Rowing with the Wind (1987)

It's hard to conceive of it today, but there was a time when poets were accorded all the perquisites of the modern-day rock star. In fact, rhymesters of the gilded ages were beings of such exalted esteem that it takes a suave and pretty movie star of the caliber of Hugh Grant to play one of them in a modern-day depiction of their flowery debauchery and high-toned base behaviors. Grant has a go as Lord Byron in the lavish tribute to iambic lust Rowing with the Wind (1987). Look for supporting literary licentiousness from romantic idealist Percy Bysshe Shelley and his naughty bed buddy, Frankenstein authoress Mary Shelley.