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, melancholic, serious, captivating, emotional and intense films and TV shows about / with portrait, biopic, painting, painter, female nudity, love and romance, intimate, friendship, character study and artist plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres shot in France, USA, Germany 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), Dorian Gray (2009), Cookies (1975), Frida (2002), A Year Ago in Winter (2008), Portrait of Beauty (2019), Cezanne and I (2016).
Best films
New films
| Whina (2022) | 7.1 | |
| Anthony (2020) | 7.3 | |
| Oppenheimer (2023) | 8.2 | |
| New Berlin (2023) | 7.3 | |
| The Portrait of Nightmare (2025) | 5.3 |
List of portrait movies
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:
sexy, scenic, touching, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, lesbian, lgbtq, lgbt, painting, portrait, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtqi, love, female protagonist, lesbian sex ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, ancient times, victorian era, year 2019 ...
Place:
brittany, france
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Genre: Biography, 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, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
transsexual, lgbt, art, transgender, couple relations, painting, love, gay, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, artist, gender ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, paris france, idaho, copenhagen, europe ...
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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:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, sensual, touching ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
painter, love affair, doctor, sex scene, portrait, artist, nude painting, female nudity, adultery, extramarital affair, cheating wife, art history ...
Time:
17th century, year 2017
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
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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, 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, sexy, gothic horror, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, eternal youth, aristocracy, painting, deal with the devil, destiny, beefcake, male nudity, fall in love, society, immortality, artist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, year 2009, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, europe, london, britain, ireland
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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, anthology, erotic, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
painter, female pubic hair, portrait, painting, beach, midlife crisis, sexual initiation, female nudity, hotel, drunkenness, sexual exploration, older man younger woman sex ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brittany, france
Is relevant?
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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, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
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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, emotional, serious, psychological, esoteric ...
Plot:
painter, mother daughter relationship, portrait, wealth, love and romance, family relations, dancer's life, couples, family problems, artists and showbiz, performer's life, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany, munich germany, bavaria
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Receiving important news about her father, whom she has not met for years, Nisan returns to her father's house with her husband and daughter. There are strange things happening in this mansion where she escaped away years ago. What is happening ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, suspense, intense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, art, vengeance, portrait, family life, supernatural power, destiny, family problems, brutality, family relations, culture clash, pursuit ...
Place:
turkey
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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:
captivating, exciting, factual, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
painter, art, friendship, artist, painting, novelist, female nudity, portrait, nude painting, seaside, infidelity, end of friendship ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, 1880s, victorian era, 1860s ...
Place:
south of france, paris france, france, europe
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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, surreal
Audience:
adult
Plot:
magic realism, knight, chivalry, opera, painting, portrait, magic, friendship between men, archive, charm, loneliness, miraculous event ...
Place:
new zealand
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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, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
novelist, ghost, painting, curse, insanity, portrait, ritual, investigation, murder, evil, surrealism, isolation ...
Place:
vietnam, south korea
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Style:
gloomy, gothic, melancholic, dark fantasy, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
portrait, beauty, vanity, obsession, tragedy, corruption, hedonism, symbolism, identity, seduction, supernatural, social satire ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
gothic, psychological, tragic ending, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
corruption, portrait, obsession, literary, supernatural, vanity, secret life, guilt, identity, decadence, character study, seduction ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
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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, enigmatic, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
occult, visitor, portrait, evil cult, secret, secret identity, puzzle, family secret, undercover, brother sister incest, brother sister sex, brother sister kiss ...
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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:
thought provoking, enigmatic, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
eternal youth, gay sex, unrequited love, homosexual, male prostitute, transformation, murder, evil, pride, deal with the devil, immortality, deception ...
Time:
turn of the century, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The moving life and international career of actress Valentina Cortese is acted out by eight Italian actresses who interpret parts of her biography. A rich assortment of stock footage and film clips creates a vibrant portrait of our Diva.
Style:
art house, experimental, reflective, non-linear, intellectual ...
Plot:
biopic, portrait, film history, college, memory, intimate, performance art, role playing, celebrity culture, actress, archive footage
Time:
20th century
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gay disabled teenage boy changes into the body of a beautiful woman, so that he can be loved.
