John Coltrane: movies and TV shows

John Coltrane has 26 credits in the archive: 25 films and 1 TV series, from 1959 to 2024. Highest rated: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (7.7/10).

Career timeline

1959 – 2024 · busiest year: 2001 (2 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2024	Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat	Self (archive footage)	Film	7.7	97
2023	Blue Giant		Film	7.8	96
2019	Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool	Self - Musician (archive footage)	Film	7.1	92
2019	Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes	Self (archive footage)	Film	6.7	92
2017	Chasing Trane	Self - Musician (archive footage)	Film	7.3	90
2017	Chasing Trane		Film	7.3	90
2008	Miles Davis: Kind of Blue		Film	3.8	81
2008	John Coltrane ‎– Antibes/Baden Baden/San Francisco	Himself	Film	—	81
2007	John Coltrane - Impressions Of Coltrane	Himself	Film	6.0	80
2007	Jazz Icons - John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65	Himself	Film	8.0	80
2005	Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound	Himself	Film	—	78
2003	Jazz Casual: John Coltrane	saxophones	Film	5.0	76
2002	John Coltrane Four Tenors	Himself	Film	6.5	75
2001	Jazz	Self (archive footage)	TV	7.5	74
2001	Giant Steps		Film	—	74
2000	Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme	Himself	Film	6.9	73
1991	Last Date	Self	Film	10.0	64
1990	The World According to John Coltrane	Himself	Film	4.0	63
1988	Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser	Self (archive footage)	Film	7.3	61
1973	Soul in the Eye		Film	8.7	46
1966	La Piccola Noia		Film	—	39
1965	John Coltrane Quartet: Live in Liège	Self	Film	—	38
1964	The Cat in the Bag		Film	6.2	37
1959	The Sound of Miles Davis	Himself	Film	10.0	32
	Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane		Film	—	—
	John Coltrane: The Coltrane Legacy	Self	Film	—	—