Jesús "Jess" Franco was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies, his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.
126 movies · 3 shows
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
2024·6.8
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021·7.3
Wild Session
2019·6.8
Drácula Barcelona
2017·5.8
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
2015·3.7
Queridos monstruos
2014·5.5
Call Me Jess Redux
2014·4.6
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014·6.0
Falks Frauen
2014·0.0
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
2013·3.6
La última película de Jess Franco
2013·6.0
The Rhythm of Jess
2013·5.5
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
2013·3.1
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
2013·7.0
Tío Jess
2012·5.0
La cripta de las condenadas
2012·3.1
Debris Documentar
2012·4.8
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
2010·0.0
Por la gracia de Luis
2009·5.0
Idoru
2009·5.0
Take-Away Spirit
2009·0.0
Coffins of Light
2009·10.0
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
2008·5.5
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
2007·6.0
Beloved Count
2007·0.0
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
2007·6.0
Bloody Jess
2007·7.0
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005·6.8
The Well
2005·9.0
Jesús in Furs
2005·6.0
Jess' Women
2005·0.0
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004·7.0
On the Threshold to Another World
2003·0.0
Death Karate in Torremolinos
2003·5.0
Red Venice
2003·4.9
Perversion Stories
2002·0.0
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
2002·8.4
Journey into Perversion
2001·0.0
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
2000·6.3
Call Him Jess
2000·7.2
Vampire Blues
1999·4.1
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
1999·2.1
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992·7.5
Esmeralda Bay
1989·5.2
Flesh-Eating Mothers
1988·4.6
Esa cosa con plumas
1988·7.0
Girl with the Red Lips
1986·10.0
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
1985·6.5
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
1985·5.0
A Crack for Two
1984·7.0
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
1984·6.3
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
1984·4.5
Night Has a Thousand Desires
1984·4.5
Lonely Road
1984·4.7
Bahia Blanca
1984·5.3
Macumba Sexual
1983·5.1
The Night Of Open Sex
1983·4.2
Black Boots, Leather Whip
1983·4.5
En busca del dragón dorado
1983·4.8
Blood on My Shoes
1983·6.6
The Blues of Pop Street
1983·5.1
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
1983·0.0
Jailhouse Wardress
1981·3.9
Sadomania
1981·5.1
Bloody Moon
1981·5.0
Sex Is Crazy
1981·5.7
White Cannibal Queen
1980·4.6
What a Honeymoon
1980·5.7
Justine and the Whip
1979·5.7
The Sadist of Notre Dame
1979·4.8
Slaves
1977·5.2
Kiss Me Killer
1977·4.1
Greta, the Mad Butcher
1977·4.8
Shining Sex
1976·4.4
White Skin Black Thighs
1976·4.9
The Troublemakers
1976·4.0
Ladies House of Pleasure
1976·3.6
Barbed Wire Dolls
1976·4.7
Midnight Party
1976·5.0
Downtown
1975·5.6
Exorcism
1975·4.5
The Hot Nights of Linda
1975·3.2
Female Vampire
1975·4.5
Women Behind Bars
1975·4.4
Sexorcismes
1975·1.0
Lorna, the Exorcist
1974·4.9
Celestine
1974·5.6
Night of the Skull
1974·6.4
Dolls for Sale
1973·4.9
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
1973·4.7
The Other Side of the Mirror
1973·5.2
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
1973·5.3
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973·5.1
Eugenie de Sade
1973·5.6
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973·4.4
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
1972·6.3
Daughter of Dracula
1972·4.2
The Corpse Packs His Bags
1972·5.1
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
1972·3.9
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972·6.2
She Killed in Ecstasy
1971·5.1
X312 - Flight to Hell
1971·4.5
Vampyros Lesbos
1971·5.7
The Devil Came from Akasava
1971·4.6
Count Dracula
1970·5.9
Eugenie
1970·4.9
Your Caresses
1969·4.8
Venus in Furs
1969·5.4
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969·3.7
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969·5.1
Kiss Me Monster
1969·4.7
Two Undercover Angels
1969·5.0
The Girl from Rio
1969·4.8
99 Women
1969·5.4
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968·4.4
Succubus
1968·5.4
Residence for Spies
1968·4.5
Lucky, the Inscrutable
1967·4.9
The Diabolical Dr. Z
1966·5.8
Attack of the Robots
1966·5.4
Dr. Orloff's Monster
1965·4.6
Strange Voyage
1964·7.3
Death Whistles the Blues
1964·5.0
The Awful Dr. Orlof
1962·5.9
Anna Said Yes
1958·6.4
Around the World in 80 Days
1956·6.7