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  1. whatnerd.com › best-movies-about-poets-and-poetryThe 20 Best Movies About Poetry and Poets, Ranked - whatNerd

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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. www.dandelionchandelier.com › movies-about-poetryThe 17 Best Movies about Poetry and Poets to Watch Right Now

    • Paterson. This gentle film from Jim Jarmusch can be described in a word – lovely. It takes as its premise a quiet tale about a bus driver and poet (played by Adam Driver) named Paterson – who coincidentally lives in Paterson, New Jersey – and turns his life into an ephemeral work of art.
    • The Kindergarten Teacher. Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Lisa, a kindergarten teacher and amateur poet who discovers that her very young student is a gifted writer.
    • Slam. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at 1998’s Sundance, Slam tells the story of a young poet, Ray (played by Saul Williams), who is trying to escape the racism of the criminal justice system.
    • Blue Car. In this intense coming of age film from the early 2000’s, the grieving teenager Meg finds solace from her difficult life in writing poetry – and also in a toxic relationship with her English teacher.

  3. collider.com › movies-based-on-poems-rankedThe 10 Best Movies Based On Poems, Ranked - Collider

    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.

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  5. www.ranker.com › list › movies-about-poetsThe 15 Best Movies About Poets and Poetry - Ranker

    • 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.

  6. www.ranker.com › list › movies-based-on-poemsThe 13 Best Movies Based on Poems - Ranker

    • Photo: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. 7 votes. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Based on: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town", stumbles upon "Christmas Town" and schemes to take over the holiday.
    • Photo: Universal Pictures. 10 votes. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Based on: Homer's Odyssey. This one is a pretty loose adaptation. The Coen Brothers's O Brother Where Art Thou?
    • Photo: Mulan. 10 votes. Mulan. Based on: Ballad of Mulan. Disney, who famously use children's fairytales as a basis for their magical storytelling, turned to the Ballad of Mulan for 1998's Mulan.
    • Photo: A24. 14 votes. The Green Knight. Based on: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. One of the most well known of the Arthurian stories, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a chivalric romance, wherein Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious "Green Knight."

  7. movieweb.com › movies-based-on-poemsBest Movies Based on Poems, Ranked

    Jun 23, 2022 · As poetry continues to influence cinema and appeal to rising filmmakers, here are the best movies based on poems, ranked. 5 Beowulf. ImageMovers. An Old English epic, Beowulf celebrates...

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  9. www.ranker.com › list › best-movies-based-on-poemsThe Best Movies Based on Poems - Ranker

    Sep 15, 2024 · Some movies based on poems stay true to the source material while other films adapted from poems create new storylines. Some of the best movies based on poems have even won Academy Awards. What films will you find on this best movies based on poems list?