Jim Jarmusch
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Permanent Vacation (1980)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Chris Parker, John Lurie
- Directorial debut feature for future icon Jim Jarmusch, who made this on the cusp of graduating from film school.
Set around the wanderings of a…
- Stranger than Paradise (1984)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. John Lurie
- Jarmusch's breakthrough and best film is the shaggy dog tale of three deadbeats, a slavic grandmother and one endless trip to Florida. The style is…
- Straight to Hell (1987)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Joe Strummer, Sy Richardson, Dennis Hopper…
- Spaghetti western parody, featuring the Pogues, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello and other rock star types.
- Down by Law (1988)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie
- Three disparate misfits become friends after sharing an escape from a crummy Southern jail. Art and humour rarely mix better than in this eccentric…
- Mystery Train (1989)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Joe Strummer, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Three consecutive stories that take place at the same time and place; one night in a seedy Memphis hotel. Quirky and thought–provoking with…
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Total Balalaika Show) (1989)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Jim Jarmusch
- Laconic, often funny road movie follows an awful Soviet rock group with outlandish hairstyles across backwater USA. Director is Europe's answer to…
- Night On Earth (1991)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Winona Ryder, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni
- An exotic excursion through five cities in five taxis; Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. The clever blend of pathos, humour and…
- In the Soup (1992)
- Dir. Alexandre Rockwell
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals…
- Steve Buscemi lends his bug–eyed innocence as a wannabee film–maker who becomes involved with a charismatic hood who promises to raise…
- Fishing with John (TV Series) (1992)
- Dir. John Lurie
Feat. Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper…
- Neo–beatnik musician John Lurie hosts his own candid, off–beat TV show in which he takes a hipster celebrity pal on an exotic fishing…
- Dead Man (1995)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, Lance Henriksen
- A unique meditation on the mystique of the Wild West, branded with the distinctive marks of dir. Jarmusch's dilatory tempo and playful eccentricity.…
- Blue in the Face (1995)
- Dir. Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Michael J. Fox, Roseanne…
- Shortly after SMOKE had cleared, the cast and crew of that very movie decided to throw together a pseudo–sequel based around Auggie Wren's…
- Year of the Horse (1998)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
- After Neil Young added guitar grunge to the soundtrack to DEAD MAN, Jim Jarmusch repaid the favour with this consciously gnarly doco of Crazy Horse's…
- Ghost Dog (1999)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman…
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch refines his zen–like poise in this weird, laidback comedy. Solemn hitman Forest Whitaker follows an ancient samurai code,…
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop…
- A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…
- Broken Flowers (2005)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy…
- A beguiling middle–age lament starring Bill Murray, unfurled in typical low gear by the world's 'coolest' director, Jim Jarmusch.
Playing an…
- Limits of Control, The (2009)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Isaach de Bankole, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton…
- Indie King Jim Jarmusch directs this mysterious and moody crime thriller, in which a Lone Man wanders through Madrid and Seville on an undisclosed…
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin…
- Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are sublimely cast as sophisticated vampire lovers who reunite after centuries in this stylish and imaginative new…
- Paterson (2016)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani
- A profound ode to small–town life and the beauty found within everyday simplicity, director Jim Jarmusch here creates a masterful, carefully…
- Gimme Danger (2016)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Iggy Pop
- Director Jim Jarmuschs' self–described love letter to The Stooges, one of the most influential American bands of all time.
Focusing on the…
- Dead Don't Die, The (2019)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton…
- Zom–com from indie favourite Jim Jarmusch, assembling a stunning ensemble cast and following the police force of a small town as they struggle…