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Down By Law

 1986
 107 minutes (1 hrs 47 mins)
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Tom Waits · John Lurie · Roberto Benigni · Nicoletta Braschi · Ellen Barkin · Billie Neal

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 20th September 1986
Canada release date Canada release: 25th September 1986
France release date France release: 12th November 1986

Certificates

US
R

13

M

K-12

Tous publics

L

T

6

16

16+

NC-16

7

15

R-12

Total grosses

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Last viewed:
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News from around the web
Tom Waits and the Slow Normalization of Weirdness  Book and Film Globe Thu, 15th January 2026

Down By Law review – Jim Jarmusch masters cinematic cool  The Guardian Thu, 11th September 2014

Classic Film Review: Black and White Deadpan from the Golden Age of “Indie” — “Down by Law” (1986)  rogersmovienation.com Thu, 30th October 2025

Review: ‘Down By Law’ is Jim Jarmusch’s Subversive Masterpiece | by Reece Beckett | Counter Arts  Medium Fri, 8th December 2023

Blu-ray: Down by Law  The Arts Desk Tue, 1st February 2022

Down by Law: Chemistry Set  The Criterion Collection Tue, 17th July 2012

This weekend, Friday 10th April 2026, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, , for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • You, Me and Tuscany
  • Undertone
  • California Schemin
  • Father Mother Sister Brother

You, Me and Tuscany

  • The movie is directed by Kat Coiro, it is the directors 6th movie.
  • Kat Coiro also directed Marry Me in 2022 which grossed £2.2 Mil. in the UK.
  • It stars Regé-Jean Page who also starred in Black Bag (2025).
  • The film also stars Halle Bailey who's last movie was The Colour Purple (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Undertone

  • The movie is from director Ian Tuason.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Nina Kiri who also starred in The Code (2021).
  • The film also stars Adam DiMarco who's last movie was Star Trek: Beyond (2016).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

California Schemin

  • The movie is from director James McAvoy.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Seamus McLean Ross who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Samuel Bottomley who's last movie was Anemone (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Father Mother Sister Brother

  • The movie is directed by Jim Jarmusch, it is the directors 18th movie.
  • Jim Jarmusch also directed The Limits of Control in 2009 which grossed £10.3 K in the UK.
  • It stars Tom Waits who also starred in The Absence of Eden (2023).
  • The film also stars Adam Driver who's last movie was Megalopolis (2024).
  • They also appeared together in The Dead Don't Die in 2019.
  • Jim Jarmusch directed Tom Waits in Mystery Train, Coffee and Cigarettes, The Dead Don't Die, Down By Law, and Red Hot and Blue
  • Jim Jarmusch directed Adam Driver in Paterson, and The Dead Don't Die
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

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