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Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, visually appealing, lyrical, captivating ...
Plot: jazz, musician, biopic, music, songwriter, success, artist, art, musician's life, introspection, ambition, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s ...
Place: paris france, france, israel, europe
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 6.2
 2K
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
Style: costume drama, queer cinema
Plot: gay, aids, gay interest, artist, photographer, obscenity, hiv, bdsm, photograph, art, controversy, racism ...
Time: 70s
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 6.9
 2K
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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Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Style: serious, tense, emotional, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: biopic, painter, artist, art, couples, rise to the top, destructive relationship, artists and showbiz, obsession, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929, year 1932 ...
Place: usa, new mexico, manhattan new york city, new york, wisconsin
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 6.8
 4K
Tove (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb ...
Style: psychological, tense, melancholic, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, writers, lgbt, lesbian relationship, artist, lesbian love, unrequited love, lesbian couple, love affair, love, female artist ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1947, year 1952 ...
Place: finland, helsinki finland, paris france, eastern europe
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The Driller Killer (1979)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Style: psychological, scary, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, punk rock, murder, painting, homelessness, homeless man, artist, hallucination, psychopath, stalking, social misfits, obsession ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
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 5.5
 413
I, Leonardo (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Discover Leonardo da Vinci, the man, the painter, the scientist and the inventor, through a unique, engaging and fascinating journey in the mind of Leonardo.
Style: uplifting, inspirational, mind bending, intellectual
Plot: leonardo da vinci, genius, artist, art, renaissance, medieval, painter, art school, journey, scientist, talent
Time: 16th century, 15th century
Place: milan italy, italy
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Daniel Isn't Real (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot: imaginary friend, mental illness, artist, hypnosis, hallucination, body horror, occult, terror, disorder, teenage crush, friends, society ...
Time: 2010s
Place: new york
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 7.6
 56K
Shine (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Style: inspirational, emotional, feel good, intense, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: music, classical music, piano, biopic, pianist, prodigy, schizophrenia, child prodigy, psychology, father son relationship, mental illness, genius ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 1950s, 60s, 70s
Place: australia, middle east, oceania, london, south australia
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 6.7
 55K
The Soloist (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Style: inspirational, touching, sincere, sad, intense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, schizophrenia, homeless, prodigy, journalism, street musician, friendship, musician, cello, mental illness, biopic, artist ...
Time: year 2009
Place: los angeles, new york, usa, ohio
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 7.6
 90K
La Vie en Rose (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style: touching, disturbing, atmospheric, gloomy, melancholic ...
Plot: music, musician's life, singer, biopic, death, musician, childhood, art, artist, love story, rising to stardom, loss of child ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 1940s, 90s, 1910s ...
Place: france, europe, paris france, new york, montmartre paris ...
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 8.0
 3K
Pokrov Gates (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is ...
Style: tragicomedy, humorous, entertaining
Plot: artist, wedding, farce, husband wife relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, poet, musician, surrealism, university, flashback, doctor, chess ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: russia, ussr
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The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Peter Greenaway's first fiction feature (after the mock-documentary The Falls) made him immediately famous and was named one of the most original films of the 1980s by British critics. The action is set in the director's beloved 17th ...
Style: atmospheric, talky, stylized, surreal, witty ...
Plot: murder, adultery, manipulation, art, artist, boss and employee, dishonesty, power relations, society, sexual dysfunction, social climbing, social differences ...
Time: 17th century, year 1982
Place: england, europe
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Bride of the Wind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, heartbreaking ...
Plot: painter, biopic, fall in love, artist, family relations, infidelity, prodigy, lifestyle, ambition, love affair, couples, remarry ...
Time: edwardian era, year 2001, 1900s, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place: austria, vienna, new york, europe
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 6.6
 13K
Howl (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, thought provoking, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: poet, gay, poetry, courtroom drama, writers, beat generation, literature, biopic, freedom, lgbt, art, artist ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1920s, post world war two, year 1957 ...
Place: kansas, bronx new york city, colorado, arkansas, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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 6.5
 51K
The Runaways (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengalilike influence of ...
Style: stylized, sexy, teen, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: rock music, music, lesbian, music band, biopic, musician, coming of age, teenage sexuality, rock and roll, punk, revisionist history, sex scene ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, japan, usa
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Style: psychological, factual, disturbing, suspense, talky ...
