Artists' life movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant artists' life movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing, entertaining, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with artists' life, painter, artist, art, female nudity, painting, lifestyle, love affair, male female relationship and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as artists' life: Caravaggio's Shadow (2022), Forest of the Gods (2005), At Eternity's Gate (2018), The Man Who Drew God (2022), Charlotte (2021), Never Look Away (2018), Leonardo (2021), The Still Life (2006), The Kangaroo Chronicles (2020), Zeke's Pad (2008).

List of artists' life movies

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Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
Style: suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, enigmatic, captivating
Plot: painter, art, artists' life, artist, murder, church, rivalry, genius, catholic church, pope, female nudity, female full frontal nudity
Time: 17th century, 16th century
Place: italy, rome italy, naples italy
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Forest of the Gods (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Lithuania, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story about one man - an artist and an intellectual - who was imprisoned by two brutal regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. 'The Professor' is a man who lives by his own personal version of the Ten Commandments. After miraculously ...
Style: compassionate, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: nazi, world war two, life is a bitch, scientist, artist, performer's life, writer's life, society, suppression, life turned upside down, totalitarian state, state affairs ...
Place: ussr
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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
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The Man Who Drew God (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The rise and fall of a blind artist who has the extraordinary gift of making true-to-life portraits just by listening to human voices, and of becoming a TV-junk star. A fable on the need to rediscover the miraculous power of dignity in a world where ...
Style: captivating
Plot: rise and fall, blindness and impaired vision, artists' life, painter, blind man, slice of life, artist, social issues, society, performer's life, blind character, social problems ...
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 6.4
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Charlotte (2021)
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, adult animation, 2d animation
Plot: world war two, female protagonist, female artist, artist, painter, historical figure, painting, artists' life, life is a bitch, life, social problems, auschwitz ...
Time: year 1941, year 1933, year 1942, year 1940, year 1943 ...
Place: berlin germany, south of france, france, cote d'azur
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Never Look Away (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 189 min.
Story: Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s ...
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, sincere, intellectual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: painter, nazi, art gallery, artist, nazism, berlin wall, father daughter relationship, sex scene, world war two, forced abortion, romantic relationship, pregnancy ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1948 ...
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, central europe ...
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 7.2
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Leonardo (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA, UK, France, Spain
Duration: 409 min.
TV show
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: costume drama, historical drama, sexy, period drama
Plot: leonardo da vinci, renaissance, painter, inventor, inventions and discoveries, artist, medieval, discovery, historical figure, artists' life, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Time: 15th century, 16th century
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 4.7
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The Still Life (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Fueled by original music by members of Guns N' Roses, Bad Religion, No Doubt, Skid Row, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Hootie & The Blowfish and more... The Still Life tells the story of artist Julian Lamont who struggles to pick up the pieces of ...
Style: realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: painter, recluse, rise and fall, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, ambition, addiction, destruction, art, breakup, artists' life ...
Time: 21st century
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The Kangaroo Chronicles (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.
Style: touching, unusual plot structure, light, humorous, captivating
Plot: kangaroo, talking animal, capitalism, artists' life, unlikely friendships, art, apartment building, lone hero, construction company, migraine
Place: berlin germany
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 6.1
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Zeke's Pad (2008)
Genre: Animation
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: Zeke's Pad is an animated TV show
Style: satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: artist, painter, satire, artists' life, lifestyle, magic, adventurer
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 6.4
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Leonardo (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Leonardo is a British children's television series broadcast on CBBC. The show is an adventure programme featuring a teenage Leonardo da Vinci starring Jonathan Bailey. The series is set in 15th-century Florence. A second series premiered on ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: painter, leonardo da vinci, relationships, satire, artists' life, historical character, male female relationship, pretense, cross dressing, historical figure, adventurer, friendship ...
Time: 15th century
Place: italy
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 5.1
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Fumiko's Legs (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When older man Tsukakoshi asks Unokichi to paint it is of his mistress, the geisha Fumiko. Tsukakoshi loves the feet and legs part of Fumiko's anatomy. The fetishism gives the art student a commission to put his talent to use.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: foot fetish, fetish, geisha, problem, painter, fetishist, japanese man, love affair, artist, male female relationship, relationships, drawing ...
Place: japan
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The Inventor (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible machines, and study the human body. There, joined in his adventure by ...
Style: captivating, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: leonardo da vinci, stop motion, inventor, french royalty, painter, meaning of life, artists' life, kingdom, inventions and discoveries, royal court, invention
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Gentlemen's Relish (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and ...
Style: satirical, disturbing, psychological, captivating, period drama
Plot: photographer, nude girl, photograph, photography, female nudity, nude model, creative process, satire, painter, social satire, social problems, society ...
