Here we've displayed a list of the best Poetry films : An Evening With the Royal Ballet(1964), The Battle of Warsaw 1920(2011), Orpheus(1950), Doctor Zhivago(1965), Bukowski: Born Into This(2003), Moulin Rouge(2001), Cyrano de Bergerac(1990), Elling(2001), Cyrano de Bergerac(1950), Love Jones(1997), The War Requiem(1988), La Lectrice(1988) ... ...
8.3/10
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".
8.1/10
War, Drama, History
UK
2011
116 Minutes
Borys Szyc Natasza Urbanska Michal Zebrowski Daniel Olbrychski Jerzy Bonczak Adam Ferency Boguslaw Linda Ewa Wisniewska
cavalryman dancer singer engaging warsaw rally battle cabaret poetry transformation 1920s
A brief canter through the life and work of one of Britain's most unbelievable artists.
8.0/10
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.
8.0/10
Romance, War, Drama, History
Italy|UK|USA
1965
197 Minutes
Omar Sharif Julie Christie Geraldine Chaplin Tom Courtenay Alec Guinness Rod Steiger Siobhan McKenna Ralph Richardson Rita Tushingham Adrienne Corri Geoffrey Keen
doctor brother niece wife politician mistress passionate emotional tender russia moscow siberia world war i russian revolution doomed romance politics marriage poetry forbidden love discovery
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
2003
130 Minutes
writer wife girlfriend fan bono sean penn passionate offbeat brash amusing los angeles apartment bookstore charles bukowski writing drunkenness creative process bad behavior poetry rise
Documentary on Charles Bukowski, author of 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man', 'Love Is a Dog from Hell', and the autobiographical novels, 'Women', 'Hollywood', and 'Post Office'.
7.6/10
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.
7.5/10
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.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
Norway
2001
84 Minutes
Per Christian Ellefsen Sven Nordin Per Christensen Jørgen Langhelle Marit Pia Jacobsen Hilde Olausson Ola Otnes
son mentally challenged person friend roommate amusing touching charming offbeat apartment mental institution restaurant oslo, norway friendship mental illness phobias poetry roommates adventure discovery transformation
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and... See full summary »
7.5/10
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.
7.5/10
Romance, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1997
108 Minutes
Larenz Tate Nia Long Isaiah Washington Lisa Nicole Carson Khalil Kain Leonard Roberts Bernadette L. Clarke Bill Bellamy
writer photographer ex-boyfriend cool passionate chicago bar record store party new york city love at first sight poetry romance love pursuit 1990s
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "... See full summary »
7.3/10
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.
7.2/10
Romance
France
1988
100 Minutes
Miou-Miou Patrick Chesnais Christian Ruche María Casares Sylvie Laporte Michael Raskine Brigitte Catillon Régis Royer Pierre Dux
young woman boyfriend young boy widow businessman maid creative dreamy offbeat cheeky bedroom dreamworld hospital literature fantasy life imitating art poetry inspiration role playing adventure
A multi-faceted film based on Raymond Jean's novel "La Lectrice". Constance (Miou-Miou) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover. Inspired by the story of Marie, a woman who advertises her... See full summary »
7.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama, Fantasy, History
UK|Russia|Italy|France|Netherlands
1992
93 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Billy Zane Lothaire Bluteau John Wood Charlotte Valandrey Heathcote Williams Quentin Crisp Peter Eyre Thom Hoffman Jimmy Somerville Dudley Sutton
nobleman queen elizabeth i princess adventurer aristocrat offbeat cool london constantinople royal court russia party ship sex change immortality misogyny affair poetry rise transformation
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
7.2/10
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 »
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
100 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Faye Dunaway Alice Krige Jack Nance J.C. Quinn Frank Stallone Sandy Martin Roberta Bassin
writer drunk bartender barfly woman publisher gritty hedonistic cheeky emotional los angeles bar street apartment parking lot alcoholism poetry misfits drinking fighting
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
7.1/10
Sci-Fi
Canada|UK|Japan
1991
115 Minutes
Peter Weller Judy Davis Ian Holm Julian Sands Roy Scheider Monique Mercure Nicholas Campbell Robert A. Silverman Joseph Scorsiani
exterminator wife beatnik cockroach doctor alien dreamy disturbing shocking outlandish new york city subconscious mind alternate reality interzone café subway poetry writing hallucinations paranoia
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife, and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
7.0/10
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Norma Shearer Fredric March Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan Katharine Alexander Una O'Connor Ian Wolfe Marion Clayton Ralph Forbes Vernon Downing
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest chilling melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
6.9/10
Romance, Drama
UK|Australia|France
2009
119 Minutes
Abbie Cornish Ben Whishaw Paul Schneider Kerry Fox Edie Martin Thomas Brodie-Sangster Claudie Blakley Gerard Monaco Antonia Campbell Hughes
john keats love interest friend father mother doctor somber emotional hampstead, england apartment family home love poetry illness class distinctions love 1820s
The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.
