20 movies like Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation, ordered by similarity : Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles(2019), What Happened to Kerouac?(1986), Ballet 422(2014), Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits(2017), Easy Riders, Raging Bulls(2003), Everything: The Real Thing Story(2019), Knock Down the House(2019), Jane Fonda in Five Acts(2018), The Gleaners and I(2000), Make It Funky!(2005), Super Duper Alice Cooper(2014), Scott Walker: 30 Century Man(2006) ...
Documentary
1999
90 Minutes
beat poet writer college student free spirit creative inspiring fascinating cool new york city columbia university san francisco road beat generation counterculture jack kerouac allen ginsberg william s. burroughs influence rise transformation
Filmmaker Chuck Workman charts the achievements of Beat notables Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady.
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
92 Minutes
songwriter broadway producer actor choreographer broadway star author charming cheery creative inspiring new york city broadway theater stage office tradition religion anti-semitism gender roles female sexuality race
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.
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.
Documentary, Music
USA
2014
72 Minutes
Tiler Peck David Prottas Amar Ramasar
choreographer ballet director ballerina dancer fascinating engaging moving inspiring new york city united states ballet ballet new york city choreography creative process documentaries dance dancing transformation rise
From first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as emerging choreographer Justin Peck crafts a new work.
Documentary, Music
2017
86 Minutes
Tessa Pollitt Viv Albertine Gina Birch Palmolive Don Letts Dennis Bovell
punk musician interviewee feminist music producer band member confident cool crafty fascinating inspiring powerful concert stage festival music video set interview room office house alternative lifestyles punk rock
The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Documentary
UK|Canada
2003
119 Minutes
filmmaker film critic film studio executive film editor actor actress confident cool fascinating engaging hollywood, calif. studio new york city film set hollywood cinema history counterculture youth influence changing times
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
Documentary, Music
UK
2019
94 Minutes
Jacob Anderson Eddie Amoo Chris Amoo Dave Smith Billy Ocean Kim Wilde David Essex Trevor Nelson Paul Barber Louis Emerick
band frontman band member music executive creative inspiring powerful liverpool, england new york city concert stage rise to fame music business music history rise underdog 1970s
Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York.
Documentary
USA
2019
86 Minutes
nurse daughter bartender mother candidate politician fascinating confident cool incredible inspiring patriotic television studio new york city washington, d.c. office politics winning social change women
A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2018
133 Minutes
actress celebrity tycoon fascinating engaging creative confident cool amusing spirited intense inspiring united states life story life's work fame scandal celebrity discovery transformation
A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda.
Documentary
France
2000
82 Minutes
Agnès Varda Francois Wertheimer
filmmaker chef professor artist truck driver amusing somber bleak creative engaging fascinating france beach countryside city refuse community art homelessness food
Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Documentary
USA
2005
110 Minutes
singer musician performer cool engaging creative spirited new orleans stage performance musical influences musicians jazz blues gospel rise transformation 2000s
MAKE IT FUNKY! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.
Documentary
Canada
2014
86 Minutes
Sam Dunn Shep Gordon Bernie Taupin John Lydon Dee Snider
alice cooper iggy pop rock star groupie musician wife engaging fascinating amusing cool inspiring wild canada music stage tour bus music hall recording studio documentaries rock music musical influences
Super Duper Alice Cooper is the twisted tale of a teenage Dr Jekyll whose rock n roll Mr Hyde almost kills him. It is the story of Vincent Furnier, preacher's son, who struck fear into the ... See full summary »
Biography, Documentary, Music
UK
2006
96 Minutes
musician david bowie executive interviewee creative offbeat studio paris new york city music scott walker alcohol rise to stardom drugs performance rise transformation fall 2000s
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2001
141 Minutes
Paul Mazursky Irene Kane James B. Harris Marie Windsor Richard Schickel Christiane Kubrick
director actor producer film critic daughter wife fascinating amusing inspiring los angeles bronx, n.y. movie set school house stanley kubrick filmmaking rise transformation 1990s
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Documentary
1990
85 Minutes
actor actress artist painter model engaging fascinating pittsburgh new york city warehouse artist's studio andy warhol pop art fame new york city art world rise fall wretched excess transformation
Filmmaker Chuck Workman profiles pop artist Andy Warhol through interviews with friends and colleagues.
Documentary
USA
2005
115 Minutes
student dancer teacher judge emcee charming heartwarming inspiring new york city school dance floor dance studio ballroom dancing class distinctions education coming of age youth teamwork growing up rise
The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.
Documentary
USA
2010
83 Minutes
activist feminist artist dancer filmmaker yoko ono passionate confident gripping spirited berkeley, calif. new york city art gallery museum college san francisco feminism gender roles sexism protest
Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing political consequences of discrimination and ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2017
81 Minutes
creator couple husband wife animator artist writer monkey amusing cheery creative engaging fascinating heartwarming inspiring lighthearted moving playful home united states
A documentary film exploring the extraordinary lives of Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children's books.
Documentary
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Robert De Niro Lenny Bruce
robert de niro comedian friend mother drug addict tv personality rousing amusing fascinating disheartening new york city television studio nightclub strip club comedy club obscenity court battles stand-up comedy controversy lenny bruce
Comedian Lenny Bruce struck a subversive chord in an era of change in America. After getting his start as a conventional stand-up comic, Bruce's increasingly iconoclastic act transformed ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|Turkey|UK|Portugal
2016
99 Minutes
ex-convict writer director turkish man turkish woman composer engaging creative fascinating moving powerful raw turkey documentaries filmmaking cross-cultural relations drug smuggling pop culture prison life discovery
The documentary "Midnight Return" explores the enduring and emotional power of film as seen through the lens of the blockbuster success Midnight Express (1978).
Documentary
USA
2008
89 Minutes
Robert Gordon Jimmy Kendricks Loretta Lynn John Carter Cash J.E. Huff Marshall Grant Cindy Cash Sheryl Crow Lamar Alexander Al Gore
musician wife father richard nixon june carter inspiring confident fascinating patriotic arkansas memphis, tenn. recording studio johnny cash rags to riches country music addiction activism tragic death transformation rise
This documentary combines archival footage and interviews to examine the life of one of music's most universal legends, Johnny Cash. The film recounts the events of Cash's life, from his poor beginnings to his celebrity and his battle with drugs. It also delves into how Cash addressed the issues of his day and evolved to be both a patriot and a social activist. Many famous fans of Cash, including... See full summary »