Movies and TvShows featuring "famous-poet" theme.

Lillie is a captivating TV mini-series that explores the life of Lillie Langtry, a British actress and mistress of King Edward VII. The show delves into her tumultuous love life, including her loveless marriage and forbidden affairs. Set against the backdrop of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Lillie is a captivating journey through history, scandal, and high society.

A Quiet Passion is a biographical drama that explores the life of poet Emily Dickinson, focusing on her reclusive nature, family dynamics, and her struggles with societal expectations. Set in 19th century Massachusetts, the film delves into Dickinson's relationships, her search for immortality through her poetry, and her battles with kidney disease. It offers an intimate portrait of a complex and talented writer who lived in seclusion but left a significant impact on American literature.

Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's roaring '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, who is married with four children when he meets and becomes romantically involved with Laura Riding, a writer from America. Defying the conventions of polite society, Riding moves in with Graves and his wife living as a menage a tois. Then with the arrival of strappingly handsome Irish poet Geoffrey Phibbs, the arrangement becomes a menage a quatre. But soon tensions and rivalries become so fraught that Graves is a suspect for attempted murder.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a fictionalized biopic set in the 1840s in Surrey, England. Elizabeth Barrett, an invalid, lives a life of social isolation under the tyrannical rule of her father. She finds solace in her poetry and forms a forbidden romance with Robert Browning, a persistent suitor. The film explores their whirlwind courtship, their elopement to Italy, and the challenges they face due to societal and family expectations.

Tom & Viv is a biographical drama and romance film set in 1910s and 1930s England. It revolves around the dysfunctional marriage of poet T.S. Eliot and his wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood, exploring themes of love, flamboyance, insanity, and courtship.

In 19th century New York City, a man with a cloak becomes involved in a convoluted plot surrounding an inheritance and the mysterious death of a wealthy man. With the help of a former actress and a loyal housemaid, he must navigate through a web of deception and betrayal to uncover the truth.

Is Alixe and Gwen's sexual disagreement the cause of their problems, or are their problems the cause of their sexual disagreement? And how should an artist nurture her vision: by seeking adventures on the edge or by staying home and writing poems? What's more real, our fantasies, or what we actually do? In Who's the Top? there are no right answers, just musical numbers.

While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman) begins a romance with a fellow academic, and learns about Lawrence's love affair with the married aristocrat Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) in this made-for-television drama. As Lawrence and Von Richthofen fall deeper into their forbidden relationship, Kate grows more familiar with Lawrence's work, such as the sensuous Lady Chatterly's Lover.

Oscar Wilde tells the story of the famous writer and playwright, from his rise to fame to his downfall due to a sex scandal. The movie explores Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas and the subsequent legal battle that led to his imprisonment.

J. Gordon Edwards silent adventure melodrama about a famous poet who is allowed to rule France for a week!