Portrait of Neil Young

Acting

Neil Young

Career

Active from 1972 to 2024, busiest in 2024 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Neil Young Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Tension
    4.7, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Concert Film 2
  • Neil Young 2
  • Musical Journey 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 68
Corduroy Plants
Corduroy Plants (2026)

Producer

Coastal
Coastal (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

Music

Neil Young - Boarding House 1978
Neil Young - Boarding House 1978 (2024)

Music Producer, Director

Catalyst
Catalyst (2024)

Sound Mixer, Director

Neil Young: Harvest Time
Neil Young: Harvest Time (2022)

Executive Producer, Director

Neil Young: Young Shakespeare
Neil Young: Young Shakespeare (2022)

Director

Neil Young + The Promise of the Real: Noise & Flowers
Neil Young + The Promise of the Real: Noise & Flowers (2022)

Director

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music (2022)

Director

Barn
Barn (2021)

Producer

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket (2021)

Producer

Yield
Yield (2020)

as Pa Carnago

Return to Greendale
Return to Greendale (2020)

Director, Music

2010s

13 titles · average score 53
Mountaintop
Mountaintop (2019)

Director

Paradox
Paradox (2018)
GoodWatch score 35

as The Man in the Black Hat

The Silent Scream
The Silent Scream (2017)

Digital Imaging Technician

Neil Young: Hometown
Neil Young: Hometown (2017)

Producer

Muddy Track
Muddy Track (2015)

Director

Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session
Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session (2015)

Music

The Monsanto Years
The Monsanto Years (2015)

Producer, Songs

Seeding Fear
Seeding Fear (2015)

Executive Producer

A Letter Home
A Letter Home (2014)

Music Producer, Director

Neil Young Journeys
Neil Young Journeys (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

Music, Executive Producer

A Day at the Gallery
A Day at the Gallery (2012)

as Author

Neil Young - Le Noise
Neil Young - Le Noise (2011)

as Neil Young

2000s

4 titles · average score 62
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ‎– Déjà Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ‎– Déjà Vu (2008)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer, Music

Greendale
Greendale (2004)
GoodWatch score 50

as Wayne Newton

Neil Young: Red Rocks Live
Neil Young: Red Rocks Live (2000)

Executive Producer

1990s

7 titles · average score 62
Year of the Horse
Year of the Horse (1997)
GoodWatch score 52

Executive Producer, Music

Emmylou Harris: Building the Wrecking Ball
Emmylou Harris: Building the Wrecking Ball (1996)

Music

Dead Man
Dead Man (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions (1995)

Producer, Mixing Engineer

Phone
Phone (1992)
GoodWatch score 62

Thanks

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Weld
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Weld (1991)

Director

Love at Large
Love at Large (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

as Rick

1980s

6 titles · average score 59
'68
'68 (1988)

as Westy

Made in Heaven
Made in Heaven (1987)
GoodWatch score 62

as Truck Driver

Neil Young: Solo Trans
Neil Young: Solo Trans (1984)

Writer, Producer

Human Highway
Human Highway (1982)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lionel Switch / Frankie Fontaine

Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (1981)
GoodWatch score 79

Theme Song Performance

Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
GoodWatch score 42

Original Music Composer

1970s

2 titles · average score 71
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
GoodWatch score 79

Editor, Director

Journey Through the Past
Journey Through the Past (1972)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Editor