Movies by Lists - Lust for Art (Films of artists and art) (60 [70]) 
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| 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 and | 1978 | Tage Danielsson | Comedy | 7.4 (3.6K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Agony and the Ecstasy, TheThe biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II. | 1965 | Carol Reed (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (7.1K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Yume]A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams. | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Drama, Fantasy | 7.8 (25.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| All the Vermeers in New YorkAnna, a French actress, is approached by financial broker Mark in the Vermeer room of a New York gallery. However, romance does not ensue. | 1990 | Jon Jost | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.4 (991 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Andrei RublevThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev. | 1966 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.1 (52.1K votes) | 205 | 20211228 |
| 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 ab | 1997 | Agnès Merlet | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.7 (2.1K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| BasquiatThe brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity. | 1996 | Julian Schnabel | Biography, Drama | 6.9 (20.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| The Blood of a Poet [Le sang d'un poète]One of cinema's great experiments, this first installment of the Orphic Trilogy stretches the medium to its limits in an effort to capture the poet's obsession with the struggle between the forces of life and death. | 1932 | Jean Cocteau (*) | Fantasy | 7.3 (6.6K votes) | 55 | 20220423 |
| 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. | 1963 | Riccardo Freda | Adventure | 5.4 (93 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| 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 shadow | 1988 | Bruno Nuytten | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.3 (6.7K votes) | 175 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2013 | Bruno Dumont | Biography, Drama | 6.5 (3.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| 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... | 2007 | Angelo Longoni | Biography, History | 6.8 (387 votes) | 180 | 20230806 |
| CaravaggioA retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. | 1986 | Derek Jarman (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.6 (5.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| CarringtonThe platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century. | 1995 | Christopher Hampton | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.8 (5.4K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Color of Pomegranates, The [Sayat Nova]A surreal biopic of Armenian poet Sayat Nova, told via non-narrative amalgamations of images, hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov. | 1969 | Sergei Parajanov (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 7.7 (10.3K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| CrumbAn intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family. | 1994 | Terry Zwigoff | Documentary, Biography, Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (19.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| 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 | 1974 | Peter Watkins (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance | 8.2 (3.1K votes) | 210 | 20211228 |
| El GrecoThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco". | 2007 | Yannis Smaragdis | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (4.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1966 | Luciano Salce | Biography, Drama | 6.3 (176 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| FridaA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. | 2002 | Julie Taymor | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (87.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Frida [Frida, naturaleza viva]The most prominent female painter of Latin America, Frida Kahlo, is agonizing in her Coyoacán home. She evokes memories of her childhood, of the streetcar accident that caused her terrible pain and affliction, her friendship with ... | 1983 | Paul Leduc | Biography, Drama | 6.9 (527 votes) | 108 | 20231001 |
| 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 | 2006 | Steven Shainberg | Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (15.8K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Georgia O'KeeffeBiopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. | 2009 | Bob Balaban | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (904 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| 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 dea | 1971 | Konrad Wolf | Drama | 7.0 (345 votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| 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 | 1999 | Carlos Saura | Biography, Drama, War | 6.7 (2.1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| 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 | 1996 | Mary Harron | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (6.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Impressionists, The"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 ins | 2006 | Tim Dunn | Drama | 8.1 (1.1K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| In the Realms of the UnrealA documentary on Henry Darger, visionary artist, janitor, and novelist. | 2004 | Jessica Yu | Documentary, Biography | 7.3 (2.2K votes) | 81 | 20220315 |
| 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. | 2006 | Raúl Ruiz | Biography, Drama | 5.2 (3.1K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| La Belle NoiseuseThe former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored. | 1991 | Jacques Rivette (*) | Drama | 7.6 (8K votes) | 238 | 20211228 |
| 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). | 1971 | Renato Castellani | Biography, History | 8.0 (435 votes) | 0 | 20240524 |
