Movies: Based on song poem or rhyme

  • 1959
    The Legend of Tom Dooley

    The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)

    The Legend of Tom Dooley

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    Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for making this tragic but honest mistake and sends a lawman after them....

    The Legend of Tom Dooley
  • 1929
    Evangeline

    Evangeline (1929)

    Evangeline

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    A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British....

    Evangeline
  • 2007
    The Raven

    The Raven (2007)

    The Raven

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    In this update to Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, it's time for the biggest gay party of the year. Unfortunately, the host has chosen the site of the infamous Ravenswood Massacre to stage his blowout gala, where a mass murder happened fifty years ago...

    The Raven
  • 1998
    Animated Epics: Beowulf

    Animated Epics: Beowulf (1998)

    Animated Epics: Beowulf

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    Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuring the voice of Joseph Fiennes as Beowulf. found....

    Animated Epics: Beowulf
  • 2017
    My Giraffe

    My Giraffe (2017)

    My Giraffe

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    Dikkertje Dap was born on the same day as Raf the giraffe. Dikkertje can often be found at the zoo, because Raf is his best friend. They are inseparable, until Dikkertje goes to school for the first time and finds out giraffes can’t go to school. Dik...

    My Giraffe
  • 2003
    Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

    Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003)

    Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

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    A series of poems....

    Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
  • 2000
    Monster Mash

    Monster Mash (2000)

    Monster Mash

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    When old-school monsters Frank, Drac and Wolf are deemed "fun" by a court of elders, they're ordered to scare a suburban family or risk a sentence of party entertainers for eternity....

    Monster Mash
  • 1967
    The Girl from Ipanema

    The Girl from Ipanema (1967)

    The Girl from Ipanema

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    Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's ext...

    The Girl from Ipanema
  • 1938
    Wynken, Blynken & Nod

    Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938)

    Wynken, Blynken & Nod

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    Three sleepy babies in a clog-boat sailing through the night sky attempt to fish with candy canes for very smart fish....

    Wynken, Blynken & Nod
  • 2021
    Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?

    Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God? (2021)

    Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?

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    1962. A crystalline voice becomes a planetary tube. A Belgian nun jostles Elvis and the Beatles on the world charts. Her name: Sister Smile. A popstar with the trajectory of a comet who understands her success no more than the double meaning of her w...

    Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
  • 2002
    Kunpan

    Kunpan (2002)

    Kunpan

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    Based on the famous Thai epic poem, Kun Pan is the magical and tragic love story of Kun Pan's life. A jealous king sends Kun Pan to war believing he could win his beautiful wife, while Kun Pan dies on the battlefield. After a long time passes, the wi...

    Kunpan
  • 1971
    Conquest

    Conquest (1971)

    Conquest

    4.21971HD

    La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most im...

    Conquest
  • 2008
    Yah Chayka!

    Yah Chayka! (2008)

    Yah Chayka!

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    Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa teams with former "rock chick" Wakako Kaku to craft this pensive love story told almost entirely in still photographs. After steering a suicidal man away from the brink of despair, an astronomical observatory ...

    Yah Chayka!
  • 1943
    The Passengers of Ursa Major

    The Passengers of Ursa Major (1943)

    The Passengers of Ursa Major

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    A futuristic cruise ship with a crew of robots is ready to take its first flight. A boy follows his curious dog on board of the ship, but then the ship takes off. The robots sees the boy as a blind passenger and try to get him off the flying ship....

    The Passengers of Ursa Major
  • 2002
    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002)

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

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    Rock star Roddy Usher is confined to an insane asylum after murdering his wife. There, he is given various shock treatments by Nurse Smith and Dr Calahari, resulting in a series of bizarre and nightmarish adventures....

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher
  • 1962
    Human Zoo

    Human Zoo (1962)

    Human Zoo

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    A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals....

    Human Zoo
  • 1980
    The Secret of the Love Potion

    The Secret of the Love Potion (1980)

    The Secret of the Love Potion

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    Once upon a time, there was an old man who knew a lot about herbs and magic spells. Many people came to him at night for their happiness, and he helped them all (well, almost all) to find love. What was the secret of his magic potion and why did the ...

    The Secret of the Love Potion
  • 1967
    Romance for Bugle

    Romance for Bugle (1967)

    Romance for Bugle

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    A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title....

    Romance for Bugle
  • 1973
    Johnny Corncob

    Johnny Corncob (1973)

    Johnny Corncob

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    A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death....

    Johnny Corncob
  • 1936
    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie (1936)

    Annie Laurie

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    In late 18th century Scotland, Annie Laurie and William Douglas love each other, but their clans are on opposite sides of the country's civil war. Their love is made immortal through the title song of this film....

    Annie Laurie