Portrait of Jim Jarmusch

Directing

Jim Jarmusch

Career

Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 1984 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jim Jarmusch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.8
  • Tension
    4.2, average 6.0
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Deadpan Humor 4
  • Meditative 3
  • Conversational 2
  • Offbeat 2
  • Existential Reflection 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Slice of Life 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Sheep & Wolf
Sheep & Wolf

Writer, Director

Garden of Ashes
Garden of Ashes

Producer

2020s

7 titles · average score 68
Nova '78
Nova '78 (2026)
GoodWatch score 69

Sound

Father Mother Sister Brother
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer, Writer

A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond
A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond (2025)

Director, Cinematography

Fathom
Fathom (2025)

Music

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2024)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing Band
SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing Band (2023)

as Member of SQÜRL

Pre-Prom
Pre-Prom (2023)

Music

2010s

9 titles · average score 71
The Dead Don't Die
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

Director, Writer

What We Do in the Shadows
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Jim Jarmusch

Diane
Diane (2019)
GoodWatch score 78

Thanks

Living the Light: Robby Müller
Living the Light: Robby Müller (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Uncle Howard
Uncle Howard (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

Executive Producer

Porto
Porto (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

Executive Producer

Paterson
Paterson (2016)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Original Music Composer

Gimme Danger
Gimme Danger (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer, Director

Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Musician

2000s

6 titles · average score 64
The Limits of Control
The Limits of Control (2009)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer, Director

Explicit Ills
Explicit Ills (2008)
GoodWatch score 46

Executive Producer

Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Director

Int. Trailer. Night
Int. Trailer. Night (2002)

Director

1990s

16 titles · average score 69
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer, Producer

SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Fisherman

V.I.P.
V.I.P. (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Jim Jarmusch

Year of the Horse
Year of the Horse (1997)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography, Director

Coffee and Cigarettes III
Coffee and Cigarettes III (1997)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Writer

Sling Blade
Sling Blade (1996)
GoodWatch score 85

as Frostee Cream Boy

Dead Man
Dead Man (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Director

Blue in the Face
Blue in the Face (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bob

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Night on Earth
Night on Earth (1991)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay, Producer

The Golden Boat
The Golden Boat (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

as Stranger

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

1980s

22 titles · average score 70
Mystery Train
Mystery Train (1989)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Jim Jarmusch (voice)

Coffee and Cigarettes II
Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant (1988)

Director

Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

Down by Law
Down by Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Writer

Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
GoodWatch score 84

Editor, Screenplay

American Autobahn
American Autobahn (1984)

as Movie Producer

Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise (1983)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

The State of Things
The State of Things (1982)
GoodWatch score 56

Music

Permanent Vacation
Permanent Vacation (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

Story, Producer

You Are Not I
You Are Not I (1981)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer, Writer