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.
PsychomaniaPsychomania
Horror 1973 91 minsDirector: 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 BreaksMidnight Breaks
1988 113 minsDirector: 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.
ExtremesExtremes
Documentary 1971 81 minsDirector: 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 HeartsPurple Hearts
1964 28 minsSilent
This Week investigates amphetamine use in a discussion with young people. This edition also features a report on Cyprus.
Other Worlds Are Watching UsOther Worlds Are Watching Us
1957 14 minsDirector: Geoffrey Hughes
Do you believe in flying saucers? Intrepid investigator Dan Farson weighs up the evidence in this fascinating TV film.
Camp in CamdenCamp in Camden
Documentary 1971 25 minsDirector: Dick Foster
Eye-opening record of an alternative summer camp for Camden youth by community group Inter-Action.
The Seventh DayThe Seventh Day
1957 14 minsSilentDirector: Geoffrey Hughes
Man about town Daniel Farson grills the Lord's Day Observance Society on their beliefs about appropriate Sunday activities.
QuadropheniaQuadrophenia
Drama 1979 120 minsDirector: 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.
WitchcraftWitchcraft
1957 14 minsDirector: Geoffrey Hughes
Witchcraft comes under scrutiny - is it just nudism in another guise?
That's the Way to Do ItThat's the Way to Do It
Horror 1982 34 minsDirector: Stanley A. Long
A malevolent Mr Punch puppet goes on a murder spree after a teenage delinquent torments a seaside entertainer.
Spirit of AlbionSpirit of Albion
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1987 60 minsDirector: Richard Philpott
On the road with New Age travellers: political disquiet in the apocalyptic years of the mid-80s.
Secret RitesSecret Rites
Documentary 1971 47 minsDirector: Derek Ford
'King of the Witches' Alex Sanders initiates doe-eyed Penny into the ways of his coven.
Beat GirlBeat Girl
Drama 1960 87 minsDirector: Edmond T. Gréville
A cult classic British film about late-fifties youth-rebellion set against an intoxicating Beatnik backdrop.
Expresso BongoExpresso Bongo
Comedy 1960 111 minsDirector: Val Guest
Val Guest's 1959 London-shot Brit Beat classic charts the fortunes of aspiring musician Bert Rudge (Cliff Richard)
Design for LovingDesign for Loving
Comedy 1962 69 minsSilentDirector: Godfrey Grayson
A grubby Soho beatnik becomes a fuzz-faced fashionista for a leading London fashion house in this 1960s rom com.
Some PeopleSome People
Drama 1962 90 minsDirector: Clive Donner
Cult 1960s musical drama about a leather boy who forms a Shadows-style guitar band.
Cosh BoyCosh Boy
Drama 1953 75 minsDirector: 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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