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1. Lost Illusions (2021)
149 min | Drama, Romance
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan
Votes: 6,400
2. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,450
3. A Fine Madness (1966)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 1,527
4. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Fantasy
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 3,755
5. The Outlaw (2010)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Ramon Pujol
Votes: 1,154
6. The Beloved Rogue (1927)
Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, History
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Marceline Day, Lawson Butt
Votes: 903
7. 8 hlav sílenství (2017)
107 min | Animation, Biography, Comedy
Story of the talented Russian poet, Anna Barkova (1906-1976), who spent twenty-two years of her life in the Gulags. She survived thanks to her poems, thanks to hope and her passionate love for a woman named Valentina.
Director: Marta Nováková | Stars: Aneta Langerová, Marie Stípková, Anna Sedlácková, Zuzana Fialová
Votes: 43
8. 3 Seasons in Hell (2009)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A 19 year old nonconformist poet living in 1947 Czechoslovakia is blind to the Communist behemoth looking over him, and instead lives a bohemian life with sexually liberated girls. There he... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Krystof Hádek, Karolina Gruszka, Martin Huba, Jan Kraus
Votes: 423
9. Spravedlnost pro Selvina (1968 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A dark comedy about a man who, against his will, dedicated his life to the fight for justice.
Director: Jirí Weiss | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Jirina Sejbalová, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 41
10. Tezká hodina (1986 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
Director: Pavel Hása | Stars: Zuzana Frenglová, Iva Hüttnerová, Stefan Kozka, Ivan Krúpa
11. The Poet and the Plant (2020)
10 min | Short, Drama
A poet loves his new houseplant so much he kills it. A meditation on true love, loneliness, and listening. And an allegory for modern man's relationship with nature, and how it can heal.
Directors: Tom Basis, Robert Summerlin | Stars: Masha Shub, Sarah Snook, Robert Summerlin
Votes: 11
12. Jak obelhal manzela (1963 TV Movie)
42 min | Comedy
Aurora, the wife of the rich Teddy and a mature woman, and her young admirer Henry are in her apartment preparing for the theatre. The woman discovers that she has lost the young man's love... See full summary »
Director: Frantisek Lukás | Stars: Jirí Bednár, Ladislav Bohác, Jirina Petrovická
13.
Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode:
Stealing Hope
(2000)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Ricky is a gas station attendant who just lost his job since the station is closing. Monica goes to help with the closing inventory of items, and to convince him that a door closing opens another door and that he needs to pursue his poetry.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Pedro Pascal
Votes: 69