Poetry movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant poetry movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, touching, sincere and captivating films and TV shows about / with poetry, poet, writers, writing, love, death, art, love and romance, biopic and sex plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as poetry: Dead Poets Society (1989), Leopardi (2014), Endless Poetry (2016), Mirror (1975), The Postman (1994), Dickinson (2019), Bright Star (2009), Adult World (2013), Paterson (2016), Kill Your Darlings (2013).

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Dead Poets Society (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style: philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: teacher, suicide, coming of age, friendship, poetry, poet, mentor, philosophy, teachers and students, literature, youth, teenager ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1989, year 1959
Place: vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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 6.7
 3K
Leopardi (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, historical drama
Plot: poet, enlightenment, poetry, prodigy, biopic, writer's life, unrequited love, romanticism, society, family problems, writers, father son relationship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: italy, europe, naples italy, rome italy, southern italy ...
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Endless Poetry (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile, UK, France, Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.
Style: surreal, sexy, psychedelic, mind bending, captivating ...
Plot: surrealism, poetry, history of chile, gay, poet, father son relationship, male nudity, family relations, youth, piano, art, mother son relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 2010s, future
Place: chile, santiago chile
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 8.0
 52K
Mirror (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, avant garde, art house, serious ...
Plot: world war two, childhood, surrealism, poetry, memory, dream, winter, stream of consciousness, mirror, minimal dialogue, woods, levitation ...
Time: year 1935, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia, europe ...
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 7.8
 39K
The Postman (1994)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Style: sentimental, emotional, romantic, sad, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: poet, friendship, poetry, island, writers, love, communism, art, letter, postman, bicycle, life & death ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1994, 90s, future ...
Place: italy, corsica, sicily, chile, naples italy ...
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 19K
Dickinson (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world’s greatest poet.
Style: scenic, captivating, atmospheric, historical drama, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, women, lgbt, female protagonist, lesbian interest, poetry, lesbian love, rebellious daughter, poet, sexual orientation, lgbtq, dream ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 29K
Bright Star (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to ...
Style: heartbreaking, period piece, romantic, touching, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: poet, poetry, writers, biopic, love story, love, art, friendship, letter, tragedy, passion, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, regency period, ancient times, year 2009 ...
Place: england, europe, britain, rome italy, london
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 19K
Adult World (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
Style: sexy, independent film, melancholic, teen, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: art, coming of age, poetry, sex shop, workplace, self discovery, writers, loneliness, creativity, adolescence vs adulthood, workplace situations, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 88K
Paterson (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A week in the life of a bus driver and poet named Paterson, and his supportive wife Laura.
Style: melancholic, philosophical, existential, art house, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: poetry, husband wife relationship, everyday life, notebook, poem, bus driver, beer, slice of life, social realism, writers, poet, small town ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 90s
Place: new jersey, usa
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Kill Your Darlings (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Style: bleak, captivating, serious, intellectual, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poet, writers, gay, obsession, youth, friendship, coming of age, sexual tension, mental illness, murder, friends, lifestyle ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 2000s, post world war two ...
Place: usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem, chicago ...
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The Color of Time (2012)
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: poet, poetry, parent child relationship, artists and showbiz, couple relations, writer's life, haunted by the past, husband wife relationship, writers, biopic, professional, art ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 50s, 80s, 60s ...
Place: usa, detroit, new york
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 11K
Wit (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Style: depressing, sincere, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: cancer, medical, hospital, nurse, doctor, poetry, terminal illness, chemotherapy, dying, philosophy, hopes, regret ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa
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Testament of Youth (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style: touching, period piece, captivating, serious, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: world war one, wartime, war, aspiring writer, women, death, poetry, nurse, life is a bitch, wartime life, love and romance, love affair ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era, 2010s ...
Place: england, oxford university, london, yorkshire, france ...
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 17K
Total Eclipse (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Style: serious, costume drama, cult classic, erotic, sexual ...
Plot: gay, poet, lgbt, male nudity, writer's life, homosexuality, gay teenager, melancholy, violence, homoeroticism, homosexual, art ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, victorian era, ancient times
Place: paris france, africa, europe, france, holland ...
