Rentals
Other Grooves
An eccentric excursion to the furthest fringes of youth culture and alternative lifestyles, as captured in archive film and TV.
In this companion to BFI Player's Beat Generations collection you'll encounter an eclectic array of eccentrics, outsiders, activists and all who dare to be different. Among the tribes and iconoclasts represented here you'll find mods, rockers, Ufologists, New Age travellers, artists, anarchists, free thinkers, punks, pagans, skinheads, rastas, reverends and ravers. Warning: Some films in this collection include explicit adult material, including frank scenes of nudity, sexual activity and drug taking.
Psychomania Psychomania
Horror 1973 91 mins Director: Don Sharp
The greatest zombie-biker, toad-worshipping-Satanists horror in British cinema is an undisputed cult classic brimming with exciting action and fantastical mayhem.
Midnight Breaks Midnight Breaks
1988 113 mins Director: Laurens C. Postma
Big Audio Dynamite’s Don Letts made his acting debut in this gripping, gritty 1990 drama of dreads, drugs, and music business corruption.
Extremes Extremes
Documentary 1971 81 mins Director: Anthony Klinger and Michael Lytton
In-your-face 70s documentary exploring the lives of Hell's Angels, hippies, skinheads, rudeboys, mods and drug addicts.
Purple Hearts Purple Hearts
1964 28 mins Silent
This Week investigates amphetamine use in a discussion with young people. This edition also features a report on Cyprus.
Other Worlds Are Watching Us Other Worlds Are Watching Us
1957 14 mins Director: Geoffrey Hughes
Do you believe in flying saucers? Intrepid investigator Dan Farson weighs up the evidence in this fascinating TV film.
Camp in Camden Camp in Camden
Documentary 1971 25 mins Director: Dick Foster
Eye-opening record of an alternative summer camp for Camden youth by community group Inter-Action.
The Seventh Day The Seventh Day
1957 14 mins Silent Director: Geoffrey Hughes
Man about town Daniel Farson grills the Lord's Day Observance Society on their beliefs about appropriate Sunday activities.
Quadrophenia Quadrophenia
Drama 1979 120 mins Director: Franc Roddam
The ultimate Mods vs Rockers clash, based on The Who’s double-album rock opera, stars Phil Daniels as a mod on an odyssey to Brighton.
Witchcraft Witchcraft
1957 14 mins Director: Geoffrey Hughes
Witchcraft comes under scrutiny - is it just nudism in another guise?
That's the Way to Do It That's the Way to Do It
Horror 1982 34 mins Director: Stanley A. Long
A malevolent Mr Punch puppet goes on a murder spree after a teenage delinquent torments a seaside entertainer.
Spirit of Albion Spirit of Albion
Documentary 1987 60 mins Director: Richard Philpott
On the road with New Age travellers: political disquiet in the apocalyptic years of the mid-80s.
Secret Rites Secret Rites
Documentary 1971 47 mins Director: Derek Ford
'King of the Witches' Alex Sanders initiates doe-eyed Penny into the ways of his coven.
Beat Girl Beat Girl
Drama 1960 87 mins Director: Edmond T. Gréville
A cult classic British film about late-fifties youth-rebellion set against an intoxicating Beatnik backdrop.
Expresso Bongo Expresso Bongo
Drama 1960 111 mins Director: Val Guest
Val Guest's 1959 London-shot Brit Beat classic charts the fortunes of aspiring musician Bert Rudge (Cliff Richard)
Design for Loving Design for Loving
Comedy 1962 69 mins Silent Director: Godfrey Grayson
A grubby Soho beatnik becomes a fuzz-faced fashionista for a leading London fashion house in this 1960s rom com.
Some People Some People
Drama 1962 90 mins Director: Clive Donner
Cult 1960s musical drama about a leather boy who forms a Shadows-style guitar band.
Cosh Boy Cosh Boy
Drama 1953 75 mins Director: Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert’s shocking and controversial 1952 drama focuses on a gang of juvenile delinquents and their dangerous exploits in post-war London.
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