Directing
Jim Sheridan
- Titles
- 42movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1979 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 18titles as director
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Pathos7.6average 5.2
- Biographical3.3average 1.0
- Politics4.8average 2.6
- Melancholy6.8average 4.7
- Family Dynamics6.8average 4.8
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.2average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.0, average 2.4
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor0.9, average 2.0
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 7
- True Crime 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Family Conflict 2
- Biographical Drama 2
- Redemption Story 2
- Historical Event 2
- Powerful Performances 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- ZZahara MoufidActorRe-Creation, Hiba, Into Africa and Out
- MMaurice SeezerComposerGet Rich or Die Tryin', The Boxer, In America
- GGavin FridayComposerGet Rich or Die Tryin', The Boxer, In America
Terry GeorgeWriterIn the Name of the Father, The Boxer, Some Mother's Son
Brian CoxActorThe Boxer, Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Gerard McSorleyActorThe Boxer, Words Upon the Window Pane
Colm MeaneyActorRe-Creation, Into the West
Aidan GillenActorSome Mother's Son, Re-Creation
Taylor GeareActorBrothers, Dream House
Movies and TV shows
36Upcoming
4 titles
Writer, Producer
Director
Director, Screenplay
Writer, Director
2020s
7 titles · average score 53
as Juror 1
Executive Producer
as The Irishman
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Thanks
2010s
5 titles · average score 49
Producer, Writer
Director, Writer
as Father O'Brien
Executive Producer
Director
2000s
8 titles · average score 61
Director
Director, Producer
as The King of Spain
as Narrator (voice)
Producer, Writer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
1990s
10 titles · average score 65
Producer
as CPAD Leader
Director, Producer
as Station Master
Producer, Writer
as le prêtre
as Jonathan Swift / Dean Swift
Director, Producer
Screenplay
Screenplay, Director
1980s
1 title · average score 89
Director, Screenplay
1970s
1 title
as Shea