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Painted Fire (2002)
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Painted Fire (2002)
Original name: 취화선
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The struggles of an artist. Jang Seung-up (1843-1897), also called Owon, focusing on the years 1882 to 1897, when Korea was in political upheaval, caught between China and Japan, the conservative dynasty dying, and peasant revolt at hand. Jang, born poor, has genius; a merchant, Kim, becomes his patron, finding him a teacher. Jang must convince others that a commoner can have talent, then move beyond his ability to copy old masters and find his own style. He's bedeviled by a temper and alcohol, arguments with patrons as he seeks commissions, and relationships with kisaeng, particularly Mae-hyang, that start and stop. It's the life of a restless spirit producing great art.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental, melancholic, sincere, art film, period drama
Plot: painter, artist, biopic, art, politics, painting, human spirit, rise to the top, ambition, actor's life, hopes, power relations, rich and poor, alcohol abuse, love and romance, life is a bitch, social differences, artists and showbiz, art history, historical event, husband wife relationship, wedding, battles, beggar, male female relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 1880s, 1860s, 1890s, turn of the century
Place: korea, japan, asia, china, south korea, seoul
Keyword: korean, chinese, attack, bruise

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Most similar movies to Painted Fire

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and period drama films with plots about biopic, art, painter, artist, artists and showbiz, performer's life and art history mostly in Biography, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Painted Fire: Mr. Turner (2014), Van Gogh (1991), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), Goya's Ghosts (2006), Andrei Rublev (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mr. Turner (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Style: surreal, meditative, sincere, captivating, visual ...
Plot: painter, painting, art, biopic, artist, eccentricity, art history, character study, estrangement, couple relations, society, elderly ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, year 2014, 1800s, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, london, holland
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Van Gogh (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 158 min.
Story: In late spring, 1890, Vincent moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, under the care of Dr. Gachet, living in a humble inn. Fewer than 70 days later, Vincent dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. We see Vincent at work, painting landscapes and ...
Style: anthology, gloomy, sincere, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: painter, artist, biopic, painting, art, female nudity, art history, sex, philosophy, architecture, famous, artwork ...
Time: 19th century, year 1991, victorian era, 1890s
Place: france, paris france, europe, provence
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100%
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel ...
Style: epic, inspirational, uplifting, serious, biblical ...
Plot: renaissance, painter, artist, biopic, painting, art, catholic, pope, art history, christian, genius, sculpture ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, ancient times, 60s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Goya's Ghosts (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Style: period piece, intense, factual, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: rape, artist, art, spanish history, prison, prostitute, painter, biopic, spanish inquisition, life is a bitch, lifestyle, painting ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, regency period, 19th century, year 2006 ...
Place: spain, persia, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Andrei Rublev (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 205 min.
Story: An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses ...
Style: atmospheric, breathtaking, art house, black and white, philosophical ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: artist, painter, religion, art, biopic, monk, human spirit, medieval, painting, christianity, hunger, art history ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century, medieval times, year 1966, ancient times ...
Place: russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
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51%
The Wolf at the Door (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin, follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.
Style: sexual, serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: female nudity, biopic, art history, art, artists' life, acid, famous, playwright, nudity, performer's life, society, hopes ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: paris france, europe, tahiti, france
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Klimt (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Style: thought provoking, stylized, visual, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Plot: painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, female pubic hair, art history, obsession, prodigy, sexual relations, ambition, lifestyle ...
Time: 20th century, year 2006, 19th century, turn of the century, year 1900 ...
Place: austria, france, paris france, europe, vienna
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At Eternity's Gate (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
Style: independent film, melancholic, art film, touching, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: painter, artist, art, mental illness, painting, priest, insanity, art gallery, loneliness, obsession, doctor, genius ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1890s, 1880s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Modigliani (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Romania, France, Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sad, factual ...
Plot: painter, painting, artist, prodigy, biopic, art, art history, life is a bitch, addiction, tragic hero, tragic love, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, year 1919
Place: france, paris france, europe, south of france
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Seraphine (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the ...
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, surprise ending, avant garde ...
Plot: painter, artist, art, painting, art collector, mental illness, art dealer, biopic, art history, world war one, lifestyle, anti conformity ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 2008, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: france, europe
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46%
A Harlot's Progress (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, historical drama ...
Plot: painter, prostitute, starvation, dominatrix, adultery, jail, brothel, couples, reform, kept woman, brothel madam, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: england, london
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45%
Nightwatching (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK, Poland, Canada, Netherlands
Duration: 134 min.
Story: An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot: painter, art, biopic, artist, art history, artists and showbiz, uncover truth, investigation, lifestyle, love affair, ambition, painting ...
Time: 17th century
Place: europe, amsterdam, netherlands
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Camille Claudel (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 175 min.
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Style: psychological, emotional, intense, heartbreaking, touching ...
