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, satirical and suspense films and TV shows about / with artists' life, painter, artist, art, painting, female nudity, social problems, love affair, satire and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres shot in USA, France, UK 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), Red (2018).
Best films
New films
| Fumiko's Legs (2018) | 5.1 | |
| Charlotte (2021) | 6.4 | |
| Foujita (2015) | 6.1 | |
| Carving a Life (2017) | 6.1 | |
| At Eternity's Gate (2018) | 6.9 |
List of artists' life movies
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:
dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic, bleak
Plot:
painter, art, artists' life, artist, murder, genius, pope, rivalry, catholic church, church, donkey, snake ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
italy, naples italy, rome italy
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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, memories, world war two, life is a bitch, scientist, artist, performer's life, communism, historical figure, government agency, professor, life turned upside down ...
Place:
ussr
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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, art film, touching, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painter, loneliness, artist, art, priest, painting, doctor, insanity, obsession, art gallery, mission, genius ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, 1880s
Place:
france, paris france
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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, art house, poignant, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rise and fall, artist, blind man, painter, blindness and impaired vision, artists' life, blind character, slice of life, lifestyle, society, social issues, performer's life ...
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, France, Belgium, USA, UK
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:
adult animation, captivating, disturbing, psychological, 2d animation
Plot:
world war two, female protagonist, female artist, painter, artist, historical figure, painting, artists' life, life, life is a bitch, social problems, art ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 1930s, year 1943, year 1940 ...
Place:
berlin germany, south of france, france, cote d'azur
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy, USA
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, sensual, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
painter, art gallery, nazi, artist, nazism, berlin wall, sex scene, female pubic hair, forced abortion, romantic relationship, pregnancy, world war two ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1948, 20th century ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
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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:
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
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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:
psychological, realistic, emotional, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
painter, recluse, rise and fall, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, ambition, addiction, making love, art, destruction, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.
Style:
light, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
kangaroo, talking animal, capitalism, german humor, artists' life, unlikely friendships, art, apartment building, political satire, social satire, satire, irony ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant, the artist Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive series of paintings for the Philip Johnson-designed Four Seasons restaurant in architect Mies van der Rohe’s iconic ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
art, artist, character study, art teacher, painting, artists' life, social problems, drawing, painter, struggling artist, biopic, obsession ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lodo is twenty years old and lives the difficulties of his age, between a difficult relationship with his father and the attempt to conquer Giulia, his roommate with whom he is madly in love. He performs with the MOB, an indie band, in a legendary ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
coming of age, artists' life, music, musician's life, musician, nostalgia, generation gap, character study, bittersweet, daydreamer, rock star, friendship ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese styles.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, intercultural, avant garde ...
Plot:
artist, biopic, painter, art, painting, relationship problems, artists' life, family problems, social problems, world war two, modernism, identity ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
paris france, japan
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Max is an artist seduced by the allure of fame. Sara is an art critic whose obsessions exceed even his. When she lands a writing gig at a major art magazine, the pair retreats to a cabin in the woods, where Max reveals his strange new painting ...
Style:
intellectual, sincere, suspense, offbeat, epic ...
Plot:
art, romantic relationship, artists' life, painter, architecture, secret past, biopic, prodigy, foreigner, schizophrenia, love, iron curtain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A young French journalist meets Salvador Dalí repeatedly for a documentary film project which never gets to start shooting.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
painting, artist, journalist, satire, artists' life, painter, eccentricity, art, interview, eccentric man, celebrity interview, absurdism ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story:
Young Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has come to America to revolutionize the advertising industry. But the spiritually enlightened artist clashes with her cutthroat American colleagues, who resent her unorthodox approach and penchant for ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
painter, female artist, artists' life, problem, slice of life, workplace situations, conflict, female protagonist, advertising, coworker, satire, workplace ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two strangers, both heartbroken, share an apartment in Paris.
Style:
psychological, humorous, sincere, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
neighbor neighbor relationship, love, in love, pretending to be gay, unlikely couple, love and romance, flatmate, relationships, painter, romantic relationship, roommate, couple relations ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Two New York artists become hired killers to make ends meet in this dark humor web series.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychotronic, atmospheric, satirical ...
Plot:
artist, murder, serial killer, arts and culture, unsettling, sociopath, body horror, vengeance, cyberpunk, stoner, hallucination, art ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Animation
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
Zeke's Pad is an animated TV show
Style:
funny, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, artist, imagination, creativity, art, drawing, lifestyle, adventurer, satire, painter, artists' life, skateboard ...
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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, fetishism, geisha, relationships, male female relationship, problem, artists' life, love affair, artist, elderly man, drawing ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Ireland, Iran
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:
humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, stop motion, inventor, royal court, renaissance, inventions and discoveries, artists' life, invention, french royalty, meaning of life, painter, kingdom ...
Time:
16th century
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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:
nude girl, photographer, photograph, photography, female nudity, social satire, social problems, creative process, artists' life, satire, painter, society ...
Place:
britain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
publisher, school, ambition, satire, schoolboy, painter, self doubt, writers, artists' life, college student, university, autobiography ...
Time:
80s
Place:
osaka japan, japan
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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:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense, romantic
Plot:
forbidden love, medieval, asian history, relationships, ambition, love affair, royal family, in love, unfulfilled love, prince, relationship problems, male female relationship ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
korea
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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
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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, entertaining
Plot:
art, painter, couple relations, black man, love affair, artists' life, black people, romantic friendship, direction and purpose, ambition, relationships, love and romance ...
Place:
washington d.c.
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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:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
painting, disappearance, coup d'etat, single mother, pharmacist, child prodigy, art, painter, art critic, social problems, life is a bitch, artists' life ...
Time:
60s, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america
Is relevant?
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:
slice of life, sexual deviant, sexual fantasy, pervert, painter, friendship between teens, friends, female friendship, artists' life, friendship, romantic friendship, male protagonist ...
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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, single woman, breakup, looking for love, male objectification, relationships, meaning of life, ex husband ex wife relationship, artists' life, ex husband, painter ...
Time:
year 2017, 90s
Place:
paris france, france
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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, romantic, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot:
romantic relationship, gay, lgbt, love triangle, threesome, art, bisexuality, relationships, love and romance, fall in love, artists' life, romantic triangle ...
Place:
california, bay area
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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, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, slice of life, party, female artist, dream, love, love and romance, friendship between girls, street artist, fall in love, female friendship, modern art ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts
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