Paul Schrader: movies and TV shows
Paul Schrader has 121 credits in the archive: 113 films and 8 TV series, from 1974 to 2026. Highest rated: Taxi Driver (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 2026 · busiest year: 2022 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades | Himself | Film | — | 79 |
| 2026 | The Basics of Philosophy | Film | 5.8 | 79 | |
| 2026 | The Basics of Philosophy | Film | 5.8 | 79 | |
| 2025 | Mr. Scorsese | Self | TV | 8.1 | 78 |
| 2025 | Ritratti di cinema | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2025 | Vulcanizadora | Film | 6.3 | 78 | |
| 2025 | Masterclass di Paul Schrader al Laceno d'Oro 48 | Self - filmmaker, guest | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2024 | Oh, Canada | Film | 5.7 | 77 | |
| 2024 | Oh, Canada | Film | 5.7 | 77 | |
| 2023 | Master Gardener | Film | 6.0 | 76 | |
| 2023 | Master Gardener | Film | 6.0 | 76 | |
| 2022 | American Gigolo | TV | 6.8 | 75 | |
| 2022 | American Gigolo | TV | 6.8 | 75 | |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2022 | There Are No Saints | Film | 5.2 | 75 | |
| 2022 | There Are No Saints | Film | 5.2 | 75 | |
| 2022 | The Book of Harth | Self | Film | 8.5 | 75 |
| 2021 | The Card Counter | Film | 6.1 | 74 | |
| 2021 | The Card Counter | Film | 6.1 | 74 | |
| 2020 | Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business | Self | Film | 3.0 | 73 |
| 2020 | Paul Schrader: Man in a Room | Self | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2020 | Paul Schrader: Man in a Room | Film | 6.0 | 73 | |
| 2020 | The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2019 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 2018 | First Reformed | Film | 7.0 | 71 | |
| 2018 | First Reformed | Film | 7.0 | 71 | |
| 2017 | We Blew It | Self | Film | 5.2 | 70 |
| 2016 | Dog Eat Dog | El Greco | Film | 5.1 | 69 |
| 2016 | Dog Eat Dog | Film | 5.1 | 69 | |
| 2016 | Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2016 | Ken San | Self | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 68 |
| 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | Self | Film | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2015 | American Johns | Film | 5.0 | 68 | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 67 |
| 2014 | Dying of the Light | Film | 4.7 | 67 | |
| 2014 | Dying of the Light | Film | 4.7 | 67 | |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Self (segment Paul Schrader) | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Film | 5.0 | 66 | |
| 2013 | The Canyons | Film | 4.4 | 66 | |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2013 | Milius | Self | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2012 | Walk of Fame | Film | 2.0 | 65 | |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | TV | 7.7 | 64 |
| 2011 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | Self | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2010 | Godard Made in USA | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2009 | Tales from the Script | Self | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 2009 | The Rules of Film Noir | Self | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2008 | Adam Resurrected | Film | 6.1 | 61 | |
| 2008 | Murnau, Borzage and Fox | Self | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2008 | Schrader's Exorcism | Self | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Walker | Film | 5.3 | 60 | |
| 2007 | The Walker | Film | 5.3 | 60 | |
| 2007 | Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute | Self | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2007 | God's Lonely Man | Self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2007 | Producing 'Taxi Driver' | Himself | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2006 | Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light | Self | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2005 | Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist | Film | 5.3 | 58 | |
| 2005 | Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | Self | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Raging Bull: Before the Fight | Self | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2004 | Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz | Self | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 2003 | Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | Film | 7.9 | 56 |
| 2002 | Auto Focus | Film | 6.4 | 55 | |
| 2002 | Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader | Self | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Film | 6.6 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Forever Mine | Film | 5.3 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Forever Mine | Film | 5.3 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | Affliction | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1998 | Affliction | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1997 | Scene by Scene | Self | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1997 | Touch | Film | 5.6 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Touch | Film | 5.6 | 50 | |
| 1996 | City Hall | Film | 6.0 | 49 | |
| 1995 | Untitled: New Blue | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 4.7 | 48 |
| 1995 | Untitled: New Blue | Film | 4.7 | 48 | |
| 1995 | Untitled: New Blue | Film | 4.7 | 48 | |
| 1994 | Witch Hunt | Film | 5.1 | 47 | |
| 1993 | Talking with Ozu | Self | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1992 | Light Sleeper | Film | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1992 | Light Sleeper | Film | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1990 | The Comfort of Strangers | Film | 5.9 | 43 | |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks | Self | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1990 | Pictures of Europe | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1990 | Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer | Self | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Film | 7.2 | 41 | |
| 1988 | Patty Hearst | Film | 5.7 | 41 | |
| 1987 | Light of Day | Film | 5.5 | 40 | |
| 1987 | Light of Day | Film | 5.5 | 40 | |
| 1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Film | 6.4 | 39 | |
| 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1985 | Inside Mishima | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1984 | The Road to Bresson | Self | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1982 | Cat People | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1982 | Cat People | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1980 | Raging Bull | Film | 7.9 | 33 | |
| 1980 | American Gigolo | Film | 6.2 | 33 | |
| 1980 | American Gigolo | Film | 6.2 | 33 | |
| 1979 | Hardcore | Film | 6.7 | 32 | |
| 1979 | Hardcore | Film | 6.7 | 32 | |
| 1979 | Old Boyfriends | Film | 5.1 | 32 | |
| 1979 | Old Boyfriends | Film | 5.1 | 32 | |
| 1978 | Blue Collar | Film | 7.3 | 31 | |
| 1978 | Blue Collar | Film | 7.3 | 31 | |
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder | Film | 6.7 | 30 | |
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder | Film | 6.7 | 30 | |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Film | 8.1 | 29 | |
| 1976 | Obsession | Film | 6.7 | 29 | |
| 1976 | Obsession | Film | 6.7 | 29 | |
| 1974 | The Yakuza | Film | 7.1 | 27 | |
| Amber Light | Film | — | — | ||
| Life from the Other Side | Film | — | — | ||
| Non Compos Mentis | Film | — | — | ||
| Non Compos Mentis | Film | — | — | ||
| Three Guns at Dawn | Film | — | — | ||
| The Doors of Perception | Film | — | — | ||
| The Doors of Perception | Film | — | — |