Portrait of Frank Zappa

Acting

Frank Zappa

Career

Active from 1962 to 2015, with a break from 1989 to 2006, busiest in 1987 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frank Zappa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    2.3, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Tension
    3.7, average 6.0
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Cult Classic 3
  • Concert Film 2
  • Frank Zappa 2
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Experimental Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Male Swagger
The Male Swagger

as Guitarist (archive footage)

2020s

5 titles · average score 80
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep (2025)

Songs, Producer

Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025
Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025 (2025)

Music

The Residents - A Documentary
The Residents - A Documentary (2024)

Compositor

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968 (2024)

Music

Zappa
Zappa (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

Music

2010s

6 titles · average score 73
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape (2016)

Music

Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Writer

Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily (2014)
GoodWatch score 70

Music

Cheepnis
Cheepnis (2014)

Music, Producer

Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme (2013)

Editor, Music

1982. L'estate di Frank
1982. L'estate di Frank (2012)

Music

2000s

3 titles
An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops
An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops (2008)

Music

Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973 (2007)

Director

Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa
Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa (2002)

Music

1990s

8 titles · average score 69
Happy Birthday to John
Happy Birthday to John (1997)
GoodWatch score 58

Songs

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees (1997)

as Mike Nesmith (archive footage)

Beasts
Beasts (1993)

Music

The Yellow Shark
The Yellow Shark (1992)

Conductor, Music

The Ren & Stimpy Show
The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as The Pope (voice)

Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko (1991)

Music, Producer

Pražákům, těm je hej
Pražákům, těm je hej (1991)

as Frank Zappa

Cousteau: Alaska: Outrage at Valdez
Cousteau: Alaska: Outrage at Valdez (1990)

Music

1980s

10 titles · average score 74
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)

Director, Music

The Amazing Mr. Bickford
The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Writer

Video from Hell
Video from Hell (1987)

Producer, Music

Uncle Meat
Uncle Meat (1987)
GoodWatch score 65

Producer, Director

Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars
Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars (1985)

Writer, Director

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Mario Fuente

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
GoodWatch score 69

as Attila

Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special! (1982)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Writer

Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Attilla

1970s

4 titles · average score 58
Baby Snakes
Baby Snakes (1979)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Producer

200 Motels
200 Motels (1971)
GoodWatch score 54

as Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)

The Manipulator
The Manipulator (1971)
GoodWatch score 42

Props

Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa (1971)

Music

1960s

5 titles · average score 64
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1969)

Music, Director

Head
Head (1968)
GoodWatch score 62

as The Critic

Luden’s Cough Drops
Luden’s Cough Drops (1967)

Music

Run Home Slow
Run Home Slow (1965)

Original Music Composer

The World's Greatest Sinner
The World's Greatest Sinner (1962)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer