The Field
“It Owns Him...It Possesses Him...And It Could Even Destroy Him”
1990 · 1 h 47 min
Directed by 
Jim Sheridan
Jim SheridanCast
Richard Harris 
John Hurt 
Sean Bean
Credits
Written by: Jim Sheridan
Plot
A tyrannical Irish farmer fights to keep the field he has tended all his life when an American buyer wants to buy it.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jim Sheridan's Irish drama has Richard Harris as a ferocious farmer fighting to keep the field he loves. Harris is towering, and the film's raw landscape and tragic stubbornness hit hard.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (7,726 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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