Dave Franco first appeared in the American family drama television series, ‘7th Heaven’ in 2006. The following year, he made his silver screen debut in the American coming-of-age teen buddy comedy film ‘Superbad’ directed by Greg Mottola. The film opened to a positive reception and was a commercial success, grossing over $170.8 million on a budget of $17.5–20 million. That same year, he also starred as ‘Sam’ in the Eric Amadio-directed American romantic comedy-drama film ‘After Sex.’ The film holds a 5.5 out of 10 rating on IMDb. He was next seen in the 2008 American biographical film ‘Milk’ directed by Gus Van Sant. The film opened to critical acclaim and received 8 ‘Academy Award’ nominations. In 2009, he played the role of ‘Mark’ in the Nicholaus Goossen-directed American horror film ‘The Shortcut.’ The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics but failed to perform at the box office. The same year, he joined the cast of the American sitcom ‘Scrubs’ as ‘Cole Aaronson.’ He remained a part of the show until it went off-air in 2010. He next starred in films such as ‘Greenberg’ (2010), ‘Easy A’ (2010), ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ (2010), ‘The Broken Tower’ (2011), and ‘Fright Night’ (2011).
In 2012, he portrayed ‘Eric Molson’ in the American buddy cop action comedy film ‘21 Jump Street’ directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film received positive reviews from critics and performed well at the box office, grossing over $201.6 million on a $42–54.7 million budget. He next appeared in films like ‘Warm Bodies’ (2013), ‘Now You See Me’ (2013), and ‘The Lego Movie’ (2014). Franco became a recipient of the ‘MTV Movie & TV Award’ for his portrayal of ‘Pete Regazolli’ in the 2014 Nicholas Stoller-directed American comedy film, ‘Neighbors.’ The film received a positive response from critics and was a major box office success, managing to gross over $270.7 million on a budget of $18 million. He continued to star in films such as ‘Unfinished Business’ (2015), ‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’ (2016), ‘Now You See Me 2’ (2016), ‘Nerve’ (2016), ‘The Little Hours’ (2017), ‘The Disaster Artist’ (2017), ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ (2017), ‘6 Balloons’ (2018), ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ (2018), ‘Zeroville’ (2019), and ‘6 Underground’ (2019). Franco was last seen in the 2022 American vampire film, ‘Day Shift’ directed by J. J. Perry. The film received mixed reviews from critics and currently holds a 56% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The first movie in the Now You See Me series, sees an FBI agent Dylan Rhodes and an Interpol detective Alma Dray pursue a team of four magician or the Four Horsemen as they carry out bank robberies while performing and then distribute the cash amongst audience. The duo seek the help of illusionists Thaddeus Bradley; however it is difficult to differentiate between truth and illusion.
The sequel begins with the fugitive illusionists known as the Four Horsemen escaping from the FBI during a stage show because of the villainous Walter Marby. They must escape Walter’s clutches who wants them to steal a powerful chip. Meanwhile, their leader Dylan Rhodes finds out the real identity of Thaddeus Bradley.
Inseparable friends Seth and Evan, who are unpopular at school, are invited to a girl's party and offer to buy the drinks to impress their respective crushes, and hopefully, make sexual advances before school ends. However, their plan goes awry after their nerdy friend with a fake ID, Fogell, is stopped by two inept cops.
Through flashbacks, this biographical film records the career of Harvey Milk who became America's first openly gay person to be elected to public office on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors following a successful campaign led by his young partner and campaign manager Scott Smith. A year later, he is assassinated by his former conservative colleague Dan White.
Based on a 1980s television show of the same name, 21 Jump Street sees two cops who were former classmates return to their high school in order to contain a synthetic drug outbreak. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum’s impressive performances as undercover high school students has hilarious antics and plenty of laughs.
Aspiring filmmaker and actor, Tommy Wiseau, forms an unlikely friendship with actor, Greg Sestero, and the two move to Los Angeles. Eventually, as Tommy, writes and directs The Room, one of the worst movies ever made, his awful behavior alienates everyone including his friends. The Room is a flop but goes on to become a cult classic.