| Lust for LifeThe life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh. | 1956 | Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor | Biography, Drama | 7.4 (11.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Marie KrøyerThe story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer. | 2012 | Bille August | Biography, Drama | 6.3 (1.4K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| ModiglianiThe story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne. | 2004 | Mick Davis | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (11.6K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| 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 financia | 1958 | Jacques Becker (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (1.5K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Moulin RougeFictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. | 1952 | John Huston (*) | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.1 (5.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Mr. TurnerAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life. | 2014 | Mike Leigh (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 6.8 (25.5K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| My Left FootChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. | 1989 | Jim Sheridan (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.9 (72.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Mystere Picasso, LeA filmed record of Pablo Picasso painting numerous canvases for the camera, allowing us to see his creative process at work. | 1956 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (*) | Documentary, Biography, History | 7.6 (2.5K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Naked Maja, TheLove takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess. | 1958 | Henry Koster (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance | 5.6 (401 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| 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'. | 2007 | Peter Greenaway (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Mystery | 6.5 (3.2K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1986 | Henning Carlsen | Biography, Drama | 6.0 (410 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2002 | Kwon-taek Im | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (2.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Paradise FoundA successful 19th century French stockbroker (Sutherland) leaves his profession to become an artist in Paris. | 2003 | Mario Andreacchio | Biography, Drama | 5.7 (639 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Picasso Summer, TheA San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso. | 1969 | Robert Sallin, Serge Bourguignon | Adventure, Drama | 5.2 (371 votes) | 90 | 20240329 |
| PirosmaniThe story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani. | 1969 | Giorgi Shengelaia | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (1.2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| PollockA film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock. | 2000 | Ed Harris | Biography, Drama | 7.0 (27.9K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Portrait of a Beauty [Mi-in-do]Born to a family of established court painters, a woman is forced to carry on her family name and take over her brother's life after he commits suicide. | 2008 | Yun-su Jeon | Drama, Romance | 6.3 (815 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| 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, | 2012 | Gilles Bourdos | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.6 (5.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Savage MessiahBiographical movie of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. | 1972 | Ken Russell (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.0 (1.4K votes) | 97 | 20220315 |
| 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. | 2008 | Martin Provost | Biography, Drama | 7.4 (6.3K votes) | 125 | 20220731 |
| 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. | 1996 | James Ivory (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.4 (7.4K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| TatsumiA story based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a mangaka known for his gekiga style of alternate Japanese manga. | 2011 | Eric Khoo | Animation, Biography, Drama | 7.0 (835 votes) | 96 | 20230806 |
| Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train [Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train]Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems. | 1998 | Patrice Chéreau | Drama, Romance | 6.3 (1.9K votes) | 122 | 20220315 |
| 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 i | 1946 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 7.1 (1.3K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Van GoghThe final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined. | 1991 | Maurice Pialat (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.2 (2.9K votes) | 158 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1987 | Paul Cox | Animation, Biography, Drama | 7.3 (411 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1990 | Robert Altman (*) | Biography, Drama | 6.9 (3.9K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1990 | Robert Altman (*) | Biography, Drama | 6.9 (4.2K votes) | 138 | 20240303 |
| Violent Life, A [Una vita scellerata]The story of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy, whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes. | 1990 | Giacomo Battiato | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (108 votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| A Portrait of Arshile | 1995 | Atom Egoyan | Documentary, Short | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Van Gogh | 1948 | Alain Resnais | Documentary, Short | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Van Gogh | 1969 | Thomas Fantl | Drama | 8.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Georgia O'Keeffe | 1977 | Perry Miller Adato | Documentary | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Die Entscheidung des Tilman Riemenschneider | 1954 | nan | nan | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Jörg Ratgeb - Maler | 1978 | Bernhard Stephan | Drama, History | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ligabue | 1977 | nan | Biography, Drama | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Pont Neuf | 1997 | Zeljko Senecic | Biography, Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Through the Eyes of a Painter | 1967 | M.F. Hussain | Short | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gerhard Richter Painting | 2011 | Corinna Belz | Documentary | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |