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1. Personenbeschreibung (1972–1993)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
Stars: Georg Stefan Troller, Peter Handke, Robert Crumb, Dory Previn
Votes: 10
2. Nice Guy Blues (2007)
Unrated | 12 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Illegal gambling enforcers, Chas and Charlie are on a mission to do the wrong thing to the right guy; but when Charlie's conscience kicks in, Chas cuts loose on the crazy.
Director: Anthony E. Griffin | Stars: Shane Hagedorn, Michael McCallum, David Prouty
Votes: 6
3. The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985)
Not Rated | 240 min | Documentary
Barbet Schroeder interviews Bukowski.
Stars: Charles Bukowski, Barbet Schroeder, Linda Lee Bukowski
Votes: 519
4. The Blanket (1994)
Things have not been going well lately for Hank, a reclusive alcoholic who believes his brown blanket is trying to do him in. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of the blanket, Hank... See full summary »
Director: Gary Mrowca | Stars: John Hiler, Anthony Cannata, Debra Rodkin
Votes: 16
5. The Best Hotel on Skid Row (1990 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there. It talks to a prostitute and heroin ... See full summary »
Directors: Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Pena, Geof Bartz | Star: Charles Bukowski
Votes: 57
6. Breakfast with Bukowski (2011)
4 min | Animation, Short, Drama
'Breakfast With Bukowski' is a humorous telling of writer's block. 'Henry' leaves his flop-house apartment and goes to the horse track, in search of inspiration. There he wins a race, then ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Runnels | Star: Greg Runnels
Votes: 29
7. Bukowski (1973)
60 min | Documentary
The poet Charles Bukowski is filmed going to San Francisco to give a poetry reading.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Charles Bukowski, Linda King, Liza Williams, Joe Krysiak
Votes: 80
8. Bukowski at Bellevue (1995)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Charles packed his overnight bag, locked the door of his tumbledown East Hollywood apartment behind him, and took his first plane ride to the state of Washington to read at Bellevue Community College.
Star: Charles Bukowski
Votes: 129
9. An Evil Town (1995)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short
Based on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."
Director: Richard Sears | Stars: Matt Chesse, John Johnson, Mike Kuchar, Greg Lucey
Votes: 187
10. Guts (1991)
14 min | Drama, Short
Director: Yannis Fagras | Stars: Jane Frazer, John Juback, Alex Murphy
Votes: 10
11. Mermaid of Venice (2011)
31 min | Short, Drama
Director: Gregory Flitsanov | Stars: Tom Demar, Guy Mack, Irena Eremina, Val Beleniuc
Votes: 12
12. Apporte-moi ton amour (2002)
11 min | Drama, Short
It's a story of doubts, lies, a love story too. A man visits his wife, interned in a psychiatric hospital. She blames him for being the cause of his illness, lying to him, manipulating her,... See full summary »
Director: Eric Cantona | Stars: Lawa Loire, Daniel Duval, Nadia Farès, Jacques Hansen
Votes: 14
13. Son of Satan (II) (2003)
12 min | Animation, Drama, Short
Director: J.J. Villard | Stars: Tony Ortiz, John Svenzer, J.J. Villard
Votes: 25
14. Lonely at the Top (1993)
15 min | Short
The powermad and bored mob boss Mr. Longo has a little fun with his loyal employees, at the expense of their lives.
Director: Gary Mrowca | Stars: Turk Muller, Anthony Cannata, Tony Dicosola, Shane M. Kelly
Votes: 9
15. The Suicide (I) (2006)
R | 15 min | Short, Drama
Director: Jeff Markey | Stars: Jeff Markey, Kinna McInroe, Jeff Marchelletta, Chase Kim
Votes: 132
16. Girl on the Escalator (2016)
5 min | Short, Drama
Director: Kayhan Lannes Ozmen | Stars: Nicole Della Costa, Breno Moreira, James Scott, Olav Lorentzen
Votes: 77
17. The Man with the Beautiful Eyes (2000)
5 min | Animation, Drama, Short
Some children are fascinated by a lonely house in the neighbourhood they have been told to stay away from.
