Artwork movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant artwork movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, tense, weird and art film films and TV shows about / with artwork, art, painter, painting, artist, art history, biopic, artists and showbiz, famous and performer's life plots mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as artwork: A Real Vermeer (2016), The Mona Lisa Mystery (2006), Artworks (2003), Basquiat (1996), Codename: Annika (2023), Inside (2023), LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT'S EYE (2023), The Hong Kong Affair (2013), Secret in the Mountain (2019), A Clever Crook (2018).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920's Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his work old-fashioned and they call him a copycat. Just to prove a point, ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense, period drama
Plot:
painter, art, forbidden love, art forgery, artist, art critic, artwork, male female relationship, love story, escapades, rags to riches, forgery ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, post world war two
Place:
amsterdam, rome italy
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Genre: Adventure
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
Are there two versions of The Mona Lisa? Is the Mona Lisa the world knows so well the original version? Or had Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait?
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
art theft, mona lisa, art thief, heist, louvre, caper, artwork, art forgery, uncover truth, crime investigation, detective inspector, puzzle ...
Place:
paris france, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A police chief's daughter, a sales agent for a home-security firm, meets an art gallery owner. Love and envy lead them to hatch a plot to steal overlooked but valuable paintings from her wealthy clients.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
couples, love and romance, love affair, cons and scams, partner, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, thief, theft, artwork, parents and children, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
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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:
inspirational, stylized, sexy, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
artist, art, graffiti, painter, biopic, drug abuse, painting, drug addiction, friendship, art history, drug, self destructing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
TV show
Story:
Finnish art fraud investigator, Emma, goes undercover to infiltrate an auction house in Stockholm to investigate the firm’s connection to a notorious money launderer known as Blanko. To go undetected, Emma chooses the cover identity Annika, a ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
female detective, infiltration, art, crime investigation, who done it, art thief, artwork, forensics, private detective, art critic, sleuth, female protagonist ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, Belgium, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An art thief becomes trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist goes awry. Imprisoned with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller, crying ...
Plot:
art, art theft, trapped in a building, art thief, trapped, captive, thief, burglar, penthouse, heist gone wrong, robbery, artwork ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Up till 20 years ago, together with his father and 3 other people, Homura Masayoshi was part of the legendary group of thieves that called themselves 「TAKE FIVE」. This group stole from the rich who had acquired their wealth through immoral ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, crime drama, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, secret, robbery, life is a bitch, bandit, artwork, art thief, confronting the past, criminal, dark past, burglar, art theft ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lupin III competes with the Kisugi sisters to steal a triptych of paintings that once belonged to their father, and which hold the key to a long-unsolved mystery.
Style:
anime, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation ...
Plot:
painting, criminal, burglar, art theft, robbery, sisters, heist, cat versus mouse, escapades, adventure hero, female protagonist, secret ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hong Kong, 2012. The 15th anniversary of the reunification with China is coming up. Victoria Philips (Veronica Ferres), a renowned art expert from Berlin, fills in at short notice as curator for an exhibit organized by her husband (Herbert Knaup), ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological
Plot:
robbery, smuggling, theft, uncover truth, art theft, art, investigation, art thief, forbidden love, cold case, artwork, art critic ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the blasting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers oppose it.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, historical drama, tense, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, social relations, arts and culture, wartime, society, fighting the system, showdown, jewelry, art collection, war, artwork ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Commissioner Beffrois waits for retirement with mixed enthusiasm when a theft of paintings catches his attention.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, entertaining, detective, mysterious ...
Plot:
art theft, heist, crime investigation, investigation, cat burglar, uncover truth, con artists, fighting crime, police investigation, theft, crime solving, robbery ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Gallery Fake is a Japanese manga by Fujihiko Hosono. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award.
