Cast: Bob Dylan

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Bob Dylan. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture

2005 · Documentary · 208 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Bob Dylan · Joan Baez · Allen Ginsberg · Pete Seeger

Plot Renowned director Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan chronicles the career of the singer and songwriter during the tumultuous years between 1961 and 1966. Dylan allowed Scorsese to...

7.8

5K votes

7.8

5K votes

Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid

1973 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast James Coburn · Kris Kristofferson · Jason Robards · L.Q. Jones

Plot 1909. Bushwhackers from the politically corrupt Santa Fe Ring gun down New Mexico rancher Pat Garrett (James Coburn) on his own land. 1881. Pat is a friend to and former...

7.6

8K votes

7.6

8K votes

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019 · Documentary · 142 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Bob Dylan · Patti Smith · Allen Ginsberg · Joan Baez

Plot Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese will follow the 1975-1976 tour that saw Dylan assemble a cadre of collaborators and musicians including Joan Baez, T-Bone Burnett,...

7.4

975 votes

7.4

975 votes

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

2018 · Documentary · 210 min. · United States

Direction Thom Zimny

Cast Elvis Presley · Steve Allen · Ann-Margret · Chet Atkins

Plot Elvis Presley's evolution as a musician and a man.

7.3

203 votes

7.3

203 votes

The Greatest Night in Pop

2024 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Bao Nguyen

Cast Lionel Richie · Quincy Jones · Bruce Springsteen · Stevie Wonder

Plot On January 25th, 1985, dozens of the era's most popular musicians gathered in Los Angeles to record a charity single for African famine relief. Setting egos aside, they collaborated on...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

Festival

1967 · Documentary · 95 min. · United States

7.2

32 votes

7.2

32 votes

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

2019 · Documentary · 100 min. · Canada

Direction Daniel Roher

Cast Robbie Robertson · Bob Dylan · Bruce Springsteen · Martin Scorsese

Plot It will tell the story of a group that went from backing up Bob Dylan to become one of the most influential groups of its era.

6.8

155 votes

6.8

155 votes

Eat the Document

1972 · Documentary · 54 min. · United States

6.6

24 votes

6.6

24 votes

Patti Smith: Electric Poet (TV)

2022 · Documentary · 54 min. · France

Direction Anne Cutaia · Sophie Peyrard

Cast Stanley Bard · William S. Burroughs · John Cale · Alika Del Sol

Plot At the age of 20, Patti Smith arrives in New York and upsets the codes of rock, poetry, and genre. She has become a living legend without ever leaving the...

6.3

199 votes

6.3

199 votes

Masked and Anonymous

2003 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Larry Charles

Cast Jeff Bridges · Penélope Cruz · Bob Dylan · John Goodman

Plot In a fictional America caught up in a civil war that is tearing the nation apart, a benefit concert is being organized. A traveling troubadour named Jack Fate (Bob Dylan)...

4.5

767 votes

4.5

767 votes

Hearts of Fire

1987 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Richard Marquand

Cast Fiona Flanagan · Rupert Everett · Bob Dylan · Julian Glover

Plot A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her loyalties.

4.5

90 votes

4.5

90 votes

Robbie Robertson: Going Home

1995 · Documentary · 70 min. · United States

Direction Findlay Bunting

Cast Robbie Robertson · The Band · Eric Clapton · Bob Dylan

Plot Rarely seen clips such as the Band's perform at Woodstock and snippets from D.A. Pennebaker's "Eat the Document," which chronicled the Dylan outing, add an air of warm and fuzzy...

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The People Speak

2009 · Documentary · 113 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Arnove · Chris Moore · Howard Zinn

Cast Viggo Mortensen · Josh Brolin · Matt Damon · Rosario Dawson

Plot A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

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65 Revisited

2007 · Documentary · 65 min. · United States

Direction D.A. Pennebaker

Cast Joan Baez · Bob Dylan · Allen Ginsberg · Albert Grossman

Plot A collection of rare outtakes and performances from D A Pennebaker's 1965 classic DONT LOOK BACK.

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Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan

2008 · Documentary · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stephen Gammond

Cast Bob Dylan · Woody Guthrie · Martin Carthy · Pete Seeger

Plot This documentary tells the story of the music and artists that have influenced Bob Dylan throughout his career. Although his reputation as a songwriter stands supreme, Dylan has often covered...

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Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound (American Masters)

2009 · Documentary · min. · United States

Direction Mary Wharton

Cast Joan Baez · Mimi Farina · Roger McGuinn · Bob Dylan

Plot American Masters explores fifty years of folk legend and human rights activist Joan Baez

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Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (S)

1972 · Documentary · 18 min. · United States

Direction Takahiko Iimura

Cast John Lennon · Yoko Ono · John Cage · Dick Cavett

Plot Takahiko Iimura is not an ordinary artist. He is undoubtedly one of the first Japanese artists, along with Yoko Ono and Ryuichi Sakamoto gain substantial international reputation... An emotionally moving...

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Trouble No More

2017 · Documentary · 59 min. · United States

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The Howlin' Wolf Story

2003 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

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