Director: Jonathan Hodgson | Stars: Peter Blegvad, Louis Schendler
Votes: 462
18. The Last Straw (2008 Video)
74 min | Documentary
This film is a live reading by beat-era poet Charles Bukowski. His readings were legendary for their riotous interactions between him and the audience. This was his very last reading, even though he lived and wrote for another 14 years.
Director: Jon Monday | Star: Charles Bukowski
Votes: 19
19. My Old Man (2004)
7 min | Short, Drama
A boozy writer hammers away on his Underwood, recalling a childhood in which his abusive father kicked him out of the house for writing short stories. Based on the poem by Charles Bukowski.
Director: Alex Levine | Stars: Glynis Davies, Tom McBeath, Brent Stait, Birkett Turton
Votes: 22
21. Barfly (1987)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance
Votes: 21,995 | Gross: $3.22M
22. Dr Nazi (2011)
15 min | Short, Drama
Charles Chinaski is a guy with many problems and feels responsible for most of them: women, alcohol, his hostility towards groups of people. One day he decides to consult the first doctor he comes across.
Director: Joan Chemla | Stars: Nicolas Clerc, Céline Samie, Bernard Waver
Votes: 18
23. 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
24. The Killers (1984)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A former insurance man and a thief get together and plan to rob a house. However, things don't go as planned, and they wind up getting involved in rape and murder.
Director: Patrick Roth | Stars: Jack Kehoe, Raymond Mayo, Allan Kolman, Susanne Reed
Votes: 28
25. Lune froide (1988)
26 min | Short
Director: Patrick Bouchitey | Stars: Jean-François Stévenin, Patrick Bouchitey, Karine Nuris
Votes: 22
26. Charles Bukowski's Nirvana (2013)
Short, Drama
Director: Patrick Biesemans | Star: Grey Starr
Votes: 13
27. Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
101 min | Drama
Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Susan Tyrrell, Tanya Lopert
Votes: 2,965
28. Crazy Love (1987)
90 min | Drama
Three 'Bukowskian' torrid nights in the life of a man in search of love. Harry, 12, is young and naive. Love, for him, is romantic love between princes and princesses demurely kissing each ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Deruddere | Stars: Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas, Gene Bervoets
Votes: 1,434 | Gross: $0.12M
29. Lune froide (1991)
92 min | Drama
Simon and Dede are best friends: two aimless drunks who spend their days getting sloshed and any other available time getting laid. Simon is living on unemployment benefits in a trailer ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Bouchitey | Stars: Jean-François Stévenin, Patrick Bouchitey, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Consuelo De Haviland
Votes: 474
30. Love for $17.50 (1998)
25 min | Short
Director: Clive Saunders | Stars: Mickey Swenson, Tom Waldman
Votes: 22
31. Factotum (2005)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Didier Flamand
Votes: 15,040 | Gross: $0.81M
32. Vessel (IV) (2015)
13 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Sidney, 6, is woken from sleep to go on a series of mishap adventures with Jane. The night lights up with wild moments, and as Jane's instabilities unravel, their journey grows more and ... See full summary »
Director: Mimi Cave | Stars: Denna Thomsen, Aidan McGraw, Rory Keane, Laura Michelle Webber
Votes: 37
33. No Leaders Please (2021)
2 min | Animation, Short
Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.
Director: Joan C. Gratz | Star: Tom O'Bedlam
Votes: 17
34. Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Talk-Show
Apostrophes is a French literary television program produced and hosted by Bernard Pivot, broadcast live on Antenne 2 between January 10, 1975, and June 22, 1990, every Friday evening at 9:... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Claude-Jean Philippe, Gilles Lapouge, Jean d'Ormesson
Votes: 48
35. Sve Zene Se Zovu Kiki (1991)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Plot is about a man who's been in his apartment ever since his wife left him. Evening after evening he's getting drunk and calls a hot line girl called Kiki.
