Here we've displayed a list of the best Poet films : An Evening With the Royal Ballet(1964), Before Sunrise(1995), Nostalgia(1983), My B.F.F.(2017), Orpheus(1950), Moulin Rouge(2001), Cyrano de Bergerac(1990), Cyrano de Bergerac(1950), Shadowlands(1993), The War Requiem(1988), August: Osage County(2013), The Tales of Hoffmann(1951) ... ...
Musical
UK
1964
85 Minutes
Anthony Havelock-Allan
rudolf nureyev margot fonteyn ballerina partner poet charming spectacular theater stage london royal ballet performance fairy tales poetry rise discovery 1960s
Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty".
Romance
USA|Austria|Switzerland
1995
101 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Erni Mangold Hanno Poeschl Karl Bruckschwaiger Tex Rubinowitz Andrea Eckert Haymon Maria Buttinger
traveler student poet quirky charming moving vienna train romance travel fate chance meeting discovery love 1990s
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
Drama
Italy|Soviet Union
1983
130 Minutes
Oleg Yankovsky Domiziana Giordano Delia Boccardo Laura De Marchi Patrizia Terreno Milena Vukotic Alberto Canepa
poet interpreter russian mystic mentally ill person pretty woman bleak somber dense emotional passionate hill tuscany, italy ruins church countryside village research journey homesickness
A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.
Comedy
USA
2017
110 Minutes
C. Thomas Howell Sean Patrick Thomas Malik Yoba K.D. Aubert Meta Golding Golden Brooks Lew Temple Erica Michelle Ainsley Bailey Junie Hoang Billy Sorrells
teen girl best friend poet father confident endearing inspiring house neighborhood city college aspirations college cultural differences growing up discovery growing up love pursuit transformation
Inspired by true events and shot on location in New Orleans, LA. GEMMA BROWN and MARNI WILKINS and their families have been best friends since they were babies. At five, when Marni lost her... See full summary »
Fantasy
France
1950
95 Minutes
Jean Marais María Casares François Périer Marie Déa Juliette Gréco Roger Blin Edouard Dermithe Henri Cremieux Pierre Bertin
poet princess chauffeur death wife creative playful eerie profound café underworld garage paris car inspiration poetry mythology love triangle death discovery
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Musical, Drama
Australia|USA
2001
126 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Ewan McGregor John Alberto Leguizamo Jim Broadbent Richard Roxburgh Garry McDonald Jacek Koman Matthew Whittet Kerry Walker Caroline O'Connor David Wenham
poet duke courtesan singer dancer creative quirky frenetic hedonistic nightclub theater paris love triangle romance song and dance poetry illness deception forbidden love rivalry
A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.
Romance
France
1990
135 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Anne Brochet Vincent Perez Jacques Weber Roland Bertin Philippe Morier-Genoud Philippe Volter Pierre Maguelon Josiane Stoleru Jerome Nicolin Gabriel Monnet
soldier poet cadet young woman cousin love interest engaging disheartening spirited paris theater war zone countryside self-esteem beauty love triangle war poetry cyrano de bergerac love
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Drama
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Mala Powers William Prince Morris Carnovsky Ralph Clanton Lloyd Corrigan Virginia Farmer Edgar Barrier Elena Verdugo Albert Cavens Arthur Blake
poet love interest soldier cyrano de bergerac tender witty endearing paris theater hotel love triangle romance poetry love quest 17th century
The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play.
Drama
UK
1993
130 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Debra Winger Edward Hardwicke Michael Denison Joseph Mazzello John Wood Robert Flemyng Peter Howell Peter Firth
writer poet son professor wife tender endearing sad oxford university pub england tragic death illness writers marriage may-december romance c.s. lewis discovery love transformation
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
Musical
USA
1988
85 Minutes
Nathaniel Parker Tilda Swinton Laurence Olivier Patricia Hayes Rohan McCullough Nigel Terry Owen Teale Sean Bean
nurse british soldier german soldier mother doctor poet disheartening dreamy profound sad battlefield tomb hospital church wilfred owen poetry horrors of war death disillusionment music
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
119 Minutes
Meryl Streep Julia Roberts Ewan McGregor Chris Cooper Abigail Breslin Benedict Cumberbatch Juliette Lewis Margo Martindale Dermot Mulroney Julianne Nicholson Sam Shepard
matriarch daughter husband cancer patient poet cook playful emotional melodramatic oklahoma funeral rural community addiction family dysfunction family gathering funeral cancer mother/daughter relationship fall sacrifice
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Musical, Fantasy
UK
1951
138 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Moira Shearer Robert Rounseville Robert Helpmann Ludmilla Tcherina Ann Ayars Pamela Brown Leonide Massine Frederick Ashton
poet doll friend singer courtesan enemy dreamy outlandish tavern fantasy world lost loves deception magic ballet performance love adventure unknown era
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|France|Italy|USA
2003
116 Minutes
Michael Carmen Pitt Eva Green Louis Garrel Robin Renucci Anna Chancellor Florian Cadiou Pierre Hancisse Valentin Merlet
foreign exchange student poet twin mother friend dreamy fiery sultry movie theater paris apartment isolation riots fantasy incest passion love triangle forbidden love wretched excess rivalry
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
Drama
South Korea
2015
121 Minutes
Jae-yeong Jeong Kim Min-hee Yeo-jeong Yoon Ju-bong Gi Joon-sang Yoo Hwa-Jeong Choi Young-hwa Seo Ah-sung Ko
filmmaker young man artist young woman poet love interest amusing creative engaging fascinating emotional heartwarming south korea movie theater park artist's studio serendipity attraction art creative process
A married film director falls for a young painter - twice.
