Direction: Jonas Mekas

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jonas Mekas. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Song of Moscow (S)

1971 · Documentary · 4 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot Images of Moscow filmed in 1971 as part of Mekas’s 'Travel Songs' series.

6.4

21 votes

6.4

21 votes

The Song of Avila (S)

1967 · Documentary · 4 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot This is in Timothy Leary's place. In 1966 I came up upon a book of Meher Baba, the Indian guru/scientist, in which he said that there are three great holy...

6.2

112 votes

6.2

112 votes

Happy Birthday to John (S)

1997 · Documentary · 24 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Allen Ginsberg · Paul Krassner · John Lennon · George Maciunas

Plot On October 9th, 1972 an exhibition of John Lennon/Yoko Ono's art, designed by the Master of the Fluxus movement, George Maciunas, opened at the Syracuse Museum of Art, curated by...

6.2

61 votes

6.2

61 votes

Notes on the Circus (S)

1966 · Documentary · 12 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

6.2

94 votes

6.2

94 votes

Hare Krishna (S)

1966 · Documentary · 4 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot A short film from Jonas Mekas depicting an afternoon in New York of people joining in singing "Hare Hare"

5.8

113 votes

5.8

113 votes

Cassis (S)

1966 · Documentary · 4 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

5.7

88 votes

5.7

88 votes

Imperfect Three Image Films (S)

1995 · Documentary · 4 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot "A series 'imperfect' three image films from my new film diaries. My contribution to the Julius Ziz’s Anthology of 3-Image Films. Since my filming style depends a lot on these...

5.5

44 votes

5.5

44 votes

Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel (S)

1969 · Documentary · min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Adolfas Mekas

Plot This Mekas brothers' parody features Lapland's Minister of War. He is asked for his opinion on Vietnam.

5.5

26 votes

5.5

26 votes

Salvador Dali at Work (S)

1964 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Salvador Dalí · Verushka · Taylor Mead · Jonas Mekas

Plot Cinema Verite documentarian Jonas Mekas follows the surrealist artist around the streets documenting staged public art events.

5.3

33 votes

5.3

33 votes

Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (S)

1964 · Documentary · 12 min. · United States

5.0

37 votes

5.0

37 votes

42 One Dream Rush

2010 · Movie · 45 min. · United States

Direction Kenneth Anger · Asia Argento · Tadanobu Asano · Sergey Bodrov

Cast Kenneth Anger · Tadanobu Asano · Brian Butler · Helena Christensen

Plot An omnibus of short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.

4.9

105 votes

4.9

105 votes

Elvis (S)

2001 · Documentary · 1 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot "I was fortunate to see Elvis Presley's last concert at Madison Square Garden in June 1972. Usually, you are not allowed to bring a camera to a concert, but the...

4.6

37 votes

4.6

37 votes

3.11 A Sense of Home

2012 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Direction Naomi Kawase · Kaori Momoi · Toyoko Yamasaki · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Cast Kaori Momoi · Zhao Tao · Ana Torrent

Plot This is a film project dedicated to the victims of and the affected areas by the Tohoku Earthquake that occured on March 3rd, 2011. 21 filmmakers/artists around the world voluntarily...

4.4

38 votes

4.4

38 votes

For Life, Against the War

1967 · Documentary · 150 min. · United States

Direction Maurice Amor · Karl Bissenger · Tom Bissenger · Abbe Borov

Plot A political activism compilation film made by splicing together a series of clips centered around the Vietnam War by a number of different filmmakers.

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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

Plot This is a video record of the Allen Ginsberg's death and funeral in his apartment in New York.

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Film Magazine of the Arts (S)

1963 · Documentary · 20 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot "In Spring, 1963 Show Magazine called me and asked that I make a film on arts in New York. I told them, why did they want me to make it...

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Notes for Jerome

1978 · Documentary · 45 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Jerome Hill

Plot Footage from three distinct visits to the home of Jerome Hill make up this tribute to him. Mekas visited Hill in 1966 with P. Adams Sitney. He then returned briefly...

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Notes On An American Film Director At Work: Martin Scorsese

2005 · Documentary · 62 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Martin Scorsese

Plot "I originally met Martin Scorsese when he was still a film student at the New York University. He used to come to my film screenings. But our real friendship began...

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My Paris Movie

2011 · Documentary · 159 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot For some time I had been thinking about doing something with my Paris footage, of which I have many many hours. So [curator Danièle Hibon’s] suggestion [to make a new...

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A Visit to Timothy Leary (S)

1965 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Plot This was filmed July 1-4, 1965 in Millbrook, at the estate of Timothy Leary. It is with Baba Ramdass and house guests.

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Not rated