In Popular Media
- Raza or Espíritu de una Raza (Spirit of a Race) (1941), based on a script by "Jaime de Andrade" (Franco himself), is the semi-autobiographical story of a military officer played by Alfredo Mayo.
- Franco, ese hombre (That man, Franco) (1964) is a pro-Franco documentary film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
- Argentine actor José "Pepe" Soriano played both Franco and his double in Espérame en el cielo (Wait for Me in Heaven) (1988).
- Ramon Fontserè played him in ¡Buen Viaje, Excelencia! (Bon Voyage, Your Excellency!) (2003).
- The movie Dragon Rapide (1986) deals about the events previous to the Spanish Civil War, with the actor Juan Diego performing Franco
- Manuel Alexandre played Franco in the TV Movie 20-N: Los ultimos dias de Franco (20-N: The Last Days of Franco) (2008)
- The Goya Winner Juan Echanove played the dictator in the surrealistic movie MadreGilda (MotherGilda) (1993).
- The comic actor Xavier Deltell played Franco in the movie Operacion Gonada (Operation Gonad) (2000)
- ...Y al tercer año resucitó (...And On the Third Year He Rose Again) (1980) describes what would happen if Franco rose from the dead.
- Juan Viadas played Franco in Álex de la Iglesia's movie Balada triste de trompeta (The Last Circus) (2010)
- The Swedish film Together depicts a celebration triggered by the radio announcement of Franco's death.
- Franco was a running gag during the first two seasons of Saturday Night Live, where Weekend Update anchor Chevy Chase would frequently report that "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is Still Dead".
- Franco is featured in the novel Triage by Scott Anderson.
- Franco is referenced in the 1998 romantic-comedy You've Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as being a love interest of the shop assistant Birdie (Jean Stapleton).
- In an episode of Fawlty Towers, John Cleese explains to the Spanish housekeeper that a local "hamster" is in fact a rat. Under his breath, Cleese mutters: "You do have rats in Spain, or did Franco have 'em all shot?"
- Franco is referenced in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita (musical) in the song "Rainbow Tour".
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