7.8
7.8
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
2002
as Himself
Jesús Franco
Also known as: Jesus Franco, Jesus Manera, Frank Manera
Directing
Nationality:Spain
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013), also commonly known as Jess Franco, was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a highly prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. He worked in many different genres during his career, but was best known for his horror and erotic films, often incorporating surrealist elements. In a career spanning from 1954 to 2013, he wrote, directed, produced, acted in, and scored approximately 173 feature films, working both in his native Spain and (during the rule of Francisco Franco) in France, West Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and Italy. Additionally, during the 1960s, he made several films in Brazil and Istanbul. Franco's films are known for distinctive visual style and idiosyncratic approach to filmmaking, often directing multiple films concurrently. Despite mixed critical reception during his lifetime, Franco's work has gained a dedicated cult following, and he is regarded as a significant figure in the history of exploitation cinema. In 2009, he received an Honorary Goya Award from the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain for his contributions to Spanish cinema.
Filmography (251 movies)
7.5
7.5
Phollastía
1987
Director
7.3
7.3
Strange Voyage
1964
as Don Venancio
7.0
7.0
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
2013
as Voz
7.0
7.0
Call Him Jess
2000
as Himself
7.0
7.0
Bloody Jess
2007
as Self
7.0
7.0
Zorro the Avenger
1962
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005
as Self
6.5
6.5
Falo Crest
1987
Director
6.3
6.3
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
1956
Writer
6.3
6.3
Fulano y Mengano
1957
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
as Self
6.0
6.0
Jesús in Furs
2005
as Himself
6.0
6.0
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
2007
as Pete
6.0
6.0
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
La última película de Jess Franco
2013
as Self
6.0
6.0
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Night of the Skull
1974
Writer
6.0
6.0
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
2007
as Himself
6.0
6.0
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
2024
as Self - Archive footage
6.0
6.0
Queen of the Tabarin Club
1960
Director
6.0
6.0
Jaguar
1963
Director
6.0
6.0
Ama Rosa
1960
Writer
5.9
5.9
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
1984
Screenplay
5.9
5.9
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
1981
Writer
5.9
5.9
The Coyote
1955
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
The Awful Dr. Orlof
1962
Director
5.8
5.8
Count Dracula
1970
Director
5.8
5.8
Jack the Ripper
1976
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
Drácula Barcelona
2017
as Himself
5.8
5.8
Blood on My Shoes
1983
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
1977
Director
5.7
5.7
What a Honeymoon
1980
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
1972
Director
5.7
5.7
Entre pitos anda el juego
1986
Director
5.7
5.7
Faceless
1988
Director
5.7
5.7
Vampyros Lesbos
1971
Director
5.5
5.5
Sex Is Crazy
1981
Director
5.5
5.5
Call of the Blonde Goddess
1977
Writer
5.5
5.5
The Diabolical Dr. Z
1966
Screenplay
5.5
5.5
The Rhythm of Jess
2013
as Self
5.5
5.5
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
2000
as Self
5.5
5.5
Queridos monstruos
2014
as Self
5.5
5.5
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
2008
as Padre del Dr. Weissman
5.5
5.5
Jess Franco's Perversion
2005
Director
5.5
5.5
Montes de Venus
2006
Director
5.5
5.5
Celestine
1974
Writer
5.5
5.5
Downtown
1975
Director
5.4
5.4
Eugenie de Sade
1973
Director
5.4
5.4
Erotic Symphony
1980
Writer
5.4
5.4
We Are 18 Years Old
1959
Writer
5.3
5.3
99 Women
1969
Director
5.3
5.3
Succubus
1968
Director
5.3
5.3
The House of Lost Women
1983
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Venus in Furs
1969
Writer
5.2
5.2
Doriana Grey
1976
Writer
5.1
5.1
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
1973
Director
5.1
5.1
The Demons
1973
Director
5.1
5.1
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
1982
Screenplay
5.1
5.1
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
1980
Screenplay
5.1
5.1
Bahia Blanca
1984
Producer
5.1
5.1
Attack of the Robots
1966
Screenplay
5.1
5.1
The Coyote's Justice
1956
Screenplay
5.1
5.1
She Killed in Ecstasy
1971
Writer
5.0
5.0
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973
Director
5.0
5.0
Sadomania
1981
Director
5.0
5.0
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
1985
Producer
5.0
5.0
Slaves
1977
Director
5.0
5.0
Idoru
2009
5.0
5.0
Por la gracia de Luis
2009
as Himself
5.0
5.0
Tío Jess
2012
as Self
5.0
5.0
Fly Story
1986
Director
5.0
5.0
Rififi in the City
1964
Director
5.0
5.0
Fifteen Year Old Captain
1974
Writer
5.0
5.0
How Much Does a Spy Make?
