The best Jesús Franco’s documentary movies
We present our ranking of the best Jesús Franco’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Jesús Franco.
Cuadecuc, Vampir
6.5/10
Initially a documentary about the making of Jess Franco’s “Count Dracula” (a 1970 vampire movie starring Christopher Lee), "Cuadecuc, Vampir" presents "an intervention": an atmospheric, silent, black and white film-essay, serving as an alternative version of the original movie, showing grainy footage of the performers–both in and out of their characters–wandering through the Gothic sets and the natural locations; a ghostly narration between fiction and reality.
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
The life of an Andalusian actress who had a brilliant career in cinema, but died early in a car accident at 27 years old.
Tío Jess
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
6.1/10
In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: international markets were opened, the production was continuous, a small star-system was created, as well as a solid group of specialized directors. Although foreign trends were imitated, Spanish horror offered a particular approach to sex, blood and violence. It was an extremely unusual artistic movement in Franco's Spain.
Le dernier film de Jess Franco
6.1/10
Wild Session
7.1/10
A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.
Drácula Barcelona
7.2/10
In 1969, Jesús Franco and Christopher Lee shot Count Dracula in Barcelona. At the same time, Pere Portabella became aware of this filming, vampirizing it in Cuadecuc, Vampir. Genre and Art-house films had never been so close. Drácula Barcelona tells the story of these two movies.
The Rhythm of Jess
5.9/10
Málaga, July 2012. With a nonexistent budget, the legendary director Jesus "Jess" Franco faces, at 82 years of age, what will end up being his last shoot. With only four actors and three technicians on set should have prevailed stillness. But with a whirlwind as Jess Franco in control, confusion and chaos do not slow to appear, giving rise to an ineffable and insane shooting in which young crew are unable to keep up.
Queridos monstruos
6.4/10
Ban the Sadist Videos!
7.1/10
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
Por la gracia de Luis
5.7/10
A walk through the work of Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) that is neither a documentary nor a narrative movie, but a tribute to one of the greatest directors of Spanish cinema. Anything can happen: the performers are not themselves, but their characters; there are no interviews, but greetings; a series of entrances and exits. A joyful reunion, a celebration of life.
Call Me Jess Redux
7.6/10
Jesus Franco, also known as Jess Franco, was one of the most important names in "B" cinema worldwide. With more than 200 works and a wide and peculiar use of pseudonyms, his work remains difficult to catalog, which makes it more exciting if it fits. Through a series of interviews with Franco, "Llámale Jess Redux" brings the spectator closer to the sadist, esoteric and erotic world of the director, as refined as rogue. This new version of "Llámale Jess" (2000), considered the reference documentary on Franco, and directed by Carles Prats and Manel Mayol, incorporates new unpublished statements by the irreducible Madrid filmmaker, as well as paying homage to his muse and companion, Lina Romay , Incorporating his active presence to the story.
Jesús in Furs
6.9/10
Retrospective documentary on Jesús Franco's film "Venus in Furs".
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
