Michael Korolenko directed the 1984 biopic Chords of Fame, which featured Bill Burnett as Ochs. The film included interviews with people who had known Ochs, including Yippies Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, manager Harold Leventhal, and Mike Porco, the owner of Gerde's Folk City. Chords of Fame also included performances of Ochs songs by folk musicians who knew him, including Bob Gibson, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, and Eric Andersen.

Filmmaker Ken Bowser directed the documentary film Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune, which premiered at the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, New York. Its theatrical run began on January 5, 2011, at the IFC Theater in Greenwich Village, New York City, opening in cities around the US and Canada thereafter. The film features extensive archival footage of Ochs and many pivotal events from the 1960s civil rights and peace movements, as well as interviews with friends, family and colleagues who knew Ochs through music and politics.

In addition, there are many clips on YouTube, including rare and previously unseen performances. Simply search "Phil Ochs" for a long and impressive list.

It's both wonderful and incredible, that so many clips of Phil exist. He only appeared on TV once or twice, and usually then outside the US, and he was never an artist which TV and film companies seemed inclined to archive. Almost every clip available is from home movies or recordings that a dedicated few saw fit to preserve, and for which the rest of us should be truly grateful.