List of the best William S. Burroughs movies: What Happened to Kerouac?(1986), Chappaqua(1966), Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees(1992), Drugstore Cowboy(1989), Poetry in Motion(1982), Decoder(1984), Chelsea on the Rocks(2008), Twister(1989) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1986
96 Minutes
William S. Burroughs Lewis MacAdams Jack Kerouac
author widow beatnik allen ginsberg william s. burroughs poet passionate san francisco new york city family home television studio jack kerouac alcoholism writing beat generation celebrity self-destruction transformation wretched excess 1960s
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.
Drama
France|USA
1966
92 Minutes
Conrad Rooks Jean-Louis Barrault William S. Burroughs Paula Pritchett Allen Ginsberg Ravi Shankar Ornette Coleman Pascal Aubier Penny Brown Peter Orlovsky Rita Renoir
Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran.
Sci-Fi
Germany|USA
1992
85 Minutes
David Blair Meg Savlov Florence Ormezzano William S. Burroughs
A man recalls the story of how his bees implanted in him a bee television, causing him to lose all perception of space, time, and self in the deserts of the American West.
Drama
USA
1989
100 Minutes
Matt Dillon Kelly Lynch James LeGros Heather Graham James Remar William S. Burroughs George Catalano Max Perlich
druggie wife drug dealer cop confident cool offbeat united states drugstore household portland, ore. robbery drugs family dysfunction addiction adventure wretched excess transformation 1970s
A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
Documentary
Canada
1982
90 Minutes
Helen Adam Miguel AlgarÃn Amiri Baraka Ted Berrigan Charles Bukowski William S. Burroughs John Cage Jim Carroll Jayne Cortez Robert Creeley Christopher Dewdney
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem.... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
West Germany
1984
87 Minutes
FM Einheit William Rice Christiane Felscherinow Britzhold Baron De Belle Matthias Fuchs William S. Burroughs Genesis P-Orridge
A burger shop employee discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.
Documentary
2008
88 Minutes
Vito Acconci Donald Baechler Stanley Bard Sathima Bea Benjamin Jamie Burke William S. Burroughs Ira Cohen Sherry Cosovic Quentin Crisp Walter Cronkite Robert Crumb
Drama
USA
1989
94 Minutes
Harry Dean Stanton Suzy Amis Crispin Glover Dylan McDermott Jenny Wright Charlayne Woodard Lois Chiles William S. Burroughs
family family patriarch tycoon preacher daughter maid engaging melodramatic emotional heartwarming intense farm farmhouse family dysfunction family relationships relationships storm emotion rivalry love
Delusional and spoiled Maureen and her eccentric brother Howdy decide to track down and meet their estranged mother, all while the drama of dysfunctional relationships, disastrous weather conditions and a dark family secret ensue.