The Wizard of the Kremlin2026
As Synthesizer Player
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Thurston Moore
Born
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1.
Filmography (107)
The Sparks Brothers2021
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Pavements2025
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt2026
As Self
Broken English2026
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Devil and Daniel Johnston2006
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Best Summer2026
As Self
Uncropped2024
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.2021
As himself
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease2012
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Changing Fashions1993
25 Years of Punk2001
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special1995
As Self
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Lou Believers1988
As Himself
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!1994
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Public Image Is Rotten2017
As Himself
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Free Tibet1998
As Self - Sonic Youth
TMDb 8.0 / 10
365 Day Project2007
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
1991: The Year Punk Broke1992
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB2009
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché2021
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind2005
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child2010
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Thick Air2020
As Himself
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Last Critic2026
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos1994
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine2019
As Self - Sonic Youth
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)2015
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost2004
TMDb 6.2 / 10
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen2005
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Blank City2011
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times1995
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Punk: Attitude2005
As Himself
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Submit to Me1985
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Scala!!!2024
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson2007
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love1995
New York Rock at the BBC2008
As Self - Sonic Youth
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Road to Ruane2024
As Self
Swans: Where Does a Body End?2019
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Welcome to My Castle!2007
As Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale2004
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
From The Basement2009
As Self - Sonic Youth
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape2016
As Himself
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes2005
As Himself
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree1985
Louder Than You Think2023
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 20002000
Sonic Youth: 930 Club1988
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney2013
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Kill Your Idols2004
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions2019
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation2019
Noise2006
As Self
TMDb 4.5 / 10
An Introduction to Harmolodics
An Introduction to Harmolodics1995
Station to Station2014
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Lou Reed - Remembered2013
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Skeeno H.C. Rules1991
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach1995
As Self
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth2000
As Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story2024
Sonic Youth: Full Set From The BasementRelease date TBA
As Self
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East2007
As Himself
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 20112011
Teenage Superstars2017
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Put More Blood Into the Music1988
As Himself
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over2019
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Hardcore Collection2000
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music2001
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Turn of the Century1999
As Himself
Record Player: Christian Marclay2000
As Himself
I Need That Record!2008
As Himself
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Cut Shorts2006
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996Release date TBA
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 19961996
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline2014
As Himself
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)2003
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sublapse Video Mag 11986
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage2003
As Performer
From the Basement2009
As Self - Sonic Youth
TMDb 6.0 / 10
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York2009
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Tibetan Freedom Concert1996
As Self
Day Trip Maryanne2005
David S. Ware1999
As Himself
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 20112010
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival2011
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond2019
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis1986
Grunge Pedal1993
Weatherman '691989
As Jeff Jones
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Goo1991
As Self
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet2005
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes2005
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985Release date TBA
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Desolation Center2018
TMDb 9.3 / 10
Don't Bring A Dog
Don't Bring A Dog1997
As Himself
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim1998
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa1993
Rap Damage1991
Ecstatic Peace Archives
Ecstatic Peace Archives2010
Sonic Youth: Live in 19912025
Llik Your Idols2007
As Himself
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Kill Your Idols: More.
Kill Your Idols: More.2006
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Pavement: Slow Century2002
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Notebook1991
The Hardcore Collection2012
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
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