 | In the Company of Wolves: An American Journey (2026) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Minions & Monsters (2026) as Frank / Elwood (voice) |
 | Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers (2026) as Narrator |
 | Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte (2025) as Self |
 | TRON: Ares (2025) as Kevin Flynn |
 | Jeff Bridges, star malgré lui (2025) as Self - Actor (archive footage) |
 | Return of the Grizzly (2023) as Narrator |
 | Zen Brownie (2023) |
 | Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall (2022) as Self (Narrator) |
 | Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends (2021) as Self - Narrator |
 | Hot Money (2021) as Self |
 | Acting: The First Six Lessons (2020) as Interviews |
 | Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show (2020) as Self - Performer |
 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020) as Self |
 | The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom (2019) as Self |
 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019) as Self |
 | Valerie (2019) as Self |
 | Hal (2019) as Self |
 | Words from a Bear (2019) as Self |
 | Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly |
 | Living in the Future's Past (2018) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
 | Only the Brave (2017) as Duane Steinbrink |
 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) as Champ |
 | The Only Living Boy in New York (2017) as W.F. Gerald |
 | Dream Big: Engineering Our World (2017) as Narrator (voice) |
 | HyperNormalisation (2016) as Self (archival footage) |
 | Hell or High Water (2016) as Marcus Hamilton |
 | The Little Prince (2015) as The Aviator (voice) |
 | Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Seventh Son (2014) as Master John Gregory |
| | From The Village to The Basement (2014) as Narrator |
 | Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years (2014) as Self - Host |
 | One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014) as Self |
 | The Giver (2014) as The Giver |
 | The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins (2014) as Self |
 | The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014) as Self |
 | R.I.P.D. (2013) as Roy Pulsipher |
 | Casting By (2012) as Self |
 | Pablo (2012) as Narrator (voice) |
 | A Place at the Table (2012) as Self |
 | Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) as (archive footage) |
 | The Tron Phenomenon (2011) |
 | Visualizing TRON (2011) as Self |
 | Installing the Cast (2011) as Self |
 | TRON: The Next Day (2011) as Kevin Flynn |
 | Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides (2011) as Self |
 | True Grit (2010) as Rooster Cogburn |
 | TRON: Legacy (2010) as Kevin Flynn / Clu |
 | Crazy Heart (2009) as Bad Blake |
 | The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) as Bill Django |
 | A Dog Year (2009) as Jon Katz |
 | The Open Road (2009) as Kyle |
 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) as Clayton Harding |
 | I Am 'Iron Man' (2008) as Self |
 | Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008) as Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man |
 | Iron Man (2008) as Obadiah Stane |
 | The Cool School (2008) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
 | The Pixar Story (2007) as Clu (archive footage) |
 | Surf's Up (2007) as Big Z / Geek (voice) |
| | The Making of 'Tideland' (2007) as Self |
 | Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard (2006) as Self - est Graduate (archive footage) |
 | The Amateurs (2006) as Andy |
 | Stick It (2006) as Burt Vickerman |
 | Chasing the Lotus (2006) as Narrator |
 | Tideland (2005) as Noah |
| | The Making of 'Seabiscuit' (2004) as Self |
 | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004) as Self |
 | Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004) as Self |
 | The Door in the Floor (2004) as Ted Cole |
| | Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie (2004) |
| | Hollywood Legenden (2004) as Self |
| | Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend (2003) as Self |
| | The True Story of Seabiscuit (2003) as Self |
 | Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Tom Friend |
 | Seabiscuit (2003) as Charles Howard |
| | 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend (2003) as Self |
 | Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? (2003) as Self |
 | Scenes of the Crime (2002) as Jimmy Berg |
 | Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Lost in La Mancha (2002) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Making of TRON (2002) as Himself |
| | Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends (2001) as Self |
 | K-PAX (2001) as Dr. Mark Powell |
 | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001) as self |
 | The Coen Brothers (2000) as Self |
 | The Contender (2000) as President Jackson Evans |
 | Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000) as Self |
 | Raising the Mammoth (2000) as Narrator (voice) |
| | Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road' (1999) |
 | Simpatico (1999) as Lyle Carter |
 | The Muse (1999) as Jack Warrick |
 | The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999) as Self |
 | Making of Arlington Road (1999) as Self |
 | Arlington Road (1999) as Michael Faraday |
 | Forever Hollywood (1999) as Self |
 | The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' (1998) as Self |
 | The Big Lebowski (1998) as The Dude |
 | Hidden in America (1996) as Vincent |
 | The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) as Gregory Larkin |
 | White Squall (1996) as Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon |
 | Wild Bill (1995) as Wild Bill Hickok |
 | Blown Away (1994) as James "Jimmy" Dove |
 | Fearless (1993) as Max Klein |
 | Made in the USA (1993) as Self |
 | The Vanishing (1993) as Barney Cousins |
 | American Heart (1992) as Jack |
 | The Fisher King (1991) as Jack |
 | Picture This (1991) as Self |
 | Texasville (1990) as Duane Jackson |
 | The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) as Jack Baker |
 | Cold Feet (1989) as Bartender (uncredited) |
 | See You in the Morning (1989) as Larry Livingstone |
 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) as Preston Tucker |
 | Nadine (1987) as Vernon Hightower |
 | The Morning After (1986) as Turner Kendall |
 | King Kong Lives (1986) as Jack Prescott (archive footage) |
 | The Thanksgiving Promise (1986) as Neighbor |
 | 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder |
 | Jagged Edge (1985) as Jack Forrester |
 | Starman (1984) as Starman / Scott Hayden |
 | Against All Odds (1984) as Terry Brogan |
 | Rapunzel (1983) as The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father |
 | Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) as Rupert |
 | The Last Unicorn (1982) as Prince Lir (voice) |
 | Tron (1982) as Kevin Flynn / Clu |
 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories (1982) as Michael Loomis |
 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories (1981) as Michael Loomis |
 | Cutter's Way (1981) as Richard Bone |
 | Heaven's Gate (1980) as John L. Bridges |
 | The American Success Company (1980) as Harry |
 | Winter Kills (1979) as Nick Kegan |
 | Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll (1979) as Himself |
 | Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) as Jerry Green |
 | King Kong (1976) as Jack F. Prescott |
 | Stay Hungry (1976) as Craig Blake |
 | Hearts of the West (1975) as Lewis Tater |
 | Rancho Deluxe (1975) as Jack McKee |
 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1974) as Nero Finnegan |
 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as Lightfoot |
 | The Iceman Cometh (1973) as Don Parritt |
 | The Last American Hero (1973) as Elroy Jackson Jr. |
 | Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) as Zack Feather |
 | The Moviemakers (1973) as Self |
 | Bad Company (1972) as Jake Rumsey |
 | Fat City (1972) as Ernie |
 | The Last Picture Show (1971) as Duane Jackson |
 | In Search of America (1971) as Mike Olson |
 | Halls of Anger (1970) as Doug |
 | Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) as Young John |
 | The Company She Keeps (1951) as Infant at Train Station (uncredited) |
| | George Sluizer - Filmen over grenzen as Self |
 | Grendel as Grendel |
| | Living in the Future's Past Producer |
| | Living in the Future's Past Script |
| | The Only Living Boy in New York Executive Producer |
| | The Giver Producer |
| | Hidden in America Executive Producer |
| | American Heart Producer |
| | Grendel Executive Producer |