Style:
anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
art, art forgery, caper, fake, art gallery, forgery, gallery, art collector, famous painting, artwork, criminal, curator ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, japan, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
Style:
anime, disturbing, captivating, seinen, queer cinema
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
painter, school club, slice of life, art, coming of age, painting, student, friend, teenage life, artwork, direction and purpose, high school life ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Dicken’s classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, complex ...
Plot:
painter, art theft, art gallery, heist, gang, criminal, escapades, art, painting, new life, gang member, organized crime ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
You need to suffer, to understand....
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, detective
Plot:
investigation, police, murder, killer, crime scene, serial murder, murder investigation, partners against crime, teamwork, police partner, partner, team ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 189 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:
breathtaking, atmospheric, philosophical, black and white, art house ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
painter, artist, art, religion, monk, biopic, medieval, human spirit, christianity, painting, hunger, saint ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 1966 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
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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:
serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
painter, art, nudity, biopic, female nudity, artist, art history, uncover truth, investigation, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, love affair ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Ireland, Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible machines, and study the human body. There, joined in his adventure by ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, stop motion, inventor, royal court, renaissance, inventions and discoveries, artists' life, invention, french royalty, meaning of life, painter, kingdom ...
Time:
16th century
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
A journalist sets out to uncover the truth about the death of his colleague who was researching an American artist, Richard Upton Pickman. When he discovers the artist is in Santiago he goes to pay him a visit.
Style:
lovecraft, gothic, atmospheric, sinister, dark ...
Plot:
journalist, investigation, folklore, secrets, investigative journalism, murder, macabre, haunting, obsession, monster, painter, art ...
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile
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Genre: Documentary, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Art Attack is a British children's television series revolving around art. The original series was one of CITV's longest running programmes, running from 1990 to 2007, and was presented throughout by Neil Buchanan.
The new series launched ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, educational
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
artist, artwork, art, british, painting, performer's life, arts and culture, artists and showbiz, youth, childhood, teaching the ways of the world, creative process ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england
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72K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, erotic, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
photographer, photography, photograph, fashion, voyeurism, corpse, murder witness, fashion photographer, fashion model, nudity, free love, photo studio ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, paris france
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29K
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave ...
Style:
satirical, surreal, humorous, witty, funny ...
Plot:
tourist, nothing goes right, culture clash, skyscraper, airport, chaos, farce, goofy hero, misfit, city life, human existence, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A dedicated artist from Russian Georgia struggles to get recognition.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, meditative, lyrical, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
painter, art, painting, artist, art history, biopic, poverty, tragedy, starvation, loneliness, tragic hero, sacrifice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
soviet union, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As influential Italian artist Caravaggio dies in exile in 1610, he recalls his short life, from his childhood to his initial artistic failures to his later triumphs as he catches the eye of a sympathetic cardinal to his destructive relationship with ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, stylized, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
painter, gay interest, art, male nudity, biopic, sexual relations, lifestyle, homoerotic fight, love triangle, older man younger man relationship, art history, rise and fall ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 16th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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31K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has ...
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, intellectual, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, genius, addiction, alcoholism, bohemian life, art history, self destructing, rise and fall ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1945, year 1941 ...
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, europe ...
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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: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
Style:
serious, emotional, stylized, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
painter, art, lovers apart, idealism, tragic hero, politics, prodigy, ambition, self destructing, vengeance, love and romance, society ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century
Place:
greece, spain, italy, europe, venice ...
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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, independent film ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, art collector, mental illness, art dealer, world war one, biopic, art history, lifestyle, anti conformity ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2008, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, europe
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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, erotic, tense, factual ...
Plot:
poet, artist, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, painter, homosexual, gay relationship, friendship, political unrest, closeted homosexual, spanish civil war ...
Time:
year 1936, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 2008
Place:
spain, andalusia, paris france, europe, manhattan new york city ...
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104K
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, suspense, serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
painter, art, painting, artist, biopic, plagiarism, abusive husband, couples, courtroom, manipulation, art history, marriage ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2014, 1900s ...
Place:
hawaii, san francisco, california, usa, honolulu hawaii ...
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