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Jim Sheridan has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by In the Name of the Father.
The Hurricane
1999
Drama
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Rooney Mara, Theo James, Vanessa Redgrave
A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox
Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz
