John Sayles
Known for: Directing
Born: September 28, 1950
Place of birth: Schenectady, New York, USA
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
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Filmography
84 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
4.4
The Gray House
2026
NR
John Sayles and Gregory Nava
2024
7.4
Poker Face
2023
6.0
Algren
2021
5.0
Corona Film Club
2021
2.7
Texas Red
2021
5.7
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
NR
Them That Work
2019
6.2
Sonora: The Devil’s Highway
2019
5.5
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019
7.5
The Alienist
2018
NR
The Umbrella
2016
6.8
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
NR
Elsie Hooper
2016
NR
Dr. Del
2016
NR
Talents
2015
NR
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
2015
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
6.0
Go for Sisters
2013
6.0
The Normals
2012
6.9
Casting By
2012
7.0
Corman's World
2011
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
4.9
Amigo
2011
5.4
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
6.1
Great Directors
2009
6.1
In the Electric Mist
2009
4.0
The Toe Tactic
2009
5.0
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
6.7
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
6.6
My Mexican Shivah
2007NR
Alligator Author
2007
5.9
Honeydripper
2007
5.8
Edge of Outside
2006
NR
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
6.1
Silver City
2004
6.2
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
5.6
Casa de los Babys
2003
7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
6.4
Sunshine State
2002
6.2
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001
6.8
A Constant Forge
2000
6.5
Girlfight
20009.5
When It Was a Game 3
2000
6.6
Limbo
1999
5.0
Little Saints
19998.3
Independent Focus
1998
6.3
Men with Guns
1998
6.1
Mimic
1997
7.0
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
6.0
Scene by Scene
1997
6.6
Gridlock'd
1997
7.1
Lone Star
1996
4.7
Piranha
1995
7.5
Baseball
1994
5.2
Men of War
1994
4.8
My Life's in Turnaround
1994
6.7
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
6.7
Matinee
1993
7.0
Passion Fish
1992
7.6
Malcolm X
1992
6.0
Straight Talk
1992
6.7
City of Hope
1991
5.0
Little Vegas
1990
7.7
Shannon's Deal
1990
5.7
Breaking In
1989
4.6
Untamagiru
1989
7.0
La fine della notte
1989
NR
Mountain View
19899.0
Shannon's Deal
1989
6.8
Eight Men Out
1988
7.4
Matewan
1987
5.7
Wild Thing
1987
5.6
Square One Television
1987
7.4
Unnatural Causes
1986
6.6
Something Wild
19867.0
The ChuckleHounds
1986
5.3
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
3.8
Hard Choices
1985
6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
6.0
Baby It's You
1983
6.4
Lianna
1983
4.6
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
5.9
The Challenge
1982
6.6
The Howling
1981
6.0
Alligator
1980
7.0
A Perfect Match
1980
5.4
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
6.5
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
5.6
The Lady in Red
1979
5.9
Piranha
1978NR
An Ode to Mary Jo
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NR
Django Lives!
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NR
Grendel
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I Passed This Way
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