Movie·2010·84 min

Howl

Name: Howl
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-08-26
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn

Howl streams in the US on fuboTV, Dekkoo, Chai Flicks, Kanopy and 5 more apps, as of October 6, 2026.

The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

6.5 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 64%Audience 58%Metacritic 63IMDb 6.6Letterboxd 3.2

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Drama

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

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