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Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Spain, Italy
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Style: bleak, sincere, disturbing, gloomy, realistic ...
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Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1890s, 1900s, turn of the century
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Rikyu (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan's most powerful warlord, unifying the country. Rikyu, through the tea ceremony and ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, contemplative ...
Plot: samurai, medieval, painter, painting, art, great ending, clan, buddhism, biopic, tradition, tea, battles ...
Time: medieval times, 16th century
Place: japan, korea, china, asia
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Sade (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
Style: serious, atmospheric, realistic, sexy, sexual ...
Plot: debauchery, fetish, teenage girl, female masturbation, female nudity, sadomasochism, sexual relations, infidelity, french revolution, sexual exploration, murder, couples ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: france, paris france
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Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Luxembourg
Duration: 110 min.
Story: At the beginning of the 20th Century Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna. His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era that is coming to an end. Two women will have a lasting impact on him - his sister and ...
Style: serious, captivating, touching, realistic, art house ...
Plot: painter, art, art history, biopic, love, trial, model, death of brother, terminal illness, art exhibition, money problems, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 1910s, year 1918
Place: vienna
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43%
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Paradise Found (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the ...
Style: realistic, serious, scenic, contemplative
Plot: painter, obsessive quest, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, survival, artist, biopic, love and romance, life is a bitch, obsession, tragic hero ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1890s, 1870s
Place: tahiti, paris france, europe, france
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Artemisia (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male ...
Style: erotic, factual, sexual, art film, historical drama ...
Plot: female artist, art, artist, painter, virginity, biopic, women, art history, loss of virginity, renaissance, female nudity, rape ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times, year 1997, 16th century
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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43%
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El Greco (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
Style: serious, stylized, emotional, captivating, disgusting ...
Plot: painter, art, idealism, politics, tragic hero, ambition, prodigy, self destructing, fall in love, society, destructive relationship, lifestyle ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: greece, venice, italy, europe, spain ...
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Edvard Munch (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 210 min.
Story: A biographical film about the Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch. It was originally created as a three-part miniseries co-produced by the Norwegian and Swedish state television networks, but subsequently gained an American theatrical ...
Style: expressionism, art film, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: painter, painting, biopic, artist, art, art history, philosophy, disease, artists' life, depression, famous, based on real people ...
Time: year 1974, 19th century, 1890s, 1900s, 1870s ...
Place: germany, copenhagen, berlin germany, paris france, oslo norway
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42%
Vincent & Theo (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written between the two.
Style: touching, psychological, scenic, sexy, cult classic ...
Plot: painter, art, artist, painting, biopic, genius, obsession, brother brother relationship, poverty, art history, life is a bitch, mentally unstable ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 80s
Place: holland, europe, london, paris france, france
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42%
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Cezanne and I (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to ...
Style: factual, realistic, exciting, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: painter, friendship, art, artist, painting, nude painting, novelist, end of friendship, portrait, seaside, infidelity, art history ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 1870s, 1880s, victorian era ...
Place: south of france, paris france, france, europe
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42%
Forever Enthralled (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Style: serious, stylized, captivating, realistic, epic
Plot: opera, lifestyle, tragic love, ambition, performer's life, love and romance, couples, society, unfulfillment, warning, music, gender bending ...
Place: china, asia
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41%
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Renoir (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters ...
Style: sincere, touching, scenic, sentimental, historical drama ...
Plot: painter, painting, famous painting, art, artist, art history, world war one, self discovery, fall in love, redheaded woman, wounded soldier, love and romance ...
Time: year 1915, 1910s, 20th century
Place: cote d'azur, france, south of france, europe
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41%
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Luther (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style: uplifting, political, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christianity, renaissance, christian, religion, clergy, medieval, rebellion, inquisition, politics, reformation, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2003, medieval times
Place: germany, rome italy, austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
A Soul Haunted by Painting (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: China, France, Taiwan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu-liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town, to become the second wife of Mr. Pan. While Pan is away at the revolution in Yunnan, Yu-liang learns to paint and takes art classes at the Shanghai Art ...
Style: sincere, sexual, serious, realistic
Plot: biopic, painter, artist, art, famous, ambition, rise to the top, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, couples, road not taken ...
Place: china, paris france, france, asia, europe ...
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40%
Louis Cyr : The Strongest Man in the World (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, serious
Plot: strong man, ambition, performer's life, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, humble, biopic, strongman, world
Time: 19th century
Place: quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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My Nikifor (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: From his birth in 1895 through his death in 1968, the gifted Polish naïve artist Nikifor Krynicki (AKA Epifan Drowniak) lived his life and eked out a career cloaked in obscurity - a casualty of both his extreme speech impediment (his tongue was ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, gloomy
Plot: art, painter, genius, prodigy, couples, celebrity culture, tragic love, family life, love and romance, couple relations, society, lifestyle ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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