Poem Movies

A sumptuous short film of friendship and adoration between boys, based on a poem by Peter LeBerge. Moments of joy, bonding and roughhousing on a...

1819. A shipwreck-survivor, the Navigator, encounters an Old Knight who recounts his tale: Long ago, the Knight fell in love with a mysterious...

1938 screen adaptation of the 1904 musical version of the classic Hungarian fairy tale poem by Sándor Petőfi about the romantic...

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.

A narrative poem brought to life and an ode to a grandfather's passing, NAMOO—which translates to “tree” in Korean—follows...

A series of poems.

The shadows of screams climb beyond the hills. It has happened before. But this will be the last time. The last few sense it, withdrawing deep into...

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

The life and literature of Mato Grosso do Sul poet Manoel de Barros. Alternating sequences of interviews with the poet, verses from his poetry, and...

A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.

Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert...

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.

A modern reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."

Tim Burton's original poem narrated by Christopher Lee.

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor, to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility, and prompting the king...

A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.

A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.

A man wrestles with the nature of life after death and the purpose of his soul over the shadowy presence of his lost love, Lenore.