Cast: Patti Smith

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


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

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

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

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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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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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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