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David Byrne

Actor · 78 credits · 11 in highly-rated films

Best known for Stop Making Sense (1984)

Frequent collaborators: Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, Steven Scales, Tom Zé

Movies (71 total, ranked by score)

  1. Museum Town

    2019

    Documentary

    31

  2. Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

    1988 · ★ 7.8 (3 votes)

    Music

    32

  3. Bob & Bob

    2010 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    33

  4. Dead End Kids

    1986

    Drama

    34

  5. Monk in Pieces

    2025 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    35

  6. Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

    1998 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    36

  7. By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

    2006

    Documentary

    37

  8. Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

    1980 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    38

  9. Twyla Moves

    2021

    Documentary

    39

  10. Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

    2008 · ★ 6.1 (19 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    40

  11. Talking Heads: Live in Rome

    1980 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    41

  12. Fabricating Tom Zé

    2006 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. Lubbock Lights

    2003 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

    2009

    Documentary

    44

  15. The Necromancer

    2018 · ★ 3.9 (12 votes)

    Horror

    45

  16. Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

    2005 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    46

  17. Between the Teeth

    1993 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    47

  18. Talking Heads - Chronology

    2011 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    48

  19. Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

    2019

    Music, Documentary

    49

  20. Triple-Chaser

    2019

    50

  21. Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

    1998

    Music

    51

  22. New York Rock at the BBC

    2008

    Music

    52

  23. David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel

    2003

    Music

    53

  24. David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

    2007

    Music

    54

  25. David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

    2018

    55

  26. Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

    1998

    Music

    56

  27. Report From L.A.

    1986

    57

  28. We're Gonna Die

    2015

    58

  29. Beleza Tropical

    1990

    Documentary

    59

  30. Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

    1981

    Music

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.