Photographers & Photography
by Paulo Alegria | created - 09 Apr 2011 | updated - 29 Apr 2023 | PublicA list of movies with varying levels of connectivity to photography, that prominently portray photographers either real or fictional. Suggestion titles are very welcome.
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1. Picture Perfect Romance (2022 TV Movie)
Romance
Zoey gave up her passion for wedding photography after her ex-fiancé, left her at the altar. But when a childhood friend insists her to be the photographer for her wedding, she is forced to confront her past, and allow love to return.
Director: Andrew Cymek | Stars: Celeste Desjardins, Jon McLaren, Kato Alexander, Bukola Ayoka
Votes: 213
2. The Voyeurs (2021)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, but notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite. This will set in motion a chain of events that will lead to disaster.
Director: Michael Mohan | Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Justice Smith, Ben Hardy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Votes: 32,514
3. A Picture Perfect Holiday (2021 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Gaby Jones, fashion photographer, takes a holiday retreat against her desire by advise of her friend. She will then find that there's more behind a photo when she meets wildlife photographer Sean.
Director: J.E. Logan | Stars: Tatyana Ali, Henderson Wade, Dina Meyer, Paula Andrea Placido
Votes: 366
4. A Picture Perfect Wedding (2021 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Photographer Lindsey gets asked by a New York mogul's son, Josh, to shoot his sister's wedding. Sparks fly as Lindsey and Josh prepare for the ceremony, but as the big day arrives, what will their hearts decide?
Director: Jason James | Stars: Emily Tennant, Tyler Johnston, Kylee Bush, Ben Bordeau
Votes: 431
5. Minamata (2020)
R | 115 min | Drama
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Director: Andrew Levitas | Stars: Akiko Iwase, Kogarashi Wakasugi, Johnny Depp, Katherine Jenkins
Votes: 23,018
6. Woman of the Photographs (2020)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A misogynistic photographer begins a twisted romance with a woman suffering from body dysmorphia.
Director: Takeshi Kushida | Stars: Toshiaki Inomata, Toki Koinuma, Hideki Nagai, Itsuki Otaki
Votes: 215
7. Picture Perfect Royal Christmas (2020 TV Movie)
85 min | Romance
Amanda is the assistant to a famous photographer. Her boss receives an invitation to photograph the Christmas festivities in the kingdom of Pantrea and Amanda goes posing as her. She will ... See full summary »
Director: Todor Chapkanov | Stars: Roxanne McKee, David Witts, Sophie Ward, Sophie Vavasseur
Votes: 543
8. Photograph (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A struggling street photographer in Mumbai, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develop a connection that transforms them in ways they could not expect.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Sachin Khedekar, Denzil Smith
Votes: 5,864 | Gross: $0.34M
9. Camille (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of Camille Lepage, a French photojournalist who was killed at age 26 in the Central African Republic.
Director: Boris Lojkine | Stars: Nina Meurisse, Fiacre Bindala, Bruno Todeschini, Grégoire Colin
Votes: 642
10. Polaroid (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid camera she finds. It doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken with it, soon die.
Director: Lars Klevberg | Stars: Kathryn Prescott, Tyler Young, Samantha Logan, Keenan Tracey
Votes: 16,445
11. Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A professional photographer returns home for Christmas to visit her grandmother and is hired as a nanny for the young nephew of their next-door-neighbor.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Merritt Patterson, Jon Cor, Luke Roessler, Paula Shaw
Votes: 1,943
12. Mapplethorpe (2018)
Unrated | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey, Brandon Sklenar
Votes: 1,857 | Gross: $0.09M
13. Cutterhead (2018)
84 min | Thriller
Rie visits a tunnel-boring machine being used to construct the Copenhagen Metro. When an accident occurs, she must survive the claustrophobic conditions of an airlock with Ivo and Bharan whilst reconsidering their lives.
Director: Rasmus Kloster Bro | Stars: Christine Sønderris, Kresimir Mikic, Samson Semere, Adrian Heili
Votes: 1,767
14. Pearl in Paradise (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An adventurous photographer and a less-than-adventurous novelist search for a mysterious pearl in the Paradise of Fiji.
Director: Gary Yates | Stars: Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Rob Kipa-Williams, Naomi Sequeira
Votes: 1,936
15. Camera Store (2017)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
On the eve of the transition from film to digital, the longtime denizens of a camera store confront their personal issues in this darkly comic story.