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, social, serious, sad ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, couple relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, love, weight loss, tragedy, husband wife relationship, cross dressing, retreat ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Russia, Mongolia, India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
3 stories, 3 countries. Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia. Nomad children fill a hostile world with their wishes and their dreams. At major cross-roads in their lives, they are confronted by love, danger and death.
Style:
sincere, serious, atmospheric, realistic, meditative ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, danger, love and romance, society, wilderness, tradition versus modernity, children, culture, real life, tradition, resilience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tibet, mongolia, siberia, russia, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This entertaining 1970s drama from director Alberto Bojorquez illustrates the typical conflicts that arise in relationships involving middle-class couples. The cast includes Alma Muriel, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Jose Carlos Ruiz and Gonzalo Vega.
Style:
emotional, captivating, romantic, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, conflict, wedding, marriage, male female relationship, couples, couple relations, love story, romancing partners, romantic relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Manical portrait of a small businessman.
Style:
melancholic, intense, existential, art house, grim ...
Plot:
small business, character study, portrait, manic, isolation, introspection, male protagonist, loneliness, social realism, identity crisis, midlife crisis, mishap ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The first documentary about France's post punk and cold wave scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During an art show at agnès b. gallery in 2008, Jean-François Sanz has gathered some exceptional material that brings to light, through ...
Style:
avant garde, retro, experimental, realistic
Plot:
urban, underground, counterculture, post punk, subculture, portrait, nightlife, parisian, biopic, performance art, revolutionary, punk ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Story:
The daily struggles and hopes of an entire group of Mexican actors: Freddy, Sandra, Jonathan, Karina and Jorge, show us what "being an actor" really means on a daily basis.
Style:
independent film, emotional
Plot:
actor, real life, everyday life, behind the scenes, struggle, character study, aspiration, slice of life, intimate, perseverance, film industry, hopes ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
latin america, mexico city, cannes
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Genre: Biography, Music
Country: France
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The life and virtuosic work of Russian violinist David Oistrakh, once known as King David in the Soviet Union, is chronicled with depth and detail by filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon in this intriguing portrait of an artist. Highlights include a range of ...
Style:
serious, educational, intellectual, reflective, inspirational ...
Plot:
classical music, violin, interview, musician, portrait, legacy, propaganda, cold war era, biopic, relationship vs career, human spirit, hopes ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
soviet union, ussr, odessa ukraine, russia, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.
Style:
slow cinema, reflective, atmospheric, melancholic, poetic ...
Plot:
identity, getting home, mother son relationship, character study, minimalism, train travel, nostalgia, portrait, realism, intimate, slice of life, emigration ...
Place:
sicily, italy, southern italy, corsica
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TV show about general Ante Gotovina.
Style:
realistic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, balkan war, biopic, army, wartime life, military service, military life, army general, military officer, war, wartime, leadership ...
Time:
90s
Place:
croatia, bosnia, balkan
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 208 min.
Story:
This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian history. The film explores the many facets of his character and his ...
Style:
dramatic, period piece, intense, inspirational, political drama ...
Plot:
biopic, leadership, portrait, idealism, martial law, intimate, civil liberties, patriotism, marriage, election, campaign, divorce ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television ...
Style:
political, thrilling, psychological, captivating, educational ...
Plot:
feminist, congress, biopic, female protagonist, government, pacifism, anti war, women's rights, politics, lifestyle, political activism, political intrigue ...
Time:
70s, 1880s
Place:
vietnam
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Blood, Sweat and Tears is a story about the life of Andre Hazes, a Dutch popular singer. It shows three crucial phases in the life of Hazes: his youth (in the 1960s), his breakthrough (1980s) and the last year of his life (early 2000s).
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
biopic, singer, musician's life, ambition, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, music, cultural icon, music industry, portrait, pop music, family drama ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 70s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam, holland
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Genre: Biography
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A biopic of the rise of father Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ from a teacher in a Jesuit High School in Argentina to archbishop and cardinal of Buenos Aires to Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The story touches on his relation with his fellow Jesuits in ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, tense
Plot:
pope, vatican, biopic, catholicism, religion, jesuit, leadership, character study, social justice, compassion, faith, clergy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, latin america, rome italy
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