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1. Pull My Daisy (1959)
30 min | Short
A married couple vainly hopes that their irreverent beat poet friends will behave themselves when the bishop comes to visit.
Directors: Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie | Stars: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers
Votes: 814
2. Big Sur (2013)
R | 81 min | Drama, Romance
A recounting of Jack Kerouac's three sojourns to the cabin in Big Sur owned by his friend, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 2,103 | Gross: $0.03M
3. On the Road (2012)
R | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams
Votes: 43,303 | Gross: $0.72M
4. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster
Votes: 41,260 | Gross: $1.03M
5. Love Always, Carolyn (2011)
70 min | Documentary
Documentary about Carolyn Cassady, her life and marriage to Neal Cassady, her relationship with Jack Kerouac and how she takes care of the literary legacy from both.
Directors: Malin Korkeasalo, Maria Ramström | Stars: Carolyn Cassady, John McWhinnie, John Allen Cassady, Neal Cassady
Votes: 117
6. Howl (2010)
R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit
Votes: 13,410 | Gross: $0.62M
7. Neal Cassady (2007)
Not Rated | 80 min | Biography, Drama
The story of what happened to Neal Cassady after Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" came out. Deals primarily with Neal's relationship to his fictional alter-ego, Dean Moriarty.
Director: Noah Buschel | Stars: Tate Donovan, Amy Ryan, Glenn Fitzgerald, Chris Bauer
Votes: 220
8. Beat (2000)
R | 93 min | Drama
Two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation.
Director: Gary Walkow | Stars: Courtney Love, Kiefer Sutherland, Lisa Sheridan, Patricia Llaca
Votes: 1,616
9. Heart Beat (1980)
R | 110 min | Drama
The life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.
Director: John Byrum | Stars: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard, Ray Sharkey
Votes: 741
10. 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: 602
11. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham
Votes: 40,661 | Gross: $4.73M
12. Naked Lunch (1991)
R | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands
Votes: 56,699 | Gross: $2.54M
13. The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
R | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad, commitment-seeking girlfriend.
Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, Adrien Brody, John Doe
Votes: 2,446 | Gross: $0.05M
14. Beat Generation (2013 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Tells the story of the wonderful and long-lasting friendship between Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs that gave birth to the Beat Generation movement.
Director: Xavier Villetard | Stars: Anasthasie Tudieshe, Simon Backès, Damien Boisseau, Eric Herson-Macarel
Votes: 36
15. The Source (1999)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 845 | Gross: $0.36M
16. Haight Ashbury: The Beat of a Generation (2012)
58 min | Documentary, History
In a brief four year span in the late 1960s, in a quaint San Francisco neighborhood less than a mile square, a creative movement emerged that would forever change a musical genre. What ... See full summary »
Directors: Scott Baker, Del Feltz | Stars: Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, Donald Aters, Tom Constanten
Votes: 24
17. Beat Generation (2016)
1 min | Animation, Short, Biography
A short, animated homage to the Beat Generation
Director: Patrick DeVita-Dillon
18. The Beat Generation (1959)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A detective is assigned to track down and capture a crazed serial rapist.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Fay Spain
Votes: 391
19. 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
20.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation
(2000)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
When Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs met in New York City in the 1940's, they had no intention of starting a social revolution. According to Ginsberg, "We were just trying to propose our own souls to ourselves."
Director: Chuck Workman
Votes: 14
21.
Needs More Gay (2010– )
Episode:
The Beat Generation Needs More Gay
(2011)
Unrated | 4 min | Comedy
Director: Jamie Maurer | Star: Jamie Maurer
22.
The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Episode:
The Beat Generation
(1983)
31 min | Comedy
In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal existence in a large villa overlooking the... See full summary »
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer
Votes: 126
23. 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
24. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A dimwitted busboy at a beatnik cafe passes off a cat he accidentally killed and covered in plaster as a sculpture, prompting a demand for more art that compels him to commit murders.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton
Votes: 7,903
25. Corso: The Last Beat (2009)
Documentary
Following Beat Poet Gregory Corso - literary compatriot of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs -- throughout Europe, discovering his past, and facing his death.
Director: Gustave Reininger | Stars: Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Ethan Hawke
Votes: 27
26. The Flower Thief (1960)
70 min | Drama
Idylls of the beats in the Beat Generation scene of San Francisco's North Beach.
Director: Ron Rice | Stars: Taylor Mead, Philip McKenna, Ella Henry, Linda Evanoff
Votes: 78
27. 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
28. Wholly Communion (1966)
33 min | Documentary, Short
A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale "happening", with the world's leading Beat poets ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Whitehead | Stars: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Horovitz, Gregory Corso, Harry Fainlight
Votes: 108
29. Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs on the Road (2007)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
A portrait of writer William Burroughs.
Directors: Lars Movin, Steen Møller Rasmussen | Stars: William S. Burroughs, Ann Douglas, John Giorno, James Grauerholz
Votes: 21
30.
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
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