| Movie | 2009 | Steve Vai: Where The Wild Things Are | Himself | |
| Movie | 1982 | Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special! | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops | Self | |
| Movie | 1987 | Video from Hell | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Zappa | Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982 | |
| Movie | 2007 | Steve Vai: Visual Sound Theories | Himself | |
| Movie | 1986 | Crossroads | Jack Butler | |
| Movie | 2020 | Devin Townsend's Crappy Halloween Party | Himself | |
| Movie | 1993 | A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa | Self | |
| Movie | 2003 | Steve Vai: Live at the Astoria London | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Devin Townsend - Empath - The Ultimate Edition (5.1 Surround Sound Mix) | Himself | |
| Movie | 2010 | Lemmy | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | Live Music | Riff | |
| Movie | 1995 | Steve Vai - Alien Love Secrets | Himself | |
| Movie | 1991 | Zappa's Universe | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | Rockthology 2 | | |
| Movie | 1991 | Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night | Self - Guitar | |
| Movie | 2012 | Steve Vai: The Making of The Story of Light | Himself | |
| Movie | 1993 | Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes | Himself | |
| Movie | 2022 | Studio 666 | Dave's Shredding Guitar Hands (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary | Self / Johnny Vai (voice) (as Reckless Fable) | |
| Movie | 2009 | Rock Prophecies | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary | | |
| Movie | 2004 | Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival | Self | |
| Movie | 1991 | Guitar | Self | |
| Movie | 2011 | Ozzy Osbourne: Thirty Years After The Blizzard | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | Steve Vai: Stillness in Motion - Vai Live in L.A. | Himself | |
| Movie | 2024 | Chicago & Friends in Concert | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | Steve Vai: Rock In Rio 2015 | Guitars | |
| Movie | 2023 | Tribute to Jimi Hendrix | Self | |
| Movie | 2017 | Hired Gun | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | Sepultura: Rock in Rio USA 2015 | Guitars | |
| Movie | 2016 | STEVE VAI Front And Center 2016 | self | |
| Movie | 2008 | Crazy | Hank Williams | |
| Movie | 1989 | Hard 'N Heavy Volume 2 | Self | |
| Movie | 1990 | Hard 'N Heavy Volume 11 | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily | Himself | |
| Movie | 2012 | G3: Live in Moscow | | |
| Movie | 2019 | #NoJoke | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story | Himself | |
| Movie | 2005 | G3 - Live in Tokyo | Guitar | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Pedal Movie | | |
| Movie | 2011 | Whitesnake: Live At Donington 1990 | Himself | |
| Movie | 1997 | G3: Live In Concert | | |
| Movie | 2004 | G3: Live in Denver | Himself | |
| Movie | 2007 | Zappa Plays Zappa | Himself | |
| Movie | 2012 | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | Self | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Genius of Lenny Breau | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Ritchie Blackmore Story | Self | |
| TV Show | 2005 | Hell's Kitchen | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Classic Albums | Self | 1 |