Place: britain
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 6.2
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Carving a Life (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Mitch must confront the haunting memories of his mother's tragic death and overcome his alcohol abuse, or lose all that is most precious to him.
Style: serious, romantic, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: second chance, alcohol abuse, family drama, love and romance, relationships, painter, love affair, love story, first love, relationship problems, struggling artist, love ...
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The Artist's Wife (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his final show.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: painter, dementia, artist, marriage, fighting illness, male female relationship, lifestyle change, family in crisis, changing lives, artists' life, family relations, life is a bitch ...
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 8.3
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Blue Flame (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the early 1980's, Moyuru is a student at an art school in Osaka. He is full of passion and desire in his pursuit to become a manga writer. He also doesn't lack confidence in his abilities. Morinaga Tonko is Honoo's senior at ...
Style: semi serious, funny, satirical, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: self doubt, satire, school, publisher, schoolboy, ambition, painter, artists' life, writers, university, college student, art student ...
Time: 80s
Place: japan, osaka japan
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The Goddess of Fire (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Goddess of Fire is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Moon Geun-young, Lee Sang-yoon, Kim Bum, Park Gun-hyung, Seo Hyun-jin, Jun Kwang-ryul, Jeong Bo-seok, Byun Hee-bong, Han Go-eun, and Lee Kwang-soo. It airs on MBC on Mondays and ...
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: medieval, dream, royal family, male female relationship, love affair, unfulfilled love, love story, love and romance, artists' life, lifestyle, ambition, relationships ...
Time: 16th century
Place: korea
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Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019)
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: disturbing, captivating, psychological, thought provoking
Plot: painter, art, artist, biopic, mother, follow your dream, family problems, lifestyle, parents and children, artists' life, relationship problems, family relations ...
Time: 1930s, year 1934
Place: manchester
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 6.2
 1K
Really Love (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: art, painter, black man, artists' life, desire for fame, black people, ambition, direction and purpose, love affair, relationships, lifestyle, romantic friendship ...
Place: washington d.c.
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A Painting Lesson (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: coup d'etat, painting, pharmacist, art, painter, social problems, life is a bitch, artists' life, art critic, disappearance, countryside, single mother ...
Time: 60s, year 1973
Place: chile
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 3.7
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Deadly Crush (2018)
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a painter rents a secluded cabin to jump start her creativity, she has sex with a ghost and finds herself part of his plan to bring itself back to life.
Style: suspenseful, dark, enigmatic, erotic
Plot: ghost, creativity, isolation, creative block, hallucination, macabre, deeply disturbed person, justice, psychology, moral ambiguity, female artist, abandoned house ...
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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Asakusa Midori wants to create an anime, but she's too disheartened to make that first step by herself. By pure chance, she meets Mizusaki Tsubame, an up-and-coming socialite secretly dreaming of becoming an animator. Together with ...
Style: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: slice of life, school, friends, female artist, animator, ambition, school club, artists' life, ambitious woman, aspiration, teenager, teenage life ...
Time: 2020s
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The Comic Artist and Assistants (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
Story: The life of an artist can be hard: Long, arduous hours working with only your thoughts and assistants to keep you company. In the case of overworked mangaka Aito, his attempts to merge the two are so far unsuccessful. His priorities are askew and ...
Style: anime, ecchi, seinen, manga, light ...
Plot: sexual fantasy, slice of life, sexual deviant, painter, romantic friendship, artists' life, female friendship, friends, pervert, friendship between teens, friendship, assistant ...
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Let the Sunshine In (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.
Style: light, unusual plot structure, humorous, absurd, art house
Plot: love, artist, looking for love, male objectification, breakup, ex husband ex wife relationship, meaning of life, artists' life, relationships, ex husband, single woman, woman ...
Time: year 2017, 90s
Place: paris france, france
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Love Will Tear Us Apart (2013)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Genevieve and Adrian, two young friends, are individually seduced by the same young man. As the love triangle develops, the boundaries of their friendship come into question.
Style: entertaining, light, captivating, romantic, independent film ...
Plot: romantic relationship, gay, lgbt, love triangle, threesome, art, bisexuality, love and romance, relationships, painter, love story, artists' life ...
Place: bay area, california
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In a Sentimental Mood (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Anna, a twenty-something painter freshly dropped out of college, paves her way making chalk drawings at a cafe and trying to get her art displayed around town. Her work is unique, but her time is split between partying with her dysfunctional friend ...
Style: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, mumblecore ...
Plot: friendship, slice of life, party, female artist, love, dream, best friend, female friendship, friends, modern art, art, love interest ...
Place: boston, massachusetts
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 7.2
 12K
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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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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Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks. Machisu, the only son of a rich collector, has a ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, emotional, art house, sad ...
Plot: painter, art, painting, obsession, unfulfillment, dark humor, life turned upside down, failed attempt, artist, desire for fame, moving, art dealer ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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