Jim Jarmusch
James Robert "Jim" Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) is an American writer-director and musician. Jarmusch has been a major figure in American independent cinema since the 1980s. He is best known for his work on "Dead Man" (1995), "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999), "Broken Flowers" (2005), and "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2013).
26 directing credits · 71 acting credits
Directing · 26
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025
Dead Man
1995
Paterson
2016
The Dead Don't Die
2019
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
Mystery Train
1989
Broken Flowers
2005
Night on Earth
1991
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Down by Law
1986
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
The Limits of Control
2009
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
Gimme Danger
2016
Permanent Vacation
1981
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Coffee and Cigarettes II
1989
Coffee and Cigarettes
1987
Year of the Horse
1997
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997
Stranger Than Paradise
1983
A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond
2025
BAD I+II
1992
Untitled Jim Jarmusch Project
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Acting · 71
The Simpsons
1989
V.I.P.
1998
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Bored to Death
2009
Sling Blade
1996
Fishing with John
1991
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
1998
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
Independent Focus
1998
In the Soup
1992
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
Blue in the Face
1995
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
Sodankylä Forever
2010
Gimme Danger
2016
Straight to Hell
1987
Blank City
2011
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
Made in the USA
1993
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
1996
Cannes Man
1996
In Bad Taste
1999
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989
Candy Mountain
1988
Spirit of Golf
2023
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022
Carmine Street Guitars
2018
Vortex
1982
Divine Trash
2000
Reel Injun
2010
Year of the Horse
1997
Hot Sugar's Cold World
2015
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw
2024
Iron Horsemen
1995
Picasso Baby
2013
Rockets Redglare!
2003
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
2004
Uncle Howard
2017
Punk: Attitude
2005
Lightning Over Water
1980
Song from the Forest
2014
Excavating Taylor Mead
2005
Fragments of Paradise
2022
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018
Cinéma Laika
2023
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
2001
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
1994
Some Days in January, 1984
2001
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
2014
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
2003
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1985
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1997
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009
Fräulein Berlin
1984
A Tribute To Ron Asheton
2013
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
1984
Don't Expect Too Much
2011
Strummer
1993
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
The Golden Boat
1991
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018
Only You
1981
The Ravenite
2018
Adios
2025
The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady
2020
American Autobahn
1984
Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself
2021