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John Sayles

86%
77%
79%
N/A
N/A
86 %
Movies Counted: 29
Fresh: 25  Rotten:4
Average Rating: 7.7/10
How does the celebrity Tomatometer work?
RT's celebrity Tomatometer measures the percentage of all the rated movies in a celebrity's filmography that are "fresh." [-]
Range of Movie T-meters: 30% - 100%
Number of Movies: 36
Box Office Since 2001: $98.3M
Bio: John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an independent American film director and writer who frequently takes a small part in his own and other indie films. Biography Early life Sayles was born in Schenectady, New York. He was raised Catholic and took to labeling himself "a Catholic atheist". Both of Sayles' parents were of half Irish [More...]

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Highest Rated
 
 
Passion Fish (1992)
Passion Fish (1992)
100%
Credit: Director
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Lowest Rated
 
 
The Alamo (2004)
The Alamo (2004)
30%
Credit: Director
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79% Spiderwick Chronicles Credit: Screenwriter View Details
68% Honeydripper Credit: Director, Screenwriter, Editor View Details
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Rating Title Credit Trailers Photos Box Office Year

79%

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Screenwriter

3

35

$71,148,699

2008

N/A

The Toe Tactic

Actor

0

0

N/A

2008

68%

Honeydripper

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

2

14

N/A

2007

67%

Who Needs Sleep?

Featured

0

0

N/A

2006

30%

The Alamo

Director

9

23

$22,367,675

2004

47%

Silver City

Director, Screenwriter

4

9

$872,141

2004

60%

Casa de los Babys

Director, Screenwriter

1

0

$312,136

2003

81%

Sunshine State

Director, Screenwriter

1

0

$2,836,157

2002

N/A

Bruce Springsteen - Video Anthology 1978-2000

Director

0

0

N/A

2000

89%

Girlfight

Executive Producer

0

5

$778,046

2000

72%

Limbo

Director, Screenwriter

2

0

N/A

1999

87%

Gridlock'd

Actor

0

0

N/A

1997

88%

Men With Guns

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

0

0

N/A

1997

57%

Santitos

Executive Producer

0

0

N/A

1997

92%

Lone Star

Director, Screenwriter

0

0

N/A

1996

86%

My Life's In Turnaround

Actor

0

0

N/A

1995

98%

Secret of Roan Inish

Director, Screenwriter, Editor

0

0

N/A

1995

91%

Matinee

Actor

0

0

N/A

1993

100%

Passion Fish

Director

0

0

N/A

1992

93%

City of Hope

Director, Actor

0

0

N/A

1991

N/A

Little Vegas

Actor

0

0

N/A

1990

N/A

Bruce Springsteen - Video Anthology, 1978-1988

Director

0

0

N/A

1989

88%

Eight Men Out

Director, Actor

0

0

N/A

1988

100%

Matewan

Director, Actor

0

0

N/A

1987

N/A

Unnatural Causes

Actor

0

0

N/A

1987

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