Artist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant artist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, art film, touching, stylized and independent film films and TV shows about / with art, artist, painter, painting, biopic, artists and showbiz, art history, performer's life, couples and lifestyle plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as artist: Midnight in Paris (2011), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Seraphine (2008), Cashback (2006), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Never Look Away (2018), The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991), Big Eyes (2014), Loving Vincent (2017), At Eternity's Gate (2018).
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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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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, period piece, costume drama, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
artist, painter, art, painting, maid, master and servant, sexual tension, society, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, portrait, age difference ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 2003, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
holland, netherlands, europe, america
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, surprise ending, avant garde ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, art collector, mental illness, art dealer, biopic, art history, world war one, lifestyle, anti conformity ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2008, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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, meditative, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
breakup, supermarket, introspection, artist, stopped time, nudity, sexual attraction, girlfriend, workplace, insomnia, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, time freeze ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
britain, united kingdom, london, england, europe
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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:
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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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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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:
realistic, sincere, touching, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painter, painting, art, artist, eroticism, husband wife relationship, couples, creative process, taxidermy, model, drawing, human nature ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
provence, usa, france, los angeles, south of france
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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, captivating, suspense, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
art, painter, painting, artist, biopic, plagiarism, secret, courtroom, abusive husband, couples, ambition, art history ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2014, 1900s ...
Place:
hawaii, san francisco, california, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, USA, Switzerland, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving ...
Style:
adult animation, thought provoking, artsy, sincere, visually stunning ...
Plot:
painter, art, painting, artist, genius, obsession, suicide, art history, skill, investigation, mental illness, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, ancient times, 2010s, year 1990
Place:
france, paris france
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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, 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents ...
Style:
anthology, talky, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artist, art, obsession, hotel, luxury hotel, young heroes, jealousy, family relations, gallery, youth, city life, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, greece, usa, manhattan new york city, athens greece
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 205 min.
Story:
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses ...
Style:
atmospheric, breathtaking, art house, black and white, philosophical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
artist, painter, religion, art, biopic, monk, human spirit, medieval, painting, christianity, hunger, art history ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, medieval times, year 1966, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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:
feel good, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, youth, coming of age, teenage love, friendship, friends, teenage life, artist, art, pessimism, homework ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, cynical, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
artist, art school, teenage girl, painting, murder, art, nude model, coming of age, painter, investigation, ambition, serial killer ...
Place:
new york, usa
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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, sincere ...
Plot:
artist, writer's life, biopic, depression, loneliness, superhero, art, loser, comic book, antisocial behavior, character study, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
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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:
stylized, factual, inspirational, atmospheric, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
art, artist, graffiti, painter, drug abuse, biopic, painting, drug addiction, art history, drug, self destructing, rising to stardom ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style:
philosophical, art house, visually stunning, stylized, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
writer's life, stripper, art, party, artist, aging, surrealism, friendship, high society, journalist, magic realism, old age ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He ...
Style:
surreal, realistic, serious, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
biopic, artist, art, painter, art history, painting, storytelling, napoleonic wars, exile, artwork, famous, ancient ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, georgian era, year 1999, ancient times ...
Place:
spain, france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks ...
Style:
touching, emotional, romantic, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
transsexual, lgbt, art, transgender, lgbtq, couple relations, gender, painting, gay, artist, gays and lesbians, painter ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, paris france, idaho, copenhagen, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The feature film debut by artist Miranda July about a various comic situations and plots that intertwine. One story line is about a father who is ending his marriage and the other story is of a video artist (possibly autobiographical of Miranda ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, realistic, humorous, surreal ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
artist, childhood, coming of age, art, depression, unlikely friendships, complex characters, art gallery, neighbor, struggle, shyness, divorce ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, factual, tense, art film ...
Plot:
poet, friendship, artist, gay, lgbt, painter, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, political unrest, friends, art, spanish civil war ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 1920s, year 1936, 1930s
Place:
spain, andalusia, europe, italy, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the ...
Style:
avant garde, twist ending, educational, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
art, artist, painting, painter, communism, legal system, father daughter relationship, professor, teacher student relationship, loss of mother, one legged man, art history ...
Time:
50s, year 1948, year 1950, year 1952, 1940s ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, intense, romantic ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
artist, painter, womanizer, art, biopic, love triangle, infidelity, art history, character study, mistress, physical abuse, couple relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1996, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
poland, paris france, europe, france, provence
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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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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, uplifting, serious, biblical ...
Plot:
renaissance, painter, artist, biopic, painting, art, catholic, pope, art history, christian, genius, sculpture ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, ancient times, 60s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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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, stylized, colorful, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, disability, female artist, feminism, bohemian life, lesbian, biopic, life, female protagonist ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, america, mexico city ...
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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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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
Style:
erotic, art house, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
artist, island, beach, painting, lolita, painter, swimming, skinny dipping, age difference, exotic island, art, nudity ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
australia, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, costume drama, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
writers, artist, writer's life, biopic, female artist, family relations, snobbism, painting, art, friendship, first love, rabbit ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, 1910s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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