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Jim Sheridan

Irish playwright and filmmaker

2.67body-of-work score · ranked #412 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
February 6, 1949 · Dublin
Nationality
Ireland
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jim Sheridan
Colman Huge at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
    In the Name of the Father

    1993 · United Kingdom / United States / Ireland · biography, drama

    Berlin Golden Bear winner 1994 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1993

    1.452 citations
  2. 2
    My Left Foot

    1979 · United Kingdom / Ireland · drama, biography

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1989 · BFI Top 100 British films #53 · Sarris's annual top 10 1989 #9

    0.863 citations
  3. 3
    In America

    2002 · United Kingdom / Ireland / United States · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #26 · Ebert's annual top 10 2003 #10

    0.352 citations

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.