Plot: biopic, justice, artist, investigation, judge, betrayal, twists and turns, violence, obsession, tragedy, mentor, greed ...
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: usa, europe, santa monica california
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The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
Style: art house, talky, sexual, aesthetic, experimental ...
Plot: architect, artist, art, cancer, dialogue, infidelity, obsession, painter, painting, melancholy, insanity, tragedy ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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 6.3
 14K
Henry & June (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story: While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her ...
Style: sexy, sensual, controversial, erotic, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: sexuality, writers, open relationship, lesbian sex, love triangle, sex, lesbian, affair, sexual promiscuity, unfaithful wife, adultery, extramarital affair ...
Time: 1930s, year 1931, year 1932, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Anna, a French actress, is approached by financial broker Gordon in the Vermeer room of a New York gallery. However, romance does not ensue...
Style: independent film, clever, contemplative, sex comedy, political ...
Plot: artist, wall street, art history, art, visceral, painter, coming of age, love, stock broker, under the surface, couples, artists and showbiz ...
Place: new york, 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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 6.5
 6K
Renoir (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters ...
Style: sincere, touching, scenic, sentimental, historical drama ...
Plot: painter, painting, famous painting, art, artist, art history, world war one, self discovery, fall in love, redheaded woman, wounded soldier, love and romance ...
Time: year 1915, 1910s, 20th century
Place: cote d'azur, france, south of france, europe
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 7.7
 44K
In America (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An Irish immigrant family adjusts to life in the United States, a chance to get over the lost son. They have no money and the apartment is in bad condition.
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Plot: childhood, redemption, immigrant, immigration, artist, loss of son, starting over, dying, children, society, acceptance, family problems ...
Time: 80s, year 2002, 2000s, 20th century
Place: new york, ireland, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city
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 6.4
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Charlotte (2021)
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, France, Belgium
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: disturbing, psychological, captivating, adult animation, 2d animation
Plot: world war two, female protagonist, female artist, artist, painter, historical figure, painting, artists' life, life is a bitch, life, social problems, auschwitz ...
Time: year 1941, year 1933, year 1942, year 1940, year 1943 ...
Place: berlin germany, south of france, france, cote d'azur
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 5.7
 26K
2:22 (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man's life is derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending at precisely 2:22 p.m.
Style: suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Plot: time loop, air traffic controller, train station, repeated event, time travel, artist, investigation, premonition, obsession, love triangle, coincidence, ballet ...
Time: year 1986
Place: new york
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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Greece, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Style: atmospheric, artsy, melancholic, stylized, philosophical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: vampire, goth, love, supernatural, eternal life, immortality, blood, vampirism, family relations, musician, fate of humanity, vampire bite ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 90s, year 1975, year 1968 ...
Place: tangier morocco, detroit
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The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971)
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci. The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by ...
Style: educational, inspirational, uplifting, mind bending, enigmatic ...
Plot: art, renaissance, leonardo da vinci, painter, artist, talented, talent, discovery, scientific discovery, art history, medieval, genius ...
Time: 15th century, 16th century, medieval times
Place: italy, france, milan italy
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, an artist is commissioned to paint a young woman's wedding portrait.
Style: touching, costume drama, scenic, disturbing, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: painter, lesbian, painting, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lesbian love, portrait, female protagonist, lesbian sex, lesbian attraction, arranged marriage ...
Time: 18th century, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times, year 2019 ...
Place: brittany, france
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Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Paul Gauguin feels smothered by the atmosphere prevailing in Paris in the year 1891. Around him, everything is so artificial and conventional: he needs authenticity to renew his art. Failing to convince his wife Mette and his five children to follow ...
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, art house ...
Plot: painter, painting, artist, interracial romance, art history, art, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife conflict, money problems, heart attack, older man young girl relationship, biopic ...
Time: 19th century, year 2017, victorian era
Place: tahiti, polynesia, paris france, france, oceania
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 6.4
 5K
I Love Dick (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: Adapted from the lauded feminist novel and set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas, this is the story of a struggling married couple, Chris and Sylvere, and their obsession with a charismatic professor named Dick. Told in Rashomon-style ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, romantic, light, hilarious ...
Plot: love triangle, artist, professor, marital crisis, lesbian, obsession, gay, crumbling marriage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship, love story, couple relations ...
Place: texas
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