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Kurt Cobain

Actor · 45 credits · 14 in highly-rated films

Best known for Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

Frequent collaborators: Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear, Courtney Love, Mark Arm

Best Kurt Cobain movies by genre

Movies (45 total, ranked by score)

  1. Cobain: Montage of Heck

    2015 · ★ 7.6 (759 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    1

  2. Nirvana: Unplugged In New York

    1993 · ★ 8.6 (141 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    2

  3. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit

    1991 · ★ 7.7 (38 votes)

    Music

    3

  4. Nirvana: Live at the Paramount

    2011 · ★ 8.1 (45 votes)

    Music

    4

  5. Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

    1994 · ★ 7.5 (36 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    5

  6. Nirvana: With the Lights Out

    2004 · ★ 7.5 (12 votes)

    Music

    6

  7. Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend

    2004 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Nirvana: Live and Loud

    1993 · ★ 8.9 (11 votes)

    Music, Documentary, TV Movie

    8

  9. Nirvana: Live at Reading

    2009 · ★ 7.5 (29 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    9

  10. 1991: The Year Punk Broke

    1992 · ★ 6.8 (38 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Kurt Cobain: About a Son

    2007 · ★ 6.9 (71 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    11

  12. Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso

    1991 · ★ 8.3 (10 votes)

    Music

    12

  13. Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal

    1993 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    13

  14. MTV Unplugged: Nirvana

    1993 · ★ 8.3 (12 votes)

    Music

    14

  15. (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    2004

    Documentary

    15

  16. Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff

    2021

    Music, Documentary

    16

  17. Sub Pop Video Network Program 1

    1991 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    17

  18. Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage

    2021 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Music, TV Movie

    18

  19. The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell

    2025

    Documentary, Music

    19

  20. Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review

    2006 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    20

  21. Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991

    1991 · ★ 7.8 (4 votes)

    Music

    21

  22. When Nirvana Came to Britain

    2021 · ★ 7.4 (8 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    22

  23. Kurt & Courtney

    1998 · ★ 6.0 (126 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    23

  24. Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival

    1993 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    24

  25. All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On

    2006 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    25

  26. The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain

    2007 · ★ 6.1 (6 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    26

  27. Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero

    2006 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    27

  28. VH1 News Special: Grunge

    2001

    Documentary, Music

    28

  29. Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    29

  30. 27: Gone Too Soon

    2018 · ★ 5.8 (67 votes)

    Documentary

    30

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