The best Joe Franklin’s comedy movies

Joe Franklin

Joe Franklin

09/03/1926- 24/01/2015
We present our ranking of the best Joe Franklin’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 Joe Franklin.
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Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters
7.8/10
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats
6.4/10
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

Broadway Danny Rose

Broadway Danny Rose
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/01/1984
  • Character: Joe Franklin
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), whose career is on the rebound.

Terror Firmer

Terror Firmer
6.1/10
A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer.

29th Street

29th Street
7.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/11/1991
  • Character: Joe Franklin
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.

The Troma System

The Troma System
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1993
  • Character: Joe Franklin
A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better yourself as a person.

Norman's Corner

Norman's Corner
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/11/1988
  • Character: Self
A day in the life of a neurotic newsstand owner.

Bum Rap

Bum Rap
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/09/1988
  • Character: Himself
Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.

Zombie City

Zombie City
Watch Carl’s ingenious unveil while reminiscing about his favorite movie in Zombie City. Join Carl as he tries to save us from a zombie takeover and possibly our total annihilation. Will Carl save us or will he be the last man on earth to repopulate the planet? Find out and see if you can survive in Zombie City!!

The Comeback Trail

The Comeback Trail
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/03/1982
  • Character: Joe Franklin
Sketchy producers hire an ailing movie star, hoping to cash in on the insurance when he dies.

Blood Boy

Blood Boy
As radiation storms bombard the Earth, monsters run rampant and the Black Scorpion terrorist organization is threatening the city's population. Can Carl survive the post nuclear chaos displayed on his security monitor or will he spend all his time laying in bed, calling his mom and dad on the phone, and drinking unfathomable amounts of tea? Find out in the brain melting anti-epic from the director of " Alien Beasts" and " Mutant Massacre". Featuring "appearances" from the late, legendary TV host Joe Franklin and scream queen Debbie Rochon.

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