Stan Brakhage
Director · 440 credits · 100 in highly-rated films
Best known for As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
Frequent collaborators: Jane Wodening, Jonas Mekas, Ken Jacobs, Phil Solomon, Allen Ginsberg
Best Stan Brakhage movies by genre
Directed movies (379 total, ranked by score)
1Dog Star Man: Part I
1963 · ★ 6.2 (47 votes)
2Dog Star Man: Part IV
1964 · ★ 6.2 (39 votes)
Drama
3Window Water Baby Moving
1959 · ★ 6.9 (73 votes)
Documentary
4The Dead
1960 · ★ 4.7 (24 votes)
5Dog Star Man: Part III
1964 · ★ 6.2 (40 votes)
Drama
6The Harrowing
1993 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)
7Wedlock House: An Intercourse
1959 · ★ 5.6 (25 votes)
Romance
8The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him
2000 · ★ 8.0 (3 votes)
9Max
2002 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)
10Song 26
1968 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
11Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection
1953 · ★ 6.5 (8 votes)
Drama
12The Wold-Shadow
1972 · ★ 5.3 (39 votes)
13Arabic Numeral Series 6
1981 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
14Arabic Numeral Series 1
1981 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
15Three Homerics
1993 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
16Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10
1981 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
17Sartre's Nausea
1961
18Marilyn's Window
1988
Documentary
19Stellar
1993 · ★ 6.4 (59 votes)
Animation
20Song 19
1966 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
21Coupling
1999 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)
22Night Music
1986 · ★ 5.4 (54 votes)
Animation
23Arabic Numeral Series 7
1981 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
24The Art of Vision
1965 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)
Documentary
25Daybreak and Whiteye
1957
2623rd Psalm Branch: Part II
1967 · ★ 5.6 (12 votes)
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Prelude 12
1996 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)
2823rd Psalm Branch
1967 · ★ 8.2 (4 votes)
29Song 21
1966 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
30Sol
1974
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.