Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "book-of-poetry"

1. Call Me by Your Name (2017)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar

Votes: 317,244 | Gross: $18.10M

2. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy

Votes: 147,162 | Gross: $65.19M

3. Chocolat (2000)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance

A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina

Votes: 202,151 | Gross: $71.51M

4. Equilibrium (2002)

R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.

Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs

Votes: 347,359 | Gross: $1.20M

5. The Beach Bum (2019)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Stefania LaVie Owen

Votes: 24,879 | Gross: $3.49M

6. Mary Shelley (2017)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.

Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Elle Fanning, Bel Powley, Owen Richards, Joanne Froggatt

Votes: 17,814 | Gross: $0.11M

7. Cold War (2018)

R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza

Votes: 61,991 | Gross: $4.57M

8. Marshall (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 26,853 | Gross: $10.05M

9. Repeat Performance (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway

Votes: 1,979

10. The Ignorant Fairies (2001)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

After a deathly car accident, Antonia starts dating her husband's friends and finds the truth about his life.

Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Gabriel Garko

Votes: 10,053 | Gross: $0.22M

11. Learning to Drive (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with his own marriage troubles. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Grace Gummer, Samantha Bee

Votes: 8,208 | Gross: $3.45M

12. Saint Frances (2019)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting.

Director: Alex Thompson | Stars: Kelly O'Sullivan, Ramona Edith Williams, Charin Alvarez, Lily Mojekwu

Votes: 5,318

13. Barbary Coast (1935)

Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Mary Rutledge arrives from the East, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in 1850s San Francisco.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan

Votes: 2,052

14. Thirst (1957)

Not Rated | 146 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Vijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha, Rehman Khan

Votes: 7,294

15. Peppermint Frappé (1967)

94 min | Drama, Thriller

Julian, a middle-aged single doctor, meets his childhood friend Pablo again. The latter is back from Africa and has just married a beautiful young blonde, Elena. Julian falls in love with ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis López Vázquez, Alfredo Mayo, Emiliano Redondo

Votes: 1,981

16. You Belong to Me (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Pre-teen Danny's father, who broke a restraining order a year ago, is blindly blamed for stalking by the boy's mother Alex Wilson and her fiancé, lawyer Chris, falsely as the police proves.... See full summary »

Director: Richard Roy | Stars: Shannon Elizabeth, Andrew Kenneth Martin, Christian Campbell, Victoria Sanchez

Votes: 484

17. Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

A man returns to Victoria, Australia, where he grew up, and encounters a mysterious woman who reminds him of someone he once knew.

Director: Michael Petroni | Stars: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Curtin, Frank Gallacher

Votes: 2,481 | Gross: $0.12M

18. The Bride's Play (1922)

70 min | Drama, Romance

An Irish lass is torn between the poet who seduced her and noble man who truly loves.

Director: George Terwilliger | Stars: Marion Davies, John B. O'Brien, Frank Shannon, Wyndham Standing

Votes: 333

19. Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)

Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Having recently met at a literary tea, emancipated Ann Murray has invited Titus Jaywood, referred to as Jay in familiar circumstances, to spend the weekend with her and her family in New ... See full summary »

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Roland Young, Fay Bainter

Votes: 274

20. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode: Def Poet's Society (1990)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

Will enters into an after school program, following the girls into a Poetry class he makes up a poem on the spot to impress the girls. After creating a poet, Christina asks to bring the ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 1,041

21. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: Poetic Justice (1982)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

Louise finds George's old love poems to her and shares them with friends and neighbors, which displeases George greatly until Tom's publisher Graham Gregory wants to have a meeting with George.

Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 59

22. Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode: Porphyria's Lover (1961)

30 min | Western

Galt Stevens, who Lily knew years ago, had a crush on her and read her Browning poetry, has escaped from prison. When he comes to Laramie, Troop must fight a storm and Lily's fear of his need to exact revenge.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, Lance Fuller

Votes: 47

23. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Fair Haven (2000)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Capt. Janeway falls for an Irish barman character she modifies within Tom's holodeck Irish village recreational getaway for the crew called Fair Haven.

Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill

Votes: 1,911

24. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Latent Image (1999)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Doctor discovers a profoundly personal mystery when evidence of performing surgery on Ens. Kim eighteen months ago arises - for which the Doctor has no memory.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill

Votes: 2,220

25. This Is Us (2016–2022)
Episode: The Dinner and the Date (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Déjà pushes the boundaries of Randall and Beth's trust. Jack and Rebecca invite Randall's new teacher over for dinner.

Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz

Votes: 1,475

26. Moon Knight (2022)
Episode: Summon the Suit (2022)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

With little time to react, Steven is thrust into a war of the gods as a mysterious partner arrives.

Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, F. Murray Abraham

Votes: 20,270

27. For All Mankind (2019– )
Episode: Pathfinder (2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

With a little help from Molly, Ed plans a career change - as his old Jamestown crewmates Gordo and Danielle struggle.

Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten

Votes: 1,564

28. Legacy List (2019– )
Episode: Manley Family (2019)

55 min | Reality-TV

The team helps a woman search for a collection of shark teeth, a book of poetry written by her father during his time as a prisoner of war, and an antique abacus.

Director: Dan Flanagan | Stars: Matt Paxton, Jaime Ebanks, Mike Kelleher, Avi Hopkins

29. Sanditon (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2022)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Alison prepares to leave Sanditon with her dreams of romance fading. Charlotte ponders her future. Georgiana learns shocking truths when Sidney's belongings are returned. Esther faces a bleak future as Edward's schemes come to fruition.

Director: Ethosheia Hylton | Stars: Rosie Graham, Crystal Clarke, Rose Williams, Adrian Scarborough

Votes: 444

30. New Amsterdam (2018–2023)
Episode: Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama

As Max and Dr. Sharpe prepare to depart for London, a deadly super bug hits the hospital.

Director: Allison Liddi-Brown | Stars: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Freema Agyeman, Jocko Sims

Votes: 393

31. New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode: Dead Poets (2012)

TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ten years earlier the charred corpse of young poet Sean Doherty was found in the scrapyard of Turkish drug-dealer Mehtin Topal, though Topal was not convicted of the killing. Now the case ... See full summary »

Director: Philip John | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson

Votes: 179

32. Trial & Error (2017–2018)
Episode: An Unwelcome Distraction (2017)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

When the new suspect turns up in a coma, Josh becomes sidetracked trying to solve this crime, eventually becoming a suspect himself. Meanwhile, prosecutor Carol Anne Keane presents Margaret... See full summary »

Director: Jennifer Celotta | Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Jayma Mays, Steven Boyer, Krysta Rodriguez

Votes: 219

33. Front Row (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.1 (2018)

29 min | Music, News, Talk-Show

Mary Beard returns with the live, topical, cultural debate programme. Mary and her guests discuss the representation of older people in our culture. Featuring a rare interview with Clive James.

Directors: Dino Charalambous, Gabriella Meade | Stars: Mary Beard, Lola Young, Joan Bakewell, Richard Wilson