Poet Movies

  • 1990
    Beautiful Dreamers

    Beautiful Dreamers

    Beautiful Dreamers

    5.21990HD

    When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is...

    Beautiful Dreamers
  • 2005
    The Young Schiller

    The Young Schiller

    The Young Schiller

    4.72005HD

    The young Friedrich Schiller begins his life as a poet with a dramatic escape. After the sensational success of his first drama "The Robbers", he...

    The Young Schiller
  • 2009
    The Consul of Sodom

    The Consul of Sodom

    The Consul of Sodom

    5.92009HD

    Fascinating journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, both marked by sexuality and eroticism....

    The Consul of Sodom
  • 1967
    Herostratus

    Herostratus

    Herostratus

    6.21967HD

    When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly...

    Herostratus
  • 2013
    Before I Sleep

    Before I Sleep

    Before I Sleep

    4.3332013HD

    Eugene Devlin, a once famous, now reclusive poet, searches through his past, looking for redemption and peace.

    Before I Sleep
  • 1987
    Santa Fe

    Santa Fe

    Santa Fe

    7.91987HD

    After arriving in 1940 New York, Freddy struggles to find work. His world of refugee acquaintances includes the depressed daughter of a...

    Santa Fe
  • 1996
    Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

    Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

    Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

    01996HD

    A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his ill-fated love affair with his...

    Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
  • 2016
    Though You May Not Know

    Though You May Not Know

    Though You May Not Know

    72016HD

    An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and...

    Though You May Not Know
  • 2021
    Lamya's Poem

    Lamya's Poem

    Lamya's Poem

    5.82021HD

    An inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya. When she flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of...

    Lamya's Poem
  • 1969
    The Degenerates

    The Degenerates

    The Degenerates

    6.71969HD

    A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. Like the more famous version made by...

    The Degenerates
  • 2021
    Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius

    Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius

    Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius

    02021HD

    Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744.

    Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
  • 1976
    Satan’s Brew

    Satan’s Brew

    Satan’s Brew

    6.41976HD

    A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his...

    Satan’s Brew
  • 1957
    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    6.21957HD

    Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street
  • 1997
    Anita Liberty

    Anita Liberty

    Anita Liberty

    71997HD

    Anita's boyfriend Mitchell dumped her after 3.5 years for Heather. All she can think about is humiliating him, mostly in poems that are bitter,...

    Anita Liberty
  • 2005
    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    3.22005HD

    Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious...

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer
  • 2000
    The Books and the Night

    The Books and the Night

    The Books and the Night

    5.52000HD

    A dramatized approach to the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) through the recreation of some of his works and the staging of various...

    The Books and the Night
  • 2017
    Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

    Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

    Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

    7.22017HD

    How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

    Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
  • 2002
    Man on the Train

    Man on the Train

    Man on the Train

    6.6812002HD

    A man, Milan steps off a train, into a small French village. As he waits for the day when he will rob the town bank, he runs into an old retired...

    Man on the Train
  • 1994
    Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

    Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

    Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

    01994HD

    Paul Robeson was a celebrated African-American Actor, Athlete, Singer, Writer, and Civil Rights Activist. Robeson's many achievements are chronicled...

    Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
  • 2006
    The Danish Poet

    The Danish Poet

    The Danish Poet

    7.052006HD

    A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that...

    The Danish Poet