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Dick Cavett

Actor · 81 credits · 21 in highly-rated films

Best known for Beetlejuice (1988)

Frequent collaborators: Woody Allen, Muhammad Ali, Barbra Streisand, Gore Vidal, Andy Warhol

Best Dick Cavett movies by genre

Movies (81 total, ranked by score)

  1. Beetlejuice

    1988 · ★ 7.4 (8,609 votes)

    Fantasy, Comedy

    1

  2. Koyaanisqatsi

    1983 · ★ 7.9 (777 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    2

  3. Moonage Daydream

    2022 · ★ 7.5 (274 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    3

  4. Jim Henson Idea Man

    2024 · ★ 7.8 (50 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Listen to Me Marlon

    2015 · ★ 7.5 (168 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Janis: Little Girl Blue

    2015 · ★ 7.3 (161 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    6

  7. Woody Allen: A Documentary

    2011 · ★ 6.9 (168 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

    2013 · ★ 7.7 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. David Bowie: Five Years

    2013 · ★ 7.5 (48 votes)

    Documentary, Music, TV Movie

    9

  10. Jimi Hendrix

    1973 · ★ 7.7 (25 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Smash His Camera

    2010 · ★ 6.9 (26 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore

    2007 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

    2013 · ★ 7.5 (32 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    13

  14. Godard by Godard

    2023 · ★ 7.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. From Roger Moore with Love

    2024 · ★ 8.0 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Janis

    1974 · ★ 7.6 (15 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    16

  17. Remember Me

    1979

    Documentary

    17

  18. Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

    2014 · ★ 6.5 (3 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    18

  19. James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

    2014 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    19

  20. Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    1972 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary, History

    20

  21. Imagine

    1972 · ★ 7.0 (30 votes)

    Music, Documentary, TV Movie

    21

  22. Nureyev

    2018 · ★ 7.3 (27 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes

    2018 · ★ 7.2 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

    2011 · ★ 7.8 (3 votes)

    TV Movie, Comedy

    24

  25. Behind the Seams

    2000

    Comedy

    25

  26. The Fred Astaire Songbook

    1991

    Documentary, Music

    26

  27. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    2019 · ★ 6.7 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

    1970

    Comedy

    28

  29. The Capote Tapes

    2021 · ★ 5.9 (8 votes)

    Documentary, History

    29

  30. Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

    1986 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.