Scene based on painting movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant scene based on painting movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, atmospheric, cult classic, serious, weird and surreal films and TV shows about / with scene based on painting, surrealism, couples, husband wife relationship, painting, murder, singing, love, dancing and female nudity plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as scene based on painting: Frida (2002), The Lighthouse (2019), A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), What Dreams May Come (1998), Home Alone (1990), The Raft of the Medusa (1990), Parting Glances (1986), Trapped Ashes (2006), Viridiana (1961), The 4th Man (1983).

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 7.3
 95K
Frida (2002)
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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 7.4
 252K
The Lighthouse (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Style: suspense, minimal cast, psychological, mysterious, lovecraft ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: isolation, hallucination, lighthouse, lighthouse keeper, drunkenness, symbolism, island, nightmare, fight, storm, madness, violence ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, victorian era, 2010s, year 2019 ...
Place: nova scotia, new england
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The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1978)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, featuring real people, sometimes moving, in an effort to ...
Style: experimental, realistic, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: art, painter, painting, riddles and clues, art collector, surrealism, conspiracy theory, artist, chess, art theft, lgbt, art history ...
Time: year 1979, 19th century
Place: europe, france
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A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Oliver Deuce, a successful doctor, is shattered when his wife is killed in a freak car accident involving a car being driven by Alba Bewick colliding with a very large rare bird. His twin brother Oswald is researching how carcasses decay at the ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, erotic, black comedy ...
Plot: death, obsession, amputation, surrealism, grief, car accident, zoologist, bestiality, zoo, death of wife, brother brother relationship, absurdism ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the ...
Style: surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, tear jerker ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: afterlife, heaven and hell, life & death, life philosophy, heaven, redemption, reincarnation, spirituality, love, hell, metaphysics, life after death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: cuba
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 7.7
 649K
Home Alone (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, chick flick ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, youth, children, home invasion, kids and family, child protagonist, winter, child, when the parents are away ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2016, 80s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa, france, paris france ...
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The Raft of the Medusa (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: shipwreck, napoleonic wars, sea, panic, raft, scandal, survival, napoleon bonaparte, cannibalism, catastrophe, ship, lifeboat ...
Time: 19th century
Place: senegal, france
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Parting Glances (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Michael and Robert, two gay men living in Brooklyn, spend their last day together before Robert leaves for Africa on work assignment. Michael still has feelings for his friend Nick, who has AIDS.
Style: independent film, sad, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: aids, gay, lgbt, hiv, lgbtq, gay interest, gays and lesbians, paranoia, infection, hopeless romantic, glbt, advocate ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, africa, manhattan new york city, wisconsin
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Trapped Ashes (2006)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories, setting the stage for five tales from directors Ken Russell, Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante, Monte Hellman and John ...
Style: anthology, serious, slasher, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: vampire, afterlife, ghost, tour guide, supernatural, captivity, dangerous attraction, zombie, danger, femme fatale, gory, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, usa
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 8.1
 26K
Viridiana (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Style: controversial, black and white, surreal, art house, disturbing ...
Plot: religion, satire, dark humor, nun, catholic, morality, voyeurism, idealism, rape, loser, farm, priest ...
Time: year 1961, 20th century, 60s
Place: spain, madrid, europe
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 7.2
 8K
The 4th Man (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An alcoholic writer begins having visions apparently warning him of impending danger. After he delivers a lecture, he begins an affair with a woman from the audience. The visions intensify, however, and begin to threaten his relationship with the ...
Style: erotic, surreal, psychosexual thriller, controversial, neo noir ...
Plot: female nudity, lgbt, femme fatale, castration, surrealism, erotica, manipulation, nightmare, homosexuality, a vision, woman with a gun, killer ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: germany
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 8.3
 278K
The Sting (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Style: entertaining, atmospheric, witty, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: con artists, gambling, chase, cons and scams, caper, twists and turns, organized crime, manipulation, con man, plot twist, train, mafia ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1936
Place: chicago, usa, persia, new york, illinois
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 6.2
 3K
Sebastiane (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual ...
Style: erotic, controversial, homoerotic, avant garde, realistic ...
Plot: gay, ancient rome, lgbt, ancient history, soldier, military, sexual relations, roman empire, roman, gay erotica, religion, lgbtq ...
Time: ancient times
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker ...
Style: horror musical, parody, grindhouse, surreal, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: mad scientist, transsexual, transvestite, lgbt, rock and roll, cannibalism, transgender, music, lgbtq, dancing, butler, gay ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: transylvania, ohio
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Prospero's Books (1991)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
Style: experimental, surreal, psychedelic, psychotronic, non-linear ...
