The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.
Directed by Tom DiCillo
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Cast
Johnny Depp
Narrator (voice)
Jim Morrison
Self (archive footage)
John Densmore
Self (archive footage)
Ray Manzarek
Self (archive footage)
Robby Krieger
Self (archive footage)
Pamela Courson
Self (archive footage)
Janis Joplin
Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Tom DiCillo
Director
Tom DiCillo
Writer
Tom DiCillo
Producer
Dick Wolf
Producer
Bill Guttentag
Executive Producer
Tom DiCillo
Additional Music
Frank Smathers
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
John Densmore
Music Producer
Robby Krieger
Music Producer
Ray Manzarek
Music Producer
Popular Reviews
35 reviews
Thijmen
8.0★ · 12/23/25
A finite life tethered to the rules of realism and facts is bound to succumb to the infinity of ideas, feelings and human complexity. Jim Morrison is an unfortunate victim of that. Rest in peace
A finite life tethered to the rules of realism and facts is bound to succumb to the infinity of ideas, feelings and human complexity. Jim Morrison is an unfortunate victim of that. Rest in peace
ellaPRO
9.0★ · 12/10/25
my man my man
my man my man
jason
10.0★ · 12/06/25
WE LOVE THE DOORS
WE LOVE THE DOORS
Dorian
10.0★ · 12/06/25
He’s so goofy, you live on in our hearts Jim. Bro was strange, he rode the crystal ship. 😔✊
He’s so goofy, you live on in our hearts Jim. Bro was strange, he rode the crystal ship. 😔✊
Jack
“You can’t burn out if you weren’t on fire”.
Their music changed my listening experience forever and I’ll never be more grateful for finding out these 4 chaps existed. Unique music from a very specifically temperamental time of social revolution, only adding to their music’s unreplicability.
“You can’t burn out if you weren’t on fire”.
Their music changed my listening experience forever and I’ll never be more grateful for finding out these 4 chaps existed. Unique music from a very specifically temperamental time of social revolution, only adding to their music’s unreplicability.