Lee Ranaldo: movies and TV shows
Lee Ranaldo has 77 credits in the archive: 72 films and 5 TV series, from 1985 to 2025. Highest rated: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (7.3/10).
Career timeline
1985 – 2025 · busiest year: 2019 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The System | Film | 5.5 | 69 | |
| 2025 | Salt Marsh | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2025 | Peas and Carrots | Lee | Film | — | 69 |
| 2025 | Peas and Carrots | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2025 | Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2023 | Velvet Suite | himself | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 2022 | Fragments of Paradise | Self | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2021 | Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. | Film | 7.8 | 65 | |
| 2019 | The Taxidermist | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2019 | SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions | Self | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 2019 | Swans: Where Does a Body End? | Self | Film | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2019 | Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2019 | We Still Have the Deep Black Night | Film | 5.1 | 63 | |
| 2019 | Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2018 | Desolation Center | Film | 9.3 | 62 | |
| 2018 | Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2017 | Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim | Self | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2016 | Omega | Self | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2014 | Sex and Broadcasting | Self | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2014 | Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio | Himself | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2012 | The Hardcore Collection | (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 56 |
| 2011 | Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2011 | Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2010 | Daddy Longlegs | Stepfather | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2010 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | Film | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2009 | From the Basement | Self - Sonic Youth | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2008 | New York Rock at the BBC | Self - Sonic Youth | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2007 | 365 Day Project | Self | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 2006 | Noise | Self | Film | 4.8 | 50 |
| 2005 | DRIFT | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2005 | We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen | Self | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2005 | Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes | Film | 4.5 | 49 | |
| 2004 | Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002) | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2004 | Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Kill Your Idols | Self | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 2004 | (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale | Self | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2004 | 12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2 | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 2003 | Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage | Performer | Film | — | 47 |
| 2003 | Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 2002 | Demonlover | Film | 5.8 | 46 | |
| 2001 | Things Behind the Sun | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 2000 | Record Player: Christian Marclay | Himself | Film | — | 44 |
| 2000 | Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 | Film | — | 44 | |
| 2000 | Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1998 | Free Tibet | Self - Sonic Youth | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1998 | Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1997 | SubUrbia | Film | 6.2 | 41 | |
| 1997 | Don't Bring A Dog | Himself | Film | — | 41 |
| 1996 | Frisk | Film | 4.3 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Tibetan Freedom Concert | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1996 | Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1995 | Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1995 | The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special | Self | Film | 4.0 | 39 |
| 1995 | Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1993 | Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1992 | 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Self | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1992 | 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Film | 6.8 | 36 | |
| 1991 | Goo | Self | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1991 | Goo | Film | 5.7 | 35 | |
| 1991 | Skeeno H.C. Rules | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1991 | Notebook | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1988 | Sonic Youth: 930 Club | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1988 | Put More Blood Into the Music | Himself | Film | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1987 | Made in U.S.A. | Film | 5.8 | 31 | |
| 1986 | Submit to Me | Film | 5.1 | 30 | |
| 1986 | Sublapse Video Mag 1 | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1986 | Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1985 | Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree | Film | — | 29 | |
| Sonic Youth Full Set From The Basement | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 | Film | — | — | ||
| Vinyl: An Unlikely History | Himself | Film | — | — | |
| Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 | Film | 10.0 | — |