| Haiku | Movie | Year |
| Sequel and prequel./Man takes over family;/his father grows up. | |
| Eastwood's hired to kill./Hackman confiscates his gun,/kills Morgan Freeman. | |
| A black detective/helps solve a southern murder./Call him Mr. Tibbs! | |
| Tom Cruise finds brother,/definitely abducts him,/wants inheritance. | |
| Brilliant math student/becomes teacher, gets married./Then weird stuff happens... | |
| A small-time con man/mistakenly steals from mob./Big-time con man now. | |
| Boy tries suicide./Brother died but he survived./Parents resent him. | |
| Texan in New York/wants to become a hustler./Doesn't really work. | |
| Crazy family,/girl falls in love with her boss./His parents say no. | |
| Corruption abounds/when Stark rises to power./Writer's not impressed. | |
| Man lends his dwelling/so bosses can have affairs./Then he falls in love. | |
| Bing Crosby's a priest,/teaches delinquents to sing./Old priest comes around. | |
| A French girl is trained/to become a courtesan./Gaston proposes. | |
| Eastwood won't train girls,/but this one's so persistent/he's left with no choice. | |
| Criminal's insane?/Hospital instead of jail./But never gets out. | |
| New bomb squad leader/takes unnecessary risks./Yes, war is a drug. | |
| Prisoners of war/build a bridge for Japanese./Then they blow it up. | |
| Crime family head;/you can't refuse his offers/or he'll kill your horse. | |
| Cockney flower girl/learns to speak proper English,/passes for princess. | |
| Creepy cannibal/helps catch serial killer,/then escapes prison. | |
| Young German soldiers/who enlist in World War I/are disillusioned. | |
| | Haiku | Movie | Year |
| Did he kill Mozart?/Jealous of rival's talent,/helped write requiem. | |
| British couple weds./Decides to spend honeymoon/on the Titanic. | |
| Man steals drug money,/hunted by guy with bolt gun./Sheriff is worn out. | |
| The Brits killed his wife;/obviously he fights them./Last word is 'Freedom!' | |
| Woman leaves her kid./Dad becomes responsible./Now mom wants kid back. | |
| French writer becomes/famous, defends innocent/accused army spy. | |
| Eve steals Margo's fame./What goes around comes around./Will Phoebe be next? | |
| Little boy grows up/in poor Welsh coal-mining town./Beat Citizen Kane. | |
| Poor Indian boy/tries to find girl on gameshow./Wins lots of money. | |
| Why are you single?/Get married! Oh, found a girl?/No, don't get married! | |
| Odd British soldier/leads Arabs in rebellion./Motorcycle death. | |
| Musical numbers/show off famous man's talent/before Depression. | |
| Alcoholic Don/intends to finish his book/after just one drink. | |
| Rich man marries girl./Housekeeper loved his first wife./But did he kill her? | |
| A slave wants revenge,/works to gain his own freedom,/wins chariot race. | |
| Stammering royal/gets help before taking throne,/makes Australian friend. | |
| The prince of Denmark/really misses his father./Should he be or not? | |
| Jack and David fight/at war and over a girl./Then tragedy strikes. | |
| Two sisters both want/to act and have the same man./First talkie winner. | |
| Complicated Nazi/saves concentration camp Jews,/wishes he'd done more. | |
| Gable finds heiress/running away from father;/learns how to hitchhike. | |
| | Haiku | Movie | Year |
| Nun-turned-governess/teaches seven kids to sing./They escape Nazis. | |
| Gondor must rally,/but Frodo's their only hope./Can he finish it? | |
| Loud-mouthed general/wants to reach Messina first./Controversial man. | |
| Detective chases/group of narcotics smugglers./Bad guy hijacks train. | |
| British man wins bet/due to technicality:/crosses the date line. | |
| Charlie Sheen in 'Nam/watches lots of people die./War is really bad. | |
| Underdog boxer/gets to fight the champion./What? He's really good? | |
| Three come home from war/to families they don't know,/one without his hands. | |
| The Vietnam War/involving Russian Roulette./Also Meryl Streep. | |
| Husband is a jerk./Streep falls in love with Redford,/who won't settle down. | |
| Kissing on the beach./Trying to get man to box./Bombing Pearl Harbor. | |
| If not for thrown fight,/could have been a contender./But it's too late now. | |
| Old southern lady/reluctantly hires chauffeur,/develops friendship. | |
| Everyone's racist./Random people's lives collide./No one's innocent. | |
| Emperor's murdered./Loyal soldier becomes slave,/fights for his revenge. | |
| Mom and daughter fight./Daugher rushes to marry./Three kids and cancer. | |
| Freedom from British/is won by non-violence/thanks to this leader. | |
| Greta Garbo wants/to be alone, but Baron/refuses to leave. | |
| Fletcher Christian leads/rebellion against captain;/goes to Tahiti. | |
| Gene Kelly dances,/then falls in love with Caron./They dance together. | |
| Yancey Cravat wants/Native American rights./Neglects family. | |
| | Haiku | Movie | Year |
| A big circus troupe/gets involved in a train wreck./James Stewart's a clown? | |
| Two New York gangs fight./Boy loves girl from other gang./They dance, sing, and die. | |
| Two British runners/make it to the Olympics./One can't race Sunday. | |
| Rose is rich, Jack's poor./They fall in love anyway./Ill-fated voyage. | |
| A slow southern man/influences history,/tries to find his girl. | |
| Army lieutenant/joins Native Americans,/marries Sioux woman. | |
| Yes, it is creepy/to dream of your daughter's friend./Rose petals don't help. | |
| Strong-minded woman/finally knows who she loves./But frankly my dear... | |
| Little boy's in charge,/but his country is changing./Later emprisoned. | |
| War comes to London,/disrupts a family's life,/but they remain strong. | |
| Nurse treats burn victim/who is plagued by memories;/end of World War II. | |
| Bar owner's in love,/but girl's already married./They still have Paris. | |
| British man can't wed/the girl of his dreams until/his real mom's revealed. | |
| Stage-struck young woman/kills boyfriend, gets good lawyer,/ignores her husband. | |
| Man says he's Jewish,/finds more anti-semetic/people than he thought. | |
| Sir Thomas More/thinks king should not get divorced./King is really mad. | |
| Failed relationship,/exaggerated flashbacks./She says, 'La-di-da.' | |
| Women cannot act,/so she disguises herself./Then falls for playwright. | |
| A British orphan/just wants a little more food,/and sings about it. | |
| DiCaprio spies,/while Damon's a counter-spy./Too many f-bombs. | |
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