Werner Herzog: movies and TV shows
Werner Herzog has 350 credits in the archive: 316 films and 34 TV series, from 1976 to 2026. Highest rated: Bride of the Orient (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1976 – 2026 · busiest year: 2010 (18 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ghost Elephants | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 83 |
| 2026 | Ghost Elephants | Film | 7.8 | 83 | |
| 2026 | Ghost Elephants | Film | 7.8 | 83 | |
| 2026 | Ghost Elephants | Film | 7.8 | 83 | |
| 2026 | Ghost Elephants | Film | 7.8 | 83 | |
| 2026 | Hulk Hogan: Real American | Self | TV | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2026 | Soccer Meets America | Self | TV | — | 83 |
| 2025 | Sirena | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2025 | Reeling | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2025 | Felicidad | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2025 | Mi casa amarilla | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2024 | Orion and the Dark | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 81 |
| 2024 | The End | Film | 5.2 | 81 | |
| 2024 | About a Hero | Film | 5.5 | 81 | |
| 2024 | The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 81 |
| 2024 | The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft | Film | 7.7 | 81 | |
| 2024 | The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft | Film | 7.7 | 81 | |
| 2024 | Theater of Thought | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2024 | Theater of Thought | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2024 | Theater of Thought | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2024 | Celebrating the Rice Media Center | Self (archival footage) | Film | — | 81 |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivion | Narrator (voice) | Film | 2.0 | 80 |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivion | Film | 2.0 | 80 | |
| 2022 | El Poso | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2022 | Tegoyo | Self (Voice) | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2022 | Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer | Self | Film | 7.9 | 79 |
| 2022 | Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.8 | 79 |
| 2022 | Last Exit: Space | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2022 | Last Exit: Space | Film | 6.8 | 79 | |
| 2022 | Notes from a Dromedary | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2022 | Flores del precipicio | Film | 5.0 | 79 | |
| 2021 | A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner | Self | Film | 8.5 | 78 |
| 2021 | Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2021 | The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 78 |
| 2021 | Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 78 |
| 2020 | Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Self - The Client | TV | 7.4 | 77 |
| 2020 | Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 2020 | Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds | Film | 6.5 | 77 | |
| 2020 | Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds | Film | 6.5 | 77 | |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen | Self | TV | 10.0 | 77 |
| 2020 | Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema) | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self | Film | 7.7 | 77 |
| 2020 | AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. | (archive footage) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2020 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault | (archive footage) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2020 | The Andinist | The Painter (Narrator) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian | The Client | TV | 8.4 | 76 |
| 2019 | The Last Scene | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2019 | Family Romance, LLC | Film | 6.2 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Family Romance, LLC | Film | 6.2 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Family Romance, LLC | Film | 6.2 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Family Romance, LLC | Film | 6.2 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2019 | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | Film | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | Film | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Jihad in Hollywood | Self | Film | 1.0 | 76 |
| 2019 | Tattoo Uprising | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2019 | Meeting Gorbachev | Self | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2019 | Meeting Gorbachev | Film | 6.5 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Meeting Gorbachev | Film | 6.5 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Love Birds | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2019 | 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2018 | The whole world is country | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2018 | Paradox Bullets | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Self | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 2018 | The Golden Gate | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2018 | Manaslu: Mountain of Souls | Self | Film | 8.3 | 75 |
| 2018 | The Empty Goal | Film | 10.0 | 75 | |
| 2018 | Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias | Self | Film | 5.5 | 75 |
| 2018 | I'm a Soldier | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 2017 | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | Film | 2.0 | 74 |
| 2017 | A Gray State | Film | 6.4 | 74 | |
| 2017 | Werner We Love You | Self | Film | 8.5 | 74 |
| 2017 | One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2017 | The Man Who Killed John Wayne | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 74 |
| 2016 | Salt and Fire | Man with One Story (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 73 |
| 2016 | Salt and Fire | Film | 4.9 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Salt and Fire | Film | 4.9 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Salt and Fire | Film | 4.9 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Jihad in Hollywood | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2016 | Into the Inferno | Self | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2016 | Into the Inferno | Film | 6.9 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Into the Inferno | Film | 6.9 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | Self | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2016 | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | Film | 6.6 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | Film | 6.6 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | Film | 6.6 | 73 | |
| 2016 | The Blimp-Maker | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 72 |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature | Perfect Being (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert | Film | 5.8 | 72 | |
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert | Film | 5.8 | 72 | |
| 2015 | Red Army | Film | 7.4 | 72 | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 71 |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | Documentary Filmmaker (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2014 | The Look of Silence | Film | 7.8 | 71 | |
| 2014 | Life Itself | Self - Filmmaker | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2014 | Atari: Game Over | Self (archival) | Film | 6.6 | 71 |
| 2014 | Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2014 | Lemonade War | Neighborhood Hero | Film | 5.0 | 71 |
| 2014 | Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 71 |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty | Shrimply Pibbles (voice) | TV | 8.7 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Unbelievers | Self | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Last Shepherd | Film | 9.4 | 70 | |
| 2013 | Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision | Alexander von Humboldt | Film | 7.7 | 70 |
| 2013 | From One Second to the Next | Film | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2013 | Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | Self | Film | 7.4 | 70 |
| 2013 | Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing' | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2013 | An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2013 | Mistaken for Strangers | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher | Zec Chelovek | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2012 | The Act of Killing | Film | 7.7 | 69 | |
