Jack Kerouac
Movies about Jack Kerouac, and/or involving people close to him (The Beat Generation)
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- DirectorWalter SallesStarsSam RileyGarrett HedlundKristen StewartYoung 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.
- DirectorMichael PolishStarsJean-Marc BarrKate BosworthJosh LucasA recounting of Jack Kerouac's three sojourns to the cabin in Big Sur owned by his friend, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
- DirectorJohn KrokidasStarsDaniel RadcliffeDane DeHaanMichael C. HallA murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsJames FrancoTodd RotondiJon PrescottAs 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.
- DirectorNoah BuschelStarsTate DonovanAmy RyanGlenn FitzgeraldThe 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.
- DirectorRanald MacDougallStarsLeslie CaronGeorge PeppardJanice RuleA love story between two misunderstood new bohemians who don't even understand themselves.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsThomas JaneKeanu ReevesAdrien BrodyIn 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.
- DirectorJohn ByrumStarsNick NolteSissy SpacekJohn HeardThe life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.
- DirectorRobert FrankAlfred LeslieStarsJack KerouacAllen GinsbergGregory CorsoA married couple vainly hopes that their irreverent beat poet friends will behave themselves when the bishop comes to visit.
- DirectorMalin KorkeasaloMaria RamströmStarsCarolyn CassadyJohn McWhinnieJohn Allen CassadyDocumentary 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.
- DirectorGary WalkowStarsCourtney LoveKiefer SutherlandLisa SheridanTwo murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation.
- DirectorXavier VilletardStarsAnasthasie TudiesheSimon BackèsDamien BoisseauTells 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.
- DirectorChuck WorkmanStarsJohnny DeppJohn TurturroDennis HopperTraces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S.
- DirectorJerry AronsonStarsJoan BaezWilliam F. BuckleyWilliam S. BurroughsFor 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 poets, author of Howl and other ground-breaking poems.
- DirectorGustave ReiningerStarsGregory CorsoAllen GinsbergWilliam S. BurroughsFollowing Beat Poet Gregory Corso - literary compatriot of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs -- throughout Europe, discovering his past, and facing his death.
- DirectorRichard LernerLewis MacAdamsStarsGregory CorsoJan KerouacHerbert HunckeDocumentary 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.
- DirectorCurt WordenStarsDavid AmramErik BauersfeldCarolyn CassadyJack Kerouac escapes from post "On The Road" fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a cabin at Big Sur, where he searches for inner peace. His road comes full circle with this self-exploration, resulting in an alcohol-fueled paranoia and a plunge into madness.