Director: Scott Marshall Smith | Stars: Angela Jones, Justin Lieberman, Maddie McCormick, John Larroquette
Votes: 1,561
16. Secondhand Hearts (2017)
TV-14 | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A photographer on a trip to Japan meets a fellow American woman and they quickly fall in love. However, when he returns home to the US, he discovers that she is his girlfriend's older sister.
Director: Austin Osanai Everett | Stars: Ben Isaacs, Mallory Corinne, Allie-Rae Treharne, Jericho Lopez
Votes: 137
17. Camera Obscura (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
A veteran war photographer with PTSD sees imminent deaths in his developed photos, questioning his already fragile sanity and putting the lives of those he loves in danger.
Director: Aaron B. Koontz | Stars: Christopher Denham, Nadja Bobyleva, Catherine Curtin, Chase Williamson
Votes: 998
18. Lavender (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
After discovering old fractures in her skull, a photographer recovering from amnesia becomes increasingly haunted by a sinister childhood secret.
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Abbie Cornish, Justin Long, Lola Flanery
Votes: 8,926
19. The Journey Is the Destination (2016)
R | 123 min | Drama
Photographer Dan Eldon, was only 22 when he was killed by an angry mob in Somalia. He left behind 17 scrapbooks that held his art, chronicling his life from age 14. His work, seen in Time and Newsweek, showed only part of his talent.
Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Ben Schnetzer, Kelly Macdonald, Sam Hazeldine, Ella Purnell
Votes: 763
20. Mothers and Daughters (2016)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
Directors: Paul Duddridge, Nigel Levy | Stars: Selma Blair, Luke Mitchell, Symmetry, Gilles Marini
Votes: 3,308
21. Camino (2015)
TV-MA | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In the jungles of Colombia, a photojournalist captures the truth behind a group of missionaries who may not be what they seem.
Director: Josh C. Waller | Stars: Zoë Bell, Nacho Vigalondo, Francisco Barreiro, Sheila Vand
Votes: 1,137
22. You Will Know What to Do with Me (2015)
R | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Artistic Nicolás and enigmatic Isabel share a sudden and intense affair while grave issues simmer just beneath the surface for them both.
Director: Katina Medina Mora | Stars: Mora Ferriol Avails, Arturo Barba, Rosa María Bianchi, Jose Angel Bichir
Votes: 568
23. Eadweard (2015)
Unrated | 104 min | Biography, Drama
Photographer Eadweard Muybridge launches his pioneering movement studies while attempting to keep his marriage intact and staving off morality forces that view the images he captures as degenerate.
Director: Kyle Rideout | Stars: Michael Eklund, Sara Canning, Christopher Heyerdahl, Charlie Carrick
Votes: 659
24. Life (I) (2015)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama
A photographer for LIFE Magazine is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher
Votes: 8,882
25. Louder Than Bombs (2015)
R | 109 min | Drama
The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Devin Druid
Votes: 14,201 | Gross: $0.16M
26. Residue (2015)
102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The government cover-up of the causes behind a massive explosion in a futuristic UK metropolis spur photo journalist Jennifer Preston on to search for the truth and in the process blow open a paranormal phenomenon haunting the city.
Director: Alex Garcia Lopez | Stars: Natalia Tena, Iwan Rheon, Jamie Draven, Danny Webb
Votes: 2,349
27. Photographer (2015)
R | 133 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The life and work of internationally renown provocative Czech photographer Jan Saudek.
Director: Irena Pavlásková | Stars: Karel Roden, Marie Málková, Zuzana Vejvodová, Václav Neuzil
Votes: 433
28. The Girl in the Photographs (2015)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
A bored young woman in the sleepy community of Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick sense of humor.
Director: Nick Simon | Stars: Kal Penn, Claudia Lee, Kenny Wormald, Toby Hemingway
Votes: 4,065
29. Les photographes (2015)
25 min | Short
The Hoffmann's are a famous couple of photographers. They are called to Berlin to shoot a significant commissioned series, but this work will not proceed as planned.
Director: Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux | Stars: Nathalie Boutefeu, Thomas de Pourquery, Albert Delpy, Roxane Duran
Votes: 5
30. Among Ravens (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of a group of friends who reunite for their annual 4th of July weekend only to be confronted by Chad, a strange and beautiful nature photographer who begins to change their lives one by one.
Directors: Russell Friedenberg, Randy Redroad | Stars: Christian Campbell, Vinnie Duyck, Russell Friedenberg, Calum Grant
Votes: 410
31. Lies I Told My Little Sister (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
After the death of her oldest sister, a 30 year old globe-trotting nature photographer is guilted onto a family trip to Cape Cod - along with the younger sister she used to torment. Amid ... See full summary »
Director: William J. Stribling | Stars: Ellen Foley, Lucy Walters, Donovan Patton, Alex Jennings
Votes: 102
32. The Memory Book (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A budding photographer seeks out the same true love she finds in an old photo album.
