James Foley
American film director and screenwriter (1953–2025)
0.89body-of-work score · ranked #963 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 28, 1953 · Brooklyn
- Died
- May 6, 2025 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, television director, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1990 · United States · film-noir, drama
Siskel's annual top 10 1990 #2 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies
0.452 citations - 2
1992 · United States · crime, drama
Empire 500 (2008) #470 · Sarris's annual top 10 1992 #8 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.443 citations
Complete filmography
All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1984Reckless
- 1986At Close Range
- 1987Who's That Girl
- 1990After Dark, My Sweet
- 1992Glengarry Glen Ross
- 1995Two Bits
- 1996Fear
- 1996The Chamber
- 1999The Corruptor
- 2003Confidence
- 2007Perfect Stranger
- 2017Fifty Shades Darker
- 2018Fifty Shades Freed