# Jim Jarmusch's films, ranked

Deadpan, music-soaked and gloriously slow: every Jarmusch feature from Permanent Vacation to The Dead Don't Die, ordered from the Paste and TheWrap rankings.

- 1460 votes · 13 items
- Mar 13, 2023 · Mitchell King
- https://even.best/en/l/3171/jim-jarmusch-s-films-ranked

## Top 13

1. **Down by Law (1986)** (156 · ▲169 ▼13) — Tom Waits, John Lurie and Roberto Benigni break out of a Louisiana jail.
2. **Stranger Than Paradise (1984)** (121 · ▲135 ▼14) — The breakthrough; Caméra d'Or at Cannes.
3. **Dead Man (1995)** (107 · ▲117 ▼10) — Johnny Depp in a black-and-white western scored by Neil Young.
4. **Mystery Train (1989)** (96 · ▲115 ▼19) — Three stories in one Memphis night.
5. **Paterson (2016)** (96 · ▲107 ▼11) — Adam Driver as a bus driver who writes poems.
6. **Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)** (85 · ▲97 ▼12) — Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as centuries-old vampires.
7. **Broken Flowers (2005)** (72 · ▲80 ▼8) — Bill Murray visits old flames; Grand Prix at Cannes.
8. **Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)** (66 · ▲83 ▼17) — Forest Whitaker as a hitman who lives by the Hagakure; RZA score.
9. **Permanent Vacation (1980)** (63 · ▲81 ▼18) — His debut feature, made at NYU.
10. **Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)** (58 · ▲70 ▼12) — Black-and-white vignettes around a table.
11. **The Dead Don't Die (2019)** (56 · ▲74 ▼18) — Zombie comedy that opened Cannes 2019.
12. **Night on Earth (1991)** (50 · ▲74 ▼24) — Five taxi rides in five cities on the same night.
13. **The Limits of Control (2009)** (40 · ▲61 ▼21) — Isaach de Bankolé as a silent assassin crossing Spain.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.