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1. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 121,224
2. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
R | 126 min | Biography, Drama, History
Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
Director: Shaka King | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback
Votes: 91,993
3. Dangerous Beauty (1998)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
Director: Marshall Herskovitz | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward
Votes: 19,760 | Gross: $4.53M
4. 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: 62,324 | Gross: $4.57M
5. Grandma (2015)
R | 79 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer
Votes: 16,991 | Gross: $6.98M
6. Premature (2019)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Seventeen year-old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path toward self-discovery. Her entire world is turned upside down as she travails on the rigorous terrain of young love in the summer before she leaves for college.
Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green | Stars: Zora Howard, Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint
Votes: 956
7. The Trip to Greece (2020)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Rebecca Johnson
Votes: 4,775
8. The Mole Agent (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta
Votes: 9,564
9. Ardh Satya (1983)
130 min | Crime, Drama
A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Shafi Inamdar
Votes: 2,047
10. Umrao Jaan (1981)
145 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by ... See full summary »
Director: Muzaffar Ali | Stars: Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar
Votes: 1,124
11. Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
Passed | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore becomes reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.
Director: Art Napoleon | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ray Danton
Votes: 771
12. The Moderns (1988)
R | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling artist is hired to forge paintings, causing him to cross paths with his ex-wife and her powerful new husband.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Wallace Shawn, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 2,044 | Gross: $2.01M
13. Twist and Shout (1984)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Denmark, 1963: Teenagers Bjørn and Erik are into girls and being in a band helps Bjørn meet Anna. Erik likes Kirsten but she likes Bjørn. Having a mentally ill mom at home also ruins Erik's chances. Anna's pregnancy changes everything.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Adam Tønsberg, Lars Simonsen, Camilla Søeberg, Ulrikke Bondo
Votes: 1,966
14. It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 3,427
15. Bonnie & Clyde: Justified (2013 Video)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During the Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet and fall in love over a cup of hot chocolate. Their violent courtship leads to bank robberies, prison and a multi-state crime spree, securing their place in history.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Eric Roberts, Ashley Hayes, Jim Poole, Julian Brand
Votes: 188
16. Petya na moyata Petya (2021)
90 min | Drama
Grieving due to injustice in school, betrayed by her closest people, 17 year-old Petya commits suicide. This happens to the talented poetess Petya Dubarova in 1979. This also happens in ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Kossev | Stars: Yasen Atanasov, Alissa Atanassova, Vasil Banov, Aleksandra Kostova
Votes: 862
17. Utharam (1989)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
One fine morning, not any different from every other day, a promising poet shoots herself. Leaving no trace of motive, her husband's best friend and journalist, Balu embarks on a journey to find the truth.
Director: V.K. Pavithran | Stars: Mammootty, Sukumaran, Parvathi, Suparna Anand
Votes: 704
18. An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984)
102 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Rebellious Yu Yuan-gi becomes a Taoist priestess in order to avoid traditional roles designated to her as a woman by the society and focus on her studies and poetry. However, her trysts with both her maid and a ronin lead to trouble.
Director: Eddie Ling-Ching Fong | Stars: Patricia Ha, Alex Man, Kuo-Chu Chang, Monica Lam
Votes: 260
19. Strauss' Great Waltz (1934)
Approved | 80 min | Biography, Music, Romance
The story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews, Fay Compton
Votes: 1,724
20. Papusza (2013)
G | 131 min | Biography, Drama
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
Directors: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Jowita Budnik, Zbigniew Walerys, Antoni Pawlicki, Artur Steranko
Votes: 1,434
21. Winter Meeting (1948)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Bette Davis is a successful poetess who falls in love with a war hero in this romantic melodrama that is a moving film experience any time of year.
Director: Bretaigne Windust | Stars: Bette Davis, Janis Paige, Jim Davis, John Hoyt
Votes: 1,538
22. Lea (1996)
100 min | Drama, Romance
51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Fíla | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Christian Redl, Hanna Schygulla, Miroslav Donutil
Votes: 505 | Gross: $0.03M
23. Ptitsy bez gnyozd (1996)
89 min | Biography, Drama
A film based on Belarusian poet Larisa Geniyush's memoir. Despite living through the difficult times and being in emigration, she fought for freedom in her homeland and expressed devotion to the nation and it's language.
Director: Vitaliy Dudin | Stars: Tatyana Kovalevskaya, Pavel Kormunin, Aleksey Buldakov, Gennadiy Garbuk
Votes: 19
24. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Approved | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna
Votes: 569
25. Meera (1979)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama, History
Circa Mughal rule in India, the Rajputs get together to discuss the ouster of Badshah Akbar, who is now the Emperor of Hindustan (India). Prominent amongst the Rajputs are Virendev Rathod, ... See full summary »
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Shammi Kapoor, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 145
26. The Touch (2007)
7 min | Short, Romance
Set in 1906, Renee Vivien, a celebrated lesbian poet, struggles to remember the last moments with her lover. A letter arrives taking her back to that time.
Director: Jane Clark | Stars: Thunderbird Dinwiddie, Necar Zadegan, Elea Oberon, John W. McLaughlin
Votes: 162
27. Osiecka (2020– )
44 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of Agnieszka Osiecka, prominent Polish songwriter, icon of Polish culture, author of more than 2000 songs. It shows the panorama of the cultural, political, artistic, social life of after-war Warsaw and Poland over decades.
Stars: Maria Pakulnis, Magdalena Smalara, Magdalena Poplawska, Barbara Garstka
Votes: 72
28. Sotto una buona stella (2014)
106 min | Comedy
The story about a man who loses his job, his new fiancée and is forced to live with his two children which he never cared about. When everything seems on the verge of falling down, the new girl next door will electrify the house.
