Art movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant art movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, sexy, melancholic, weird, thought provoking and emotional films and TV shows about / with art, painting, artist, painter, nude, storytelling, mentor, love and romance, drinking and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as art: Venus (2006), The Best Offer (2013), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Curiosa (2019), Children of God (2010), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), My Masterpiece (2018), Downtown 81 (2000), The Goldfinch (2019), Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018).
Best films
New films
14K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie - the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, touching, realistic, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
art, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, elderly, friendship, art class, nude model, peeping tom, older man younger woman romance, teenage life, lifestyle, actor's life ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, art, painting, art collector, loneliness, forgery, art theft, collector, obsession, age difference, solitude, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, europe, berlin germany, prague, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
feminism, teacher, college, coming of age, art, art history, feminist, gender, life philosophy, teachers and students, dedicated educator, boarding school ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2003, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Loüys and Marie de Régnier
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, erotic, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, bohemian life, strong sexual content, cheating wife, nudity, cuckold, female nudity, adultery, love triangle, horny wife, sexual tension, husband wife estrangement ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
paris france, algeria, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bahamas
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Johnny (Johnny Ferro) is an art student in Nassau whose technique is perfect, but he’s creatively blocked. His teacher sends him off to the rural island of Eleuthera where he meets Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a hot musician. They begin a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, couples, lgbtq, gender, art, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, society, youth, artists and showbiz, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Style:
romantic, sexy, sexual, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
artist, polyamory, love triangle, art, bohemian life, love and romance, women, love affair, painter, love, love story, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, europe, spain, catalonia, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Arturo (Guillermo Francella), a successful and gallant owner of an art gallery, and Renzo (Luis Brandoni), a talented but decadent painter, are united by an old friendship. However, they do not coincide in many of their ideals and cause endless ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, sincere, neo screwball comedy ...
Plot:
art, art collector, modern art, friendship, painter, faked death, friendship between men, art dealer, artist, dog, con trick, painting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
art, artist, prodigy, profanity, musician's life, twentysomething life, graffiti, art history, punk, street life, african, painting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, africa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Style:
atmospheric, non-linear, period piece, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
tragic event, friendship, teenager, teenage boy, painting, adaptation, museum, art, brother brother relationship, parent child relationship, lgbt, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
amsterdam, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Psychotherapist Ruben Brandt becomes the most wanted criminal in the world when he and four of his patients steal paintings from the world's most renowned museums and art collections.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, exciting, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
art, art theft, chase, dream, painting, boat, psychologist, mental disorder, acrobat, kleptomania, museum, team ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, paris france, new york, tokyo, slovenia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 238 min.
Story:
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he ...
Style:
erotic, sincere, atmospheric, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painting, painter, artist, art, eroticism, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, creative process, taxidermy, drawing, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
provence, france, usa, los angeles, south of france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Biography of the British painter Francis Bacon. The movie focuses on his relationship with George Dyer, his lover. Dyer was a former small time crook.
Style:
cult classic, controversial, art film, heartbreaking, contemplative ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
art, biopic, artist, painter, lgbt, naked man, subculture, gay bar, psychology, art history, sadomasochism, doomed love ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 60s
Place:
new york, east end london, paris france, london
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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
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
Style:
atmospheric, lyrical, stylized, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
art, summer, irreverent, life philosophy, family problems, family gatherings, parents and children, uncover truth, family drama, artist, family relations, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2008, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, china, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Class barriers threaten the budding romance of two young lovers striving to realize their artistic ambitions.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, emotional, touching
Audience:
date night
Plot:
art, art school, fashion, couples, young lovers, ambition, love and romance, love affair, youth, self discovery, opposites attract, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, normandy, brazil
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94K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
Style:
sexy, humorous, surreal, philosophical, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
breakup, introspection, artist, supermarket, stopped time, sexual attraction, nudity, girlfriend, insomnia, workplace, time freeze, time ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, y2k, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
Style:
witty, stylized, cynical, contemplative, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
art, passion, friendship, betrayal, relationships, power of love, fall in love, dark humor, manipulation, manipulative person, public humiliation, mind game ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach, travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as ...
Style:
sentimental, art house, melancholic, scenic, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
obsession, boy, fall in love, lgbtq, hotel, gays and lesbians, love and romance, art, forbidden love, unrequited love, teenage boy, pedophilia ...
Time:
victorian era, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, year 1912 ...
Place:
italy, venice, europe, tokyo
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104K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
painter, art, painting, artist, biopic, plagiarism, abusive husband, couples, courtroom, manipulation, art history, marriage ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2014, 1900s ...
Place:
hawaii, san francisco, california, usa, honolulu hawaii ...
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Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Style:
romantic, witty, detective, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
caper, museum, art theft, art thief, stolen painting, heist, cat and mouse, famous painting, art, love story, businessman, painting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Style:
sexy, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
opera, music, art, opera singer, brother brother relationship, classical music, destiny, life philosophy, musician, siblings relations, sex, artist ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1994
Place:
europe, madrid, napoli italy, italy, london ...
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31K
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 ...
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101K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style:
visually appealing, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Style:
touching, humorous, independent film, sincere, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
art, opposites attract, painter, rivalry, teacher, fall in love, workplace romance, artist, writers, school, school teacher, job ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Style:
witty, romantic drama, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
youth, teenager, coming of age, high school, teenage love, friendship, art, friends, artist, teenage life, pessimism, homework ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hired to steal a rare painting from one of most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
art, art critic, museum, female nudity, forgery, painting, villa, male nudity, painter, murder, art collector, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
future, year 1968, year 1955
Place:
italy, minnesota, new york, milan italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Style:
talky, entertaining, intellectual, factual, disturbing ...
Plot:
art, artist, politics, government, depression, world politics, greed, capitalism, congress, justice, manipulation, adaptation ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Style:
feel good, melancholic, romantic, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, painter, literature, artist, bohemian life, magic realism, love and romance, love story, writers, nostalgia, writer's life, art ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
paris france, france, versailles, europe, montmartre paris ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his ...
Style:
suspense, witty, disturbing, surreal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
writers, teacher, obsession, high school, privacy invasion, mind game, student, stalking, direction and purpose, art, desire, high school life ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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