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 6 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 Cool World (1964) Director
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) as Self
- The Connection (1962) Director
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Birth of a Nation (1997) as Self
- Happy Birthday to John (1997) as Self
- Underground New York (1968) as Self
- Ornette: Made in America (1986) Director
- Galaxie (1966) as Self
- Yoko and John Party (1971) Director
- Portrait of Jason (1967) Director
- As Kineastas (1986) Cast
- Skyscraper (1959) Director
- Tongues (1982) Director
- Bill's Hat (1967) Cast
- Alien Blood (1999) as second alien mother / MIB soldier
- Sex Stars (1976) as Self
- Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens (2016) as Self (archival footage)
- Bridges-Go-Round 1 (1958) Director
- Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke (1970) as Shirley Clarke
- For Life, Against the War (1967) Director
- Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans (1978) Director
- Savage/Love (1981) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium (1978) Director
- A Moment in Love (1956) Director
- Bullfight (1955) Director
- The Beats: An Existential Comedy (1980) Cast
- Bridges-Go-Round 2 (1958) Director
- A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton (2016) Director
- Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game (1984) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three (1978) Director
- Brussels Loops (1958) Director
- This Is Not 'In Paris Parks' (2016) Director
- Christopher and Me (1960) Dialogue
- Home Movies #20: Dance Tests (2016) Director
- Fear Flight (2016) Director
- Rose and the Players – Part 1 (2016) Director
- Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971 (1971) Director
- Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971 (1971) Director
- Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young) (1927) as Herself
- Home Movies #18 Florida (1943) as Herself
- 24 Frames Per Second (1977) Director
- Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation (1978) Director
- Decroux Film (2016) Director
- Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks' (2016) Director
- In Paris Parks (1954) Director
- A Visual Diary (1980) Director
- Bullfight: The C and D Rolls (2016) Director
- Butterfly (1967) Director
- Dance in the Sun (1953) Director
- Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy (1943) as Herself
- Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera (1950) Director
- A Scary Time (1960) Director
- Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea (1968) Director
- Makeup Magic (1971) Director
- The Tee Pee Video Space Troupe: The First Years Director
- Rose and the Players – Part 2 (2016) Director
- Morris at Ornette's Art Show (1972) Director
- Ricky Leacock Visit, daytime, April 19, 1971 (1971) Director
- Carl Lee on Joe Franklin Show (1973) Director
- The Arrest (1971) Director
- The Modnar Machine (1980) Cast
- Ricky Leacock Visit, April 17, 1971 (1971) Director
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Most-watched Shirley Clarke films currently: Love Nest (1951), Lions Love (1969), The Cool World (1964), Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968), The Connection (1962).
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