Help!

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Help!

G

1965

1h 32m

Musical

Comedy

Adventure

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In the follow-up to their successful debut musical, "A Hard Day's Night," the Beatles once again offer up a melding of song and slapstick. After Ringo stumbles upon a valuable gem, the band starts getting harassed by a fringe religious group. To escape their sudden stalkers, the boys hit the road. As John, Paul, George and Ringo travel the globe, they perform a mix of musical numbers, singing hits ranging from "Ticket to Ride" to the titular ditty.

Critics Consensus

Help! finds the Fab Four displaying their infectious charm and humor in an enjoyably madcap adventure.

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Bernard Zuel

Sydney Morning Herald

Apr 29, 2026

The Goonish humour beloved by the Liverpudlians is mixed with a greater degree of the Marx Brothers quasi-slapstick and more willingness to lair about.

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Mark Bourne

Film.com

Nov 15, 2007

For casual viewers, the whole thing has a retro charm. For Beatles fans, it's a flawed but essential film.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Feb 9, 2006

A Hard Day's Night may be more primitive, but it also seems more spontaneous.

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Pauline Kael

McCall's

Sep 20, 2023

It is nothing but a chase, turning a structural device of early movies into the total substance, and without anywhere to go. Help! is all climax, but nothing is prepared for; finally it just exhausts itself and stops.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Nov 22, 2021

Help! is stylistically different from its predecessor but The Beatles sure know how to put on a performance.

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

Aug 14, 2019

A witless orgy of expensive production that strangles the Beatles, so fresh and spontaneous in [A Hard Day's Night], in a laboriously foolish plot line and smothers them under tons of handsomely colored feathers.

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Ellysia B

@sea_bunnie Oct 6, 2026

I am obsessed with this band and have been for months now! Although I like Ahdn and Yellow Submarine slightly better, this movie is still pretty good and I don’t get the hate some ppl online have for it. 8/10

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 18, 2026

Help! = a 4.5 star Movie!

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Gen .

@Gensslifee Jun 29, 2026

Honestly one of the better Beatles movie! The plot was interesting, but the best part is obviously when they sing! Another girl? My favorite part!

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Zai B

@zaiamthewalrus May 15, 2026

This is my absolute favorite movie ever, it's so sillies WATCH IT NOW

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Ally C

@AnneMarie0 Jan 26, 2026

I may just love the Beatles to much to see major flaws

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Scott L

@Scottylo Jul 19, 2025

I watched it for the first time at 14 when it was a global sensation but was disappointed. I loved The Beatles of course but it was missing the sporadic cleverness of Hard Days Night, so HELP felt lazy, both then then and now. My guess is that The Beatles themselves felt let down and bored with the project too because I heard that most the time they were off somewhere smoking grass to no doubt add a little fun to the time they were spending. What a freaking drag! I've always really liked Hard Days Night. There's a lot of parts in that movie that just make you feel good, and isn't that the point of a movie?

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Synopsis

In the follow-up to their successful debut musical, "A Hard Day's Night," the Beatles once again offer up a melding of song and slapstick. After Ringo stumbles upon a valuable gem, the band starts getting harassed by a fringe religious group. To escape their sudden stalkers, the boys hit the road. As John, Paul, George and Ringo travel the globe, they perform a mix of musical numbers, singing hits ranging from "Ticket to Ride" to the titular ditty.

Director: Richard Lester
Producer: Walter Shenson
Distributor: Criterion Collection, United Artists, The Voyager Company
Production Co: Subafilms, Walter Shenson Films
Rating: G
Genre: Musical, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 11, 1965, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 24, 2017
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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