Ken Jacobs
Director · 306 credits · 14 in highly-rated films
Best known for As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
Frequent collaborators: Jonas Mekas, Flo Jacobs, Stan Brakhage, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Breer
Best Ken Jacobs movies by genre
Directed movies (279 total, ranked by score)
1A Loft
2010
2Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
2009 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
3Above the Rain
2019
4Star Spangled to Death
2004 · ★ 7.7 (11 votes)
Documentary
5Seeking the Monkey King
2011 · ★ 4.8 (6 votes)
6A Tom Tom Chaser
2002
7Little Stabs at Happiness
1963 · ★ 5.6 (17 votes)
- 8
The Discovery
2008 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)
- 9
The Guests
2014 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
- 10
Changing Azazel
1973 · ★ 8.5 (1 votes)
11The Georgetown Loop
1996 · ★ 7.3 (7 votes)
12Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)
2008 · ★ 5.5 (1 votes)
- 13
Perfect Film
1985 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
14Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
2005 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)
Documentary
15New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903
2007 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
16Return to the Scene of the Crime
2008
17Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896
1991
18Krypton Is Doomed
2005
19Turbulent Waters
2011 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)
20Rain Clouds
2020 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary, Animation
21Two Wrenching Departures
2006 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)
22Disorient Express
1996
Drama
23Canopy
2014 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
24Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly
2005
25Flo Rounds a Corner
1999 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)
26The Sky Socialist
1966
27XCXHXEXRXRXIXEXSX
2021
28The Sky Socialist: The Environs
2019
29Orchard Street
1955 · ★ 6.8 (2 votes)
Documentary, History
30Movie That Invites Pausing
2020
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.