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Jim McBride

American screenwriter

1.08body-of-work score · ranked #814 of 2640 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 16, 1941 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Directing career
12 directorial credits, 1967–2000 · first: David Holzman's Diary (1967) · latest: Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000)
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jim McBride
Collezione Biblioteca Comunale G.D. Romagnosi, Salsomaggiore Terme · Public domain

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. 1
    David Holzman's Diary

    1967 · United States

    National Film Registry (inducted 1991) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.503 citations
  2. 2
    The Big Easy

    1986 · United States · crime, film-noir, action

    Ebert's annual top 10 1987 #2 · Siskel's annual top 10 1987 #10

    0.462 citations
  3. 3
    Breathless

    1983 · United States · romance, drama, crime

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.