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 11 August 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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- Lions Love (1969) as Shirley
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) as Self
- The Cool World (1964) Director
- Alien Blood (1999) as second alien mother / MIB soldier
- Birth of a Nation (1997) as Self
- The Connection (1962) Director
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Decroux Film (2016) Director
- Ornette: Made in America (1986) Director
- Portrait of Jason (1967) Director
- Sex Stars (1976) as Self
- Up Your Legs Forever (1971) as Self - Legs(uncredited)
- Skyscraper (1959) Director
- For Life, Against the War (1967) Director
- Makeup Magic (1971) Director
- Galaxie (1966) as Self
- As Kineastas (1986) Cast
- Home Movies #20: Dance Tests (2016) Director
- Tongues (1982) Director
- Happy Birthday to John (1997) as Self
- Yoko and John Party (1971) Director
- A Visual Diary (1980) Director
- Brussels Loops (1958) Director
- The Beats: An Existential Comedy (1980) Cast
- The Modnar Machine (1980) Cast
- Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke (1970) as Shirley Clarke
- Savage/Love (1981) Director
- Bill's Hat (1967) Cast
- Underground New York (1968) as Self
- A Scary Time (1960) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium (1978) Director
- Bridges-Go-Round 1 (1958) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans (1978) Director
- Rose and the Players – Part 1 (2016) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three (1978) Director
- Rose and the Players – Part 2 (2016) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation (1978) Director
- Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy (1943) as Herself
- Christopher and Me (1960) Dialogue
- A Moment in Love (1956) Director
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Most-watched Shirley Clarke films currently: Lions Love (1969), Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968), The Cool World (1964), Alien Blood (1999), Birth of a Nation (1997).
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