poetry
578 movies and shows
Dead Poets Society
Fri, 02 Jun 1989
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.
A Knight's Tale
Fri, 11 May 2001
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.
Adult World
Fri, 14 Feb 2014
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.
Wit
Fri, 09 Feb 2001
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
The Counselor
Fri, 25 Oct 2013
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Poison
Fri, 05 Apr 1991
A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.
Catalan Poets
Thu, 01 Jan 1970
At underground film of the 1st Popular Festival of Catalan Poetry filmed in the Proce Theater in Barcelona on May 25, 1970, in solidarity with political prisoners. The participating poets were: Agustí Bartra, Joan Oliver (Pere IV), Salvador Espriu, Joan Brossa, Francesc Vallverdú and Gabriel Ferrater.
She
Tue, 27 Dec 2022
She is a full-length documentary about writer Aimée Baker and her award-winning poetry collection Doe. Doe is her quest to give voice to the missing and unidentified women of the United States.
Carmel
Sun, 12 Jul 2009
Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï offers a look impressionist long history of armed conflict in their nation.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Fri, 28 Aug 2020
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Heartstorm
Thu, 06 Mar 2025
A young woman goes on a cathartic journey through memory and imagination inspired by the performers at an open mic.
The Hours
Fri, 27 Dec 2002
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
Papusza
Fri, 15 Nov 2013
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
Song
Fri, 11 Apr 2014
Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.
Velvet Goldmine
Fri, 28 Aug 1998
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
Montréal Girls
Fri, 02 Jun 2023
A Middle-Eastern medical school student, new to Montreal, puts his relationship with his father at risk when he forfeits his education after being forever changed by two young women who help him see his destiny.
Paterson
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
Hope Gap
Thu, 03 Oct 2019
Grace lives an idyllic life in a British seaside town, but her world soon comes crashing down when her husband of 29 years tells her he's leaving her for another woman. Through stages of shock, disbelief and anger -- and with support from her son -- Grace ultimately regains her footing while learning it's never too late to be happy.
The Doors
Fri, 01 Mar 1991
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
The Legacy of Othello
Sun, 12 Jun 2022
A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.