William S. Burroughs Movies

  • 1997
    Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    8.1571997HD

    Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult...

    Good Will Hunting
  • 2024
    Queer

    Queer

    Queer

    6.7722024HD

    1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small...

    Queer
  • 1989
    Drugstore Cowboy

    Drugstore Cowboy

    Drugstore Cowboy

    7.11989HD

    Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine,...

    Drugstore Cowboy
  • 1991
    Naked Lunch

    Naked Lunch

    Naked Lunch

    71991HD

    Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After...

    Naked Lunch
  • 2018
    Take Your Pills

    Take Your Pills

    Take Your Pills

    6.5262018HD

    In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?

    Take Your Pills
  • 1994
    Glitterbug

    Glitterbug

    Glitterbug

    6.31994HD

    A collage of Derek Jarman's super 8 footage spanning over 20 years.

    Glitterbug
  • 1989
    Twister

    Twister

    Twister

    5.51989HD

    An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He...

    Twister
  • 1994
    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

    4.41994HD

    A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
  • 1966
    Chappaqua

    Chappaqua

    Chappaqua

    6.91966HD

    Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in...

    Chappaqua
  • 1990
    The Black Rider

    The Black Rider

    The Black Rider

    7.71990HD

    Inspired by the German folktale, Wilhelm, a file clerk, falls in love with a huntsman's daughter. In order to marry, Wilhelm must prove his worth as...

    The Black Rider
  • 1994
    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    01994HD

    Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt Weill.

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
  • 1998
    The Book of Life

    The Book of Life

    The Book of Life

    6.4031998HD

    New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.

    The Book of Life
  • 2012
    For No Good Reason

    For No Good Reason

    For No Good Reason

    6.92012HD

    For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly...

    For No Good Reason
  • 1999
    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    11999HD

    One of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century, writer, composer and wanderer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) is profiled by a filmmaker who has been...

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
  • 2009
    FLicKeR

    FLicKeR

    FLicKeR

    6.82009HD

    In 1960, Brion Gysin invented the Dream Machine, a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations, drugless highs, and revolutionize...

    FLicKeR
  • 1984
    Decoder

    Decoder

    Decoder

    6.21984HD

    F.M. discovers that different sonic frequencies induce different patterns of behaviour in listeners, first in his own studio but later in the local...

    Decoder
  • 1999
    The Source

    The Source

    The Source

    5.11999HD

    Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in...

    The Source
  • 2003
    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    02003HD

    A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA...

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
  • 1989
    Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

    5.61989HD

    Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie...

    Heavy Petting
  • 1983
    This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

    61983HD

    In 1982, Robert Frank was on hand at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, to film the Jack Kerouac Conference, a 25th-anniversary commemoration...

    This Song for Jack