Franco, Malcolm McDowell, Barbara E. Robertson, | Director: Robert Altman, Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer (Campbell) who's poised to become a principal performer. |
| | Palo Alto (2013)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $0.75M Lead Role: Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Zoe Levin, | Director: Gia Coppola, The life and struggles of a group of adolescents living in Palo Alto. |
| | The Iceman (2012)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 60 | Earnings: $1.94M Lead Role: Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, James Franco, Winona Ryder, | Director: Ariel Vromen, The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession. |
| | Howl (2010)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 63 | Earnings: $0.62M Lead Role: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, | Director: As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized. |
| | Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 44 | Earnings: $234.90M Lead Role: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, | Director: Sam Raimi, A frustrated circus magician from Kansas is transported to a magical land called Oz, where he will have to fulfill a prophecy to become the king, and release the land from the Wicked Witches using his great (but fake) powers. |
| | Tristan + Isolde (2006)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 49 | Earnings: $14.73M Lead Role: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, David O'Hara, | Director: Kevin Reynolds, An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers. |
| | True Story (2015)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 50 | Earnings: $4.72M Lead Role: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia, | Director: Rupert Goold, When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. |
| | Lovelace (2013)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 51 | Earnings: $0.35M Lead Role: Amanda Seyfried, James Franco, Peter Sarsgaard, Juno Temple, | Director: The 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. |
| | Flyboys (2006)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 47 | Earnings: $13.08M Lead Role: James Franco, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, Scott Hazell, | Director: Tony Bill, The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots. |
| | The Great Raid (2005)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 48 | Earnings: $10.17M Lead Role: Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco, Robert Mammone, | Director: John Dahl, Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them. |
| | Homefront (2013)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 40 | Earnings: $19.78M Lead Role: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, | Director: Gary Fleder, A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord. |
| | I Am Michael (2015)| Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 56 | Earnings: null Lead Role: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver, | Director: Justin Kelly, Based on the fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual. |
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