List of films based on poems

This is a list of films based on poems.

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The Adventure of Sudsakorn (1979, Thailand)
Ashik Kerib (1988, USSR)
Beowulf (1999, USA)
Beowulf (2007, USA)
Beowulf & Grendel (2005, Iceland, United Kingdom, Canada)
Braveheart (1995, USA), from The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, by Blind Harry
Bright Star (2009, UK/Aus/France), named in reference to a sonnet by John Keats
Casey at the Bat (1927, USA)
The Color of Pomegranates (1969, Armenian SSR)
El Cid (1961, USA, Spain Charlton Heston)
The Full Monteverdi (2007, UK)
Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981, Australia)
Gunga Din (1939, USA)
The Hangman (1964, USA, short)
Helen of Troy (1956, USA/Italy)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, USA)
Howl (2010, USA)
The Humpbacked Horse (1947, USSR)
The Humpbacked Horse (1976, USSR)
Jabberwocky
Jackanory: The Story of Beowulf (1966, UK, serial)
Mulan
The Man from Snowy River, (1982, Australia)
The Man from Snowy River II (US title: "Return to Snowy River" — UK title: "The Untamed") (1988, Australia)
The Monkey's Mask (2000, Australia)
My Heart Is Mine Alone (1997, Germany)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993 film)
The Night Before Christmas (1941, USA, short)
The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale (2002, USA, short, made-for-TV)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, USA), loosely based on The Odyssey
Pumpkinhead (1988, USA)
Ramanan (1967, India)
The Raven (1963, USA)
The Sentimental Bloke (1919, Australia)
The Set-Up (1949)
The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924, USA)
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda, (1933-1936, USSR)
Tale of Tales (1979, USSR)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1984, USSR)
Troy (2004, USA), from The Iliad
Under Milk Wood (1972, United Kingdom)
Winter Days (2003, Japan)
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999, Iran)

List of films based on poems

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