Portrait movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant portrait movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense and touching films and TV shows about / with portrait, painting, artist, painter, couples, female nudity, love, love and romance, bare breasts and murder plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as portrait: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), The Danish Girl (2015), Tulip Fever (2017), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Cookies (1975), Portrait of a Knight (2018), Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (2007), Cezanne and I (2016), Frida (2002), A Year Ago in Winter (2008).

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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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 7.1
 198K
The Danish Girl (2015)
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 ...
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 23K
Tulip Fever (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
Style: costume drama, period piece, touching, suspense, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: painter, adultery, doctor, sex scene, artist, portrait, extramarital affair, nude painting, love affair, female nudity, thief, female orgasm ...
Time: 17th century, year 2017
Place: netherlands, amsterdam
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
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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 6.6
 1K
Cookies (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Henri Serin, a sales rep in umbrellas who lives in Saumur, is bored with his life. Married to an unloving, uptight wife, who, unlike him, has no interest in sex, he is also rejected by his children. Thus, he spends most of his time travelling from ...
Style: sex comedy, erotic, anthology, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: sexual exploration, painting, portrait, priest, beach, sexual initiation, bare chested male, painter, drunkenness, hotel, sex with a minor, clergy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: brittany, france
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Portrait of a Knight (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living and working in Wellington, New Zealand. Feeling alone and disconnected from life, she projects her ...
Style: visually appealing, unusual plot structure, captivating
Plot: chivalry, opera, painting, portrait, magic, magic realism, knight, friendship between men, archive, classical music, gallery
Place: new zealand
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Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Vietnam
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A Korean writer travels to Vietnam to do research for her story about a cursed portrait of a Vietnamese girl named Muoi.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, curse, painting, portrait, murder, investigation, ritual, novelist, deception, surrealism, betrayal, insanity ...
Place: vietnam
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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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 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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A Year Ago in Winter (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a commissioned work.
Style: realistic, psychological, emotional, serious, sad ...
Plot: painter, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, family relations, dancer's life, wealth, performer's life, family problems, couples, artists and showbiz, portrait, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany, munich germany, bavaria
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 4.3
 3K
The Visitor (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a series of tragedies including the death of his father-in-law, Robert and his wife Maia leave their home in London to move back to her childhood home. But when Robert discovers an old portrait in the attic of a man who is his spitting image, ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, enigmatic, thrilling ...
Plot: occult, visitor, portrait, evil cult, brother sister incest, secret, undercover, puzzle, family secret, secret identity, sect, unhappy ending ...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (2007)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: As a young man, Dorian Gray's beguiling innocence captured the eye of famed artist Basil Hallward. As the two enter into a close friendship, Basil crafts a remarkable piece of art that seems to capture Dorian's essence as much as it does ...
Style: disturbing, enigmatic, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot: eternal youth, unrequited love, homosexual, male prostitute, transformation, murder, corruption, supernatural power, deception, high society, immortality, deal with the devil ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: new york
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 6.2
 68K
Dorian Gray (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben ...
Style: gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, sexy, stylized ...
Plot: supernatural, eternal youth, beefcake, aristocracy, painting, deal with the devil, male nudity, society, fall in love, artist, destiny, physical appearance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, year 2009, 1900s ...
Place: england, europe, britain, ireland, london
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 6.3
 4K
Spiral (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketer's social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life. Only, as he begins to sketch his new friend's ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, cerebral ...
Plot: introvert, friendship, haunted by the past, obsession, warning, colleague, insurance company, xmas, co worker co worker relationship, psychotic, maniac, stalker ...
Place: oregon, portland oregon
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From Prada to Nada (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A whimsical fish-out-of-water story of two spoiled sisters: Nora (Camilla Belle), a law student, and Mary (Alexa Vega), an undergrad party girl, living with their father in a luxurious mansion in Beverly Hills. Mary has become so "90210" ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: fall in love, youth, love and romance, social differences, bankrupt, young lovers, teenager, siblings relations, teenage girl, fish out of water, sister sister relationship, student ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, beverly hills, usa, california
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 6.6
 53K
Maestro (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: This fearless love story chronicles the complicated lifelong relationship between music legend Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Style: lgbt cinema, crying
Plot: marriage, gay, actress, cigarette smoking, composer, love, lgbt, train conductor, bisexual man, portrait, bisexual, male female relationship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1955, year 1978, 20th century, year 1946
Place: new york
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The Vault of Horror (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by ...
Style: anthology, surprise ending, slasher, grindhouse, dark fairy tale ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vampire, painting, greed, buried alive, strangled to death, dream within a dream, artist, brother sister relationship, hanged man, supernatural power, husband wife relationship, female vampire ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, haiti, london
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 1K
Dorian Gray (1970)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, Liechtenstein
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Style: slasher, erotic, suspense, queer horror, grindhouse ...
Plot: yacht, homosexual subtext, erotica, sex scene, nightclub, gay, dorian gray, making love, lgbt, soul selling, aging, disco ...
Time: 60s
Place: england, london
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The Art of Getting By (2011)
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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Transylvania Twist (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The nephew of a librarian must go collect a 200 year old book, "The Book of Ulthar." that should have never been checked out by the Evil Count Orlock cause one of the spells in it could bring about the end of the world. During his trip to ...
Style: parody, horror comedy, spoof, independent film, lovecraft ...
Plot: satire, transgender, bookstore, halloween, chainsaw, funeral, inheritance, dracula, castle, vampire, holy water, taxi driver ...
Time: 80s
Place: transylvania
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The Ambulance (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an ambulance. He follows after her only to find that there is no record her being admitted, and he soon learns that her room mate also vanished after being picked ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, detective, tense ...
Plot: missing person, conspiracy, abduction, police investigation, obsession, police detective, hospital, ambulance, missing woman, chase, psychopath, investigation ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Daughter of Dracula (1972)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young woman visits her gravely ill grandmother at the family estate. On her death bed, the old woman reveals to her granddaughter the family curse: they're all vampires. The young woman decides to move into the estate with her uncle and her ...
Style: grindhouse, sexy, suspense, gothic horror, twisted ...
Plot: vampire, lesbian sex, bisexual woman, dracula, exploitation, house, supernatural, female pubic hair, female nudity, lesbian, corpse, legend ...
Time: 70s
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 601K
It (2017)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, spooky, slasher ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: killer clown, supernatural horror, clown, evil clown, small town, stephen king, fear, monster, coming of age, child, missing person, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1989, 2010s, year 2017, 80s, year 1988
Place: maine
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Manhattan Undying (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A vampire seeks out an artist to paint her a portrait so that she can see her image for the first time.
Style: psychological, unusual plot structure, touching, sexy, contemplative ...
Plot: vampire, seduction, seductress, painter, artist, female vampire, blood, vampire bite, villainess, escapades, society, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 1.3M
Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, ocean, love and romance, survival, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, 90s, edwardian era ...
Place: britain, iran, los angeles, america, nova scotia ...
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 7.3
 116K
The Queen (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal ...
Style: factual, political, emotional, compassionate, thought provoking ...
Plot: british royal family, royal family, queen, historical character, head of state, monarchy, queen of england, british, politics, queen elizabeth ii, biopic, etiquette ...
Time: 90s, year 2006, 20th century, year 1997
Place: england, buckingham palace, britain, london, united kingdom ...
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 7.2
 235K
Closer (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.
Style: sexy, erotic, psychological, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: infidelity, love triangle, adultery, love affair, marriage, love at first sight, passion, sex, stripper, photographer, sexuality, obsession ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, united kingdom, europe, new york, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 32K
Maze (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: When U.S.-based Siddharth visits his Indian home town with his new wife, he insists they stay at the ancestral home, laughing off family members' warnings of ghostly goings-on in the mansion. But events soon make him reconsider his beliefs. As ...
Style: suspenseful, humorous, psychological, semi serious, suspense thriller ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural power, fear, unrequited love, secret marriage, family in danger, supernatural, haunted by the past, mental illness, curses spells and rituals, investigation, couple relations ...
Time: year 2007
Place: asia, india
Is relevant ?
 5.1
 118K
Sex Tape (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Jay and Annie first got together, their romantic connection was intense – but ten years and two kids later, the flame of their love needs a spark. To kick things up a notch, they decide – why not? – to make a video of themselves trying ...
Style: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, teen, not serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: sex, marriage, blackmail, sex tape, couples, silly humor, sexuality, disorder, awkwardness, voyeur, sexual relations, embarrassment ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 5.6
 7K
Crush (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn.
Style: psychological thriller, slasher, twist ending, sexy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: obsession, stalking, high school, stalker, violent woman, secret admirer, depression, twists and turns, college, woman seduces a man, survival horror, fatal attraction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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