Beatnik movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant beatnik movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, melancholic, humorous, weird and semi serious films and TV shows about / with beatnik, love and romance, dialogue, catastrophe, mentor, writers, artists and showbiz, storytelling, love and gay plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as beatnik: Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), Beat (2000), Hairspray (1988), On the Road (2012), Take Her, She's Mine (1963), Easy Come, Easy Go (1967), Naked Lunch (1991), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Neal Cassady (2007), Kill Your Darlings (2013).
Best films
List of beatnik movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
Style:
romantic comedy, funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay, cat, father son relationship, homosexual, beatnik, aspiring actor, bohemian, abortion, judaism, journey, beat generation ...
Time:
1950s, year 1976, 20th century, 50s, year 1953
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of writer William Seward Burroughs and his wife.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, independent film
Plot:
beat generation, love triangle, infidelity, writers, lifestyle, writer's life, celebrity culture, drug abuse, addiction, adultery, rebellion, rebel ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
new york, mexico, usa, latin america, mexico city
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25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after ...
Style:
light, satirical, stylized, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, rock and roll, racism, civil rights, fat girl, satire, dance, interracial romance, music, interracial friendship, social differences ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, year 1963, 80s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland, america, california ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Style:
road movie, sexy, inspirational, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, on the road, writers, beat generation, homoeroticism, nude, infidelity, homoerotic friendship, bisexual, travelogue, beatnik, poetry ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 1950s, year 1951, year 1949 ...
Place:
nebraska, arizona, california, usa, virginia ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Frank Michaelson, well respected President of the Pacific Pallisades Board of Education, is appearing in front of a Board hearing addressing the issue of the widespread public outcry asking for either his dismissal or resignation because of a series ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, witty
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
beatnik, teenage rebellion, generation gap, college life, college, family relations, unfulfillment, state affairs, dishonesty, obsession, love and romance, society ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
europe, france, paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lieutenant Ted Jackson spends his lat day on active duty in the Navy disarming an underwater mine. While disarming the explosive he sees what appears to be a sunken ship. Overcome with curiosity, he investigates and finds a treasure chest filled ...
Style:
psychotronic, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, ship, boat, beatnik, fish, music, water, underwater, diving, navy, partner, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.
Style:
psychedelic
Plot:
epidemic, hippie, beatnik, unemployment, bird, quarantine, medical research, mutation, vaccine, mayor, painter, abstract art ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Netherlands, UK, Japan, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cult classic, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
hallucination, surrealism, exterminator, nightmare, addiction, trippy, repressed homosexual, secret agent, drug addiction, paranoia, reality vs fantasy, homosexuality ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1991, 90s ...
Place:
north africa, usa, new york, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious ...
Style:
black comedy, funny, dark comedy, romantic comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, female psychopath, butcher, female killer, murder, hotel, farce, halloween, poet, honeymoon, eccentricity, breakup ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, scotland, usa, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, sexual ...
Plot:
beat generation, self discovery, on the road, buddies, life is a bitch, celebrity culture, drug abuse, fame, road trip, beatnik, hipster, art ...
Time:
60s, 50s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Style:
intellectual, bleak, captivating, serious, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poet, gay, obsession, friendship, youth, gay interest, lgbtq, writers, coming of age, sexual tension, lgbtqi, friends ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, 2000s, post world war two ...
Place:
usa, harlem, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, chicago ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An American businessman visits London and is horrified to discover his nubile teenage daughter has become involved with a gang of thuggish "beatniks". Her involvement leads to wild parties, sex, death and necrophilia.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
swing, jazz, music and dance, necrophiliac, beatnik, poker, voice over narration, black bra, father daughter relationship, fired from the job, death, daughter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Flying Saucer Rock N Roll is the debut feature film from the father-son duo Eric and Joe Callero. The year is 1957 as a group of rockabilly and beatnik teens are visited by weed smoking Martian zombies who have come to take their earth women. Filmed ...
Style:
retro, horror comedy, period piece, independent film, parody ...
Plot:
zombie, martian, rock and roll, alien invasion, respect, teenager, teen romance, small town, satire, coming of age, beatnik, male female relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Horror
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A crazed artist who believes himself to be the reincarnation of a murderous vampire kills young women, then boils their bodies in a vat.
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, scary, surreal ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, painting, exploitation, cannibal, cannibalism, artist, beatnik, beach, performer's life, dancer's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1966, 15th century
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Maria Eduarda "Duda" Pinheiro is a successful top model. After being hired to model Covery brand clothes, she meets the Kundera brothers, Alex and Gaspar, owners of the company. Gaspar, a former beatnik, is over 40 but still practices ...
