Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2022 | Nuclear Now (2023) | Director, Screenwriter |
| 2021 | Ennio (2024) | Self |
| 2016 | Snowden | Director, Screenwriter |
| 2012 | Savages | Director, Screenwriter |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Director |
| 2009 | South of the Border | Director |
| 2008 | W. | Director |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | Director |
| 2004 | Alexander (2004) | Director, Screenwriter |
| 2003 | Comandante | Director, Producer, Self |
| 2000 | The Art of War | Producer |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | Executive Producer |
| 1997 | U - Turn | Director |
| 1996 | Freeway | Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Evita | Writer |
| 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Producer |
| 1995 | Nixon | Director, Producer |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1993 | The Joy Luck Club | Executive Producer |
| 1992 | South Central | Executive Producer |
| 1991 | The Doors | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | JFK | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Producer |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Producer |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1988 | Talk Radio | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1987 | Wall Street | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1986 | Platoon | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Salvador | Director, Producer |
| 1983 | Scarface 40th Anniversary | Screenwriter |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian (1982) | Screenwriter |
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Writer |
| 1974 | Seizure | Director, Writer |
