| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2025 | Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than CheepMovie | Self (guitar, vocals) | 85 |
| 2024 | Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968Movie | — | 84 |
| 2021 | The Velvet UndergroundMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 81 |
| 2021 | Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!Movie | Self | 81 |
| 2021 | The Art of DissentMovie | Self - Subject (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2021 | Larry Flynt for PresidentMovie | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2021 | Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riffMovie | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2020 | ZappaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 80 |
| 2020 | Laurel CanyonSeries | Self (archive footage) | 80 |
| 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My VoiceMovie | Self (archive footage) | 79 |
| 2019 | Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous EncounterMovie | Self (archive footage) | 79 |
| 2019 | Echo in the CanyonMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 79 |
| 2019 | Manson: Music from an Unsound MindMovie | Self (archive footage) | 79 |
| 2016 | Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 76 |
| 2016 | Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneMovie | Self (archive footage) | 76 |
| 2016 | Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du papeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 76 |
| 2015 | Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The MovieMovie | Himself | 75 |
| 2014 | Led Zeppelin Played HereMovie | Self (archive footage) | 74 |
| 2014 | CheepnisMovie | Himself | 74 |
| 2013 | Frank Zappa: A Token Of His ExtremeMovie | Himself | 73 |
| 2012 | From Straight to BizarreMovie | Self | 72 |
| 2010 | Hart & Soul - The Hart Family AnthologyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 70 |
| 2010 | Frank Zappa: The Freak Out ListMovie | Himself | 70 |
| 2009 | Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960'sMovie | Himself | 69 |
| 2008 | The Wrecking CrewMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 2008 | Frank Zappa: Music In ReviewMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 2007 | Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973Movie | — | 67 |
| 2006 | FuckMovie | Self (archive footage) | 66 |
| 2005 | DerailroadedMovie | Self (archive footage) | 65 |
| 2005 | Frank Zappa: A Token of His ExtremeMovie | Himself | 65 |
| 2002 | Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big NoteMovie | Self (archive footage) | 62 |
| 2000 | Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To DieMovie | Self (archive footage) | 60 |
| 1997 | Classic AlbumsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 57 |
| 1997 | The Artist Formerly Known As Captain BeefheartMovie | Himself (archive footage) | 57 |
| 1997 | Hey, Hey, We're The MonkeesMovie | Mike Nesmith (archive footage) | 57 |
| 1994 | An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank ZappaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 54 |
| 1991 | Pražákům, těm je hejMovie | Frank Zappa | 51 |
| 1991 | Frank Zappa: PeefeeyatkoMovie | Self | 51 |
| 1989 | DecadeMovie | Self | 49 |
| 1987 | The Amazing Mr. BickfordMovie | Self | 47 |
| 1984 | Miami ViceSeries | Mario Fuente | 44 |
| 1984 | The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversMovie | Attila | 44 |
| 1983 | Cocaine BluesMovie | Himself | 43 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale TheatreSeries | Attilla | 42 |
| 1982 | The Rolling Stones - The First 20 YearsMovie | Self | 42 |
| 1979 | Baby SnakesMovie | Self | 39 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Host & Musical Guest | 35 |
| 1973 | Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, SwedenMovie | — | 33 |
| 1972 | Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereMovie | Self | 32 |
| 1969 | Burnt Weeny SandwichMovie | Self | 29 |
| 1968 | HeadMovie | The Critic | 28 |
| 1968 | You Are What You EatMovie | — | 28 |
| 1968 | All My LovingMovie | Self | 28 |
| 1967 | OmnibusSeries | Self | 27 |
| 1967 | Mondo HollywoodMovie | — | 27 |
| 1967 | Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionMovie | Self | 27 |
| 1967 | Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSeries | Self | 27 |
| 1966 | The MonkeesSeries | Self (uncredited) | 26 |
| 1965 | The Big T.N.T. ShowMovie | Self (uncredited) | 25 |
| 1965 | Beat-ClubSeries | Self | 25 |
| 1964 | Late Night Line-UpSeries | Himself | 24 |