Style:
novela, dramatic, soap opera
Plot:
surfing, female protagonist, love triangle, modeling, glamour, fashion, family drama, makeover, aspiration, rivalry, ambition, single father ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rio de janeiro
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, sexual, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
poet, gay, poetry, writers, homosexuality, beat generation, literature, freedom, biopic, lgbt, gay interest, art ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1920s, post world war two, year 1957 ...
Place:
california, san francisco, kansas, bronx new york city, arkansas ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Beatnick Jerry takes his girl, Angie to the carnival. Angie wants to go see the gypsy fortune teller, Jerry does not but relents. After visiting the fortune teller and hearing bad news, Jerry goes alone to see Carmelita, the dancer (the fortune ...
Style:
horror musical, cult horror, grindhouse, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot:
zombie, carnival, acid, gypsy, fortune teller, exploitation, disfigurement, woman strangled to death, drunkard, dancer, singer, occult ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
Style:
sweet, sentimental, light, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
time travel, high school reunion, alternate timeline, destiny, alternate history, young mother, nerd, time, youth, hopes, one more chance, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1960, 1950s, 80s, 20th century, year 1985 ...
Place:
new jersey, california, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of the amazing life of John Denver
Plot:
singer, husband wife relationship, life, rock, cheating, glory, musical tour, troubled marriage, marital problem, argument, talent, proposal ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel, UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Style:
erotic, sentimental, touching, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
child prodigy, teacher, kindergarten, poetry, mission, little boy, genius, female warrior, student, art, husband wife relationship, talent ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ben, Edna and their baby daughter are headed to California when their car breaks down. Ben ventures off to the junkyard in search of a spare part to fix his car. Coincidentally, Harry (the seedy junkyard owner) has just been accused by the police of ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, sexploitation film
Plot:
sexual assault, sex, femme fatale, beatnik, albert einstein, oil well, police brutality, hiding, fistfight, frame up, questioned by police, broken down car ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Is inner beauty more important than shopping? Can homosexuals read? Does prostitution solve everything? And who is she wearing? Discover the answers to these and other existential questions in Fallen Jewel - a new motion picture brought to you by ...
Style:
parody, homoerotic, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
lesbian, gay, painter, family relations, female friendship, mother daughter relationship, housewife, love, love and romance, parents and children, couples, society ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
usa, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Join the fun and laugh along with the "misadventures" of Archy the cockroach, a poet in his former life now having to jump on his typewriter keys to peck out his poems. Archie adores the huge-eyed, blonde, hip-swaying Mehitabel the Cat, ...
Style:
surreal, independent film, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
reincarnation, performer's life, getting home, journalism, love and romance, mischievous children, hopes, artists and showbiz, womanizer, disorder, animal life, couples ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Style:
art house, atmospheric, cerebral, non-linear, stylized ...
Plot:
fashion, satire, memory, orgy, surrealism, society, lifestyle, female nudity, politics, illegal prostitution, italian history, catholic church ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1930s, 1920s, year 1972
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, new york, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Style:
feel good, light, surreal, visually stunning, satirical ...
Plot:
success, suicide, business, corruption, dark humor, secretary, industry, christmas, journalism, newspaper, psychiatrist, greed ...
Time:
1950s, year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Style:
romantic, rom com, witty, period piece, parody ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
battle of the sexes, womanizer, writers, love, enemies to lovers, journalist, fall in love, destiny, hypocrisy, equality, manipulation, couples ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, year 2003, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
new york, usa, maine, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, cynical, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
teenage girl, artist, art school, painting, dark humor, murder, art class, art, sex, coming of age, nude model, painter ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion ...
Style:
tension, cult classic, offbeat, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
fashion, rock, jazz, pop music, fashion show, dance, dancing, british, rock and roll, gay, musician, model ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1958, post world war two ...
Place:
london, england, europe, mount everest, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
surfing, beach, beach party, motorcycle, rock and roll, culture clash, surf, summer, young lovers, teenager, dancing, dating ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey, hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Gore specialist H.G. Lewis' gruesome tale of an artist who becomes a success after using human blood in his paintings.
Style:
slasher, bloody, grindhouse, splatter, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, exploitation, gory, murder, murderer, killer, maniac, monster, psychopath, performer's life, danger, vengeance ...
Time:
60s
Place:
florida
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