Cross-media picks for The Beatles fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
These picks share a fascination with music as a cultural force — the way a band, a song, or a scene can reshape the world around it. Whether it's the chaos of overnight fame caught on film, the creative friction of a recording session, or the ripple effects felt by musicians who came after, every pick here rewards deep listening and close attention. Expect warmth, irreverence, and an abiding curiosity about where the sound comes from and who paid the price for it.
Film
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A musical built around Beatles songs follows a hometown band swallowed whole by the music industry machine.
Film
Beatles '64
Never-before-seen footage captures the electric moment the band landed in America and changed pop culture forever.
Film
Yesterday
A struggling musician wakes in a world where the Beatles never existed — a bittersweet fantasy about music's irreplaceable power.
Film
Magical Mystery Tour
On a coach tour, the Beatles and friends encounter strange magic in gloriously absurdist fashion.
Film
Let It Be
A documentary of the tense January 1969 rehearsal sessions that would become the band's final studio statement.
Film
Backbeat
The Hamburg years come alive through the friendship and entanglements that forged the early Beatles.
Film
A Hard Day's Night
A wildly irreverent day-in-the-life comedy capturing the band at the peak of their joyous, chaotic early fame.
Film
The Beatles: George
One member's story reframes the whole band's arc from George Harrison's own perspective.
Series
The Beatles Anthology
The definitive career retrospective told by the band themselves, full of candid reflection and rare archive footage.
Series
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
A portrait of George Harrison as an individual far larger than the band he helped define.
Series
The Beatles: Get Back
Over 60 hours of unseen footage reveal the warmth and creative genius behind the band's final sessions.
Series
Classic Albums
A documentary series on landmark albums from the artists who made them — ideal for serious music listeners.
Series
This Is Pop
Hidden pop-music histories surface through the voices of artists who actually made it, from ABBA to T-Pain.
Series
Top of the Pops
Britain's iconic pop showcase captures the most memorable live performances from rock's golden decades.
Series
Catwalk
Six twenty-somethings form a pop band and navigate fame together — a drama rooted in the friction of group ambition.
Series
Chance Pop Session
Three girls from different worlds discover music as a shared language after one transformative concert experience.
Game
The Beatles: Rock Band
Play through the band's legendary career from Liverpool to Abbey Road using instruments in your hands.
Browse and play a vast catalogue of tracks — a direct route to discovering music beyond what you already know.
Game
Rock Band 2
A polished band-performance game for anyone who wants to feel the physical rush of playing rock music together.
Game
Mixtape (2025)
A nostalgic adventure set on the last night of high school, played through a mixtape of era-defining songs.
Game
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Shred through a curated set of 80s rock classics — pure guitar-hero wish-fulfilment for music obsessives.
Game
Rock Band
Form a band, tour the world, and master real instruments in the game that launched a genre.
Game
Friday night funkin: whitty mod (lo-fight) with music
A rhythm battle mod that keeps music-game creativity alive through fan energy and homemade craft.
Game
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band
Live out a rock fantasy performing AC/DC's catalogue — pure concert energy in game form.
Book
Ringo Starr
A biography tracing Ringo Starr from a tough Liverpool upbringing to the most famous band in history.
Book
Lennon
A long-time friend draws on personal access and family cooperation to detail Lennon's life and lasting influence.
Book
A hard day's write
Investigates the real people and real events immortalised in the songs — myth-busting music history at its best.
Book
Tell Me Why
The first serious musical analysis of the Beatles' work examines precisely why those songs changed everything.
Book
Without You
The tragic story of Badfinger — a band George Harrison championed — whose promise was undone by terrible luck.
Book
Everybody needs a rock
A playful children's picture book about the quiet pleasure of finding the perfect rock — simple and timeless.
Book
Here, There and Everywhere
Abbey Road's own engineer recounts every session from the inside, from the first recordings to the final album.
Book
Rock and roll
A social history of rock and roll traces how the music shaped — and was shaped by — the culture around it.
Start with the documentary The Beatles: Get Back for an extraordinary fly-on-the-wall look at the band at work, or Beatles '64 for the electric moment they conquered America. A Hard Day's Night captures their early wit and energy in a single joyful film.
Yes — A Hard Day's Write traces the real people and events behind each song, while Tell Me Why offers the first rigorous musical analysis of the catalogue. Here, There and Everywhere by their Abbey Road engineer gives an insider's view of every recording session.
The Beatles: Rock Band lets you play through the band's career using real instruments, following their journey from Liverpool clubs to Shea Stadium. For a broader music-game fix, Rock Band 2 and the Rock Band Music Store open up thousands more tracks in the same format.