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John Sayles
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre… - In his feature debut, writer–director John Sayles demonstrates a wisdom way beyond his years with this ‘do–it–yourself’…
Baby, It's You (1983)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano - High–school sweethearts Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano undergo the trials of the late 60s counter–culture America. Characters and…
Lianna (1983)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries - A mother–of–two breaks out of her cold marriage by way of an affair with a senior lecturer in this defining lesbian film of the 1980s,…
Brother from Another Planet (1984)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Joe Morton, Steve James, Bill Cobbs - Quirky comic fantasy from John Sayles about a mute alien negro who crash lands in New York and mixes with some earthbound home–boys in downtown…
Matewan (1987)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell… - In 1920s Virginia, miners unite against their strong–arm company who resort to 'scab' minority labour in response to strike action. Costly…
Eight Men Out (1989)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. John Cusack, Michael Rooker, Christopher Lloyd… - True story of the Chicago White Sox baseball team who conspired with gamblers to lose the World Series in 1919. Finely detailed topical drama with an…
Passion Fish (1992)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Mary MacDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn - After a debilitating accident, soap–opera super–bitch Mary MacDonnell returns to Louisiana and finds an unlikely soulmate in her black…
Straight Talk (1992)- Dir. Barnet Kellman
Feat. Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne… - Easy–going comedy with Dolly Parton as a country gal who becomes a wildly popular 'agony aunt' on a Chicago radio station. Dolly livens up an…
My Life's in Turnaround (1993)- Dir. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward
Feat. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward, John Sayles… - Two NY deadbeats, playing themselves, decide to make a movie out of thin air, pitching non–ideas to baffled producers, greasing up minor stars…
Secret of Roan Inish, The (1994)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally… - A young girl is sent to live with her grandmother at a coastal town in Ireland, 1949, and makes an unexpected connection with its mystical history…
Lone Star (1996)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Matthew McConaughey… - John Sayles' searching character study set in a dusty New Mexican town crosses multiple characters and time frames across three ethnic cultures.…
Men with Guns (1998)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Frederico Luppi - Criminally denied a theatrical release, this masterful study of Third World realities is arguably prolific indie dir. John Sayles most accomplished…
Limbo (1999)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. David Strathairn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - John Sayles, the doyen of American independents, succeeds all Johnny–Come–Lately's with an arresting, multi–layered fable that…
Sunshine State (2002)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Angela Bassett, Jane Alexander, Edie Falco… - Thoughtful, tightly woven ensemble drama from renowned indie filmmaker Sayles, surveys the native populous of a small Florida island community as…
Casa de los Babys (2003)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden… - Another quality ensemble drama from dir. John Sayles, that this time brings together six American women waiting to start a family through a Mexican…
Silver City (2004)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, Danny Huston, Daryl Hannah… - Oddly tangled satire of Bush–era American politics in which a George Dubya soundalike (Cooper) goes on the campaign trail in Colorado, while…
Honeydripper (2007)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Danny Glover, Keb Mo, Mable John - Musical drama featuring a number of blues musicians in acting roles, from director John Sayles (LONESTAR). Set in rural Alabama in the 50's, where a…
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