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic | Stars: Slobodan Custic, Uros Djuric, Eva Ras
Votes: 12
36. The Crossing Guard (1995)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright
Votes: 14,467 | Gross: $0.83M
37. Horseshoe (1998)
10 min | Short, Drama
An elderly man has his dental appointment confirmed, he walks there from a group of tall apartment blocks, has a mould made of his teeth, it is rejected and another made. That's it. Filmed in retro scratchy and spotty sepia throughout.
Director: David Lodge | Stars: Alan Hickman, Lyn Waldegrave, Louis, Diane Simmons
Votes: 48
38. Sitting on a Fire Escape Eating Eggs (2015)
5 min | Short, Comedy
While sitting on a fire escape eating eggs, a drunkard watches a human body fall past him impacting on the sidewalk below. He runs to tell his girlfriend only to find that she does not believe his tale.
Director: Michael Stevantoni | Stars: Jonathan Peacy, Erin Kay Smith
Votes: 10
39. Frozen Food Section (2005)
6 min | Short
What is it about women in supermarkets, bending over in the Frozen Food Section? Today, Henry Chinaski just can't continue down the aisle.
Director: Andrew Menan | Stars: Ben Ziegler, Glenna Hill, Jason Woolfolk, Tim Julien
Votes: 20
40. Fuck the Forest (2013)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Lewis Cuthbert-Ashton | Stars: Lee Michelsen, Nathalie Ford, Lili Rose Le Pottier
Votes: 6
41. There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (2008 Video)
97 min | Documentary
This is the last poetry reading Charles Bukowski gave outside the US. It was video taped in 1979 by local promoter Dennis Del Torre.
Director: Jon Monday | Star: Charles Bukowski
Votes: 17
42. Somebody to Love (1994)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
Director: Alexandre Rockwell | Stars: Rosie Perez, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn, Michael DeLorenzo
Votes: 805
43. Småfysen (2021– )
16 min | Comedy
Using sketch by sketch, Christian Mikkelsen and Emil Lystvedt Berntsen are taking back their everyday life.
Stars: Christian Fredrik Mikkelsen, Emil Lystvedt Berntsen, Elisabeth Heradstveit, Lucy Garrett Prestø
Votes: 15
44. Loren Cass (2006)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Music
Adolescents come to terms with their lives after the rebellions of 1996 St. Petersburg.
Director: Chris Fuller | Stars: Kayla Tabish, Travis Maynard, Chris Fuller, Jacob Reynolds
Votes: 284 | Gross: $0.01M
45. The Midnight Show (2008–2014)
Comedy
Stars: Heather Anne Campbell, Jeff Sloniker, James Adomian, James Pumphrey
Votes: 16
46. Pink & Tender (2007)
Short
Director: Erik Boccio | Stars: Richard Barbadillo, Shanti Carson, Martin Friedrichs
Votes: 14
47. Mask (II) (2011)
1 min | Short
An advertisement for Shu Uemura beauty products.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Star: Sandrine Pinna
Votes: 67
48. Supervan (1977)
PG | 91 min | Action, Comedy
A man named Clint enters a solar-powered van called Vandora into a competition called Freakout.
Director: Lamar Card | Stars: Mark Schneider, Katie Saylor, Morgan Woodward, Len Lesser
Votes: 363
49. The Bottle (2019)
80 min | Drama
A young writer, Jon, is in a creative rut and a three day drinking binge that is making him suicidal, his girlfriend Helen is desperately searching for him.
Director: Daniel Velazquez | Stars: Jamaul Roots, Julia Clarie Heusner, Barefoot Skinny, Jeffery Louis Lopez
50. The Icecream People
Short, Drama | Completed
Directors: Antonia Pollak, Francesca Pollak | Star: Justin Sintic