Based on poem movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on poem movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, stylized, independent film, captivating, psychological and realistic films and TV shows about / with danger, rivalry, revenge, escapades, literary, vengeance, monster, heroes, good versus evil and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on poem: The Wild Party (1975), Bilitis (1977), The Color of Time (2012), Snow Flower (2019), Cats (2019), Pumpkinhead (1988), Mulan (1998), Revolting Rhymes (2016), The Odyssey (1968), Utakoi (2012).
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List of based on poem movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, an aging silent movie comic star tries for a comeback by staging a wild party that turns into a sexual free-for-all. The comic ends up killing his mistress and her latest boyfriend.
Style:
grindhouse, serious, realistic, sentimental, stylized ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, nightlife, erotica, group sex, psychopath, scandal, gays and lesbians, unfulfillment, actor's life, betrayal, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 1975, 1920s
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, manga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, lesbian sex, virginity, erotica, sexual awakening, teenager, lesbianism, sex, virgin, voice over narration, photographer ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, saint tropez, riviera, provence ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poetry, parent child relationship, artists and showbiz, couple relations, writer's life, haunted by the past, husband wife relationship, writers, biopic, flashback, professional, art ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
usa, new york, detroit
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A terminally ill girl, who dreams of going to Finland to see the northern lights, falls in love
Style:
suspenseful, touching, sincere, suspense, romantic drama ...
Plot:
northern lights, dream, terminal illness, tragedy, love, tragic love, male female relationship, love affair, male female friendship, friendship, true love, romantic friendship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Style:
light, enigmatic, futuristic, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
cat, singing, rebirth, friendship, dancing, female protagonist, love, fight, broadway, singer, anthropomorphic animal, outcast ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
Style:
slasher, atmospheric, scary, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, demon, witch, vengeance, macabre, murder, revenge, creature, father son relationship, death in the family, supernatural ability, dealing with death ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
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343K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li ...
Style:
feel good, light, touching, captivating, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
female protagonist, female warrior, cross dressing, human spirit, princess, heroine, friendship, dragon, good versus evil, sexism, impersonating, gender disguise ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 6th century, 5th century
Place:
china, ancient china, asia
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Style:
colorful, computer animated, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
wolf, revenge, princess, magical mirror, impostor, grandmother granddaughter relationship, death of grandmother, gambling, death of mother, death of wife, uncle nephew relationship, pig ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 109 min.
TV show
Story:
Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.
Style:
epic, breathtaking, enigmatic, heroic, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
ancient, odyssey, greek mythology, mythology, cyclops, greek island, god, underworld, betrayal, obsessive quest, journey, violence ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
The Hyakunin Isshu are an anthology of one hundred poems found in a trational Japanese card game called Karuta. Presented by the person who selected the writings, Fujiwara no Teika, this is a glimpse into the origin of some of them. Since the ...
Style:
anime, lyrical, anthology, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
poem, poetry, love interest, slice of life, love affair, fall in love, love and romance, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, literary, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Animation
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A group of strange individuals embark on a voyage with the aim of capturing 'The Snark'.
Style:
absurd, art house, surreal, satirical, dark comedy ...
Plot:
absurd humor, mythical creature, journey, literary, seafaring, symbolism, puppet, stop motion, macabre, group, puppet show, puppet animation
Time:
victorian era
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, dystopian future, surrealism, psychokinesis, dog, wish come true, trippy, human nature, distopia, escapades, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1979, near future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
One Christmas, a knight garbed all in green appears in King Arthur's Court and challenges any knight to hew off his head on the proviso that he be allowed to return the axe stroke afterwards. All of King Arthur's other knights being ...
Style:
arthurian, allegory, atmospheric, thought provoking, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
king arthur, medieval, arthurian legend, knight, chivalry, honor, moral dilemma, symbolism, courage, supernatural, temptation, folklore ...
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Style:
arthurian, semi serious, exciting, stylized, bleak ...
Plot:
king arthur, arthurian legend, knight, sword and sorcery, medieval, horse, sword, forest, magic, castle, magical ring, kingdom ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
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Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Dikkertje Dap was born on the same day as Raf the giraffe. Dikkertje can often be found at the zoo, because Raf is his best friend. They are inseparable, until Dikkertje goes to school for the first time and finds out giraffes can’t go to school. ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
giraffe, human animal relationship, friendship, zoo, school, plan, best friend, children, heartwarming, escapades, animal human communication, friends ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Marcela can't bear Jarda any longer, so she threatens divorce and takes the kids to her mom's, whose husband is a creep. While Marcela is there, Jarda is jailed, because he is part of a gang steeling cars and they get caught in the act. ...
