 Bucking Fastard2026 · Writer, Director, Producer | Writer, Director, Producer |
 Ghost Elephants2026 · Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay | Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay |
 Theater of Thought2024 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft2024 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer | Narrator (voice), Director, Writer |
 Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds2020 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Family Romance, LLC2019 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography | Writer, Director, Director of Photography |
 Meeting Gorbachev2019 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin2019 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Salt and Fire2016 · Man with One Story (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Director | Man with One Story (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Director |
 Into the Inferno2016 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World2016 · Director, Producer, Writer | Director, Producer, Writer |
 Queen of the Desert2015 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 From One Second to the Next2013 · Director | Director |
 The Killers: Unstaged2012 · Director | Director |
 Into the Abyss2011 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer | Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer |
 Ode to the Dawn of Man2011 · Director | Director |
 Cave of Forgotten Dreams2010 · Narrator (voice), Screenplay, Director | Narrator (voice), Screenplay, Director |
 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga2010 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Director | Narrator (voice), Writer, Director |
 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done2010 · Screenplay, Director | Screenplay, Director |
 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009 · Director | Director |
 La Bohème2009 · Director | Director |
 Encounters at the End of the World2007 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer | Narrator (voice), Director, Writer |
 Rescue Dawn2007 · Director | Director |
 The Wild Blue Yonder2005 · Screenplay, Director | Screenplay, Director |
 Grizzly Man2005 · Director | Director |
 The White Diamond2004 · Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay | Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay |
 Wheel of Time2003 · Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Writer | Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Writer |
 Ten Thousand Years Older2002 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet2002 · Writer, Director | Writer, Director |
 Invincible2001 · Writer, Director, Producer | Writer, Director, Producer |
 Pilgrimage2001 · Director | Director |
 Wings of Hope1999 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 My Best Fiend1999 · Writer, Director | Writer, Director |
 Little Dieter Needs to Fly1997 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer | Narrator (voice), Director, Writer |
 The Transformation of the World Into Music1996 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices1995 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer | Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer |
 Bells from the Deep1993 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer | Narrator (voice), Director, Writer |
| LLa Donna del Lago1992 · Director | Director |
 Lessons of Darkness1992 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur1991 · Narrator (voice), Screenplay, Director, Producer | Narrator (voice), Screenplay, Director, Producer |
 Scream of Stone1991 · TV-Regisseur, Director | TV-Regisseur, Director |
 Echoes from a Sombre Empire1990 · Director, Writer, Producer | Director, Writer, Producer |
 Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun1989 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer | Narrator (voice), Director, Writer |
 Giovanna d'Arco1989 · Director | Director |
 The French as Seen by…1988 · Director | Director |
 The Gauls1988 · Director | Director |
 Cobra Verde1987 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 Portrait: Werner Herzog1986 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 The Dark Glow of the Mountains1985 · Director, Producer, Writer | Director, Producer, Writer |
 Ballad of the Little Soldier1984 · Writer, Director, Producer | Writer, Director, Producer |
 Where the Green Ants Dream1984 · Lawyer (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer | Lawyer (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer |
 God's Angry Man1983 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer | Narrator (voice), Director, Writer |
 Huie's Sermon1983 · Director | Director |
 Fitzcarraldo1982 · Director, Producer, Screenplay | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
 Woyzeck1979 · Screenplay, Director | Screenplay, Director |
 Nosferatu the Vampyre1979 · Director, Producer, Writer | Director, Producer, Writer |
 La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe1977 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer | Narrator (voice), Director, Producer |
 Stroszek1977 · Director, Screenplay, Producer | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
 Heart of Glass1976 · Glass Transporter, Writer, Director, Producer | Glass Transporter, Writer, Director, Producer |
 How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck1976 · Director, Producer | Director, Producer |
 No One Will Play with Me1976 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974 · Producer, Director, Screenplay | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
 The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner1974 · Director, Screenplay, Producer | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
 Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972 · Producer, Director, Writer | Producer, Director, Writer |
 Fata Morgana1972 · Director, Screenplay, Producer | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
 Land of Silence and Darkness1971 · Screenplay, Director, Producer | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
 Even Dwarfs Started Small1971 · Producer, Screenplay, Director | Producer, Screenplay, Director |
 Handicapped Future1971 · Interviewer (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer | Interviewer (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer |
 The Flying Doctors of East Africa1970 · Director, Writer, Producer | Director, Writer, Producer |
 Precautions Against Fanatics1969 · Director, Producer, Writer | Director, Producer, Writer |
 Signs of Life1968 · Soldier (uncredited), Writer, Director, Producer | Soldier (uncredited), Writer, Director, Producer |
 Last Words1968 · Director, Screenplay, Producer | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
 The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz1967 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 Herakles1962 · Director, Screenplay, Producer | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
 The Twilight WorldDirector | Director |
