Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate," Smith fused rock and poetry in her work.
Biography from TMDB.
- December 30, 1946 (79)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor and producer, also composer and director
- 17 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Known for
What are Patti Smith's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 19
Light 14 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 15 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 10 · Intense 0
Steady 15 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 9 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Patti Smith's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Patti Smith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
35 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 74 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Little, Big, and Far(2024)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Turn in the Wound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Joan Baez I Am a Noise(2023)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Kurt Everywhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Spheres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Song to Song(2017)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Book of Conrad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Counting(2015)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Station to Station(2015)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Noah(2014)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Three Stones for Jean Genet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Lou Reed - Remembered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Museum Hours(2012)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Film socialisme(2010)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Two Spirits(2009)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
New York Rock at the BBC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Big Empty(2003)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
What the Punk - An MVD Sampler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Aqua Teen Hunger Force(2000)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
The Rugrats Movie(1998)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all filmsSaturday Night Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Rock My Religion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
West Side Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Career shape
Star power in the 78th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles from 1971 to 2026; peak year 2018.
Biggest box office
Joan Baez I Am a Noise (2023)
Highest rated
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Most popular right now
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
Film career
Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2003Screen debut· The Big Empty
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
3 major nominations and no wins, 2015–2017.
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Spoken Word Album
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Patti Smith's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 15; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th6
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 17 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 47/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Patti Smith work with?
People who share at least 2 of Patti Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steven Sebring shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Steven SebringShared titles: Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band (2018), 3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011), Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Steven Sebring
- Jem CohenShared titles: Counting (2015), Museum Hours (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jem Cohen
Actors
- Allen GinsbergShared titles: Nova 78' (2025), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019), Burroughs: The Movie (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Allen Ginsberg
- Bruce SpringsteenShared titles: Ron Delsener Presents (2023), WBCN and the American Revolution (2019), The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Bruce Springsteen
- Joan BaezShared titles: Joan Baez I Am a Noise (2023), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019), Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Joan Baez
- Jimmy IovineShared titles: Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band (2018), Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017), The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Jimmy Iovine
Editors
- Damian RodriguezShared titles: Ron Delsener Presents (2023), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Damian Rodriguez
Producers
- Paolo CalamitaShared titles: Counting (2015), Museum Hours (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Paolo Calamita
Mixed roles
- Howard BrooknerShared titles: Nova 78' (2025), Burroughs: The Movie (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Brookner
- James A. LebovitzShared titles: Nova 78' (2025), Burroughs: The Movie (1983)See all 2 shared titles with James A. Lebovitz