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Philip Glass

Actor · 41 credits · 5 in highly-rated films

Best known for Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)

Frequent collaborators: Godfrey Reggio, John Cage, Robert Wilson, David Byrne, Brian Eno

Movies (41 total, ranked by score)

  1. Paul Simon: Under African Skies

    2012 · ★ 7.1 (16 votes)

    Music, Documentary, History

    1

  2. Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland

    1997 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    2

  3. Patti Smith: Dream of Life

    2008 · ★ 6.0 (20 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    3

  4. Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

    2007 · ★ 6.4 (10 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    4

  5. Nova '78

    2026

    Documentary, Music

    5

  6. A Place Called Music

    2022

    Documentary

    6

  7. The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    1986

    7

  8. Hands Scraping

    1968 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    8

  9. Essence of Life

    2002

    Documentary

    9

  10. Trophy

    2017 · ★ 7.1 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. What Maisie Knew

    1975 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    11

  12. Four American Composers: Philip Glass

    1983 · ★ 7.3 (6 votes)

    Documentary, Music, TV Movie

    12

  13. A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

    1986

    Documentary

    13

  14. A Brief History of Errol Morris

    1999 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

    2005

    15

  16. The Harry Smith Project Live

    2006

    Music

    16

  17. Impact of Progress

    2002 · ★ 0.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Music

    2010

    Documentary

    18

  19. The Last Dalai Lama?

    2017

    Documentary

    19

  20. Philip Glass: Looking Glass

    2005

    Documentary

    20

  21. Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

    1985 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

    1987 · ★ 0.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

    2008 · ★ 6.1 (19 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    23

  24. Kiki and Herb Reloaded

    2005

    Comedy, Music

    24

  25. Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    2022

    Documentary

    25

  26. The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

    2002

    Music, Documentary

    26

  27. John Cage: Man and Myth

    1990

    Documentary, Music

    27

  28. What Difference Does It Make?

    2014 · ★ 5.1 (5 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    28

  29. Perfect Moment

    1997

    Documentary

    29

  30. War and the Weather

    2021

    Documentary, Animation, History

    30

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