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At Eternity's Gate (2018)
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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, psychological, rough, touching, art film, captivating, suspenseful, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painter, loneliness, artist, art, priest, painting, doctor, insanity, obsession, art gallery, mission, genius, hospital, anguish, artists' life, historical figure, historical character, art history, lifestyle, mentally unstable, religious persecution, insane asylum, new year, winter, victorian england ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, 1880s
Place:
france, paris france
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Most similar movies to At Eternity's Gate
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, period drama and captivating films with plots about art, biopic, painter, artist, painting, art history and famous mostly in Biography, Drama and History genres. Some movies like At Eternity's Gate: The Danish Girl (2015), Leonardo (2021), Andrei Rublev (1966), Seraphine (2008), Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
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girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
transsexual, lgbt, art, transgender, couple relations, painting, love, gay, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, artist, gender ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, paris france, idaho, copenhagen, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA, UK, France, Spain
Duration: 409 min.
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Story:
A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, renaissance, painter, inventor, inventions and discoveries, artist, medieval, historical figure, discovery, artists' life, scientific discovery, performer's life ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 189 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:
breathtaking, atmospheric, philosophical, black and white, art house ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
painter, artist, art, religion, monk, biopic, medieval, human spirit, christianity, painting, hunger, saint ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 1966 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
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, independent film ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, art collector, mental illness, art dealer, world war one, biopic, art history, lifestyle, anti conformity ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2008, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, europe
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all his life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
painter, artist, art, mother, biopic, family relations, lifestyle, family problems, parents and children, relationship problems, follow your dream, artists' life ...
Time:
1930s, year 1934
Place:
manchester
Similarity:
100%
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:
sincere, costume drama, clever, surreal, meditative ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, biopic, art, eccentricity, art history, character study, estrangement, couple relations, elderly, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, ancient times ...
Place:
london, england, britain, holland
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Romania, France, Italy, USA
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:
touching, realistic, serious, sad, factual ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, prodigy, biopic, art, art history, life is a bitch, addiction, tragic love, couple relations, tragic hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1919, 1920s
Place:
europe, france, paris france, south of france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 138 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:
sexy, touching, psychological, scenic, cult classic ...
Plot:
painter, art, artist, painting, biopic, genius, mental disorder, obsession, brother brother relationship, poverty, art history, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, 80s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, london, paris france, france
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The life of Camille Claudel, a french scupltor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.
Style:
emotional, psychological, intense, touching, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
art, biopic, mental illness, artist, fall in love, obsession, painter, sculptor, storytelling, art history, love, couples ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, turn of the century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
30%
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:
captivating, exciting, factual, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
painter, art, friendship, artist, painting, novelist, female nudity, portrait, nude painting, seaside, infidelity, end of friendship ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, 1880s, victorian era, 1860s ...
Place:
south of france, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
27%
24K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first African-American pop artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Alongside the ...
Style:
inspirational, stylized, sexy, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
artist, art, graffiti, painter, biopic, drug abuse, painting, drug addiction, friendship, art history, drug, self destructing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
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:
inspirational, uplifting, serious, costume drama, biblical ...
Plot:
renaissance, painter, artist, biopic, gay subtext, painting, art, catholic, pope, male male relationship, art history, christian ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, medieval times, 60s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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26%
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, costume drama, historical drama, factual, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, artist, spanish inquisition, spanish history, art, prison, prostitute, painter, biopic, life is a bitch, lifestyle, painting ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, regency period, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
spain, persia, madrid, europe
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25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Style:
sad, surreal, dramatic, tragicomedy, stylized ...
Plot:
cat, artist, family relations, childhood trauma, painting, art, life is a bitch, life philosophy, painter, breast cancer, cancer, grief ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, 1880s, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
london, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A dedicated artist from Russian Georgia struggles to get recognition.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, meditative, lyrical, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
painter, art, painting, artist, art history, biopic, poverty, tragedy, starvation, loneliness, tragic hero, sacrifice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
25%
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:
touching, sincere, costume drama, scenic, sentimental ...
Plot:
painter, painting, famous painting, art, redheaded woman, female pubic hair, wounded soldier, world war one, artist, art history, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1915, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
cote d'azur, france, south of france, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Paul Gauguin feels smothered by the atmosphere prevailing in Paris in the year 1891. Around him, everything is so artificial and conventional: he needs authenticity to renew his art. Failing to convince his wife Mette and his five children to follow ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
painter, painting, older man young girl relationship, interracial romance, artist, art, art history, husband wife conflict, money problems, heart attack, biopic, wilderness ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, victorian era
Place:
tahiti, polynesia, paris france, france, oceania
Similarity:
25%
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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, visually stunning, sexual, visual ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, puffy nipples, public nudity, artist's model, art history, prodigy, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006, 19th century, year 1918, 1900s ...
Place:
austria, france, vienna, paris france, europe
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, semi autobiographical, thought provoking, art film ...
Plot:
art, painter, painting, artist, art history, famous painting, obsession, depression, anguish, mental illness, genius, loneliness ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has ...
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, intellectual, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, genius, addiction, alcoholism, bohemian life, art history, self destructing, rise and fall ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1945, year 1941 ...
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, europe ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, cute, dramatic ...
Plot:
holocaust, art, lawyer, nazi, courtroom drama, justice, art theft, painting, injustice, legal, legal action, stolen painting ...
Time:
year 2015, 1930s, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
austria, vienna, los angeles, pasadena california, california ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.
Style:
sexy, realistic, sincere, costume drama, factual ...
Plot:
art, biopic, painter, separation from family, unfulfillment, art history, artist, nervous breakdown, faith, paranoia, sculpture, painting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1915, 1910s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules.
Style:
captivating, humorous, exciting, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
painter, childbirth, art history, extramarital affair, art class, nude model, art, female protagonist, german expressionism, female nudity, female artist, artist ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, year 1900, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, germany
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, France, Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot:
professor, redemption, schizophrenia, insane asylum, mental patient, biopic, friendship, direction and purpose, winston churchill, society, shared dream, book ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
england, oxford university
Similarity:
22%
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:
serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
painter, art, nudity, biopic, female nudity, artist, art history, uncover truth, investigation, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, love affair ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam, europe
Similarity:
22%
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 ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
painter, politics, artist, biopic, art, nobility, painting, hopes, actor's life, ambition, human spirit, rise to the top ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1870s, 1880s, 1860s ...
Place:
japan, asia, seoul, south korea, china ...
Similarity:
22%
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:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, artsy ...
Plot:
painter, art, art history, brother sister relationship, biopic, model, trial, love, art exhibition, terminal illness, death of brother, money problems ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918
Place:
vienna
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22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave.
Style:
suspenseful, touching, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
cave, discovery, love triangle, faith, painter, buffalo, art, artist, real life, victorian england, husband wife relationship, biopic ...
Time:
19th century, prehistory, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid ...
Style:
enigmatic, erotic, period piece, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
artist, painter, painting, art, master and servant, sexual tension, nymphet, teenage girl, society, couple relations, maid, portrait ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 2003, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
holland, netherlands, europe, america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his ...
Style:
inspirational, psychological, breathtaking, sincere, depressing ...
Plot:
disability, hospital, paralysis, death, coma, stroke, memory, writers, courage, patient, mute or deaf, communication problem ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, year 2007, y2k
Place:
france, paris france, europe, hong kong, nepal ...
Similarity:
21%
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