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10 Best Movies Like Reading a Poem

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

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#1
L’alto arrigo

L’alto arrigo

2008‱★ 10.0

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

A short film by Albert Serra, made in conjunction with his third feature film, Birdsong, from a small reference by Dante to the King Arrigo VII (Henry VII) in “Paradise” from “The ...

#2
Narco Cultura

Narco Cultura

2013‱★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Reading a Poem for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of th...

#3
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009‱★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Reading a Poem for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#4
Dragstrip Girl

Dragstrip Girl

1994‱★ 3.4

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

Among the backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles, Johnny, a working-class hoodlum caught up with a ring of car thieves, is floored when he meets Laura, a rich girl riding in a hot set of wh...

#5
April Bride

April Bride

2009‱★ 6.8

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

On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a...

#6
Jesus the Revolutionary

Jesus the Revolutionary

2002‱★ 5.2

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

A man named Jesus takes on the ruling military junta....