Art school movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant art school movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, melancholic, inspirational, feel good, emotional and realistic films and TV shows about / with art school, friendship, art, coming of age, young adult, student, painting, relationships, slice of life and painter plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Japan, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as art school: Art School Confidential (2006), Bauhaus (2019), Between Something & Nothing (2008), Cashback (2006), Those People (2015), High Society (2014), I, Leonardo (2019), The Dreamlife of David L (2014), Bauhaus - A New Era (2019), Sin (2019).
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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
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Weimar, 1921. The life of 20-year-old Lotte Brendel seems to be predetermined. Her father sees her as a future wife and mother on the side of a man who is to take over the parental carpentry business. But the idiosyncratic Lotte joins a group of ...
Style:
historical drama, avant garde, atmospheric, inspirational, educational ...
Plot:
art school, modernism, coming of age, female protagonist, gender roles, creative process, love story, feminism, student life, forbidden love, bohemian, intimate ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
BETWEEN SOMETHING & NOTHING is based on filmmaker Todd Verow’s experiences at Rhode Island School of Design. After being accepted into a prestigious New England art school, sexy small-town JOE and townie mastermind JENNIFER quickly join ...
Style:
serious, realistic, independent film, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gay, art school, college, male pubic hair, dangerous attraction, self discovery, lifestyle, youth, friendship, student life, social misfits, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
Style:
sexy, humorous, surreal, philosophical, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
breakup, introspection, artist, supermarket, stopped time, sexual attraction, nudity, girlfriend, insomnia, workplace, time freeze, time ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, y2k, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Style:
tense, bleak, enigmatic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, gay romance, homosexuality, gay interest, gay best friend, painter, best friend, male male relationship, gay lead character ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, beirut lebanon, lebanon
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Class barriers threaten the budding romance of two young lovers striving to realize their artistic ambitions.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, emotional, touching
Audience:
date night
Plot:
art, art school, fashion, couples, young lovers, ambition, love and romance, love affair, youth, self discovery, opposites attract, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, normandy, brazil
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Discover Leonardo da Vinci, the man, the painter, the scientist and the inventor, through a unique, engaging and fascinating journey in the mind of Leonardo.
Style:
inspirational, intellectual, mind bending, thought provoking, educational ...
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, renaissance, genius, painter, artist, art, medieval, art school, scientist, biopic, mona lisa, innovation ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
Place:
italy, florence, milan italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
“The Dreamlife of David L.“ is a fictional feature film that takes inspiration from a key point in the life of director David Lynch: the time he spent as a student in a fine arts college. Initially attracted to painting, David Lynch ends up ...
Style:
captivating, avant garde
Plot:
nude model, painting, school, art, art school, art student, student, lifestyle, life, rising to stardom, historical character, historical figure ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
1919. World War I has just ended. Dörte Helm, a young art student in Weimar, follows Walter Gropius’ call and joins the newly-founded Bauhaus school. A love story grows between Gropius and Dörte, adding fuel to the fire of the ensuing scandal ...
Style:
inspirational, historical drama, avant garde, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
interwar period, biopic, teacher student relationship, art history, artist, love, architecture, modernism, couples, fall in love, love affair, art school ...
Time:
year 1919, 1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
GA is a class that specializes in the arts at Ayanoi High School. Kisaragi, Nodamiki, Kyoju, Tomokane and Namiko are five students who learn about art.
Style:
anime, semi serious, feel good, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
friendship, school club, art school, female friendship, art class, high school, high school life, slice of life, teenage life, friends, satire, painter ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia, Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Style:
breathtaking, uplifting, inspirational, captivating, intellectual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
renaissance, tudors, painter, misery, dog attack, art school, artist, fight, power struggle, wealthy family, talent, genius ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
florence, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Absurdity and gore ensue as a possessed pile of clay begins terrorizing students at an art school.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
demon, art school, murder, supernatural power, paranormal, supernatural, peril, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, paranormal phenomena, killing, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In an attempt to help his friend with his impotence, Jaime sets up two friends together. But after the failure, he comes in to help. What first appeared to be just a sexual experience evolves to a full romantic relationship of three people.
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, eros, captivating ...
Plot:
sex scene, male female relationship, threesome, male pubic hair, gay, sex, love, longing, love triangle, menage a trois, painter, masturbation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, madrid
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lindeman, 25-year-old art student, struggles to find his inspiration, finding himself in one ridiculous situation after the other.
Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
inspiration, slice of life, college student, sculptor, art school, lifestyle, student, satire, social satire, creative process, art student, personal growth ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
minnesota
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
A comedy drama told from six different perspectives of a family who reunite in Adelaide when Mum plans to sell the family home. Any sense of togetherness quickly crumbles to reveal how fucked and glorious it is to be home.
Style:
humorous, sincere, exciting, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
child, sibling rivalry, daughter, family home, brother sister relationship, siblings, art school, art, son, brother, television, magic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, love and romance, happy ending, couples, teen romance, dancer, ballet, dance school, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Animation, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In early 1900s London, a young Japanese woman enrolls in a famous art school, only to be surprised when rivalry with a gifted classmate becomes romance.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, visual, melancholic, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coming of age, identity, art school, painting, aristocracy, class differences, forbidden love, friendship, aristocrat, sensuality, exchange student, life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
The series depicts the relationships and lives of a group of five art school students. This is a live-action television drama based on the manga and anime series with the same name.
Style:
dorama, romantic drama, captivating, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot:
college life, love triangle, friendship, relationships, unrequited love, coming of age, art school, slice of life, in love, love story, couple relations, male female relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Feli, Lucie, Klara, Ben and Nils join Stage School Hamburg, one of Germany's most prestigious art schools. These young talents are ready to make any sacrifice to realize their dream: to perform on stage.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, emotional, inspirational, intense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
ambition, dancer, love, art school, coming of age, backstage, personal growth, aspiration, direction and purpose, dancer's life, dancehall girl, couple relations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hamburg germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After 40 years of running their community arts space The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a pair of celebrity performance artists from China come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street, ...
Style:
funny, humorous, art house, independent film, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
acting class, rehearsal, performance art, small town, collaboration, art school, teacher, ambition, artists and showbiz, investor, creativity, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Max is an artist seduced by the allure of fame. Sara is an art critic whose obsessions exceed even his. When she lands a writing gig at a major art magazine, the pair retreats to a cabin in the woods, where Max reveals his strange new painting ...
Style:
intellectual, sincere, suspense, offbeat, epic ...
Plot:
art, romantic relationship, artists' life, painter, architecture, secret past, biopic, prodigy, foreigner, schizophrenia, love, iron curtain ...
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running ...
Style:
satirical, slapstick, period piece, lighthearted, black comedy ...
Plot:
student, satire, bureaucracy, art school, social commentary, misunderstanding, humanism, sculpture, professor, jealousy, sexuality, slice of life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Family
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
The Athena is a new drama series charting the fortunes of a group of students at a prestigious college of visual arts in present-day London.
Style:
captivating, feel good, semi serious, psychological
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
fashion industry, young adult, coming of age, fashion designer, model, empire fashion, coping, haute couture, school, career, supermodel, fashion ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An American student living a privileged existence at Glasgow School of Art faces the unexpected death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, self discovery, loss, grief, female protagonist, loss of family, changing lives, life is a bitch, loss of father, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle change ...
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of strangers come together to work on creating the greatest anime series ever.
Style:
anime, funny, exciting, light, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teamwork, friends, female protagonist, creative process, collaboration, creativity, female artist, student, high school, ambition, friendship, art school ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tao Yufei is a perfectionist artist, who is introverted, sensitive, and cold. His personality is challenged by the fearless Li Chenyin who isn’t afraid of anything. They get to know each other in college and have been clashing since then. When ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, entertaining, light, romantic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, second chance, nostalgia, longing, heartache, love and romance, romantic triangle, love affair, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship, love story, ex couple relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her senior year of college.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
photography, coming of age, relationships, student life, self discovery, college life, female protagonist, personal growth, young adult, realism, campus, slice of life ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Bart, a young film student slowly loses his mind while studying at the film academy. Based on a true story.
Style:
realistic, independent film, dark, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
psychosis, hallucination, mental illness, mental breakdown, character study, delusion, coming of age, identity crisis, isolation, loneliness, self destructing, young adult ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
amsterdam
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Where the Lost Ones Go tells the story of the first love of young art student which lead to a lifetime of unforgetable love. Ye Zi, a major in chinese art painting and Xiang Ze Yi, a major in oil painting met and fell in love in college. However Ye ...
Style:
romantic drama, satirical, thrilling, poignant, sentimental ...
Plot:
couples, first love, second chance, lost love, male female relationship, love story, relationships, relationship problems, unrequited love, couple relations, love interest, broken heart ...
Time:
2010s
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