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Jonas Mekas

Director · 300 credits · 28 in highly-rated films

Best known for As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

Frequent collaborators: Ken Jacobs, Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage, Adolfas Mekas, Yoko Ono

Best Jonas Mekas movies by genre

Directed movies (157 total, ranked by score)

  1. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    2000 · ★ 7.7 (85 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    1986 · ★ 8.4 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. Song of Avignon

    1998 · ★ 7.5 (27 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Guns of the Trees

    1961 · ★ 7.3 (18 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    1968 · ★ 7.2 (30 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Lost, Lost, Lost

    1976 · ★ 7.1 (24 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    1972 · ★ 7.0 (43 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Quartet Number One

    1991 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

    1990 · ★ 6.7 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. The Brig

    1964 · ★ 6.6 (10 votes)

    War, Drama

    10

  11. Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera

    2016 · ★ 9.2 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

    2017 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. 3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    2011 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Animation, Drama, Documentary

    13

  14. Notes on the Circus

    1967 · ★ 6.7 (16 votes)

    14

  15. Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    2011 · ★ 7.0 (12 votes)

    15

  16. Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)

    1992 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. 42 One Dream Rush

    2010 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Fantasy

    17

  18. The Song of Central Park

    2006

    Documentary

    18

  19. Birth of a Nation

    1997 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Notes for Jerome

    1978

    Documentary

    20

  21. Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR

    2009 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    1997 · ★ 5.2 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. The Song of Stockholm

    1981 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden

    1972 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    24

  25. Self-Portrait

    1980

    Documentary

    25

  26. Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

    2012 · ★ 6.5 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Film Magazine of the Arts

    1965

    Documentary

    27

  28. This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    1999 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Salvador Dalí at Work

    2006 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    29

  30. Travel Songs

    1981 · ★ 6.9 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    30

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