Drama
Australia
2006
108 Minutes
Heath Ledger Abbie Cornish Geoffrey Rush Tony Martin Noni Hazlehurst David Argue Paul Blackwell Damon Herriman Tim McKenzie Nathaniel Dean Jason Chan
poet artist professor drug addict student dark sultry powerful sydney melbourne, australia drug addiction love deviant behavior student-teacher relationship heroin wretched excess temptation 2000s
A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA|Mexico
2000
132 Minutes
Javier Bardem Olivier Martinez Andrea Di Stefano Johnny Depp Sean Penn Michael Wincott Najwa Nimri Hector Babenco Olatz Lopez Garmendia Vito Maria Schnabel Jerzy Skolimowski
poet rebel lover gay/lesbian dark gritty cuba prison new york city revolution exile poverty revenge homosexuality communism discovery fall 1970s
The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2004
94 Minutes
Anthony Mackie Roger Robinson Larry Gilliard Jr. Aunjanue Ellis Duane Boutte Daniel Sunjata Alex Burns Ray Ford Bradley Cole Michael Duvert
painter poet author playwright father uplifting endearing new york city homeless shelter studio harlem renaissance homosexuality homophobia art mentorship historical events underdog growing up discovery 2000s
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Adventure
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone Frances Dee Ellen Drew C.V. France Henry Wilcoxon Heather Thatcher Stanley Ridges Bruce Lester Walter Kingsford Alma Lloyd
poet constable traitor lady king rousing thrilling moving confident paris palace tavern treason françois villon royalty political coup unlikely allies king louis xi escape love
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Documentary
USA
1986
96 Minutes
William S. Burroughs Lewis MacAdams Jack Kerouac
author widow beatnik allen ginsberg william s. burroughs poet passionate san francisco new york city family home television studio jack kerouac alcoholism writing beat generation celebrity self-destruction transformation wretched excess 1960s
Documentary explore the unfulfilled promise of Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac, covering the period from the publication of his notorious novel On the Road in 1957 to his alcohol-related death 12 years later.
Comedy
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Robert Morse Jonathan Winters Anjanette Comer Rod Steiger Dana Andrews Milton Berle James Coburn John Gielgud Tab Hunter Margaret Leighton Liberace
poet uncle stylist mortician reverend teen boy madcap dark los angeles cemetery pet cemetery death funeral business love triangle schemes spiritual crisis quest rivalry 1960s
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
India
2014
148 Minutes
Madhuri Dixit Arshad Warsi Naseeruddin Shah Huma Qureshi Vijay Raaz Manoj Pahwa Shraddha Kapoor Amrita Puri Ravi Gosain
uncle nephew con man poet courtesan amusing hilarious bleak gripping intense india village bungalow mansion criminals cheating robbery theft love interest love
Two lousy crooks find paradise in the seven stages of love.
Romance
USA
2013
93 Minutes
Julia Louis-Dreyfus James Gandolfini Catherine Keener Toni Collette Tavi Gevinson Ben Falcone Tracey Fairaway Eve Hewson Michaela Watkins Phillip Brock Ivy Strohmaier
single mother boyfriend daughter divorce ex-wife poet witty charming engaging family home restaurant apartment friendship new love divorce mother/daughter relationship middle age love transformation 2010s
A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she's interested in learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.
Drama
Ireland|USA
1959
110 Minutes
James Cagney Don Murray Dana Wynter Glynis Johns Michael Redgrave Sybil Thorndike Marianne Benet John Breslin Harry Brogan Robert Brown Lewis Casson
professor student woman smuggler poet terrorist tense emotional ireland dublin college pub farm hostage situation moral dilemma political repression irish republican army nationalism torture sacrifice
In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being lead by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
Biography
UK|France
1968
153 Minutes
Vanessa Redgrave James Fox Jason Robards Ivan Tchenko John Fraser Bessie Love Cynthia Harris Vladimir Leskovar Tony Vogel
dancer heir lover poet son daughter emotional spirited sultry london england stage france nice, france modern dance performance fame romance rebellion isadora duncan
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Drama
Austria|Switzerland
2006
Minutes
Paulus Manker August Diehl Michael Ostrowski Pia Hierzegger Maria Bill Loretta Pflaum
Two yuppies play mean tricks on one another until one joke has fatal consequences.
Biography
UK
1952
123 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Zsa Zsa Gabor Colette Marchand Suzanne Flon Katherine Kath Claude Nollier Muriel Smith Georges Lannes Walter Crisham Mary Clare Harold Kasket
poet courtesan duke toulouse-lautrec emotional powerful uplifting paris illness forbidden love theater production death love discovery quest 1890s
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Comedy
USA
1983
101 Minutes
poet scottish person college student husband dentist love interest offbeat brash amusing new england connecticut hotel campus writer's block infidelity drinking poetry relationships love triangle wretched excess
A drunken Scottish poet, who has not written a word in years, feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young woman.
Drama
USA
1960
67 Minutes
Joseph Strick Barbara Baxley Herschel Bernardi Jean Hidey
divorcée gambler poet stripper love interest nurse bleak creative los angeles apartment street party department store hospital divorce alienation city life depression wretched excess 1950s
This drama takes the form of a story told using documentary material as an intrinsic part of the narrative. In this journey through the dark side of 1950s urban life, the camera follows ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Italy|France
1969
128 Minutes
Martin Potter Hiram Keller Max Born Salvo Randone Mario Romagnoli Magali Noël Capucine Alain Cuny Fanfulla Danica La Loggia Giuseppe Sanvitale
boy poet slave gladiator prostitute disturbing unrestrained hedonistic rome pirate ship arena abandonment satire sex homosexuality love quest discovery roman empire
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome.