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Movies by Lists - Artist Biographies (89 [104])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Adventures of Picasso, The [Picassos aventyr]Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. But one day he is discovered by a rich American millionaire and1978Tage DanielssonComedy7.4 (3.6K votes)8820211228
Affairs of Cellini, TheThe 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.1934Gregory La Cava (*)Comedy, Drama, History6.0 (408 votes)7920220414
Agony and the Ecstasy, TheThe biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.1965Carol Reed (*)Biography, Drama, History7.2 (7.1K votes)13820211228
Andrei RublevThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.1966Andrei Tarkovsky (*)Biography, Drama, History8.1 (52.1K votes)20520211228
ArtemisiaArtemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity ab1997Agnès MerletBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.7 (2.1K votes)9820211228
At Eternity's GateA look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.2018Julian SchnabelBiography, Drama, History7.0 (32.9K votes)11120211228
BasquiatThe brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.1996Julian SchnabelBiography, Drama6.9 (20.5K votes)10720211228
Big EyesA drama about the awakening of 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.2014Tim Burton (*)Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance7.0 (90.7K votes)10620211228
Bridge, TheWhen Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence in the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic. But the arrival of Phillip Wilson Steer for his annual painting visit launches a chain of events...1991Syd MacartneyDrama, Romance6.6 (128 votes)10220220723
Burning of Rome, The [Il magnifico avventuriero]Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.1963Riccardo FredaAdventure5.4 (93 votes)9320211228
Camille ClaudelCamille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow1988Bruno NuyttenBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.3 (6.7K votes)17520211228
Camille Claudel 1915Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.2013Bruno DumontBiography, Drama6.5 (3.6K votes)9520211228
CaravaggioThe tumultuous and adventurous life of Michelangelo Merisi, controversial artist, called by Fate to become the immortal Caravaggio. A violent genius that will dare to defy the ideal vision of the world imposed by the Renaissance p...2007Angelo LongoniBiography, History6.8 (387 votes)18020230806
CaravaggioA retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.1986Derek Jarman (*)Biography, Drama, History, Romance6.6 (5.9K votes)9320211228
CarringtonThe platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century.1995Christopher HamptonBiography, Drama, Romance6.8 (5.4K votes)12120211228
CrumbAn intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.1994Terry ZwigoffDocumentary, Biography, Comedy, Drama8.0 (19.8K votes)11920211228
CsontváryTivadar Csontváry Kosztka the one-ideaed Hungarian painter was thought to be crazy by his peers, but he eventually became a significant artist.1980Zoltán HuszárikDrama7.0 (212 votes)11220211228
DaliBiography of famed artist Salvador Dali, focusing mainly on his relationship with girlfriend Gala and the time they spent in New York City in 1940 and his early days in Spain collaborating with filmmaker Luis Bunuel.1991Antoni RibasBiography, Drama6.0 (128 votes)10620211228
Desperate RomanticsPeriod drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.2009Paul Gay, Diarmuid LawrenceDrama7.4 (2K votes)120230806
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootOn the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.2018Gus Van Sant (*)Biography, Comedy, Drama6.8 (26.7K votes)11420220822
Edvard MunchFollowing a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism and established himself as northern Europe's most maligned and controversial artist, the film also flashes back to the death from 1974Peter Watkins (*)Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance8.2 (3.1K votes)21020211228
Effie GrayA look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).2014Richard LaxtonBiography, Drama, Romance6.0 (5.3K votes)10420211228
Egon Schiele - Death and the Maiden [Egon Schiele - Tod und Mädchen]Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th Century. His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era that is coming to an end. Two women will have a lasting impact on him - hi2016Dieter BernerBiography, Drama, History6.6 (1.3K votes)11020211228
