Laurie Anderson: movies and TV shows
Laurie Anderson has 100 credits in the archive: 88 films and 12 TV series, from 1975 to 2026. Highest rated: Space Ghost Coast to Coast (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1975 – 2026 · busiest year: 1986 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nova '78 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 79 |
| 2025 | Thank You Very Much | Self | Film | 7.8 | 78 |
| 2025 | Free for All: The Public Library | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2025 | Why I Love The Stars | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2025 | Laurie Anderson Saint Joan of Arc Basilica, Paris | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2024 | Eno | Self | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2023 | Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2023 | Own Forest | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2023 | Buke & Gase | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2021 | Sisters with Transistors | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 2021 | Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - The River | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2021 | Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - The City | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2021 | Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - Rocks | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2021 | Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - The Road | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2021 | Spending the War Without You: Virtual Backgrounds - The Forest | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2020 | Symphony Of The Invisible | Self (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2020 | Walking While Falling | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2020 | The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2019 | Museum Town | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2018 | Feminists: What Were They Thinking? | Self | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2018 | Call Us Ishmael | Herself | Film | — | 71 |
| 2018 | To the Moon | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2017 | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2017 | aloft | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2017 | La Camera Insabbiata | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2016 | Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera | Film | 9.2 | 69 | |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2015 | Heart of a Dog | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2015 | Track Stories | Self | TV | — | 68 |
| 2012 | Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So | Self | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 2012 | BAM150 | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2011 | Brainwave | Self | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 2010 | Miral | Film | 5.8 | 63 | |
| 2010 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | Self | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2010 | Music | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2010 | Homeland: The Story of the Lark | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2008 | A Not So Silent Night | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2007 | Why Birds Sing | Herself | Film | — | 60 |
| 2006 | Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film | Narrator | Film | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2005 | John Peel's Record Box | Self | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2002 | The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' | Self | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 2002 | McLuhan's Wake | Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Newborn Baby (singing voice) | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1997 | Classic Albums | Self | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1994 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | TV | 7.8 | 47 | |
| 1993 | The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros | Herself | Film | — | 46 |
| 1992 | Monster in a Box | Film | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1991 | Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos | The Clones | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1991 | Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos | Film | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 1991 | Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos | Film | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 1991 | Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos | Film | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 1991 | Sphinxes Without Secrets | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1991 | The Human Face | Presenter | Film | — | 44 |
| 1991 | Carmen | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1990 | One World, One Voice | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1990 | John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1989 | Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton | TV | — | 42 | |
| 1989 | Heavy Petting | Self | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1989 | Talk Normal | Herself | Film | — | 42 |
| 1989 | Talk Normal | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1989 | Talk Normal | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1987 | Swimming to Cambodia | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1986 | Something Wild | Film | 6.6 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | Self - Keyboards, Vocals / Fenway Bergamot / The Voice of Reason | Film | 8.2 | 39 |
| 1986 | Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | Film | 8.2 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | Film | 8.2 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | Film | 8.2 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | Film | 8.2 | 39 | |
| 1986 | The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1986 | The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1986 | The World beyond the World | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1986 | What You Mean We? | Herself | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1986 | What You Mean We? | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1986 | What You Mean We? | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1985 | Alive from Off Center | Host | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1985 | Alive from Off Center | Laurie Anderson & Clones | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1985 | Alive from Off Center | TV | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1985 | Alive from Off Center | TV | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1985 | Alive from Off Center | TV | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1985 | All Star Video | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1984 | Good Morning, Mr. Orwell | Self | Film | 8.1 | 37 |
| 1984 | Or D'Ur | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1983 | Bei Bio | Self | TV | — | 36 |
| 1983 | Closed Circuit | Sängerin | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1983 | No York City | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1983 | Set and Reset | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1982 | Supermann | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1981 | 14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s | Herself | Film | — | 34 |
| 1979 | Okay | Self | TV | — | 32 |
| 1977 | Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1977 | Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1977 | Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1977 | Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.9 | 28 |