Style:
serious, touching, psychological, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
couples, love affair, love triangle, parents and children, family life, family relations, couple relations, love and romance, infidelity, siblings relations, manners, hot and sexy ...
Place:
italy, tuscany, europe, central europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was ...
Style:
epic, exciting, heroic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
sword fight, mythology, ancient history, ancient, vengeance, battlefield, courage, greek mythology, warrior, war, ancient world, king ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, middle ages, 2000s
Place:
greece, ancient greece, britain, hellas, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Denmark, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A ship carrying settlers to a new home in Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Style:
philosophical, tragic ending, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
trapped in space, orgy, spaceship, depression, tragedy, space, existentialism, female protagonist, illusion, life philosophy, distopia, introspection ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Chile, Italy, Spain, Peru
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most ...
Style:
epic, political, bleak, intense, costume drama ...
Plot:
spanish conquest, conquering, indigenous people, colonialism, imperialism, resistance, literary, conquistador, colonization, exploration, heroism, adaptation ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
south america, chile
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Roderick throws a masquerade ball inside a creepy mansion with a dark past. An infamous mass-murder happened there fifty years ago to the night, but that's part of the fun for the posh hotties who show up for some boozy partying. The reverie is ...
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
gay, edgar allan poe, ex lover, homosexual, gay sex, blood, death, bird attack, masquerade, mass murder, abandoned house, literary ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sudsakorn is a curious young man, raised in the ancient traditions of magic by his mystical grandfather. He never knew his farther. His mother, a beautiful mermaid is pained by his sadness, so sends him on a quest to find his father. Armed with his ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, colorful, tense, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mermaid, mythical creature, sea creature, bow and arrow, sword fight, time travel, underwater, sword, good versus evil, uncover truth, obsessive quest, escapades ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
small town, curses spells and rituals, demon, vengeance, creature, murder, supernatural ability, supernatural, monster, police, imaginary, swamp ...
Time:
year 1988
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
demon, wedding, supernatural, brother brother relationship, monster, family feud, ritual, ghost, supernatural ability, tragic love, vigilantism, death in the family ...
Time:
year 1988
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem.
Style:
gothic, humorous, gothic horror, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
castle, magic, magician, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, monster, duel, transformation, revenge, dark humor, edgar allan poe, sorcerer ...
Time:
year 1963, 16th century
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Thrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.
Style:
suspenseful, slasher, teen horror, serious, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural being, demon, supernatural, revenge, reincarnation, monster, teenager, sex scene, curse, exploitation, mayor, judge ...
Time:
90s, year 1988
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin ...
Style:
sentimental, surprise ending, cult classic, feel good, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
horse, wild west, wild animal, stallion, wild horse, wilderness, ranch, australian outback, happy ending, horse riding, river, chase ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1982, 20th century ...
Place:
australia, new zealand
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, lovecraft, serious, tense ...
Plot:
curse, afterlife, edgar allan poe, mansion, burned alive, haunted house, cosmic horror, ghost, murder, mutant, haunted, cthulhu ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
new england, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
6th-century Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the manlike ogre Grendel, a descendant of Cain.
Style:
computer animated, epic, dark fantasy, fairy tale, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, good versus evil, mythology, dragon, viking, heroic mission, legends and myths, sword fight, magic, medieval, escapades, duel ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2007, 6th century, 2000s
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
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648
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fate brought together Ode, a young man from Buton with big dreams, and Ade, a wanderer from Bali. Like two souls in love, they believed that fate would one day unite them. However, their journey was hindered by the presence of another man who shared ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, dream, couples, journey, biopic, social status, beach, based on real people, joke, migrant, religion ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It follows Kendra who finds herself in a failing marriage and must deal with her life decisions. When Ben comes back into her life, she is backed into a crisis point and must dig deep to find the strength to take control of her life.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological, heartfelt ...
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, independence, empowerment, strength, resilience, marriage crisis, personal growth, life is a bitch, marital problem, dysfunctional marriage, family problems ...
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