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10 Best Movies Like Poetry

If you loved Poetry, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Eungyo

Eungyo

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Poetry for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant....

#2
The Notebook

The Notebook

2004★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Poetry for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who i...

#3
Venus

Venus

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Poetry for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the ...

#4
Iris

Iris

2001★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Poetry for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease....

#5
The Graduate

The Graduate

1967★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Poetry for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter....

#6
Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

2003★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Poetry for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be rea...

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