If Beale Street Could Talk is a crime drama romance film which tells the story of Tish and Fonny, who are childhood friends as well as lovers. Their lives are going on smoothly, until Fonny is falsely accused of rape. Despite being pregnant, Tish sets out to prove her man’s innocence and clear his name.
Based on Isaac Marion's novel of the same name, Warm Bodies is a funny paranormal comedy about a zombie who constantly craves human flesh and a young woman he falls in love with. Would their romance triumph in the wake of a zombie apocalypse threatening the world?
This techno-thriller adventure film based on Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 novel follows an introvert high school student Vee Delmonico. On her friend’s insistence, Vee signs up for a popular online augmented reality game, Nerve, which challenges players to perform one daring task after another in exchange for money. However, danger increases at every level and eventually things become scarier for Vee.
A remake of Tom Holland's 1985 film of the same name, this movie follows a teenaged boy who discovers that his neighbor is actually a blood-thirsty vampire on a never-ending killing spree. A brutal fight ensues between the two amidst other frightening events.
Based on the novel The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud, this film tells the story of Charlie, who loses his brother in a car crash which he survives. He receives a gift of seeing his dead brother and others whom he has lost. However, he falls in love with a girl, and when her life is at risk, he must choose between her and his brother.
Soon after settling down in a quiet neighborhood with their infant child, Mac and Kelly Radner find out that the Delta Psi Beta fraternity has moved in next doors. The couple endures the fraternity's noisy parties for a while in order to appear cool, but is eventually forced to call the police, initiating a bitter conflict.
An American billionaire fakes his own death to form an elite team of six individuals or ‘ghosts’, consisting of a spy, a hitman, a parkour runner, a doctor, and an ex-army sniper. Their plan is to erase their past and bring down the genocidal regime of Turgistan dictator Rovach Alimov.
Bud is a father who is working hard to provide a good life for his 10 year old daughter. To the world, he is working as a pool cleaner, but his real job is hunting and killing vampires. Despite this, the money he earns is still not enough to pay for his daughter’s tuition and cover his debts.
Recently discharged from hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown, New York City resident Roger visits Los Angeles to house sit for his brother, where he meets the family's personal assistant and soon falls in love with her.
The Little Hours is a black comedy film, which tells the story of a young servant who is forced to flee from his master. He eventually poses as a mute and deaf man, in order to seek refuge in a convent, which is full of sexually frustrated and emotionally unstable nuns. While the nuns try to resist their temptation, he struggles to hold his cover.
Mac and Kelly are expecting their second child and are thus looking forward to sell their house and move into a new more spacious one. They have a buyer, but they also have a problem. Their neighbourhood house is occupied by a group of noisy sorority girls who might just scare away their prospective buyers. To prevent this from happening, they now have to join hands with ex enemy – Teddy.
After Sex is an American romantic comedy drama film which revolves around eight different couples who experience and come to know about the joys and hardships of relationships, after having after-sex conversations. The film takes us to the beginning of each of the relationships to its aftermath.
Due to ill-treatment from his boss, Dan Trunkman quits his job. He starts his own company, but his boss tries to crush him once again.
Emmet Brickowski is an ordinary construction worker in the Lego universe, but is mistaken to be the prophesied Special after he finds the Piece of Resistance capable of stopping the super-weapon Kragle. He is recruited into a group fighting evil Lord Business, who stole Kragle, but is terribly unprepared for the epic adventure.
The residents of Ninjago dislike Lloyd since his father is the evil Lord Garmadon. However, they are unaware of the fact that Lloyd is planning to defeat his father with a team of ninjas.
Despite the success of their previous program, officers Schmidt and Jenko are sent back to the program, now at 22 Jump Street, after failing to capture some drug dealers. They go undercover at a local college to locate the supplier of new drug, WHY-PHY, but the partnership of the two overgrown adolescents is thoroughly tested along the way.
Dave Franco Awards
| Neighbors | Best Duo | 2015 |
