John Lurie
Actor · 26 credits · 6 in highly-rated films
Best known for Down by Law (1986)
Frequent collaborators: Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Eric Mitchell, Tom DiCillo, Amos Poe
Movies (25 total, ranked by score)
1Down by Law
1986 · ★ 7.3 (858 votes)
Crime, Drama, Comedy
2Stranger Than Paradise
1984 · ★ 7.1 (618 votes)
Comedy, Drama
3Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021 · ★ 6.9 (81 votes)
Documentary
4Subway Riders
1981 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Thriller
5Stranger Than Paradise
1983 · ★ 7.5 (31 votes)
Comedy, Drama
6The Little Devil
1988 · ★ 6.7 (434 votes)
Comedy, Fantasy
7The Offenders
1980
Drama
- 8
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
9John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards Live in Berlin 1991
1992
Music
10TV Party
2005 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Documentary, Music
- 11
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Music, Documentary
12Permanent Vacation
1981 · ★ 5.9 (219 votes)
Comedy, Drama
- 13
Men in Orbit
1979 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)
Science Fiction, Drama
14Some Days in January, 1984
2001
Documentary
15Tortured by Joy
2004 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
16Underground U.S.A.
1980 · ★ 4.0 (5 votes)
Drama
17Rome '78
1978 · ★ 6.4 (7 votes)
History, Drama
18Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
19Just Your Luck
1996 · ★ 3.5 (4 votes)
Comedy
20Face Addict
2005 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
- 21
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
1990
Documentary, Music
22Sleepwalk
2000 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)
23Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
1984 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)
Documentary
24Red Italy
1979 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)
25Sleepless Nights
1979
Mystery, Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.