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  1. Perhaps a Poet (Swedish: Kanske en diktare) is a 1933 Swedish drama film directed and produced by Lorens Marmstedt and starring Gösta Ekman, Gunnar Olsson and Karin Kavli.

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    • Dead Poets Society (1989) Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke. Comedy, Drama (2h 8m) 8.1 on IMDb — 84% on RT.
    • Orpheus (1950) Directed by Jean Cocteau. Starring Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares. Drama, Fantasy, Romance (1h 52m) 7.9 on IMDb — 97% on RT. Orpheus is the centerpiece of Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, right between The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).
    • Kill Your Darlings (2013) Directed by John Krokidas. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall. Biography, Drama, Romance (1h 44m) 6.4 on IMDb — 76% on RT.
    • The Basketball Diaries (1995) Directed by Scott Kalvert. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol. Biography, Crime, Drama (1h 42m) 7.3 on IMDb — 47% on RT.
  2. May 19, 2015 · 20 Great Poetic Films That Are Worth Your Time. Posted on May 19, 2015 by Hassan Husseini. Poetic cinema is an ever elusive term that branches out into vast territory. Some associate it with the “arthouse”, others with the “avant garde”; two types of film making that in themselves escape lucid distinction.

    • Photo: Dead Poets Society / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. 25 votes. Dead Poets Society. Dead Poets Society received numerous accolades including Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Actor for Robin Williams.
    • Photo: The Hours / Paramount Pictures. 7 votes. The Hours. Poet: Virginia Woolf. Prolific writer Virginia Woolf was a woman ahead of her time. Plagued by mental illness and a society that hadn't progressed in its ideas about gender and sexuality, the author drowned herself in 1941 leaving behind her wealth of writing.
    • Photo: Kill Your Darlings. 13 votes. Kill Your Darlings. Poets: Allan Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. One of the most important and notable periods in American literature was the Beat Generation.
    • Photo: Poetic Justice. 9 votes. Poetic Justice. Musical icons Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur star in Poetic Justice. Justice is a poet mourning the death of her lover by gun violence.
  3. The Color of Pomegranates. 1969 1h 19m Not Rated. 7.6 (14K) Rate. The life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

  4. Jul 18, 2024 · From Oscar-winning war dramas like Braveheart to classic film noirs such as The Set-Up, these are some of the best movies based on poems.

  5. Jan 10, 2019 · Thus far, there have been dozens of poetic films in this century, but some stick out more than others. Sometimes it’s personal, sometimes it’s not; the films use the most or least cinematic way to tell a story or convey an emotion. Below are the most poetic films we have experienced so far from this century. 10. Distant (2002)