Where to watch Shirley Clarke in the UK
Find every Shirley Clarke film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
A major figure of the American avant garde, Shirley Brimberg Clarke (1919-1997) was born into privilege as the daughter of Polish-Jewish immigrants who made their fortune in manufacturing. Rebelling against a repressive bourgeois upbringing, Clarke turned first to dance, and later film and video, to express her distinctive vision of the world. Moving freely across genres and media throughout her career (and often within a single work), Clarke’s cinema explores the porous boundaries between narrative and documentary filmmaking, and film and other media, such as painting, dance, performance and…
Shirley Clarke films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Shirley Clarke, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- Love Nest (1951) Stand In
- Lions Love (1969) as Shirley
- The Connection (1962) Director
- The Cool World (1964) Director
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) as Self
- Birth of a Nation (1997) as Self
- Ornette: Made in America (1986) Director
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Happy Birthday to John (1997) as Self
- Galaxie (1966) as Self
- Underground New York (1968) as Self
- As Kineastas (1986) Cast
- Portrait of Jason (1967) Director
- Skyscraper (1959) Director
- Bill's Hat (1967) Cast
- Alien Blood (1999) as second alien mother / MIB soldier
- Bridges-Go-Round 1 (1958) Director
- Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963) Director
- Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke (1970) as Shirley Clarke
- Tongues (1982) Director
- Yoko and John Party (1971) Director
- Brussels Loops (1958) Director
- For Life, Against the War (1967) Director
- Savage/Love (1981) Director
- A Visual Diary (1980) Director
- Bullfight (1955) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three (1978) Director
- Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens (2016) as Self (archival footage)
- A Moment in Love (1956) Director
- Sex Stars (1976) as Self
- In Paris Parks (1954) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium (1978) Director
- Home Movies #20: Dance Tests (2016) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans (1978) Director
- Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game (1984) Director
- Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young) (1927) as Herself
- Dance in the Sun (1953) Director
- The Beats: An Existential Comedy (1980) Cast
- This Is Not 'In Paris Parks' (2016) Director
- Christopher and Me (1960) Dialogue
- Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera (1950) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation (1978) Director
- A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton (2016) Director
- Rose and the Players – Part 1 (2016) Director
- Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971 (1971) Director
- Makeup Magic (1971) Director
- Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea (1968) Director
- The Modnar Machine (1980) Cast
- Home Movies #18 Florida (1943) as Herself
- Butterfly (1967) Director
- Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy (1943) as Herself
- 24 Frames Per Second (1977) Director
- Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks' (2016) Director
- Bridges-Go-Round 2 (1958) Director
- Ricky Leacock Visit, daytime, April 19, 1971 (1971) Director
- Decroux Film (2016) Director
- Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971 (1971) Director
- A Scary Time (1960) Director
- Bullfight: The C and D Rolls (2016) Director
- Rose and the Players – Part 2 (2016) Director
- Carl Lee on Joe Franklin Show (1973) Director
- The Tee Pee Video Space Troupe: The First Years Director
- Ricky Leacock Visit, April 17, 1971 (1971) Director
- Fear Flight (2016) Director
- Morris at Ornette's Art Show (1972) Director
- The Arrest (1971) Director
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