What follows is a listing of the appearance of recognizable, often canonical, poems, or excerpts from poems. The catalog is necessarily incomplete; readers are invited to submit new entries to the page at movies@poets.org. The filmography will be revised and updated regularly.
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Addison, Joseph
“The Campaign”
My Darling Clementine, 1946
Apollinaire, Guillaume
“L’amour”
Peau d’ane, 1970
Arnold, Matthew
"Dover Beach"
Without Love, 1945
The Anniversary Party, 2001
Auden, W. H.
“Night Mail”
Night Mail, 1936
“Funeral Blues”
Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994
"As I Walked Out One Evening"
Before Sunrise, 1995
Baudelaire, Charles
“The Albatross”
A Very Long Engagement, 2004
“The Jewels”
La Letrice [The Reader], 1988
Biermann, Wolf
“The Girl from Stuttgart”
Germany in Autumn, 1978
Bishop, Elizabeth
"One Art"
In Her Shoes, 2005
Blake, William
"The Tyger"
The End of the Affair, 1955
The Horse’s Mouth, 1958
Blade Runner, 1982
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, 2002
“America: A Prophecy”
“The Fly”
Blade Runner, 1982
From "Milton; [“And did those feet in ancient time”]
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, 1962
Privilege, 1967
Chariots of Fire, 1981
Calendar Girls, 2003
“The Sick Rose”
Educating Rita, 1983
"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"
Bull Durham, 1988
“The Everlasting Gospel” [“The vision of Christ that thou dost see . . .”]
“The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”
Dead Man, 1995
"Auguries of Innocence"
Dead Man, 1995
In the Bedroom, 2001
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2001
“The Little Black Boy”
The Horse’s Mouth, 1958
Bradstreet, Anne
"To My Dear and Loving Husband"
Le Divorce, 2003
Brecht, Bertolt
“Germany Pale Mother”
Germany Pale Mother, 1980
“Die Moritat von Mackie Messer”
Quiz Show, 1994
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
“Aurora Leigh," ii
Take the High Ground, 1953
“A Child’s Grave at Florence”
Tea with Mussolini, 1999
Browning, Robert
“Sordello”
The Barretts of Wimpole