poetry movies page 5

A Farra do Circo (2013)
9 / 10

Documentary

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

THE CHAD BAZZAR (2015)
7 / 10

Drama

Bioscope is an anthology film having 4 short films inspired from 4 poems.

A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
4 / 10

Family, Animation

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected...

Little Riots (2022)
0 / 10

Drama, Comedy

With £2.50 in their bank accounts, two friends Saoirse and Emma vow to have the greatest night of their lives at a punk poetry party. They discuss...

Rosaura (1978)
0 / 10

Animation

This film visualizes humanity’s quest to relentlessly pursue goals. In the human fight for progress, the march forward cannot be stopped, even when...

La manzana de oro (2023)
3.5 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Song (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

Love Is Five Seven Five (2005)
7.5 / 10

Comedy

A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.

Two Faces (1968)
0 / 10

Animation

Loose impressionistic brushstrokes sketch a series of portraits of two faces, one male and one female, while the verse on the soundtrack tells the...

Anmol Ghadi (1946)
7 / 10

Drama, Music, Romance

Childhood sweethearts from opposing social standings are separated when one's family moves elsewhere, leaving behind only a watch as a token of their...

Elfriede & Elfriede (2004)
0 / 10

Documentary

Two friends, two Viennese, two poets, two unusual women. They have known each other for 30 years. Elfriede Jelinek is the better known of the two,...

The Beat Generation (1959)
4.9 / 10

Crime

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

Sleeping Songs (2009)
3 / 10

Drama, Music, Romance

Martin, a nu-jazz trumpet player with a unique style, is fighting against convention and mediocrity. He will not accept any compromise, neither in...

Montréal Girls (2023)
7.5 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Middle-Eastern medical school student, new to Montreal, puts his relationship with his father at risk when he forfeits his education after being...

Scaffolding (2017)
5.7 / 10

Drama

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

Florbela (2012)
5.3 / 10

History, Drama

Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism...

Pull My Daisy (1959)
6 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose...

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas (2008)
0 / 10

Drama, Comedy

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

Great Poets: In Their Own Words (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Dread Beat an' Blood (1979)
8 / 10

Documentary, Music

Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.