1984
Writer
5.0
5.0
Around the World in 80 Beds
1977
Director
5.0
5.0
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
Director
5.0
5.0
Macumba Sexual
1983
Screenplay
4.9
4.9
Red Lips
1960
Director
4.9
4.9
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
1962
Screenplay
4.9
4.9
The Corpse Packs His Bags
1972
Director
4.9
4.9
Bloody Moon
1981
Director
4.9
4.9
The Bloody Judge
1970
Director
4.9
4.9
Justine and the Whip
1979
Director
4.9
4.9
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973
Director
4.9
4.9
Midnight Party
1976
Writer
4.9
4.9
The Other Side of the Mirror
1973
Director
4.9
4.9
How to Seduce a Virgin
1974
Director
4.8
4.8
Women in Cellblock 9
1978
Screenplay
4.8
4.8
The Story of Linda
1981
Director
4.8
4.8
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
1986
Writer
4.8
4.8
Death Karate in Torremolinos
2003
as Miyagi
4.8
4.8
Debris Documentar
2012
as Himself
4.8
4.8
The Sadist of Notre Dame
1979
Director
4.8
4.8
Lorna, the Exorcist
1974
Director
4.8
4.8
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
1973
Writer
4.8
4.8
Eugenie
1970
Director
4.7
4.7
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
1972
Director
4.7
4.7
Barbed Wire Dolls
1976
Director
4.7
4.7
Love Camp
1977
Director
4.7
4.7
The Girl from Rio
1969
Director
4.6
4.6
Blue Rita
1977
Director
4.6
4.6
Greta, the Mad Butcher
1977
Director
4.6
4.6
Call Me Jess Redux
2014
as Himself
4.6
4.6
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
1980
Director
4.6
4.6
Girls in the Night Traffic
1976
Director
4.6
4.6
Two Undercover Angels
1969
Screenplay
4.6
4.6
The Blues of Pop Street
1983
Director
4.5
4.5
Sexy Sisters
1977
Director
4.5
4.5
White Skin Black Thighs
1976
Director
4.5
4.5
Residence for Spies
1966
Writer
4.5
4.5
The Perverse Countess
1975
Director
4.5
4.5
Burning Up Inside
1979
Writer
4.5
4.5
Death Whistles the Blues
1964
Director
4.4
4.4
Exorcism
1975
Screenplay
4.4
4.4
Dr. Orloff's Monster
1964
Director
4.4
4.4
The Devil Came from Akasava
1971
Director
4.4
4.4
Devil Hunter
1980
Screenplay
4.4
4.4
Esmeralda Bay
1989
Director
4.4
4.4
Lucky, the Inscrutable
1967
Screenplay
4.4
4.4
En busca del dragón dorado
1983
Screenplay
4.4
4.4
Lulu's Talking Ass
1986
Director
4.4
4.4
Female Vampire
1973
Writer
4.3
4.3
Red Venice
2003
as Jess Franco
4.3
4.3
White Cannibal Queen
1980
Director
4.3
4.3
Black Boots, Leather Whip
1983
Writer
4.2
4.2
Kiss Me Monster
1969
Screenplay
4.2
4.2
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
Screenplay
4.2
4.2
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
1984
Screenplay
4.2
4.2
Jess Franco's Passion
2005
Writer
4.2
4.2
Women Without Innocence
1978
Director
4.2
4.2
Women Behind Bars
1975
Director
4.2
4.2
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
Director
4.1
4.1
Angel of Death
1985
Screenplay
4.1
4.1
Mansion of the Living Dead
1982
Screenplay
4.1
4.1
Nightmares Come at Night
1970
Writer
4.1
4.1
Cecilia
1983
Director
4.1
4.1
Golden Temple Amazons
1986
Producer
4.1
4.1
Night Has a Thousand Desires
1984
Writer
4.0
4.0
Dolls for Sale
1973
Director
4.0
4.0
The Hotel of Love Affairs
1983
Screenplay
4.0
4.0
Cocktail spécial
1978
Director
4.0
4.0
A Virgin for St. Tropez
1975
Director
4.0
4.0
Voces de muerte
1983
Screenplay
4.0
4.0
Vampiresas 1930
1962
Director
4.0
4.0
El lago de las vírgenes
1982
Writer
4.0
4.0
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
1983
Director
4.0
4.0
Vampire Killer Barbys
1996
Director
3.9
3.9
X312 - Flight to Hell
1971
Screenplay
3.9
3.9
Cries of Pleasure
1983
Director
3.9
3.9
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
1973
Writer
3.9
3.9
Paula-Paula
2010
Director
3.9
3.9
Your Caresses
1969
3.9
3.9
Cannibal Terror
1980
Writer
3.9
3.9
Shining Sex
1976
Director
3.9
3.9
The Girls of the Copacabana
1981
Director
3.9
3.9
The Sexual Story of O
1984
Director
3.9
3.9
Daughter of Dracula
1972
Writer
3.8
3.8
Silence of the Grave
1976
Producer
3.8
3.8
The Night Of Open Sex
1983
Director
3.8
3.8
Virgin Report
