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Johnny Carson

Actor · 63 credits · 13 in highly-rated films

Best known for Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Frequent collaborators: Bob Hope, Ed McMahon, Jay Leno, Don Rickles, Milton Berle

Best Johnny Carson movies by genre

Movies (63 total, ranked by score)

  1. Koyaanisqatsi

    1983 · ★ 7.9 (777 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    1

  2. The Battered Bastards of Baseball

    2014 · ★ 7.5 (93 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

    2019 · ★ 7.6 (31 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    2013 · ★ 7.0 (63 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

    2013 · ★ 7.7 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Jerry Before Seinfeld

    2017 · ★ 6.8 (156 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    6

  7. This Is Bob Hope...

    2017 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    7

  8. TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

    1986

    Comedy, TV Movie, Documentary

    8

  9. The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

    2023

    Documentary

    9

  10. Butterfly in the Sky

    2024 · ★ 8.2 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

    2012 · ★ 7.8 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection

    2003 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    12

  13. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    2021 · ★ 7.4 (26 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

    2022 · ★ 6.7 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Money Sings

    1963

    Music

    15

  16. The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

    2020 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Johnny Goes Home

    1982

    Documentary

    17

  18. Luther: Never Too Much

    2024 · ★ 8.0 (10 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    18

  19. The Best of Carson, Volume 1

    2006 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    19

  20. Lucy Moves to NBC

    1980 · ★ 1.0 (2 votes)

    TV Movie, Comedy

    20

  21. Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story

    2013 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    21

  22. Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

    1987

    Comedy, Family, TV Movie

    22

  23. Finster

    2022

    Documentary

    23

  24. The Great Toilet Paper Scare

    2020

    Documentary, Animation

    24

  25. Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

    2013 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

    1996 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Mike Wallace Is Here

    2019 · ★ 6.5 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. The Many Faces of Jim Carrey

    2023 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

    1970

    Comedy

    29

  30. Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker

    2014

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.