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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
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: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: artist, polyamory, love triangle, women, art, summer, love and romance, love, bohemian life, love story, painter, open relationship ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: barcelona, spain, europe, catalonia
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Death in Venice (1971)
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, scenic, melancholic, serious ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: obsession, fall in love, boy, gays and lesbians, hotel, unrequited love, love and romance, art, teenage boy, pedophilia, self discovery, forbidden love ...
Time: year 1971, victorian era, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: italy, venice, europe
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 6.4
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The Goldfinch (2019)
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, psychological, enigmatic, sad ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: tragic event, friendship, painting, adaptation, museum, teenage boy, art, teenager, parent child relationship, gay, lgbt, bombing ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: amsterdam, manhattan new york city, new york
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
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, heartbreaking, art film, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: art, artist, painter, biopic, lgbt, older man younger man relationship, subculture, psychology, art history, sadomasochism, lgbtq, erotica ...
Time: 90s, 60s, 70s
Place: paris france, east end london, new york
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Curiosa (2019)
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, strong sexual content, bohemian life, cheating wife, adultery, love and romance, cuckold, nudity, female nudity, horny wife, love triangle, sexual tension ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place: paris france, algeria
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My Masterpiece (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 100 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: light, humorous, captivating, sincere, neo screwball comedy
Plot: art, art collector, modern art, painter, artist, con trick, friendship between men, friendship, dark humor, painting, amnesiac, hospital ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.1
 13K
Venus (2006)
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, twisted ...
Plot: aging, age difference, art, elderly, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, art class, teenage life, lifestyle, actor's life, peeping tom, old age ...
Time: year 2006
Place: london
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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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Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
Style: talky, semi serious, realistic, humorous, cult classic ...
Plot: art, high society, racism, art dealer, investigation, character study, lgbt, social differences, urban setting, social climbing, life is a bitch, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: new york, usa
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Given (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The played chord made the rusty air and both our eardrums vibrate smoothly. From that moment... our music was born.
Style: anime, yaoi, captivating, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, art, friendship, school, boys love, music band, high school, talented, rock music, gay, music, singing ...
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 7.3
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In the House (2012)
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, enigmatic, psychological, witty, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: writers, teacher, high school, obsession, student, literature, art, school, privacy invasion, teen angst, mind game, voyeurism ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
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, sexy, suspense, detective ...
Audience: date night
Plot: heist, stolen painting, art theft, museum, psychiatrist, twists and turns, painting, thief, caper, art collector, art, famous painting ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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Adult World (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
Style: sexy, independent film, melancholic, teen, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: art, coming of age, poetry, sex shop, workplace, self discovery, writers, loneliness, creativity, adolescence vs adulthood, workplace situations, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.3
 126K
Eraserhead (1977)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Style: surreal, avant garde, art house, psychological, experimental ...
Plot: surrealism, nightmare, insanity, existentialism, baby, psychology, art, dream, psychosis, eccentricity, factory, electricity ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: america
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Cradle Will Rock (1999)
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: artist, art, politics, government, depression, capitalism, greed, world politics, congress, adaptation, justice, manipulation ...
Time: 1930s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, France
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, surreal, romantic, sweet ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: time travel, magic realism, painter, literature, art history, bohemian life, love and romance, writers, artist, nostalgia, fall in love, writer's life ...
Time: 2010s, 19th century, year 2011, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, iran ...
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Summer Hours (2008)
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: enigmatic, atmospheric, lyrical, stylized, sincere ...
Plot: art, summer, irreverent, life philosophy, family problems, family gatherings, parents and children, uncover truth, artist, family drama, family relations, loneliness ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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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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Great Expectations (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the ...
Style: romantic, heartbreaking, emotional, sexy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: childhood, artist, art, love, love story, fall in love, painting, inheritance, social differences, stranger, understanding, painter ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, florida, london
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Downtown 81 (2000)
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, witty, humorous, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot: art, artist, prodigy, musician's life, twentysomething life, profanity, graffiti, art history, punk, street life, underground, stoner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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Pecker (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. The young man is called "Pecker" because he pecks at his food like a bird.
Style: absurd, not serious, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: photography, art, photograph, dysfunctional family, artist, art gallery, gallery, fish out of water, nudity, teenage girl, photographer, gay ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, baltimore, maryland, usa
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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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The Shape of Things (2003)
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, girls' night, date night
Plot: manipulation, art, college, friendship, betrayal, relationships, power of love, fall in love, lifestyle, passion, dark humor, couple relations ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa
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Total Eclipse (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Style: serious, costume drama, cult classic, erotic, sexual ...
Plot: gay, poet, lgbt, male nudity, writer's life, homosexuality, gay teenager, melancholy, violence, homoeroticism, homosexual, art ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, victorian era, ancient times
Place: paris france, africa, europe, france, holland ...
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style: talky, humorous, surreal, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, philosophy, satire, sexual content, eternal love, depression ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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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Caravaggio (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: As influential Italian artist Caravaggio dies in exile in 1610, he recalls his short life, from his childhood to his initial artistic failures to his later triumphs as he catches the eye of a sympathetic cardinal to his destructive relationship with ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, stylized, factual ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: painter, art, biopic, gay interest, older man younger man relationship, sexual relations, lifestyle, love triangle, art history, rise and fall, male nudity, life is a bitch ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times, 16th century
Place: rome italy, italy
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 5.1
 3K
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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 6.8
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Farinelli (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, 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: realistic, heartbreaking, factual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot: opera, music, opera singer, brother brother relationship, art, biopic, classical music, destiny, musician, siblings relations, artist, gay ...
Time: 18th century, ancient times, year 1994
Place: europe, napoli italy, madrid, italy, london ...
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Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)
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, semi autobiographical, thought provoking, disturbing, sad ...
Plot: painter, art, painting, artist, art history, famous painting, obsession, mental illness, depression, anguish, loneliness, genius ...
Time: 19th century
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