Director: Carlo Verdone | Stars: Lorenzo Richelmy, Paola Cortellesi, Carlo Verdone, Tea Falco
Votes: 1,320
29. Who's the Top? (2005)
22 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Musical comedy fantasia about a woman torn between her loving relationship with her homey girlfriend and her ambition to be an edgy artist. Her funny B.D.S.M. dreams and obsession with an edgy poet complicate matters.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Marin Hinkle, Brigitte Bako, Steve Buscemi, Reno
Votes: 41
30. Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
Director: James Crump | Stars: Pierre Apraxine, Dick Cavett, Dominick Dunne, Raymond Foye
Votes: 295
31. Shama Parwana (1954)
147 min | Drama, Romance
Gul Mirza is a poet who lives with his widowed mother in Hindustan circa the Mughal Rule. He sings in Arkat-Ul-Daula's palace, and wins praise from his daughter, Sahebzadi Aalam. He then ... See full summary »
Director: D.D. Kashyap | Stars: Suraiya, Shammi Kapoor, Mubarak Mechant, Sunder
Votes: 33
32. 4 Brides and a Groom (1958)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
When the younger of four sisters accepts her father's proposal to marry the suave suitor whom they previously rejected, things will take an unexpected turn. Now, they all want to walk down the aisle with him; but will he find his soulmate?
Director: Jannis Aliferis | Stars: Vasilis Avlonitis, Smaroula Giouli, Dinos Iliopoulos, Giannis Gionakis
Votes: 57
33. Left Lane: On the Road with Folk Poet Alix Olson (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A year in the making, Left Lane chronicles life on the road with Alix and her road manager/filmmaker Samantha Farinella as they tour the country connecting the dots from a high school visit... See full summary »
Director: Samantha Farinella | Stars: Samantha Farinella, Pamela Means, Lyndell Montgomery, Alix Olson
Votes: 27
34. Le bonheur des Dupré (2012 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy
Nathalie and Bruno , who are both 50 years old, live a peaceful life in Lille.Bruno is corporate psychologist and Nathalie is housewife.Her daughter Prune will soon marry his Portuguese ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Chiche | Stars: Marie-Anne Chazel, Bernard Le Coq, Delphine Théodore, Cédric Ben Abdallah
Votes: 10
35. ICH WILL DICH - Begegnungen mit Hilde Domin (2007)
95 min | Documentary
A young film-maker discovers Hilde Domin's lyric poetry and decides to get in touch with the celebrated poetess herself. She encounters a highly unconventional 95 year-old in an apartment ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Ditges | Stars: Hilde Domin, Anna Ditges, Erwin W. Palm, Anna Thalbach
Votes: 28
36. Idu k tebe... (1971)
68 min | Biography, Drama
Lyrical miniature woven from a mosaic of fragmentary memories and sensations. About the tragic love of the poetess Lesya Ukrainka to the revolutionary Marxist Sergey Merzhinskiy. He, ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolay Mashchenko | Stars: Alla Demidova, Nikolay Olyalin, Olga Mateshko, Klara Luchko
Votes: 13
37. Life Is Bearable at Times... (2010)
74 min | Documentary
Director: Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska | Stars: Wislawa Szymborska, Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska, Woody Allen, Václav Havel
Votes: 65
38. Naomi Replansky at 100 (2020)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Meeting the renowned poetess, Naomi Replansky, as she celebrates her 100th birthday.
Director: Megan Rossman | Star: Naomi Replansky
39. Nayère, les chants de liberté (2007)
54 min | Documentary
Mina Saïdi has been living in France for 20 years. Her mother, Nayère Saïdi was a poet and woman in the forefront of society. Throughout her life, she incarnated the very image of the ... See full summary »
Director: Mina Saïdi Sharouz | Star: Nayère Saïdi
40. Krest miloserdiya (1991– )
312 min | Biography, History
Stars: Anastasiya Belova, Aleksandr Domogarov, Yevgeniy Bliznyuk, Natalya Vlasova
41. A Mistaken Calling (1912)
Comedy, Short
Maggie, a cook, feels that she is born to write poetry and consults a phrenologist. Among the many knobs on Maggie's dome of intelligence he discovers one that reveals she will startle the ... See full summary »
Stars: John Steppling, Eleanor Blanchard, Howard Missimer, William Walters
42. Hope Abandoned (2003)
19 min | Short, Drama
Director: Stephen Richardson | Stars: Angelo Bell, Tammy Caplan, Michael Flowers Jr., James Michael Goetz
43. Saurom: Wallada la Omeya (2008 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Music video for Saurom's song Wallada la Omeya, based in the life and work of Wallada bint al-Mustakfi; from the album "Once romances desde al-Ándalus". Directed by Daniel López and Roque M. Castilla
Directors: Daniel López, Roque M. Castilla | Stars: Anita Babus, Tito Lara, Mercedes Márquez
44.
Hotel (1983–1988)
Episode:
Charades
(1983)
Drama, Romance
An Israeli minister is believed to be the target of an assassin. Dave lets everybody know that a well-known hotel critic is staying at the hotel. A woman insists on staying in the room where her husband died 10 years ago.
Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Shea Farrell, Nathan Cook
Votes: 38
45.
Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode:
Woman at War: Yaryna Chornohuz
(2023)
Documentary, Drama, War
Kyiv-Mohyla graduated linguist Yaryna "Yara" Chornohuz during the war goes her way of life as an explorer, volunteer, combat medic of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reflecting her feelings and reality in prose poetry.
Star: Yaryna Chornohuz