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1. Lawrence (2021)
66 min | Documentary, Biography
"Lawrence" is a lively, wry, and intimate portrait of Lawrence Ferlinghetti filmed across iconic San Francisco locations, from City Lights Bookstore to his painting studio at Hunters Point ... See full summary »
Directors: Giada Diano, Elisa Polimeni | Stars: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hirschman, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman
Votes: 7
2. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,172
3. Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
56 min | Documentary
Explores Charles Olson's amazing world, where the ordinary landscapes of our daily lives become extraordinary portals to timeless truths about the place we live.
Director: Henry Ferrini | Stars: Ammiel Alcalay, Willie Alexander, Amiri Baraka, Robin Blaser
Votes: 17
4. Rolling Thunder Revue (2019)
TV-MA | 142 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In an alchemic mix of fact and fantasy, Martin Scorsese looks back at Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour and a country ripe for reinvention.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Martin von Haselberg
Votes: 7,717
5. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg Deluxe Set (2008)
Not Rated | 680 min | Documentary
For 25 years, Academy Award-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 120 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America's greatest... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Aronson | Stars: Joan Baez, William F. Buckley, William S. Burroughs, Dick Cavett
Votes: 43
6. Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (1989)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Maria Beatty's documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through interviews with William Burroughs, ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Beatty | Stars: William S. Burroughs, Jim Carroll, Gregory Corso, Diane Di Prima
Votes: 17
7. The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1988)
Unrated | 86 min | Documentary, History
An investigation of the Beat Generation.
Director: Janet Forman | Stars: Steve Allen, David Amram, Amiri Baraka, Ray Bremser
Votes: 46
8.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
(1994)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of Allen Ginsberg, the greatest of the Beat Generation poets is put in focus in this film
Director: Jerry Aronson | Stars: Joan Baez, William F. Buckley, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 286 | Gross: $0.00M
9. Poetry in Motion (1982)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem.... See full summary »
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Helen Adam, Miguel Algarín, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan
Votes: 174
10. Black Lodge (2022)
Music
Set in a nightmarish Bardo, a tormented writer confronts his darkest moments and faces down his demons as he encounters a mysterious woman through ritualistic structure, inspired by the mythologies of Burroughs, Artaud and Lynch.
Directors: Michael VQ, Michael Joseph McQuilken | Stars: Timur Bekbosunov, Jennifer Harrison Newman
Votes: 7
11. Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Costanzo Allione | Stars: Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 20
12. Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Felver | Stars: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Hopper, Billy Collins
Votes: 50 | Gross: $0.00M
13. Renaldo and Clara (1978)
R | 235 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Bob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.
Director: Bob Dylan | Stars: Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, Joan Baez, Ronnie Hawkins
Votes: 603
14. Aleph (2021)
91 min | Documentary
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of experience, a dreamer's journey through the lives, experiences, stories and musings of protagonists spanning ten countries and five continents.
Director: Iva Radivojevic | Stars: Anne Waldman, Guillermina Pico, Bouamama BenFareh, Zarko Lausevic
Votes: 62
15. No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997 (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Director: Colin Still | Stars: Steve Allen, Eugene Brooks, William F. Buckley, Ann Charters
Votes: 37
16. Breaking the Rules (2006)
94 min | Documentary, History, Music
A history of American counterculture covering 1950s Bebop, the Beat Generation, the Summer of Love, and the origin of Hip-Hop.
Director: Marco Müller | Stars: Diego Reiwald, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Amiri Baraka, Ruth Weiss
Votes: 22
17. Outrider
Documentary | Completed
A film about poet revolutionary, poet revelationary, poet evolutionary: Anne Waldman-the "fast speaking woman" who rides ahead.
Director: Alystyre Julian | Stars: Anne Waldman, Patti Smith, Thurston Moore, Ed Bowes
18. Fish Have No Psychiatrists: A Day with Andrei Codrescu (2024)
86 min | Documentary
FISH HAVE NO PSYCHIATRISTS: A DAY WITH ANDREI CODRESCU is a creative documentary collage hosted by Julian Semilian centering around the life and times of poet, novelist. and NPR commentator... See full summary »
Director: Julian Semilian | Stars: Andrei Codrescu, Laura Semilian, Anne Waldman, Emile Worthy
19. The Invisible Father (2020)
57 min | Documentary
In the 1960s, beat poet and experimental filmmaker Piero Heliczer helped shaped New American Cinema, and was enmeshed with iconic filmmaker Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground at the ... See full summary »
Director: Thérèse Heliczer | Stars: John Cale, Piero Heliczer, Thérèse Heliczer, Gerard Malanga
20. The Third Mind (2000)
56 min | Documentary
A documentary focusing on the collaboration of Michael McClure and Ray Manzarek, between the psychedelic and Beat sensibilities, features live performances interlaced with commentary on the nexus between spoken word and music.
Director: William Tyler Smith | Stars: Ray Manzarek, Michael McClure, Jim Carroll, Diane Di Prima
21. Ginsberg's Karma (2021 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
"Ginsberg's Karma" is an insightful and entertaining look at a transformative phase in the poet Allen Ginsberg's life -- his first trip to India and how it changed him and the people around... See full summary »
Director: Ram Devineni | Stars: Deborah Baker, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Bob Holman
22. The Book of Conrad (2016)
82 min | Documentary
Delinquent Films are proud to present their latest project The Book of Conrad, a documentary about the poet C.A.Conrad, an eccentric Elvis worshiping poet and tarot card reader, who ... See full summary »
Directors: Belinda Schmid, David Cranstoun Welch | Stars: C.A. Conrad, Ca Conrad, Michael D. Holmes, Matthew D. Holmes
23. William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash (2014)
85 min | Documentary
To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew of poets, writers, and musicians.
Stars: Joshua Corey, Thomas Cornerford, Alison Cuddy, Sasha Frere-Jones
24. Poetry, New York (2022)
Documentary
New York City is a hard place to be a poet, that's for sure, but harder yet to be a poet and a publisher at the same time. "Poetry, New York" is a documentary film that explores the uncharted world of poet-publishers in the megalopolis.
Director: Patrick Pfister | Stars: Pamela Field, Rachel Levitsky, Christine Stoddard, Tod Thilleman
25. The Last Beat Movie (1997)
Documentary
Renee Tajima-Pena travels across the country chasing the legacy of the Beat Generation poets. "The Last Beat Movie" premiered at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and was broadcast nationally on the Sundance Channel
Director: Renee Tajima-Pena | Stars: David Amram, Gregory Corso, Hettie Jones, Anne Waldman