1972
Director
3.8
3.8
Kiss Me Killer
1977
Writer
3.7
3.7
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
2015
as Himself (archive footage)
3.6
3.6
Vampire Blues
1999
Screenplay
3.6
3.6
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
Director
3.6
3.6
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
1983
Producer
3.6
3.6
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
2013
Director
3.5
3.5
They Do Everything
1979
Director
3.5
3.5
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
2012
Director
3.4
3.4
Convoy of Girls
1978
Writer
3.4
3.4
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
1998
Director
3.4
3.4
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
2002
Screenplay
3.4
3.4
Camino solitario
1984
Writer
3.3
3.3
Dirty Game in Casablanca
1985
Producer
3.3
3.3
Pick-Up Girls
1981
Screenplay
3.3
3.3
Jailhouse Wardress
1981
Director
3.3
3.3
Les chatouilleuses
1975
Director
3.3
3.3
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
1972
Director
3.2
3.2
Oasis of the Zombies
1982
Director
3.2
3.2
Revenge in the House of Usher
1983
Screenplay
3.2
3.2
Downtown Heat
1994
Director
3.2
3.2
Zombie Lake
1981
Writer
3.2
3.2
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
Director
3.1
3.1
La cripta de las condenadas
2012
Writer
3.1
3.1
The Hot Nights of Linda
1975
Screenplay
3.1
3.1
Thong Girls
1987
Screenplay
3.0
3.0
Night of the Eagles
1989
Director
3.0
3.0
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
1985
Screenplay
3.0
3.0
Alone Against Terror
1986
Screenplay
3.0
3.0
El huésped de la niebla
1982
Director
2.9
2.9
White Jungle Slave
1985
Director
2.9
2.9
Tender Flesh
1997
Screenplay
2.9
2.9
Blind Target
2000
Director
2.8
2.8
Fury in the Tropics
1986
Writer
2.7
2.7
Les emmerdeuses
1976
Screenplay
2.7
2.7
Red Silk
1999
Screenplay
2.6
2.6
Lust for Frankenstein
1998
Producer
2.6
2.6
The House of the Lost Dolls
1974
Screenplay
2.5
2.5
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
2013
Writer
2.5
2.5
The Lustful Amazons
1974
Director
2.4
2.4
The Greedy Ones
1974
Screenplay
2.4
2.4
Snakewoman
2005
Director
2.4
2.4
Helter Skelter
2000
Director
2.3
2.3
The Last from Philippines
1986
Producer
2.3
2.3
Sexy Erotic Job
1975
Director
2.0
2.0
El misterio del castillo rojo
1973
Director
2.0
2.0
Slave of Crime
1987
Screenplay
2.0
2.0
Juliette
1970
Director
2.0
2.0
Broken Dolls
1999
Director
1.8
1.8
Incubus
2002
Director
1.7
1.7
Golden Jail
1976
Director
1.6
1.6
Vampire Junction
2001
Director
1.3
1.3
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
1999
Writer
1.0
1.0
Sexorcismes
1975
Writer
1.0
1.0
El destierro del Cid
1960
Director
Jess' Women
2005
as self
A Crack for Two
1984
Screenplay
Martes de Carnaval
2008
Girl with the Red Lips
1986
Screenplay
The Well
2005
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004
Esa cosa con plumas
1988
Coffins of Light
2009
as himself
Take-Away Spirit
2009
as J.W. Radek
Beloved Count
2007
as Self
Perversion Stories
2002
as Self
Journey into Perversion
2001
as Himself
Falks Frauen
2014
as (archive footage)
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
1983
as Self
Exorciseme
1975
Writer
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
2010
as Self
On the Threshold to Another World
2003
as Himself
A Man, Eight Girls
1968
Director
Sex Charade
1972
Screenplay
Las chuponas
1986
Director
Un pito para tres
1985
Screenplay
Claire
1983
Director
Lola 2000
1981
Director
Llegaron los franceses
1959
Writer
In Pursuit of Barbara
1991
Director
A Bad Day at the Cemetery
2008
Director
Jungle of Fear
1993
Executive Producer
Bangkok, City of the Dead
1985
Director
Lascivia
2007
Director
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1986
Director
Para las nenas, leche calentita
1986
Screenplay
The Tree from Spain
1957
Director
Oro español
1959
Director
Las playas vacías
1959
Screenplay
Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja
1960
Director
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