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The Butterfly's Dream (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Plot: poet, world war two, poetry, love and romance, friendship, hopes, bet, poverty, lifestyle, follow your dream, teachers and students, competition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 13K
Howl (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, thought provoking, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: poet, gay, poetry, courtroom drama, writers, beat generation, literature, biopic, freedom, lgbt, art, artist ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1920s, post world war two, year 1957 ...
Place: kansas, bronx new york city, colorado, arkansas, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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 7.9
 82K
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story: Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, emotional, visual, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: world war one, revolution, communism, war, wartime, train, rape, love triangle, poet, communist, imperial russia, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, 1940s, year 1965 ...
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 18K
Wilde (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred ...
Style: homoerotic, costume drama, touching, period piece, witty ...
Plot: homosexuality, gay, writers, homosexual, hypocrisy, biopic, lgbt, male homosexuality, scandal, gay lead character, glbt, poetry ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1997, edwardian era
Place: ireland, britain, england, europe
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The Limits of Control (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his ...
Style: art house, psychological, talky, stylized, aesthetic ...
Plot: poetry, tai chi, dialogue, desert, murderer, addiction, african, self control, character study, mind control, traveler, sex ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: spain, tokyo, europe, africa, madrid
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The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel, UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Style: touching, sentimental, rough, emotional, suspense ...
Plot: child prodigy, teacher, kindergarten, poetry, little boy, genius, art, husband wife relationship, school, student, poem, marriage ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Argentina, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in ...
Style: sexy, sexual, manga, poetic, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: poetry, surrealism, magic realism, fall in love, advertising, fetish, erotica, friendship, eroticism, poet, sex, sexuality ...
Time: near future, 90s
Place: buenos aires argentina, argentina
Is relevant ?
 5.3
 226
The Beat (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gang, poetry, teenage life, fighting the system, youth, idealism, rebellion, life is a bitch, society, dedicated educator, stoner, school ...
Time: year 1988, 80s
Place: new york
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 536
Summertime (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's ...
Style: satirical, captivating, semi serious, psychological, disturbing
Plot: poetry, summer, musician's life, ambition, lifestyle, musician, bonding, satire, music, lgbtq, heat wave, young
Place: los angeles, california, southern california
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Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club.
Style: sexy, erotic, intense, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: stripper, pregnancy, strip club, hitman, dancing, adoption, incest, poetry, dancer's life, life is a bitch, striptease, betrayal ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 16K
Elling (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 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 female-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men ...
Style: touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot: mental illness, friendship, mental institution, odd couple, eccentricity, self discovery, social worker, poetry, mental health, misfit, human nature, love and romance ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: bosnia, south pole, cambodia, oslo norway
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Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his ...
Style: surreal, black comedy, art house, philosophical, talky ...
Plot: surrealism, loneliness, multiple storylines, dark humor, existentialism, insanity, poetry, religions or cults, human nature, worldwide chaos, nordic, obsession ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: russia, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Before Night Falls (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, lyrical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gay, aids, homosexual, writers, poet, childhood, artist, gays and lesbians, gay latino, idealism, writer's life, freedom ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, 60s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: cuba, latin america, havana cuba, caribbean, new york ...
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 8K
Onegin (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Through his best friend Lensky, Onegin is ...
Style: atmospheric, period piece, romantic, costume drama, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: unfulfilled love, forbidden love, tragic love, marriage, unrequited love, book, obsession, unfulfillment, love and romance, couple relations, poetry, inheritance ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1800s, year 1999, victorian era
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 8K
Henry Fool (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.
Style: independent film, cult classic, philosophical, dark comedy, talky ...
Plot: writers, poetry, art, poet, suicide, writer's life, bittersweet, drinking, violence, drifter, rap, sex scene ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: new jersey, usa, new york, stockholm sweden
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Style: touching, emotional, witty, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: poet, love and romance, unrequited love, friendship, destiny, love triangle, tragic love, swashbuckler, poetry, sword fight, love, power of love ...
Time: 17th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1990
Place: france, paris france
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