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Allen Ginsberg

Actor · 109 credits · 20 in highly-rated films

Best known for No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Frequent collaborators: William S. Burroughs, Timothy Leary, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, Joan Baez

Movies (108 total, ranked by score)

  1. Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

    2011 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    61

  2. Dylan Speaks

    1965 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    62

  3. Bed Peace

    1969 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    63

  4. It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    1985 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    64

  5. Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

    2004

    Documentary

    65

  6. Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    1979 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    66

  7. William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    2015

    Documentary

    67

  8. Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    1967 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    68

  9. Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    1989 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    69

  10. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

    1994 · ★ 5.7 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    70

  11. Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

    1971 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    71

  12. Silence = Death

    1990 · ★ 4.8 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    72

  13. Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    2017 · ★ 4.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    73

  14. Ballad of the Skeletons

    1997 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)

    Music

    74

  15. Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    1999 · ★ 1.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    75

  16. Anatomy of Violence

    1967

    Documentary

    76

  17. Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

    1977

    Music, Documentary

    77

  18. Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    1964

    Documentary, Music

    78

  19. Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    1976

    79

  20. castelporziano ostia dei poeti

    2025

    Documentary

    80

  21. Allan for Allan

    1965

    Documentary

    81

  22. Symphony Of The Invisible

    2020

    Documentary

    82

  23. Chicago

    1968

    83

  24. Ah, Sunflower

    1967

    Documentary

    84

  25. Poets at the Living Theater

    2006

    Documentary

    85

  26. A Supermarket in California

    2024

    Animation

    86

  27. Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    2008

    Documentary

    87

  28. Underground New York

    1968

    Documentary

    88

  29. Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    1989

    Documentary

    89

  30. Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman

    1988

    Documentary

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 5, 2026.