Cast: Patti Smith
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Patti Smith. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 17
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
Synopsis 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, Mick Ronson, and many others. Netflix described the new film...
7.4
975 votes
7.4
975 votes
The Defiant Ones (TV Miniseries)
2017 · Documentary · United States
Direction Allen Hughes
Cast Dr. Dre · Jimmy Iovine · Ice Cube · Eminem
Synopsis A TV miniseries that examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre - one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - and their leading roles in a chain of transformative events in contemporary...
7.4
447 votes
7.4
447 votes
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008 · Documentary · 109 min. · United States
Direction Steven Sebring
Cast Patti Smith · Lenny Kaye · Oliver Ray · Tony Shanahan
Synopsis An intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer Patti Smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself.
7.1
268 votes
7.1
268 votes
You're Gonna Miss Me
2005 · Documentary · 91 min. · United States
Direction Keven McAlester
Cast Roky Erickson · Patti Smith · Thurston Moore
Synopsis Outside Austin, Texas, a 53-year-old man sits in an apartment with four radios, three televisions, two amps, a radio scanner, and an electric piano playing. At the same time. Loudly. He has three teeth, his hair is matted into one...
7.1
26 votes
7.1
26 votes
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States
Direction Yony Leyser
Cast William S. Burroughs · David Cronenberg · Genesis P-Orridge · Iggy Pop
Synopsis William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. He...
6.9
337 votes
6.9
337 votes
Burroughs: The Movie
1983 · Documentary · 86 min. · United States
Direction Howard Brookner
Cast William S. Burroughs · Lauren Hutton · Patti Smith · Allen Ginsberg
Synopsis Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the development of Burroughs' unique literary style and his wildly unconventional life,...
6.9
41 votes
6.9
41 votes
Sleepless Nights Stories
2011 · Documentary · 114 min. · United States
Direction Jonas Mekas
Cast Raimund Abraham · Marina Abramovic · Björk · Thomas Boujut
6.6
56 votes
6.6
56 votes
Wim Wenders: Desperado
2020 · Documentary · 120 min. · Germany
Direction Eric Friedler · Campino
Cast Wim Wenders · Francis Ford Coppola · Patti Smith · Willem Dafoe
Synopsis 'Paris', 'Texas', 'Wings of Desire', 'The American Friend', and so many more. Eric Friedler and Campino take us behind the scenes of these and other classics in their documentary that travels back over the career of Wim Wenders, one of...
6.6
25 votes
6.6
25 votes
Film Socialism
2010 · Movie · 102 min. · Switzerland
Direction Jean-Luc Godard
Cast Robert Maloubie · Patti Smith · Jean-Marc Stehlé · Catherine Tanvier
Synopsis A symphony in three movements: Things such as: A Mediterranean cruise. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday. Our Europe: At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
Song to Song
2017 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction Terrence Malick
Cast Michael Fassbender · Ryan Gosling · Rooney Mara · Natalie Portman
Synopsis Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas. Two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares...
5.4
2K votes
5.4
2K votes
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997 · Documentary · 67 min. · United States
Direction Jonas Mekas
Cast Gregory Corso · Allen Ginsberg · LeRoy Jones-Baraka · Jonas Mekas
Synopsis This is a video record of the Allen Ginsberg's death and funeral in his apartment in New York.
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Rock My Religion
1984 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States
Direction Dan Graham
Cast Johanna Cypis · Dan Graham · Jim Morrison · Patti Smith
Synopsis A thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. Graham formulates a history that begins with the Shakers, an early religious community who practiced self-denial and ecstatic trance dances. With the "reeling and rocking" of religious...
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Spheres
2018 · Documentary · 45 min. · United States
Direction Eliza McNitt
Cast Jessica Chastain · Patti Smith · Millie Bobby Brown
Synopsis A three-part virtual reality experience offering an immersive journey through the cosmos, its origins and its songs.
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The House of the Rising Punk (TV)
1998 · Documentary · 119 min. · Germany
Direction Christoph Dreher
Cast Richard Hell · Jim Jarmusch · Lenny Kaye · Patti Smith
Synopsis The House Of The Rising Punk is a documentary film made by director Christoph Dreher. The film was originally released for German television in 1998 and stars amongst others Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine who were...
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Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) (S)
2009 · Documentary · 9 min. · United States
Direction Jem Cohen
Cast Patti Smith
Synopsis A short portrait of Patti Smith in the city where she lives. Patti recites the very first poem-song she ever wrote. We take a walk in her changing neighborhood, and I ask her what she saw.
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Three Stones for Jean Genet (S)
2014 · Documentary · 7 min. · Germany
Direction Frieder Schlaich
Cast Patti Smith
Synopsis In April of 2013, American singer Patti Smith travels to the grave of French writer Jean Genet in Larache, Morocco. She brings him three stones, which she collected for him over 30 years ago.
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Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007 · Documentary · 77 min. · United States
Direction James Crump
Cast Patti Smith · Robert Mapplethorpe · Sam Wagstaff · Dick Cavett
Synopsis A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
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