Portrait of Ira Sachs

Directing

Ira Sachs

Career

Active from 1992 to 2027, busiest in 2002 and 2019 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Little Men
Little Men
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ira Sachs Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.0, average 4.8
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Slow Burn 3
  • LGBTQ+ Drama 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Anthology Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Monty Clift
Monty Clift

Writer

2020s

5 titles · average score 72
The Man I Love
The Man I Love (2027)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Peter Hujar's Day
Peter Hujar's Day (2025)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay, Director

Plainclothes
Plainclothes (2025)
GoodWatch score 74

Thanks

Passages
Passages (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Writer

Film About a Father Who
Film About a Father Who (2020)

Director of Photography

2010s

9 titles · average score 70
Frankie
Frankie (2019)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay, Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Director

Before I Forget
Before I Forget (2019)

Director

Little Men
Little Men (2016)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Producer

Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

Keep the Lights On
Keep the Lights On (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Writer

In Search of Avery Willard
In Search of Avery Willard (2012)

Executive Producer

Woman's Picture
Woman's Picture (2011)

Executive Producer

Last Address
Last Address (2010)

Director

2000s

6 titles · average score 55
Married Life
Married Life (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

Producer, Director

Forty Shades of Blue
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Writer

Underground Zero
Underground Zero (2002)

Director

Untitled
Untitled (2002)

Director

Get It While You Can
Get It While You Can (2002)

Director

10/26/00
10/26/00 (2000)

Director

1990s

3 titles · average score 57
The Delta
The Delta (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Writer

Lady
Lady (1993)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Vaudeville
Vaudeville (1992)

Writer, Director