Norman Mailer: movies and TV shows
Norman Mailer has 77 credits in the archive: 62 films and 15 TV series, from 1947 to 2023. Highest rated: maybrit illner (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1947 – 2023 · busiest year: 1968 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 100 |
| 2021 | The Capote Tapes | Self (voice) (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 98 |
| 2019 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self | Film | 6.7 | 96 |
| 2015 | Best of Enemies | Self (archival) | Film | 7.2 | 92 |
| 2014 | The 50 Year Argument | Himself | Film | 6.6 | 91 |
| 2012 | Norman Mailer: The American | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 89 |
| 2008 | Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower | Self | Film | 10.0 | 85 |
| 2007 | 365 Day Project | Self | Film | 10.0 | 84 |
| 2006 | Marilyn Monroe: Still Life | Self - Writer & Filmmaker | Film | — | 83 |
| 2005 | Inside Deep Throat | Self | Film | 6.4 | 82 |
| 2005 | The Outsider | Self | Film | 6.8 | 82 |
| 2003 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV | — | 79 |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | TV | — | 79 | |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | TV | — | 79 | |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Film | 4.8 | 79 | |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Film | 4.8 | 79 | |
| 2001 | L'étrange festival | Himself | Film | — | 78 |
| 2001 | New York in the Fifties | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Norman Mailer | TV | 7.9 | 77 |
| 2000 | American Tragedy | Film | 5.8 | 77 | |
| 2000 | Mailer on Mailer | Himself | Film | 5.0 | 77 |
| 2000 | Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale | Film | 6.0 | 77 | |
| 2000 | Oh My America | Himself | Film | — | 77 |
| 1999 | maybrit illner | Self | TV | 9.0 | 76 |
| 1999 | Cremaster 2 | Harry Houdini | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 1996 | When We Were Kings | Self | Film | 7.6 | 73 |
| 1996 | Baby Trouble Hole | Interviewed | Film | — | 73 |
| 1994 | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg | Self | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 1988 | King Lear | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1988 | King Lear | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Self | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Film | 4.8 | 64 | |
| 1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Film | 4.8 | 64 | |
| 1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Film | 4.8 | 64 | |
| 1985 | Empire City | Self | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Film | 5.8 | 59 | |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Film | 5.8 | 59 | |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | TV | — | 59 | |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Stanford White | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1981 | Chytilová Versus Forman | Self | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1980 | Marilyn: The Untold Story | Film | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1979 | Town Bloody Hall | Himself | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1979 | Town Bloody Hall | Film | 5.8 | 56 | |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self | TV | 8.5 | 52 |
| 1975 | PBS News Hour | Self | TV | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1973 | Year of the Woman | Self | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1971 | Maidstone | Norman T. Kingsley | Film | 4.2 | 48 |
| 1971 | Maidstone | Film | 4.2 | 48 | |
| 1971 | Maidstone | Film | 4.2 | 48 | |
| 1971 | Maidstone | Film | 4.2 | 48 | |
| 1971 | Maidstone | Film | 4.2 | 48 | |
| 1970 | Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1970 | Norman Mailer vs. Fun City | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1968 | Diaries, Notes, and Sketches | Self | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Lt. Francis Xavier Pope | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Film | 5.6 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Film | 5.6 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Film | 5.6 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Film | 5.6 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Wild 90 | Prince | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1968 | Wild 90 | Film | 5.7 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Wild 90 | Film | 5.7 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Wild 90 | Film | 5.7 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1966 | An American Dream | Film | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1959 | The David Susskind Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1958 | The Naked and the Dead | Film | 5.7 | 35 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1947 | Untitled (Millicent's Dream) | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1947 | Untitled (Millicent's Dream) | Film | — | 24 |