Best movies of John Sayles

Actors : Clifton James, John Cusack, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : John Sayles,

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Actors : Edie Falco, Alex Lewis, Alan King, Angela Bassett,
Directors : John Sayles,

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.

Actors : Billy Zane, Chris Cooper, Thora Birch, Maria Bello,
Directors : John Sayles,

The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.

Actors : Stephen Mendillo, Elizabeth Peña, Chris Cooper, Stephen J. Lang,
Directors : John Sayles,

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Actors : Charles S. Dutton, Danny Glover, Yaya DaCosta, LisaGay Hamilton,
Directors : John Sayles,

1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the ...

Actors : Daryl Hannah, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Directors : John Sayles,

Six American women who planned on travelling to South America to adopt babies are forced, by law, to live there.

Actors : Arthur Acuña, Chris Cooper, Garret Dillahunt, Joel Torre,
Directors : John Sayles,

A fictional account of events during the Philippine-American War.

Actors : Yolonda Ross, Edward James Olmos, Hilary Barraford, LisaGay Hamilton,
Directors : John Sayles,

Fontayne is enlisted by Bernice - her estranged old friend and current parole officer - along with a disgraced cop to search for Bernice's son, who went missing on the Mexican border.

Actors : Mick Lally, Jeni Courtney, Pat Slowey, Eileen Colgan,
Directors : John Sayles,

Young Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes and active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.

Actors : Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, Mary McDonnell, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Sayles,

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

Actors : David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez, Hermínio Ramos, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : John Sayles,

In an economically devastated Alaskan town, a fisherman with a troublesome past dates a woman whose young daughter does not approve of him. When he witnesses the murder of his shady brother, he, the woman and the kid run to the wilderness.

Actors : Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez, Daryl Edwards, Joe Morton,
Directors : John Sayles,

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

Actors : Alfre Woodard, Lenore Banks, Mary McDonnell, Angela Bassett,
Directors : John Sayles,

May-Alice Culhane was a successful soap opera star, but a car accident has left her bound to a wheelchair. She returns to her now-empty family home in the bayous of Louisiana which she had ...

Actors : Stephen Mendillo, Chris Cooper, Vincent Spano, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : John Sayles,

City of Hope is a portrait of a typical middle-sized American city of the present day. The crux of the story is an old apartment block which stands in the way of a major commercial ...

Actors : Maggie Renzi, Maggie Cousineau, Bruce MacDonald, Adam LeFevre,
Directors : John Sayles,

Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.

Actors : Jack Davidson, Joanna Merlin, Vincent Spano, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : John Sayles,

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Actors : Dan Rivera González, Tania Cruz, Damián Delgado, Federico Luppi,
Directors : John Sayles,

Humberto Fuentes is a wealthy doctor whose wife has recently died. In spite of the advice of his children, he takes a trip to visit his former students who now work in impoverished villages...

Actors : Linda Griffiths, Jo Henderson, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries,
Directors : John Sayles,

A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.