Directing
Jim Sheridan
- Titles
- 40movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1979 to 2025, busiest in 1996 and 2017 with 2 main titles each.
- Directed
- 17titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
In the Name of the Father80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Family Dynamics7.6average 4.7
- Politics5.5average 2.6
- Biographical3.6average 0.9
- Class & Capitalism5.9average 3.3
- Pathos7.8average 5.2
- Social Commentary7.1average 4.9
- Melancholy6.8average 4.7
- Historical4.6average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.5
- Situational Comedy1.6, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor1.1, average 2.0
- Cringe Humor1.3, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 7
- Historical Drama 2
- Class Struggle 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Family Conflict 2
- Powerful Performances 2
- Redemption Story 2
- Historical Event 2
- Biographical Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
John LynchActorIn the Name of the Father, Moll Flanders, Some Mother's Son, Words Upon the Window Pane
Daniel Day-LewisActorIn the Name of the Father, My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, The Boxer
Brenda FrickerActorMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, Moll Flanders, The Field
Terry GeorgeDirectorIn the Name of the Father, The Boxer, Some Mother's Son- GGavin FridayComposerGet Rich or Die Tryin', The Boxer, In America
- MMaurice SeezerComposerGet Rich or Die Tryin', The Boxer, In America
Gerard McSorleyActorThe Boxer, Words Upon the Window Pane
Brendan GleesonActorThe Field, Into the West
Brian CoxActorThe Boxer, Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Taylor GeareActorBrothers, Dream House
Kirsten SheridanActorMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, In America
Geraldine JamesActorMoll Flanders, Words Upon the Window Pane
Movies and TV shows
34Upcoming
4 titles
Writer, Director
Director
Director, Writer
Screenplay, Director
2020s
6 titles · average score 62
Writer, Executive Producer
Executive Producer
53
as The Irishman
Executive Producer
Thanks
2010s
4 titles · average score 57
53
Producer, Director
Director, Writer
as Father O'Brien
61
Director
2000s
8 titles · average score 66
72
Director
62
Director, Producer
42
as The King of Spain
as Narrator (voice)
73
Director, Screenplay
74
Executive Producer
75
Executive Producer
63
Executive Producer
1990s
10 titles · average score 69
57
Producer
74
as CPAD Leader
68
Director, Producer
as Station Master
75
Writer, Producer
62
as le prêtre
as Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift
80
Producer, Director
69
Screenplay
72
Director, Screenplay
1980s
1 title · average score 76
76
Screenplay, Director
1970s
1 title
as Shea