Want to know the best John Sayles movies?  How about the worst John Sayles movies?  Curious about John Sayles box office grosses or which John Sayles movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which John Sayles movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.

John Sayles (1950-) is an American film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.  Sayles has been nominated for two Best Writing Oscars®.   His IMDb page shows over 55 writing and directing credits since 1978. This page will rank John Sayles movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.  

John Sayles Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) Writer
1996	Lone Star (1996) Director
1981	The Howling (1981) Writer
1992	Passion Fish (1992) AA Best Writing Nom
1988	Eight Men Out (1988) Director
1997	Men with Guns (1997) Director
1987	Matewan (1987) Director
1994	The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) Director
1991	City of Hope (1991) Director
1984	The Brother From Another Planet (1984) Director
1989	Breaking in (1989) Writer
2002	Sunshine State (2002) Director
1980	Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) Director
1999	Limbo (1999) Director
1978	Piranha (1978) Writer
1983	Lianna (1983) Director
2007	Honeydripper (2007) Director
1982	The Challenge (1982) Writer
1979	The Lady In Red (1979) Writer
1983	Baby It's You (1983) Director
1980	Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) Writer
2003	Casa de Los Babys (2003) Director
1980	Alligator (1980) Writer
2013	Go For Sisters (2013) Director
2018	Sonora the Devil's Highway (2018) Writer
1986	The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) Writer
2010	Amigo (2010) Director
1987	Wild Thing (1987) Writer
1983	Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Film Festival Circuit Only Writer
2004	Silver City (2004) AA Best Writing Nom
1994	Men of War (1994) Writer

John Sayles Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

• Sort John Sayles movies by co-stars of his movies.
• Sort John Sayles movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort John Sayles movies by yearly domestic box office rank
• Sort John Sayles movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each John Sayles movie received and how many Oscar® wins each John Sayles movie won.
• Sort John Sayles movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

John Sayles Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

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