A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!

1964 • 88 min • Comedy · Music

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Synopsis

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

Our family guide

Best from age 7

Movie Knight Score

760 reviews

100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
73 Audience · 759 · 49%

Join The Beatles for a whirlwind day as they navigate adoring fans, pesky press, and Paul's mischievous grandfather on their way to a TV performance. This energetic mockumentary captures the band's wit and charm as they experience the chaotic fun of sudden fame.

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 0/10

Heads up

Minor slapstick chases and falls
Brief cigarette smoking shown

What it models well

Teamwork and friendship
Creativity and music
Handling fame with humor

Talk about it after

The pressures of fame and public life
Intergenerational relationships
How music and culture change over time

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Top billed cast

Director: Richard Lester • Crew: Alun Owen

Trailers & clips

A Hard Day's Night (1964) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

A Hard Day's Night Official Remastered Trailer (2014) - The Beatles Movie HD

Allan Arkush on A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
Who says there were no pop videos in the 1960s? This is an example of one, two, three - indeed, possibly five - all loosely connected via a daftly enjoyable storyline featuring old "Steptoe" himself - Mr. Wilfrid Bramble. It has a plot, not that it remotely matters: the fab four are heading to London to do a television show and poor old Ringo gets separated - much to the chagrin of the programme's director.…
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