Jim McBride

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Jim McBride is an American television and film director, film producer and screenwriter. Richard Brody, writing for The New Yorker, named McBride as one of the twelve greatest living narrative filmmakers, citing David Holzman's Diary as a "time capsule of sights and sounds, ideas and moods, politics and history", and "one of the greatest first films."

Most Popular Jim McBride Trailers

Total trailers found: 22

The Big Easy Trailer (1986)

27 November 1986

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.

The Beaches of Agnès Trailer (2008)

17 December 2008

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary.

The Wrong Man Trailer (1993)

05 September 1993

US merchant sailor Alex Walker is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - ageing but likeable shit Phillip Mills and young sexy, frustated wife Missy.

Alan Jackson: Small Town Southern Man Trailer (2018)

16 October 2018

The feature-length documentary chronicles Alan’s life from his upbringing in Georgia in the 1950s and ’60s to his Hall of Fame induction in 2017.

Last Embrace Trailer (1979)

04 May 1979

Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife.

David Holzman's Diary Trailer (1967)

09 October 1967

A young filmmaker decides to make a movie about his day-to-day activities in an attempt to understand himself and get his life back in order.

Welcome to São Paulo Trailer (2004)

16 July 2004

All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso's voice, that also signs one of the segments of the project.

My Girlfriend's Wedding Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Director Jim McBride's "liberated" English girlfriend talks candidly about her life and her reasons for marrying another man.

Pronto Trailer (1997)

08 June 1997

Harry Arno is a Miami Beach bookie who finds himself in trouble with his mob bosses for reasons he can't quite figure out.

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life Trailer (1986)

22 February 1986

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

Breathless Trailer (1983)

13 May 1983

Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student.

Blood Ties Trailer (1991)

27 May 1991

Carpathian Americans are just like any other expatriate organization, they enjoy family get together, and share business opportunities.

Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back Trailer (2000)

05 January 2000

"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father.

Great Balls of Fire! Trailer (1989)

30 June 1989

The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s.

Birth of a Nation Trailer (1997)

06 August 1997

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

Uncovered Trailer (1994)

01 May 1994

While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murders begin to rock her small world of art experts, patrons and restorers, and she finds that the mystery of the painting is interwoven with the mystery of the deaths around her.

Glen and Randa Trailer (1971)

19 September 1971

Teenagers Glen and Randa are members of a tribe that lives in a rural area, several decades after nuclear war has devastated the planet.

My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law Trailer (2009)

10 April 2009

A short documentary by Jim McBride.

Pictures from Life's Other Side Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

A sequel to My Girlfriend's Wedding. Pictures from Life’s Other Side focuses almost entirely on a later cross-country trip, this one also including Clarissa’s illegitimate, preadolescent son Joe and a couple of dogs, with Clarissa and Joe taking over the commentary and the whole family trading off various sound and camera duties.

The Informant Trailer (1997)

15 March 1997

A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison.

Dead by Midnight Trailer (1997)

23 November 1997

Just when he's beginning to take his perfect life and marriage for granted, John discovers that he's the result of a failed government experiment to spawn a race of perfect assassins.

Hot Times Trailer (1974)

06 December 1974

Wild sex romp loosely based on Archie Comics characters