Egon Schiele - Excess and Punishment [Egon Schiele - Exzesse]The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women.1980Herbert VeselyBiography, Drama6.0 (409 votes)9520211228
El GrecoThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".2007Yannis SmaragdisBiography, Drama6.6 (4.7K votes)11920211228
El Greco16th-century Spain, the famed Greek painter El Greco journeys to Toledo to paint an altarpiece. Trouble ensues when he falls in love with a beautiful local girl.1966Luciano SalceBiography, Drama6.3 (176 votes)9520211228
Factory GirlBased on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.2006George HickenlooperBiography, Drama6.4 (21.4K votes)9020211228
Final PortraitThe story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.2017Stanley TucciBiography, Comedy, Drama6.2 (5.6K votes)9020220415
FoujitaJapanese artist, Foujita, is Paris' darling in the roaring twenties, loved for his delicate nudes. After leaving his 1st wife, Fernande, he meets Lucie Badoud and names her Yuki (snow in Japanese) after her exquisitely pale skin. Tog2015Kôhei OguriBiography, Drama6.3 (66 votes)12620211228
FridaA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.2002Julie TaymorBiography, Drama, Romance7.4 (87.6K votes)12320211228
Fur An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane ArbusTurning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the 2006Steven ShainbergBiography, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.4 (15.8K votes)12220211228
Gauguin - Voyage to Tahiti [Gauguin - Voyage de Tahiti]Focused on French painter Paul Gauguin's affair with a younger lady in Tahiti.2017Edouard DelucBiography, Drama, Romance5.9 (2K votes)10220211228
Gauguin the SavageBased on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentement in Tahiti.1980Fielder CookBiography, Drama6.9 (95 votes)12520211228
Georgia O'KeeffeBiopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.2009Bob BalabanBiography, Drama, Romance6.6 (904 votes)8920211228
Girl With a Pearl EarringA young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.2003Peter WebberBiography, Drama, Romance6.9 (76.9K votes)10020211228
Goya - Oder Der Arge Weg Der ErkenntnisAs a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dea1971Konrad WolfDrama7.0 (345 votes)13620211228
Goya in BordeauxFrancisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter 1999Carlos SauraBiography, Drama, War6.7 (2.1K votes)10020211228
Goya's GhostsPainter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.2006Milos Forman (*)Biography, Drama, History6.9 (30.4K votes)11320211228
Harlot's Progress, ADrama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.2006Justin HardyBiography, Drama, History6.9 (328 votes)12020230806
I Shot Andy WarholThis is the story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce. After many times of ignoring her, Valerie shot 1996Mary HarronBiography, Drama6.6 (6.7K votes)10320211228
KlimtA portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.2006Raúl RuizBiography, Drama5.2 (3.1K votes)13120211228
LautrecLife, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.1998Roger PlanchonBiography, Comedy, Drama6.6 (627 votes)12520220414
Life of Leonardo Da Vinci, The [La vita di Leonardo da Vinci]Miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).1971Renato CastellaniBiography, History8.0 (435 votes)020240524
Little AshesAbout the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.2008Paul MorrisonBiography, Drama, Romance6.4 (9.1K votes)11220211228
Love Is the Devil Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconBiography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.1998John MayburyBiography, Drama, Romance6.5 (3.7K votes)8720220414
Loving VincentIn a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh (Robert Gulaczyk) to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.2017Dorota Kobiela, Hugh WelchmanAnimation, Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery7.8 (55.6K votes)9420211228
Lust for LifeThe life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.1956Vincente Minnelli, George CukorBiography, Drama7.4 (11.5K votes)12220211228
Marie KrøyerThe story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.2012Bille AugustBiography, Drama6.3 (1.4K votes)10220211228
MaudieAn arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.2016Aisling WalshBiography, Drama, Romance7.6 (18.2K votes)11520220415
Mill and the Cross, TheThis movie focuses on a dozen of the five hundred characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.2011Lech MajewskiDrama, History6.9 (4.1K votes)9220211228
ModiglianiThe story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.2004Mick DavisBiography, Drama7.3 (11.6K votes)12820211228
Modigliani of Montparnasse [Les amants de Montparnasse]Biographic movie about the last year of the famous Italian painter Modigliani. Modigliani, a poor painter in Paris of 1919, falls in love with a daughter from a wealthy family. Her parents are against their relation and stop financia1958Jacques Becker (*)Biography, Drama, Romance7.4 (1.5K votes)10820211228
Moon and Sixpence, TheLoosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has always wanted to do. He is from then on a awf1942Albert LewinDrama, Romance6.7 (792 votes)8920211228
Moulin RougeFictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.1952John Huston (*)Biography, Drama, Music, Romance7.1 (5.4K votes)11920211228
Mr. TurnerAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.2014Mike Leigh (*)Biography, Drama, History6.8 (25.5K votes)15020211228
Mrs. Lowry and Son [Mrs Lowry & Son]A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.2019Adrian NobleBiography, Drama, History6.7 (2K votes)9120221228
MunchRejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his older sister and tortured by addiction, the film captures Edvard Munch's life, one of the world's greatest artists of all time.2023Henrik Martin DahlsbakkenBiography, Drama, History5.9 (851 votes)10420240205
Naked Maja, TheLove takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess.1958Henry Koster (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance5.6 (401 votes)11120211228
Never Look Away [Werk ohne Autor]German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.2018Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckBiography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War7.7 (21.1K votes)18920220822
NightwatchingAn 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'.2007Peter Greenaway (*)Biography, Drama, History, Mystery6.5 (3.2K votes)13420211228
Oviri [The Wolf at the Door]This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland), follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.1986Henning CarlsenBiography, Drama6.0 (410 votes)9020211228
Painted Fire [Chihwaseon]In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.2002Kwon-taek ImBiography, Drama, History7.2 (2.7K votes)12020211228
Paradise FoundA successful 19th century French stockbroker (Sutherland) leaves his profession to become an artist in Paris.2003Mario AndreacchioBiography, Drama5.7 (639 votes)9320211228
PaulaThe life and career of breakthrough German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.2016Christian SchwochowBiography, Drama, History6.4 (797 votes)12320220415
PirosmaniThe story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.1969Giorgi ShengelaiaBiography, Drama, History7.7 (1.2K votes)8520211228
PollockA film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.2000Ed HarrisBiography, Drama7.0 (27.9K votes)12220211228
Postcards from America [Post Cards from America]In the midst of the AIDS crisis, a young man from the suburbs moves to the big city of New York and ends up working as a hustler.1994Steve McLeanDrama5.9 (256 votes)9220230806
Real Vermeer, AThe life story of Dutch painter Han van Meegeren, from his beginnings as a rebellious young artist in 1920s Amsterdam to his rise to infamy as one of the most ingenious art forgers of all time.2016Rudolf van den BergBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.1 (507 votes)11520211228
RembrandtIconic artist Rembrandt van Rijn worked in the fields of painting, drafting, and printing, becoming the most iconic artist in all of Dutch history. This documentary profiles the story of a man whose varied works left an indelible ...1999Charles MattonBiography, Drama, History6.2 (399 votes)10320230806
Rembrandtnan1942Hans SteinhoffBiography, Drama5.4 (50 votes)9920230806
RembrandtThe respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.1936Alexander KordaBiography, Drama7.1 (1.8K votes)8520211228
Rembrandt fecit 1699In the final year of his life, Rembrandt painted a series of self-portraits that show him in a dark, lonely state of mind. Stelling has painstakingly recreated the pathetic end of a genius with an authenticity that allows viewers to 1977Jos StellingDrama6.9 (159 votes)12020211228
Rembrandt's J'AccuseAn 'essayistic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch. Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the mur2008Peter Greenaway (*)Documentary, Mystery7.2 (909 votes)8620220414
RenoirSet on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, 2012Gilles BourdosBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.6 (5.6K votes)11120211228