| 2012 | Dinotasia | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 2012 | On Death Row | Werner Herzog | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2012 | On Death Row | TV | 6.8 | 69 | |
| 2012 | On Death Row | TV | 6.8 | 69 | |
| 2012 | On Death Row | TV | 6.8 | 69 | |
| 2012 | The Killers: Unstaged | Self | Film | 3.0 | 69 |
| 2012 | The Killers: Unstaged | Film | 3.0 | 69 | |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.5 | 69 |
| 2012 | Strawberryfields | Turnlehrer | Film | — | 69 |
| 2012 | 10 Questions for Werner Herzog | Self | Film | 9.5 | 69 |
| 2012 | No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2012 | Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2011 | Into the Abyss | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2011 | Into the Abyss | Film | 6.9 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Into the Abyss | Film | 6.9 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Into the Abyss | Film | 6.9 | 68 | |
| 2011 | I, I, I José Lewgoy | Self | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2011 | On Borrowed Time | Self | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 2011 | Ode to the Dawn of Man | Film | 7.1 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Ode to the Dawn of Man | Film | 7.1 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Ode to the Dawn of Man | Film | 7.1 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood | Self | Film | 1.0 | 68 |
| 2011 | Champions: A Comic Tale | Self | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Film | 7.1 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Film | 7.1 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2010 | Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 67 |
| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Film | 7.3 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Film | 7.3 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Film | 7.3 | 67 | |
| 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Film | 6.1 | 67 | |
| 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Film | 6.1 | 67 | |
| 2010 | When Herzog Rescued Phoenix | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 2010 | The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2010 | I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2010 | A Night Out | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2010 | A Night Out | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2010 | Werner Herzog Defends Dade | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2010 | Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | Keg Jennings | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2009 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Film | 6.2 | 66 | |
| 2009 | The Lonely | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2009 | La Bohème | Film | 4.9 | 66 | |
| 2009 | Plastic Bag | Plastic Bag (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2008 | BLAST! | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2008 | Capturing Reality | Self | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2008 | Mister Lonely | Father Umbrillo | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 2008 | 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight | Self | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2008 | Back to Room 666 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 65 |
| 2008 | Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2008 | Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers | Self | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2008 | Bierbichler | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2007 | Rescue Dawn | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Rescue Dawn | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema | Self | Film | 4.0 | 64 |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 64 |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World | Film | 7.5 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World | Film | 7.5 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Encounters at the End of the World | Film | 7.5 | 64 | |
| 2007 | The Grand | The German | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 2007 | All In This Tea | Film | 7.4 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn | Self | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2007 | The Devil's Muse | Film | 2.7 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2006 | Metalocalypse | TV | 7.6 | 63 | |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show | TV | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | Film | 8.5 | 63 |
| 2006 | Walking to Werner | Self (voice) | Film | — | 63 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Werner Herzog (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | TV | 6.9 | 62 | |
| 2005 | The Boondocks | Himself (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 62 |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man | Self / Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man | Film | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 2005 | The Wild Blue Yonder | Film | 6.0 | 62 | |
| 2005 | The Wild Blue Yonder | Film | 6.0 | 62 | |
| 2005 | What Is It? | Film | 5.5 | 62 | |
| 2005 | In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2005 | Dreams and Burdens | Self | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2005 | Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space | Self | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2005 | Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2004 | Incident at Loch Ness | Self | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2004 | Incident at Loch Ness | Film | 5.9 | 61 | |
| 2004 | Dribble | Self (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 2004 | The White Diamond | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2004 | The White Diamond | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2004 | The White Diamond | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2004 | The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3 | Self (voice) ("Dribble" short) | Film | — | 61 |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time | Film | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time | Film | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time | Film | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time | Film | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet | Film | 6.9 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet | Film | 6.9 | 59 | |
| 2002 | The Boxing Prince | Self | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2002 | Ten Thousand Years Older | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2002 | Ten Thousand Years Older | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2001 | Invincible | Film | 6.2 | 58 | |
| 2001 | Invincible | Film | 6.2 | 58 | |
| 2001 | Invincible | Film | 6.2 | 58 | |
| 2001 | Pilgrimage | Film | 4.8 | 58 | |
| 2001 | The 100 Greatest Films | Self | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2000 | Tannhäuser | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 2000 | The Ball Is a Scumbag | Self | Film | 8.5 | 57 |
| 2000 | Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2000 | The Last Documentary | Self | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1999 | My Best Fiend | Self | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1999 | My Best Fiend | Film | 7.3 | 56 | |
| 1999 | My Best Fiend | Film | 7.3 | 56 | |
| 1999 | Julien Donkey-Boy | Father | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1999 | Wings of Hope | Self | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1999 | Wings of Hope | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1999 | Wings of Hope | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1999 | 2000 Years of Christianity | TV | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1999 | In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | Self | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1999 | A Brief History of Errol Morris | Self | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | Face | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1998 | Sternstunde Philosophie | Self | TV | — | 55 |
| 1997 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1997 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | Film | 7.5 | 54 | |
| 1997 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | Film | 7.5 | 54 | |
