Beat Generation Movies
- 1991
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch7.0061991HD
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After...
- 2013
Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlings7.12013HD
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
- 2013
Big Sur
Big Sur52013HD
Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.
- 1980
Heart Beat
Heart Beat5.61980HD
An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.
- 1984
Burroughs: The Movie
Burroughs: The Movie7.21984HD
An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion...
- 1985
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats6.31985HD
Jack Kerouac's life is examined through interviews with his contemporaries and friends including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and William S....
- 1959
Pull My Daisy
Pull My Daisy61959HD
Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose...
- 1995
The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s
The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s01995HD
San Francisco's North Beach in the 50's - A mix of jazz, poetry and art - The Beach recreates the atmosphere that prevailed through first-hand...
- 1979
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds6.51979HD
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City....
- 1987
Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey
Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey81987HD
Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the...
- 1968
Witchcraft Through the Ages
Witchcraft Through the Ages7.21968HD
A seventy-six-minute version of Häxan, re-edited and re-released in the United States by Metro Pictures Corporation in 1968. It is narrated by...
- 2023
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel02023HD
A new documentary, exploring the Chelsea Hotel's role in the cultural and artistic movements of the 20th century, from the Beat Generation to the...
- 2001
Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat
Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat7.52001HD
- 1970
Sunnyside
Sunnyside01970HD
Ninety-year-old sound artist and comedian Henry “Sandy” Jacobs lives a quirky existence at the end of Sunnyside Drive, a steep and...
- 1961
Miceniks
Miceniks01961HD
Beatnik mice are chased by a square cat.
- 1970
Diane di Prima: Glitter & Intricacy
Diane di Prima: Glitter & Intricacy01970HD
Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was a poet, writer, publisher and playwright whose work has been associated with the Beat movement. Born and raised in New...
- 1970
Diane di Prima: The Floating Bear
Diane di Prima: The Floating Bear01970HD
Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was a poet, writer, publisher and playwright whose work has been associated with the Beat movement. Born and raised in New...
- 1970
Diane di Prima: Poet's Theater
Diane di Prima: Poet's Theater01970HD
Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was a poet, writer, publisher and playwright whose work has been associated with the Beat movement. Born and raised in New...
- 1970
Diane di Prima: Dipping In
Diane di Prima: Dipping In01970HD
Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was a poet, writer, publisher and playwright whose work has been associated with the Beat movement. Born and raised in New...