6.9/10
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.
6.7/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2010
84 Minutes
James Franco Jeffrey Friedman David Strathairn Jon Hamm Bob Balaban Jeff Daniels Mary-Louise Parker Treat Williams Alessandro Nivola Todd Rotondi Jon Prescott
beatnik poet friend judge publisher jack kerouac creative spirited engaging san francisco berkeley, calif. courtroom allen ginsberg poetry obscenity counterculture trial creative process wretched excess rise
As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
6.6/10
Drama
Norway|Canada|Germany
2018
90 Minutes
Andreas Lust Anni-Kristina Juuso Mikkel Gaup Essra Berge Thomas Tufte Halvor Sandnes Karin Mustvedt-Plüs Einar Andreas Søli
businessman translator widower tour guide pregnant woman girlfriend emotional endearing amusing touching moving china car train station restaurant hotel poetry culture love relationships
A German businessman travels to Norway to finish the impossible translation of some poems into Chinese, a project of his late wife.
6.6/10
Romance
USA
1987
106 Minutes
Steve Martin Daryl Hannah Rick Rossovich Shelley Duvall Michael J. Pollard Fred Willard John Kapelos Damon Wayans
fire chief love interest fireman poet charming winsome witty washington state small town firehouse love triangle romance poetry small-town life love underdog transformation 1980s
The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
2002
96 Minutes
David Strathairn Agnes Bruckner Margaret Colin Frances Fisher A.J. Buckley Regan Arnold Sarah Beuhler
young girl teacher rival friend parent dark emotional church school beach hospital divorce disillusionment poetry competition self-destruction shoplifting discovery growing up 2000s
A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.
6.4/10
Romance
UK|USA
1957
105 Minutes
Jennifer Jones John Gielgud Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Susan Stephen Vernon Gray Jean Anderson Maxine Audley Leslie Phillips Laurence Naismith Moultrie Kelsall
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest creepy melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
6.3/10
Romance, Biography, Drama
UK
2003
110 Minutes
Gwyneth Paltrow Daniel Craig Jared Harris Amira Casar Andrew Havill Sam Troughton Lucy Davenport Blythe Danner Michael Gambon
poet writer professor father husband ted hughes bleak emotional intense boston cambridge university college classroom dorm house poetry depression death infidelity marital problems
Story of the relationship between poets Edward James "Ted" Hughes (Daniel Craig) and Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow).
6.3/10
Drama, History
Austria|Luxembourg|Germany
2014
96 Minutes
Christian Friedel Birte Schnoeink Stephan Grossmann Katharina Schüttler Sebastian Hülk Sandra Hüller Eva-Maria Kurz Hana Sofia Lopes
poet cousin wife woman death intense emotional melodramatic touching passionate spirited berlin death romance poetry love forbidden love temptation rise fall
Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Romance, Drama
USA|UK
2002
102 Minutes
Gwyneth Paltrow Aaron Eckhart Jeremy Northam Jennifer Ehle Lena Headey Toby Stephens Tom Hickey Trevor Eve Tom Hollander Graham Crowden Anna Massey
academic scholar rival poet lover passionate suspenseful witty england london estate boat library countryside affair poetry investigation romance quest discovery
A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell.
6.3/10
Fantasy
USA
1955
113 Minutes
Howard Keel Ann Blyth Dolores Gray Vic Damone Monty Woolley Sebastian Cabot Jay C. Flippen Mike Mazurki Jack Elam Ted de Corsia Julie Robinson
poet caliph thief wazir daughter cheeky intricate amusing baghdad market palace marriage poetry mistaken identity romance love escape ancient times
A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
2000
103 Minutes
Barry McEvoy Brian F. O'Byrne Anna Friel Colum Convey Billy Connolly Pauline McLynn Ruth McCabe Laurence Kinlan Des McAleer
barber friend love interest businessperson convict quirky prison belfast, northern ireland household friendship poetry dogs food war politics rivalry discovery 1980s
Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners. After ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Drama
Czech Republic|UK
1994
113 Minutes
Joan Plowright Ian Bannen Hugh Laurie Imogen Stubbs Ian Hogg Florence Hoath
young girl mother uncle grandmother grandfather disheartening emotional czechoslovakia parade apartment building kitchen school factory communism totalitarianism acting family poetry political unrest escape
7-year-old Marushka grows up in 1950s Prague, raised more by her relatives than her society-building mother.
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