| 1996 | Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait | Self | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1996 | The Transformation of the World Into Music | Self | Film | 8.3 | 53 |
| 1996 | The Transformation of the World Into Music | Film | 8.3 | 53 | |
| 1996 | The Transformation of the World Into Music | Film | 8.3 | 53 | |
| 1996 | The Transformation of the World Into Music | Film | 8.3 | 53 | |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1995 | Burning Heart | Film | 9.0 | 52 | |
| 1995 | Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1995 | Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | Film | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1995 | Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | Film | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1995 | Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | Film | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1994 | Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera | Self - Director | TV | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1993 | Bells from the Deep | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1993 | Bells from the Deep | Film | 7.1 | 50 | |
| 1993 | Bells from the Deep | Film | 7.1 | 50 | |
| 1993 | Dangerous Game | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1992 | Lessons of Darkness | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1992 | Lessons of Darkness | Film | 7.9 | 49 | |
| 1992 | Lessons of Darkness | Film | 7.9 | 49 | |
| 1992 | Lessons of Darkness | Film | 7.9 | 49 | |
| 1992 | La Donna del Lago | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1991 | SnowwhiteRosered | Self | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1991 | Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1991 | Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Film Lesson | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1991 | Film Lesson | TV | — | 48 | |
| 1991 | Scream of Stone | TV-Regisseur | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1991 | Scream of Stone | Film | 6.3 | 48 | |
| 1990 | Echoes from a Sombre Empire | Self | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1990 | Echoes from a Sombre Empire | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 1990 | Echoes from a Sombre Empire | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 1990 | Echoes from a Sombre Empire | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 1990 | Hard to Be a God | Mita / Richard | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1990 | Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God" | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Werner Herzog (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Dr. Lund (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1989 | Under the Sun | TV | — | 46 | |
| 1989 | Bride of the Orient | Businger | Film | 9.5 | 46 |
| 1989 | Giovanna d'Arco | Film | 7.5 | 46 | |
| 1989 | To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further | Self | Film | 8.5 | 46 |
| 1989 | The Heart and the Legs | Self | Film | — | 46 |
| 1989 | Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1989 | Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun | Film | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1989 | Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun | Film | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1989 | Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun | Film | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1988 | The French as Seen by… | Film | 6.9 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe | Self | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1988 | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe | Film | 6.9 | 45 | |
| 1988 | The Gauls | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1987 | Cobra Verde | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1987 | Cobra Verde | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1987 | Location Africa | Self | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1987 | Location Africa | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1986 | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Self | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1986 | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Film | 7.1 | 43 | |
| 1986 | Portrait: Werner Herzog | Film | 7.1 | 43 | |
| 1985 | The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Self (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 42 |
| 1985 | The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Film | 7.6 | 42 | |
| 1985 | The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Film | 7.6 | 42 | |
| 1985 | The Dark Glow of the Mountains | Film | 7.6 | 42 | |
| 1985 | Room 666 | Self | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1985 | Tokyo-Ga | Self | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1985 | Sonntagsgespräch | Self | TV | — | 42 |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream | Lawyer (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream | Film | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream | Film | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants Dream | Film | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Ballad of the Little Soldier | Self (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1984 | Ballad of the Little Soldier | Film | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Ballad of the Little Soldier | Film | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Ballad of the Little Soldier | Film | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1983 | Huie's Sermon | Film | 5.2 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Man of Flowers | The Father | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1983 | God's Angry Man | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1983 | God's Angry Man | Film | 5.7 | 40 | |
| 1983 | God's Angry Man | Film | 5.7 | 40 | |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Film | 7.6 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Film | 7.6 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Film | 7.6 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Burden of Dreams | Self - Filmmaker | Film | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1980 | Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers | Self - Film Director: Nosferatu | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards | Self | TV | — | 36 |
| 1979 | Okay | Self | TV | — | 36 |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Film | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Film | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Film | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1979 | The Making of 'Nosferatu' | Self | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1979 | I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog | Self | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1979 | Woyzeck | Film | 6.6 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Woyzeck | Film | 6.6 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie' | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 35 |
| 1977 | Journey Through History | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1977 | Stroszek | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1977 | Stroszek | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1977 | Stroszek | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1977 | La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1977 | La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1977 | La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1977 | La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1976 | No One Will Play with Me | Film | 5.8 | 33 | |
| 1976 | No One Will Play with Me | Film | 5.8 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Heart of Glass | Glass Transporter | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1976 | Heart of Glass | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Heart of Glass | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Heart of Glass | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1976 | How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck | Self | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1976 | How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1976 | How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1976 | How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema | Self | Film | — | 33 |