Based On Song Poem Or Rhyme Movies

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

Animated version of a famous Hungarian epic tale by János Arany.

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

A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The...

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

Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Most of the townsfolk, particularly those on the school PTA, think she is a...

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...

The continuation of adventures of Maria and Mirabella, in which the two girls get lost in a fabulous world inside a television set.

Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa teams with former "rock chick" Wakako Kaku to craft this pensive love story told almost entirely in still...

An experimental movie based on a poem of the French writer and director Jean Cocteau about a servant who fantasises about killing the lady of the...

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...

A recent widow travels with her son to her Virginia hometown for Christmas. On the way they meet a man who is also heading to the same destination....

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....

Carly heads to a small town to lead a church choir at Christmastime, facing her first holiday season without her mother. While there, she connects...

A mock-heroic 1798 poem Eneida is magnum opus of the first modern Ukrainian writer Ivan Kotliarevsky. It's a parody of Virgil's Aeneid, where...

A sumptuous short film of friendship and adoration between boys, based on a poem by Peter LeBerge. Moments of joy, bonding and roughhousing on a...

Film adaptation of the earliest known poem in the English language (written in the 8th century) which examines the ancient and heroic tradition from...