| Movie | 2013 | Greedy Lying Bastards | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2018 | A Greater Society | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2011 | Miss Representation | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | All the President's Men Revisited | Self (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2012 | Hating Breitbart | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Left of the Dial | Self | |
| Movie | 2023 | Red, White & Royal Blue | Rachel Maddow | |
| Movie | 2018 | RBG | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2013 | The Muslims Are Coming! | Self | |
| Movie | 2023 | Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Occupation of the American Mind | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Man on the Run | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2010 | The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | Stormy | Self | |
| Movie | 2023 | Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Ides of March | Rachel Maddow | |
| Movie | 2019 | Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Fight | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Feels Good Man | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2020 | Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey | | |
| Movie | 2024 | From Russia with Lev | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2024 | The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought | Self | |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Ugly Betty | Rachel Maddow | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Colbert Report | | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 7 |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | 4 |
| TV Show | 2006 | 30 Rock | Rachel Maddow | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 7 |
| TV Show | 2008 | The Rachel Maddow Show | Self - Hostess | 544 |
| TV Show | 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Special Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Prime: Weekend | Self - Host | 15 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Batwoman | Vesper Fairchild (voice) | 25 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 7 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | Rachel Maddow (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Visible: Out on Television | Self | 5 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Alpha House | Rachel Maddow | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Away | Rachel Maddow | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | American Experience | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2025 | The Matt Gaetz Show | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
