| Frida (2002) | 7.3 | |
| The Danish Girl (2015) | 7.1 | |
| Pollock (2000) | 7.0 | |
| Renoir (2012) | 6.5 | |
| Genius (2017) | 8.2 |
Painting movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant painting movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, weird, melancholic, stylized and period drama films and TV shows about / with painting, artist, painter, art, art history, artists and showbiz, dialogue, nude, female nudity and biopic plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as painting: The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991), Sirens (1994), Renoir (2012), The Impressionists (2006), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Loving Vincent (2017), Big Eyes (2014), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Modigliani (2004), Francofonia (2015).
Best films
List of painting movies
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 238 min.
Story:
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he ...
Style:
erotic, sincere, atmospheric, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painting, painter, artist, art, eroticism, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, creative process, taxidermy, drawing, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
provence, france, usa, los angeles, south of france
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12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, realistic, semi serious, rom com ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painting, artist, painter, voyeur, seduction, sexuality, husband wife sex, englishman abroad, skinny dipping, sexual awakening, culture clash, female nudity ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 1910s, edwardian era
Place:
australia, london, new zealand
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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:
touching, sincere, costume drama, scenic, sentimental ...
Plot:
painter, painting, famous painting, art, redheaded woman, female pubic hair, wounded soldier, world war one, artist, art history, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1915, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
cote d'azur, france, south of france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence, special effects transport the viewer inside some of the ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
bohemian life, painting, painter, artist, historical character, career, art, talented, poverty, lifestyle, rise and fall, biopic ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, victorian era, 20th century
Place:
france, britain, paris france
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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: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving ...
Style:
adult animation, visually stunning, artsy, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, art, suicide, genius, skill, art history, mysterious death, doctor, guilt, death ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, ancient times, 2010s, year 1990
Place:
paris france, france
Is relevant?
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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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, Germany, Romania, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sad, factual ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, prodigy, biopic, art, art history, life is a bitch, addiction, tragic love, couple relations, tragic hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1919, 1920s
Place:
europe, france, paris france, south of france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
Style:
exciting, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
world war two, painting, nazi occupation, nazism, art, painter, museum, art history, shipwreck, fear, evacuation, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1929, year 1972, year 1914, year 1944 ...
Place:
paris france, st. petersburg russia, france, russia, germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Style:
sincere, costume drama, clever, surreal, meditative ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, biopic, art, eccentricity, art history, character study, estrangement, couple relations, elderly, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, ancient times ...
Place:
london, england, britain, holland
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, cute, dramatic ...
Plot:
holocaust, art, lawyer, nazi, courtroom drama, justice, art theft, painting, injustice, legal, legal action, stolen painting ...
Time:
year 2015, 1930s, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
austria, vienna, los angeles, pasadena california, california ...
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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
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Style:
atmospheric, non-linear, period piece, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
tragic event, friendship, teenager, teenage boy, painting, adaptation, museum, art, brother brother relationship, parent child relationship, lgbt, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
amsterdam, manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
Style:
scary, creepy, satanic, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
haunted house, father daughter relationship, painting, heavy metal, devil, art gallery, possessed, buying a house, psychotic, murder, serial killer, possession ...
Place:
austin texas, texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, art, painting, art collector, loneliness, forgery, art theft, collector, obsession, age difference, solitude, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, europe, berlin germany, prague, italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Style:
romantic, witty, detective, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
caper, museum, art theft, art thief, stolen painting, heist, cat and mouse, famous painting, art, love story, businessman, painting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
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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:
slasher, ambiguous ending, terrifying, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
murder, painting, artist, serial killer, punk rock, painter, anger, homeless man, homelessness, church, insomnia, dream ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, cynical, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
teenage girl, artist, art school, painting, dark humor, murder, art class, art, sex, coming of age, nude model, painter ...
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
Is relevant?
312K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, isolation, fear, hotel, stephen king, survival, trapped, evil, insanity, confined ...
Time:
year 2007, y2k, 15th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of ...
Style:
exciting, period piece, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, war, art theft, art, nazi germany, painting, nazism, nazi, gold bar, stolen gold, treasure hunt, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, year 1977, year 1945, year 1943 ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, austria, england ...
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
Style:
erotic, sexual, art house, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
beach, artist, exotic island, painting, lolita, skinny dipping, island, painter, swimming, innocence, age difference, old man ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
australia, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
Style:
parody, horror comedy, funny, scary, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, painting, ghost hunter, single mother, reincarnation, monster, chase, mind control, baby, single parent, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1990, future
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
painting, bohemian life, painter, artist, lust, lifestyle, rebellion, couples, rebelliousness, love and romance, art, female artist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
england, london, europe
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Style:
thought provoking, stylized, visually stunning, sexual, visual ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, puffy nipples, public nudity, artist's model, art history, prodigy, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006, 19th century, year 1918, 1900s ...
Place:
austria, france, vienna, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
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, spooky, classic horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vampire, painting, cemetery, nightmare, uxoricide, buried alive, greed, strangled to death, painter, revenge, punishment, elevator ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india, haiti, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Style:
entertaining, black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, absurd ...
Plot:
heist, dark humor, robbery, african american, painting, crime gone awry, cons and scams, eccentricity, greed, american football, culture clash, murder ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, new orleans
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