| 2026 | Oliviero Toscani. Chi mi ama mi seguaMovie | — | 80 |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicMovie | Self (archive footage) | 79 |
| 2024 | One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume TwoMovie | Self (archive footage) | 78 |
| 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyMovie | Self | 75 |
| 2021 | NowMovie | Self | 75 |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders, DesperadoMovie | Self | 74 |
| 2019 | WBCN and the American RevolutionMovie | Self | 73 |
| 2017 | Song to SongMovie | Patti Smith | 71 |
| 2017 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our LivesMovie | Self | 71 |
| 2017 | The Defiant OnesSeries | Self | 71 |
| 2017 | Popular Voices at the BBCSeries | Self (archive footage) | 71 |
| 2017 | Ex Libris: The New York Public LibraryMovie | Self | 71 |
| 2016 | U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in ParisMovie | — | 70 |
| 2016 | Mapplethorpe: Look at the PicturesMovie | Self (voice) (uncredited) | 70 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self -Guest/Musical Guest | 69 |
| 2015 | Girls in Bands at the BBCMovie | Self (archive footage) | 69 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries | Self | 68 |
| 2013 | Sternstunde MusikSeries | Self | 67 |
| 2013 | Lou Reed - RememberedMovie | — | 67 |
| 2012 | West of MemphisMovie | Self – WM3 Supporter | 66 |
| 2011 | Sleepless Nights StoriesMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2010 | William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2010 | Film SocialismeMovie | La chanteuse | 64 |
| 2010 | The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of TownMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2009 | The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ConcertsMovie | Self | 63 |
| 2009 | Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBMovie | Self | 63 |
| 2009 | All Tomorrow's PartiesMovie | Self | 63 |
| 2008 | Patti Smith: Dream of LifeMovie | Self | 62 |
| 2008 | The African Twin TowersMovie | Self | 62 |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensMovie | Self | 61 |
| 2007 | Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert MapplethorpeMovie | Self | 61 |
| 2007 | 365 Day ProjectMovie | Self | 61 |
| 2005 | The Colbert ReportSeries | — | 59 |
| 2005 | RockpolitikSeries | Self | 59 |
| 2004 | The Culture ShowSeries | Self | 58 |
| 2003 | The Big EmptyMovie | Traveler | 57 |
| 2003 | R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)Movie | — | 57 |
| 2003 | Brian Wilson: On TourMovie | Self | 57 |
| 2002 | Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants YouMovie | Self | 56 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet...Series | Self | 56 |
| 2002 | What the Punk - An MVD SamplerMovie | — | 56 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries | Cleo Alexander | 55 |
| 2000 | Arista Records' 25th Anniversary CelebrationMovie | Self | 54 |
| 1999 | The Early ShowSeries | Self | 53 |
| 1999 | Laboratorium AnthologyMovie | — | 53 |
| 1998 | The Rugrats MovieMovie | Newborn Baby (singing voice) | 52 |
| 1998 | John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & MusicMovie | Self (archive footage) | 52 |
| 1997 | The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1Movie | Self | 51 |
| 1997 | Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a SpiritMovie | Self | 51 |
| 1996 | New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on FilmMovie | Self | 50 |
| 1996 | Saturday Night SpecialSeries | — | 50 |
| 1995 | Dancing BarefootMovie | Self | 49 |
| 1994 | NeXtSeries | Self | 48 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries | Self - Musical Guest | 47 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries | — | 46 |
| 1986 | Women in RockMovie | Self (archive footage) | 40 |
| 1984 | Burroughs: The MovieMovie | Self | 38 |
| 1980 | No. 18: MahagonnyMovie | Self | 34 |
| 1978 | Still Moving/Patti SmithMovie | Herself | 32 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Musical Guest | 29 |
| 1971 | West Side StoriesMovie | — | 25 |
| 1971 | Robert Having His Nipple PiercedMovie | Narrator (uncredited) | 25 |
| 1970 | Chelsea HotelMovie | Self | 24 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 15 |
| 0 | The Song of HiawathaMovie | — | — |
| 0 | Untitled Keith Richards DocumentaryMovie | Self | — |
