Patti Smith
Actor · 66 credits · 15 in highly-rated films
Best known for Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
Frequent collaborators: Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Kaye, Robert Mapplethorpe, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed
Best Patti Smith movies by genre
Movies (66 total, ranked by score)
1Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019 · ★ 7.0 (148 votes)
Documentary, Music
2The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
2010 · ★ 6.8 (10 votes)
Music, Documentary
3Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013 · ★ 8.0 (13 votes)
Documentary, Music
4Ron Delsener Presents
2023
Documentary
5U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2016 · ★ 8.4 (18 votes)
Music, Documentary
6Now
2021 · ★ 8.8 (8 votes)
Documentary
7Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · ★ 7.9 (14 votes)
Documentary
8Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017 · ★ 6.4 (65 votes)
Documentary
9Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
2016 · ★ 6.9 (43 votes)
Documentary
10Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008 · ★ 6.0 (20 votes)
Documentary, Music
11Nova '78
2026
Documentary, Music
12Rock My Religion
1984
Documentary
13Still Moving/Patti Smith
1978
Documentary
14John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
1998
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
15Spheres
2018
Documentary
16WBCN and the American Revolution
2019 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
17Burroughs: The Movie
1984 · ★ 7.0 (26 votes)
Documentary
18Film Socialisme
2010 · ★ 5.9 (59 votes)
Drama
19Girls in Bands at the BBC
2015 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)
Music
20Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)
Documentary
21Patti Smith: Electric Poet
2022 · ★ 7.8 (12 votes)
Documentary
- 22
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)
Drama
23William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · ★ 6.5 (31 votes)
Documentary
24Station to Station
2014 · ★ 6.8 (10 votes)
Drama, Documentary, Music
25All Tomorrow's Parties
2009 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)
Documentary, Music
- 26
Dancing Barefoot
1995 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)
Documentary, Music
27Three Stones for Jean Genet
2014 · ★ 5.6 (7 votes)
Documentary
28Patti Smith - Live at Montreux 2005
2012 · ★ 7.8 (5 votes)
Music
29Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997 · ★ 5.2 (2 votes)
Documentary
30Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
2014 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)
Music, TV Movie
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.