Nina Simone: movies and TV shows
Nina Simone has 45 credits in the archive: 37 films and 8 TV series, from 1962 to 2025. Highest rated: HARDtalk (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1962 – 2025 · busiest year: 2024 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.9 | 92 |
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 91 |
| 2024 | Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes | Film | — | 91 | |
| 2024 | Nina Simone, la rebelle | self | Film | — | 91 |
| 2024 | Nina Simone Resonances at the Paris Pantheon | Film | — | 91 | |
| 2024 | História do Amor | Film | — | 91 | |
| 2023 | Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 90 |
| 2023 | They All Came Out to Montreux | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 2022 | Il était une fois Champs-Élysées | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.6 | 89 |
| 2022 | Piano Greats at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 89 |
| 2022 | Why Is We Americans? | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2021 | Cruella | Film | 8.0 | 88 | |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 88 |
| 2021 | How It Feels to Be Free | Self (archival footage) | Film | — | 88 |
| 2020 | Happy in the Gap | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 87 |
| 2019 | The Giverny Document (Single Channel) | (archival footage) | Film | — | 86 |
| 2016 | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 83 |
| 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? | Herself | Film | 7.4 | 82 |
| 2015 | The Amazing Nina Simone | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 82 |
| 2013 | Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2010 | Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy (Live 1961-62) | Film | 10.0 | 77 | |
| 2008 | Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68 | Film | 10.0 | 75 | |
| 2006 | Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 | Film | — | 73 | |
| 1997 | HARDtalk | TV | 8.7 | 64 | |
| 1992 | Nina Simone: The Legend | Herself | Film | 7.6 | 59 |
| 1989 | Nina Simone & Band: 14. Jazzfestival Hamburg | Herself (vocals & piano) | Film | — | 56 |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self | TV | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1987 | Le monde est à vous | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 1987 | Nina Simone: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1987 | Self | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1987 | Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares for Me | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1985 | Nina Simone - Live at Ronnie Scott's | Herself | Film | 8.5 | 52 |
| 1983 | Bei Bio | Self | TV | — | 50 |
| 1983 | Nina Simone - Live in Pompeii | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1976 | Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976 | Herself | Film | 9.3 | 43 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1975 | Four Women | Film | 6.2 | 42 | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1970 | Nina: A Historical Perspective | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1969 | Black Woodstock | Self | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1969 | The Pan-african Festival in Algiers | Self | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1969 | Nina Simone Black Journal Segment | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1968 | LBJ | Film | 5.9 | 35 | |
| 1965 | Nina Simone: Live in Antibes - July 24th, 1965 | Herself | Film | — | 32 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 29 |