Plot: shakespeare, book, surrealism, magic, nudity, children, magic realism, decadence, acid trip, stage play, magician, dialogue ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 17th century
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 7.5
 42K
Deep Red (1975)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Style: psychological, gothic, disturbing, slasher, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, murder mystery, psychopath, visceral, supernatural, danger, female psychopath, mental illness, intrigue, manic, haunted by the past ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, australia, lebanon ...
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Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A musical set in the great Busby Berkeley style. In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products, but it's not easy to convince unwilling music store owners to buy them. Although he's ...
Style: surreal, stylized, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: dancing, bittersweet, melancholy, murder, pop music, female protagonist, great depression, teacher, marriage, traveling salesman, infidelity, bank ...
Time: 1930s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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Godard's Passion (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: While shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young factory worker that has been laid off by a boss who did not like her union activities.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative
Plot: nemesis, couples, factory, filmmaking, performer's life, creative block, infidelity, anti semitism, hotel, showbiz, price of justice, celebrity culture ...
Time: year 1982, 70s
Place: france, europe, switzerland
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 19K
The Music Man (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
Style: period piece, sentimental, entertaining, aesthetic, retro ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, date night, family outing
Plot: broadway, small town, dancing, librarian, con artists, library, fall in love, american history, dance, love, town, bad guys win ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 1910s
Place: iowa, indiana, america, midwest, usa
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the ...
Style: surreal, serious, atmospheric, cerebral, anthology ...
Plot: suicide, art, rebellion, friendship, nationalism, writers, emperor, radical, political unrest, state affairs, tragic hero, writer's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 60s, post world war two
Place: japan, mount fuji, kyoto japan, tokyo
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 7.4
 77K
MASH (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Style: satirical, humorous, black comedy, witty, talky ...
Plot: satire, nurse, medical, military, dark humor, anti war, surgeon, korean war, sexism, american football, war, conflict ...
Time: 1950s, year 1970, 50s, 20th century, year 1951
Place: korea, north korea
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The Marquise of O (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
Style: spiritual, romantic, realistic, serious, period piece ...
Plot: marriage, american revolution, spirit, spirituality, napoleon bonaparte, german history, summer, pregnancy, couples, introspection, life is a bitch, rescue ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century, 18th century, 1790s
Place: italy, europe
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The Maiden Heist (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
Style: exciting, light, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: heist, art theft, museum, caper, bank robbery, happy ending, unlikely criminals, buddies, robbery, husband wife relationship, bank robber, obsession ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: denmark, new york, miami
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Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star, Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that he travels to Long Island city where ...
Style: touching, witty, independent film, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, obsession, gays and lesbians, love, self discovery, unrequited love, lgbt, obsessive love, friendship, filmmaking, lgbtq, glbt ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: london, new york, long island, europe, usa ...
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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the rock opera of the same name, based on the last weeks before the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was directed by Norman Jewison. Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson were nominated for two 1974 Golden Globe Award for ...
Style: stylized, talky, intense, cult classic, controversial ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: betrayal, life & death, christianity, music, rock and roll, atheism, dancing, broadway, jesus, storytelling, religion, creativity ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century
Place: middle east, israel, ancient greece, palestine, holy land
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 7.4
 42K
In the Bedroom (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. He is involved ...
Style: realistic, bleak, heartbreaking, depressing, suspense ...
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, age difference, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, revenge, grief, family drama, small town, jealousy, family relations, character study, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: maine, detroit, new england
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History of the World: Part I (1981)
Genre: Comedy, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: roman empire, spanish inquisition, satire, ancient, torture, peplum, revolution, farce, ancient rome, knight, stoner, criticism of religion ...
Time: 18th century, 20th century, year 1981, 1st century, future ...
Place: france, rome italy, greece, arizona, ancient greece ...
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 8.5
 1.6M
Gladiator (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story: In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style: epic, captivating, breathtaking, emotional, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot: ancient rome, roman empire, revenge, vengeance, sword fight, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world ...
Time: year 2000, ancient times, 2000s, y2k, middle ages ...
Place: rome italy, italy, ancient greece, greece, north africa ...
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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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 7.6
 10K
1776 (1972)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of ...
Style: humorous, patriotic, stylized, surreal, realistic ...
Plot: broadway, revolution, american revolution, independence, president, dancing, american history, slavery, politics, freedom, medieval, war for independence ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1770s
Place: philadelphia, massachusetts, pennsylvania, usa
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