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Thelonious Monk

Actor · 11 credits · 5 in highly-rated films

Best known for Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)

Frequent collaborators: Larry Gales, Charlie Rouse

Movies (11 total, ranked by score)

  1. Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    1988 · ★ 7.3 (22 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    1

  2. Jazz on a Summer's Day

    1960 · ★ 7.2 (25 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    2

  3. Public Speaking

    2011 · ★ 7.0 (61 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

    2018 · ★ 8.1 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66

    2006

    Music, Documentary

    5

  6. Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969

    2013 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    6

  7. Rewind & Play

    2023 · ★ 7.4 (14 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    7

  8. Monk

    1968 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Monk & Pannonica: An American Story

    2022 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, History, TV Movie

    9

  10. Monk in Europe

    1968

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969

    2012

    Music

    11

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