Filmed in 1962 when Bob Dylan was barely famous, this is a BBC TV play with Dylan sitting in the corner and commenting on the action with a few songs. There is no footage left after the BBC wiped their archives in 1968.

Filmed by D.A. Pennebaker during Dylan's 1965 tour of England and featuring Joan Baez and Donovan. Upon seeing the final film for the first time Dylan hated it, until he realised it was just theatre, thus allowing it to be released. Contains some iconic and cinematic moments.

Filmed in December 1965 and released on DVD in 2006, a press conference with Dylan at his absurdist best. He antagonises the press who ask him stupid questions and his responses, often side-stepping the question, are much more brilliant than the questioners seemed to realise. Allen Ginsberg is in the audience and asks a couple of questions.

Filmed by D.A. Pennebaker during Dylan's 1966 tour of England, Bob and his music couldn't be more different. Sadly, this film was edited by Dylan and Robbie Robertson, rather than Pennebaker, and thus the film is pretty loose and almost unwatchable. Incredible concert footage of Dylan's powerful performances with The Band needs to be rescued and re-released in a more appropriate form.

Dylan tries his hand at acting for the first time in this western, lingering vaguely in various scenes. He also wrote the original soundtrack, including the iconic "Knockin' on Heaven's Door".

Dylan's second failed attempt as a filmmaker. Shot on the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour, this is a mixture of concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes. Another case where great concert footage of Dylan performing at his best needs to be rescued and edited into a better film.

Dylan makes a significant appearance towards the end in The Band's 1976 farewell concert performance that is made into an excellent film by Martin Scorsese.

Not a man known for his music videos, this is a rare example of one that really highlights a great and difficult song.

Another attempt at acting by Dylan. He is the most engaging and moving performance in an otherwise forgettable film.

Dylan's only contribution to this film was to write one of the best songs of his late career, "Things Have Changed", for which he received an Oscar for best song. He has carried that Oscar with him ever since, performing with it on stage.

Dylan co-wrote this film with Seinfeld writer Larry Charles, who also directs. Dylan plays a washed-up rock star in a corrupt post-apocalyptic world. Upon watching this film for the first time I was disgusted by the unconvincing dialogue. Upon watching it a second time I realised that the cynical brilliance of this film is in the space between the cliches everyone spouts and there is a strange poignant poetry that is quite unusual.

An exceptionally rich and riveting four hours looking at Dylan's intensely transformational early career. It is full of music, including much of the early folk music that influenced Dylan with its integrity and intensity, and showcases some of the powerful footage of Dylan and The Band performing in 1966. Highly recommended.

An entertaining but problematic fictionalisation of various Dylan fictions. It is packed full of great music and recreated scenes from Don't Look Back. Some threads work better than others, they are all in very different styles, surreal, naturalistic, romantic, melodramatic, but they don't add up to anything. The film is so idiosyncratic and bloated with Dylan references that it could only really appeal to Dylan fans, and yet it is so superficial and offers no new information about him whatsoever, so a Dylan fan might not be that interested. Certainly interesting.

Extraordinarily powerful concert footage beautifully restored make this film worth watching alone. It is interspersed with other historical footage from this remarkable tour comprising an immensely talented array of performers; and some new interviews, some of which are bizarrely fabricated, presumably to resonate with the spirit of Dylan's own failed film of the time, Renaldo and Clara.