Thurston Moore

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.

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
Self

Pavements
2025
Self (uncredited)

Scala!!!
2024
Self

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024

The Road to Ruane
2024
Self

Louder Than You Think
2023
Self (archive footage)

Black Lodge
2022
Executive Producer

2020
2021
Music

Fire Music
2021
Executive Producer

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021
himself

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
Self

The Sparks Brothers
2021
Self

Sonic Youth: From The Basement
2020
self

Thick Air
2020
Himself

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
Self

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
Self - Sonic Youth

Daydream Nation
2019

Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
Self

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
Self

Desolation Center
2018

The Public Image Is Rotten
2017
Himself

Teenage Superstars
2017
Himself

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016
Himself

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015
Self

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
2014
Himself

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
Self

The Hardcore Collection
2012
(archive footage)

Street
2011
Music

Clean
2011
Original Music Composer

Blank City
2011
Self

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
Self

Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
Music

I Was Jack Goldstein
2010
Music

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010
Self

From the Basement
2009
Self - Sonic Youth

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
Self

I Need That Record!
2008
Himself

New York Rock at the BBC
2008
Self - Sonic Youth

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
Music

Extra Action
2007
Music

Llik Your Idols
2007
Himself

Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
2007
Himself

365 Day Project
2007

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
2007
Self

Welcome to My Castle!
2007
Self

Cut Shorts
2006

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
Self

Noise
2006
Self

Punk: Attitude
2005
Himself

Day Trip Maryanne
2005

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
Himself

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
2005
Himself

Kill Your Idols
2004
Self

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
Self

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
2003
Performer

Demonlover
2002
Original Music Composer

Pavement: Slow Century
2002
Self

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2002

Things Behind the Sun
2001
Original Music Composer

25 Years of Punk
2001
Self

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000
Self

Record Player: Christian Marclay
2000
Himself

Sonic Youth: Live in Rio 2000
2000

David S. Ware
1999
Himself

Turn of the Century
1999
Himself

Free Tibet
1998
Self - Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1998

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996

Heavy
1995
Original Music Composer

Blood on the Beach
1995
Self

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
Self

Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
1995
Self

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
Self

Grunge Pedal
1993

Changing Fashions
1993

1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992
Title Designer

Goo
1991
Writer

Hippy Porn
1991
Original Music Composer

Notebook
1991

Rap Damage
1991

Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991

Weatherman '69
1989
Jeff Jones

Put More Blood Into the Music
1988
Himself

Lou Believers
1988
Himself

Submit to Me Now
1987
Music

Made in U.S.A.
1987
Original Music Composer

Death Valley '69
1986

Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

Submit to Me
1986

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1985

Rock My Religion
1984
Idea