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1. 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: 43,282 | Gross: $0.72M

2. 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: 41,212 | Gross: $1.03M

3. American Pop (1981)

R | 96 min | Animation, Drama, History

The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Mews Small, Ron Thompson, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky

Votes: 5,499 | Gross: $6.00M

4. 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: 13,400 | Gross: $0.62M

5. 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: 2,443 | Gross: $0.05M

6. 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: 2,100 | Gross: $0.03M

7. 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: 1,614

8. 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

9. 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: 812

10. Flesh Market (1962)

Drama

A young girl is captured by criminals while investigating the mysterious suicide of her sister in Tokyo.

Director: Satoru Kobayashi | Stars: Tamaki Katori, Hiroshi Asami, Shiro Enami, Kyôko Ôgimachi

11. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)

Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary

William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he ... See full summary »

Director: Yony Leyser | Stars: Fred Aldrich, Laurie Anderson, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra

Votes: 1,240 | Gross: $0.05M

12. Burroughs: The Movie (1983)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Brookner | Stars: William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, James Grauerholz

Votes: 793

13. Kerouac, the Movie (1984)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with ... See full summary »

Director: John Antonelli | Stars: Peter Coyote, Jack Coulter, Cindy Alwan, David Andrews

Votes: 226

14. Queen of the Redwood Mountains

Drama | Post-production

Sometimes it takes a lifetime to keep a promise.

Director: Nic Saunders | Stars: Gavan O'Herlihy, Philip Bulcock, Kasia Halpin, Ben Ashton

15. What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary explore the unfulfilled promise of Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac, covering the period from the publication of his notorious novel On the Road in 1957 to his alcohol-related death 12 years later.

Directors: Richard Lerner, Lewis MacAdams | Stars: Gregory Corso, Jan Kerouac, Herbert Huncke, Fran Landesman

Votes: 365

16. The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005)

70 min | Documentary, History

Interweaving past and present to tell the story of the artists and free-thinkers who flocked to New York's Greenwich Village and helped change the political and artistic course of America.

Director: Karen Kramer | Stars: Edward Albee, Woody Allen, Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka

Votes: 33

17. Panic (1963)

Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama

A London jewelry exchange is robbed. The exchange owner is shot, and his secretary knocked out. When she comes to, she finds herself with a dead boss and no memory.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Janine Gray, Glyn Houston, Dyson Lovell, Duncan Lamont

Votes: 97

18. 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

19. 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

20. Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (2013)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

James Broughton's remarkable story spans a lifetime of acclaim for his joyous experimental films and poetry celebrating the human body, finding his soulmate at age 61 and finally, his ascendancy as a revered bard of sexual liberation.

Directors: Stephen Silha, Eric Slade, Dawn Logsdon | Stars: James Broughton, Neeli Cherkovski, Diana Dors, Jack Foley

Votes: 110

21. A Cool Sound from Hell (1959)

71 min | Crime, Drama

Charlie is inducted into the Toronto Beatnik scene when he falls for a reckless party-girl named Steve. While Debbie, a girl who shares his values, waits in the wings for him, Charlie discovers that Steve is mixed up in a vicious drug ring.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Mel Benstock, George Carron, Alan Crofoot, Albert D'Annibale

Votes: 18

22. 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

23. David Amram: The First 80 Years (2011)

93 min | Documentary

The life and times of Classical/Jazz/film score composer/conductor/jazz french hornist/world musician and Beat novelist Jack Keroauc's musical collaborator, David Amram.

Director: Lawrence Kraman | Stars: Adam Amram, Adira Amram, Alana Amram, David Amram

24. Caterina Caselli - Una vita, cento vite (2021)

96 min | Documentary, Biography

A biographical documentary tells the story of Caterina Caselli and her bond with the central figures in Italian music: from the big names she has worked with, to the artists she herself ... See full summary »

Director: Renato De Maria | Stars: Franco Battiato, Orietta Berti, Caterina Caselli, Adriano Celentano

Votes: 16

25. Starving Hysterical Naked (2003)

60 min | Drama

The story focuses on the lives of a group Beat Generation artists.

Director: Michael Bockman | Stars: Billy Zane, Alex A. Quinn, Leslie Lewis, Anthony Roth Costanzo

Votes: 25

26. A Poet on the Lower East Side: A Docu-Diary on Allen Ginsberg (1997)

96 min | Documentary

Two writers from the opposite ends of the world share a meeting of the minds. Hungarian poet and translator István Eörsi journeys to New York City to meet literary legend Allen Ginsberg. ... See full summary »

Director: Gyula Gazdag | Stars: Gregory Corso, István Eörsi, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky

Votes: 21

27. 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

28. Curses and Sermons (2009)

15 min | Short, Fantasy, Western

With only the moon as his silent witness, a lone gunslinger digs an unmarked grave when a mysterious and beautiful stranger forces him to confront the man he has become and the man he could still be.

Director: Nic Saunders | Stars: Poppy Rose Antionades, Philip Bulcock, Kasia Halpin, Nicola Kelleher

29. The Good Blonde (2017)

Short, Drama

Based on the short story by Jack Kerouac. The films tells of an encounter on a beach between a Hitchhiker and a mysterious blonde haired girl.

Director: Nic Saunders | Stars: Kirk Baltz, Philip Bulcock, Kasia Halpin, Al Hinkle

30. Beat Generation Ireland (2010– )

Documentary

Beat Generation is a new concept - an offbeat and bold interactive cross-media entertainment, in the form of a video-blog based magazine filled with tips and the latest news about TV, ... See full summary »

Stars: Helena Drewnicki, Cliona Fox, Katie Larmour

31. The Hotel Upstairs (2001)

57 min | Documentary

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Director: Daniel Baer | Stars: John Chen, Errol Cooper, Agneta Falk, Jack Hirschman

32. William S. Burroughs: 100 Years (2014)

16 min | Short, Biography

LARB A.V. presents a short documentary on the life of writer William S. Burroughs, in honor of his birthday centennial. With great help from celebrated biographer Barry Miles, we explore ... See full summary »

Director: J.G. Gorin | Star: Barry Miles

33. Jaguar Harmonics (2014)

Short, Adventure

Entheogens, sounds, images, poem Jaguar Harmonics.

Director: Mariana Luna

34. 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

35. The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1960)
Episode: Jack Kerouac, William Bendix, Frankie Laine, Pam Garner (1959)

Comedy

Professor Norton proves to be one clumsy bacteriologist. The Family Doctor of the Year proves most adept at tape removal. A sitcom scene gets canned laughter, but then turns violent. Jack Kerouac reads from 'On the Road.'

Stars: Steve Allen, William Bendix, Jack Kerouac, Pam Garner

Votes: 12

36. Bravo Profiles (1998–2004)
Episode: Jack Kerouac: On the Road to Desolation (1998)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Biography

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Director: David Stewart | Stars: John Suiter, Maxine Franklin, Tom Clark, Joyce Johnson

37. The Works (1996–1997)
Episode: On the Road to Desolation (1997)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Crime

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Director: David Stewart | Stars: John Suiter, Maxine Franklin, Tom Clark, Joyce Johnson

38. Sex Revolutions (2018)
Episode: The Right to Pleasure (2018)

TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary, History

The Sexual Revolution aimed to change the world. At first, it was viewed as purely libertarian, and socially revolutionary, before becoming the symbol of a profound societal movement that redefined male/female identity and relationships.

Director: Sylvain Desmille | Stars: Jean-François Davy, Jeffrey Escoffier, Alain Giami, Erica Jong

Votes: 17