Satie and SuzanneAs the waters of the river Seine overflow their banks and surround a Parisian café, composer Erik Satie nurtures bittersweet memories of his one-time lover Suzanne Valadon.1994Tim SouthamMusic6.9 (17 votes)5320211228
Savage MessiahBiographical movie of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.1972Ken Russell (*)Biography, Drama7.0 (1.4K votes)9720220315
Seraphine [Séraphine]In 1912 German collector Wilhelm Uhde rents a flat in Senlis to write and take a break from Parisian life. He hires a 48-year old cleaning lady, Séraphine. Some time later, he notices a small painting on wood at a local notable home.2008Martin ProvostBiography, Drama7.4 (6.3K votes)12520220731
Summer in FebruaryA true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall2013Christopher MenaulBiography, Drama, Romance5.6 (4.3K votes)10020240229
Surviving PicassoThe passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.1996James Ivory (*)Biography, Drama, Romance6.4 (7.4K votes)12520211228
Tom of FinlandAward-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of twentieth century gay culture.2017Dome KarukoskiBiography, Drama6.8 (5.8K votes)11720211228
Utamaro and His Five Women [Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna]Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him i1946Kenji Mizoguchi (*)Drama7.1 (1.3K votes)10620211228
Van GoghThe final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.1991Maurice Pialat (*)Biography, Drama7.2 (2.9K votes)15820211228
Vincent - The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh [Vincent]This documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo, from 1872 until his tragic death. We gain first hand insight into the man, his motivations, and his humanity.1987Paul CoxAnimation, Biography, Drama7.3 (411 votes)10520211228
Vincent and Me [Vincent et moi]Jo meets a mysterious art dealer who buys some of her drawings and commissions her to make more. She asks some friends for help and sets off to Amsterdam to look for the mysterious man.1990Michael RubboDrama, Family, Fantasy6.2 (320 votes)10020230328
Vincent and TheoThe familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.1990Robert Altman (*)Biography, Drama6.9 (3.9K votes)13820211228
Vincent and Theo [Vincent & Theo]The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.1990Robert Altman (*)Biography, Drama6.9 (4.2K votes)13820240303
VolavéruntOn July 23 of 1802, the Duchess of Alba, the richest and most liberated woman of her time, offers a gala to inaugurate her new palace. Attendance is extraordinary: the Prime Minister Manuel Godoy, the painter Goya and Pepita Tudo, lo1999Bigas LunaDrama, Thriller5.6 (934 votes)9020211228
Woman Walks AheadCatherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.2017Susanna WhiteBiography, Drama, History, Western6.6 (6.9K votes)10120220415
Yellow House, TheCovers the short period the two master painters spent as roommates in Van Goghs house and tensions and personality conflicts that ensued.2007Chris DurlacherBiography, Drama7.0 (130 votes)7320211228
The Far Shore1976Joyce WielandDrama5.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Le vernis craque2011nanDrama, History, Romance7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Death of Salvador Dali2005Delaney BishopShort6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
The Eyes of Van Gogh2005Alexander BarnettBiography, Drama6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Van Gogh: Painted with Words2010Andrew HuttonDocumentary, Biography7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Rembrandt en ik2011nanBiography, Romance6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
El joven Picasso1993nanBiography, Drama6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Matisse & Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry2001Rob Tranchin, Ginny MartinBiography8.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Gauguin: The Full Story2003Waldemar JanuszczakDocumentary, Biography7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Modì1989Franco Brogi TavianiBiography, Drama6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Óscar. Una pasión surrealista2008Lucas FernándezBiography, Drama6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Ligabue1977nanBiography, Drama8.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Egon Schiele1980John GoldschmidtBiography7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Genius: Picasso: Chapter One2018Kenneth BillerBiography, Drama, History7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Red2018Nick Morris, Michael GrandageDrama7.6 (Unkn) Excluded