Art movies and TV shows – page 4
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Awkward, shy and delightfully funny, Polly Vandersma (Sheila McCarthy) is an "organizationally impaired" temporary assistant who finally gets her first permanent job at the age of 31. While she works for the curator of an art gallery, ...
Style:
independent film, surreal, postmodern, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lesbian, art, art gallery, lgbt, feminist, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, painting, strength, age difference, lgbtqi, woman ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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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
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Norway, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Between New York City and the far north of Norway, an American painter and a Russian émigré find each other in the Arctic circle. Together under a sun that never sets, they discover a future and family that they didn’t know they had.
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, melancholic, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot:
artist, beautiful scenery, skinny dipping, art, painter, painting, family relations, writer's block, creative block, new life, love, changing lives ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, scandinavia, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her ...
Style:
serious, sad, erotic, sensual, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
traumatic childhood, mother daughter conflict, pedophilia, innocence lost, art, eccentric family, mother daughter relationship, female nudity, macabre, making love, sex scene, adult film industry ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Style:
surreal, road movie, humorous, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
drug abuse, drug use, hitchhiker, writers, journalism, marijuana, gonzo, art, drug, presidential election, on the road, media ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1980, 70s, year 1968 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, san francisco, las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot:
art, forgery, forger, dishonesty, cons and scams, painter, art forgery, homeless teenager, beach, hustler, teen romance, artist ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
california, pacific ocean
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A look a the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Style:
erotic, stylized, meditative, emotional, atmospheric
Plot:
sensuality, painter, art, artist, god, goddess, painting, love, muse, biopic, patron, controversy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, psychedelic, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, satire, theater, surrealism, actor, dark humor, showbiz, father daughter relationship, mental illness, alter ego, backstage ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, america, los angeles ...
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487
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.
Style:
adult animation, anime, sad, spiritual, independent film ...
Plot:
art, biopic, artist, painter, art history, famous, artwork, spirituality, family relations, rise and fall, tragic hero, obsession ...
Time:
year 1987
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
sex scene, art, lesbian, lesbian sex, sex, infidelity, seduction, love affair, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, painter, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story of the relationship between painter Dora Carrington and author Lytton Strachey in a World War One England of cottages and countryside. Although platonic due to Strachey's homosexuality, the relationship was nevertheless a deep and ...
Style:
costume drama, sexual, talky, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
artist, writers, painter, polyamory, art, glbt, biopic, male nudity, world war one, passion, art history, lgbt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1915, victorian era, 1910s, 1920s ...
Place:
england, wales, europe, italy, venice ...
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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: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920's Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his work old-fashioned and they call him a copycat. Just to prove a point, ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense, period drama
Plot:
painter, art, forbidden love, art forgery, artist, art critic, artwork, male female relationship, love story, escapades, rags to riches, forgery ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, post world war two
Place:
amsterdam, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of ...
Style:
exciting, period piece, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, war, art theft, art, nazi germany, painting, nazism, nazi, gold bar, stolen gold, treasure hunt, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, year 1977, year 1945, year 1943 ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, austria, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, Belgium, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An art thief becomes trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist goes awry. Imprisoned with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, crying ...
Plot:
art, art theft, trapped in a building, art thief, trapped, captive, thief, burglar, penthouse, heist gone wrong, robbery, artwork ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, art house, dark comedy, neurotic ...
Plot:
painter, sculptor, art, sculpture, biopic, genius, artist, doubt, obsession, promise, art history, painting ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1930s, year 1964, year 1935
Place:
paris france, new york
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26K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A painter in Istanbul embarks on a personal journey as she unearths universal secrets about an Anatolian archaeological site and its link to her past.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, enigmatic, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
art, archeological dig, supernatural, massacre, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, disorder, uncover truth, mysticism, secret, puzzle, secret revealed, ambition ...
Place:
turkey, cappadocia turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, mockumentary, humorous, brutal ...
Plot:
serial killer, brutality, macabre, rape, violent, found footage, gory, satire, sadistic psychopath, visceral, art, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
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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
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An outstanding tribute to various (art) manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth century, ranging from Communism to Dogme, in connection with thirteen different characters, including a homeless man, a factory worker and a corporate CEO, who are ...
Style:
art house, disturbing, psychological, captivating, social ...
Plot:
art, housewife, women, society, social problems, social issues, lifestyle, multiple storylines, elevator, narration, new world, new world order ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Oreki Houtarou is a minimalistic high school boy. One day, he joins the Classic Literature Club at his elder sister's request. There he meets Chitanda Eru, Fukube Satoshi, and Ibara Mayaka. Chitanda is a calm beautiful girl but she turns into ...
Style:
anime, captivating, detective, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
slice of life, school club, high school, amateur detective, art, schoolgirl, uncover truth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, investigation, conversation, literature, escapades ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One ...
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, erotic, intense, surreal ...
Plot:
photographer, photograph, couples, biopic, photography, making love, fall in love, love story, artist, art, friends, self discovery ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa
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24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, painting, small town, art, artist, culture clash, eccentricity, cheerleader, painter, newlyweds, jealousy ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, chicago, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Canada, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolph Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, disturbing, realistic, avant garde ...
Plot:
nazi, abstract art, world war two, friendship, art, painter, biopic, propaganda, anti semitism, world war one, controversy, self discovery ...
Time:
1920s, year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
germany, middle east, austria, europe, munich germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into wich he moves to dedicate his life to music and his ...
Style:
visually stunning, stylized, emotional, crying, mesmerizing ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, music, cello, art, artist, composer, food, shoemaker, skinny dipping, death, suffering ...
Time:
17th century, year 1991, 19th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe, versailles, paris france
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21K
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, suspenseful, retro, exciting ...
Plot:
train, world war two, french resistance, saboteur, art, art theft, sabotage, nazi, resistance, military, railway, resistance movement ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
paris france, germany, france, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Gallery Fake is a Japanese manga by Fujihiko Hosono. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award.
Style:
anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
art, art forgery, caper, fake, art gallery, forgery, gallery, art collector, famous painting, artwork, criminal, curator ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, japan, tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Style:
realistic, stylized, dark comedy, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
writer's life, artist, biopic, depression, superhero, art, antisocial behavior, loser, comic book, writers, character study, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
Style:
romantic, feel good, witty, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, kids
Plot:
heist, fall in love, forgery, art theft, love story, museum, perfect crime, love and romance, art collector, caper, insurance, robbery ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, erotic, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
photographer, photography, photograph, fashion, voyeurism, corpse, murder witness, fashion photographer, fashion model, nudity, free love, photo studio ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, paris france
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