Cast: John Cale

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


Walden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches

1969 · Documentary · 180 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Timothy Leary · Ed Emshwiller · Jack Smith · Mario Montez

Plot Poet and hero of the American counter-culture, Jonas Mekas, born in Lithuania in 1922, invented the diary form of film-making. Walden, his first completed diary film, an epic portrait of...

7.8

394 votes

7.8

394 votes

The Velvet Underground

2021 · Documentary · 110 min. · United States

Direction Todd Haynes

Cast The Velvet Underground · Lou Reed · John Cale · Maureen Tucker

Plot "The Velvet Underground" explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll.

7.2

521 votes

7.2

521 votes

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections

1982 · Documentary · 38 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Andy Warhol · Allen Ginsberg · John Lennon · Yoko Ono

Plot "The film is made up of my film diaries related to Andy Warhol from the years 1965-1982" - Jonas Mekas

7.1

176 votes

7.1

176 votes

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

1998 · Documentary · 73 min. · United States

Direction Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Cast Lou Reed · David Bowie · David Byrne · John Cale

Plot An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of the major artists influenced by Reed including...

6.9

94 votes

6.9

94 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

Antártida

1995 · Movie · 106 min. · Spain

Direction Manuel Huerga

Cast Ariadna Gil · Carlos Fuentes · José Manuel Lorenzo · Walter Vidarte

Plot A rock star falls in love with a common pickpocket without any personal history. But soon she finds herself in a contraband of drugs and both try to escape it.

5.4

2K votes

5.4

2K votes

Salamandra

2008 · Movie · 91 min. · Argentina

4.6

69 votes

4.6

69 votes

This Song Was Written By Leonard Cohen (S)

2014 · Documentary · 8 min. · United States

4.5

25 votes

4.5

25 votes

A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

2007 · Documentary · 75 min. · United States

Direction Esther Robinson

Cast Callie Angell · Brigid Berlin · John Cale · Paul Morrissey

Plot Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams -- Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right -- offers a exploration of the Factory era, an homage to...

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n[eOn]

2002 · Movie · 28 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dave McKean

Cast Eileen Daly · Eamonn Collinge · John Cale

Plot A man wanders through a desolate Venice, finding old masks, dead books and a naked ghost.

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Songs for Drella

1990 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States

Direction Edward Lachman

Cast Lou Reed · John Cale

Plot Lou Reed and John Cale perform their album 'Songs for Drella', a tribute to Andy Warhol.

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Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present

2016 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Tyler Hubby

Cast John Cale · Tony Conrad · David Grubbs · Branden Joseph

Plot Feature documentary on the pioneering life and work of iconoclastic filmmaker/musician/composer/artist Tony Conrad.

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