Poem Movies
- 1920
Snowbound
Snowbound01920HD
Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 2014
If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat
If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat02014HD
"If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat" is an intimate meditation on the subversive nature of goats and their effect on the...
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- 2016
Girl on the Escalator
Girl on the Escalator82016HD
A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.
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- 2017
Dear Basketball
Dear Basketball7.22017HD
An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.
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- 2025
Tough Spot
Tough Spot02025HD
Based loosely on a true story. Grieving his father, Mark is determined to power on and build his future, transforming his pain into song. In Loving...
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- 2007
Between the Sunset and the Sea
Between the Sunset and the Sea02007HD
On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.
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- 2025
El mar, el cuerpo, la nada.
El mar, el cuerpo, la nada.102025HD
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- 2019
Fragmentos del reflejo en el espejo
Fragmentos del reflejo en el espejo02019HD
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- 2023
Teach Me How to Love The Creatures Outside of My Room
Teach Me How to Love The Creatures Outside of My Room92023HD
Alma, a beautiful girl who didn’t get the chance to hear how chaos the world is since she was born. Her mother then bought a hearing device for...
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- 1973
Solarflares Burn for You
Solarflares Burn for You101973HD
Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial...
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- 2014
O Poeta Americano
O Poeta Americano02014HD
The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a...
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- 2021
Milch Mädchen
Milch Mädchen92021HD
Based on a Poem by Fabi De Luca She always thought something like this wouldn‘t happen to her. No man would disgrace himself because of her. ...
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- 1951
The Highwayman
The Highwayman101951HD
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...
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- 2020
Come il Bianco
Come il Bianco02020HD
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- 2021
No Leaders, Please
No Leaders, Please6.62021HD
Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.
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- 2024
to, from
to, from02024HD
By poet Olivia Douglass, this work has been commissioned by Other Parties in response to Bushman. to, from, gets to the heart of the tensions...
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- 1935
Couldn't Live Without You
Couldn't Live Without You01935HD
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.
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- 2020
Lacuna
Lacuna02020HD
The portrait of two young women – a loving team that complements each other with all their habits and rituals like two puzzle pieces. This is a...
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- 1974
To a Very Old Woman
To a Very Old Woman01974HD
A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.
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- 1946
The Night Before Christmas
The Night Before Christmas3.11946HD
A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.
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