Director: Paul A. Kaufman | Stars: Meghan Ory, Luke Macfarlane, Art Hindle, John Cassini
Votes: 1,809
33. 1,000 Times Good Night (2013)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, War
Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny, Adrianna Cramer Curtis
Votes: 8,170 | Gross: $0.05M
34. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 341,046 | Gross: $58.24M
35. Tracks (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A young woman goes on a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with four camels and her faithful dog.
Director: John Curran | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Lily Pearl, Philip Dodd
Votes: 31,738 | Gross: $0.51M
The movie is based on Rick Smolan photographs.
36. Zenne Dancer (2011)
104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A feature film about an unusual trio: Daniel, a German photo-journalist in Istanbul without much knowledge about Turkish values. Can, a flamboyant, out and proud male belly dancer with lots... See full summary »
Directors: Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay | Stars: Kerem Can, Giovanni Arvaneh, Erkan Avci, Tilbe Saran
Votes: 2,867
37. My Straight Son (2012)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Fashion photographer, Diego suddenly needs to care for the teenage son he's not seen in years just as his boyfriend is put in a coma from a brutal assault. Father and son must grow to understand each others' worlds to face other problems.
Director: Miguel Ferrari | Stars: Guillermo Garcia, Ignacio Montes, Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres
Votes: 2,256
38. 24 Exposures (2013)
Unrated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In this sexy thriller a photographer who specializes in erotic photo shoots is suspected of murder when one of his models is found dead. Starring the creators of 'You're Next.'
Director: Joe Swanberg | Stars: Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Caroline White, Sophia Takal
Votes: 714
39. Ship of Theseus (2012)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
The film explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death through an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and a young stockbroker.
Director: Anand Gandhi | Stars: Aydah El-Kashef, Yogesh Shah, Faraz Khan, Hannan Youssef
Votes: 7,797
40. Dead Europe (2012)
84 min | Drama
In Greece to scatter his father's ashes, Isaac hears of a curse that hangs over the head of his family. Dismissing the idea, his trip begins to unveil dark truths that forced his father to flee years ago.
Director: Tony Krawitz | Stars: Ewen Leslie, William Zappa, Thanos Samaras, Theodora Tzimou
Votes: 751
41. Monsters (2010)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies
Votes: 97,655 | Gross: $0.24M
42. For Lovers Only (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American photographer runs into an old flame while on assignment in Paris.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Mark Polish, Stana Katic, Jean-Claude Thibaut, Jean-Marc Toussaint
Votes: 1,651
43. I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011)
100 min | Drama
The photographer Cauby moves and settles down in a small town in the countryside of Pará. When he meets the model Lavínia, who is the wife of Pastor Ernani, they have a torrid love affair. ... See full summary »
Directors: Beto Brant, Renato Ciasca | Stars: Camila Pitanga, Gustavo Machado, Zécarlos Machado, Gero Camilo
Votes: 675
44. The Bang Bang Club (2010)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
Director: Steven Silver | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels van Jaarsveld
Votes: 11,532
45. The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy
A photographer is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Afonso Bonito, Carmen Santos, Paulo Matos, Ricardo Trêpa
Votes: 2,136 | Gross: $0.05M
46. Monogamy (2010)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A photographer feels his commitment to his girlfriend beginning to fade when he becomes obsessed with an enigmatic client.
Director: Dana Adam Shapiro | Stars: Chris Messina, Rashida Jones, Meital Dohan, Zak Orth
Votes: 873 | Gross: $0.02M
47. Kvinden der drømte om en mand (2010)
100 min | Drama, Romance
What happens when a sexual connection overwhelms all your senses? A woman puts everything on the line in pursuit of a passionate affair with a man she hardly knows.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Sonja Richter, Marcin Dorocinski, Michael Nyqvist, Alberte Blichfeldt
Votes: 949
48. Triage (2009)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, War
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Sives, Paz Vega, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 10,678
49. Shutterbug (2009)
90 min | Drama, Romance
When shooting the dawn one morning, photographer Alex Santiago looks into the rising sun and hurts his eyes. As a result, he begins to see spots and blurs. When the spots become a face - an... See full summary »
Director: Minos Papas | Stars: Nando Del Castillo, Stella Velon, Doug Barron, Ariel Blue Sky
Votes: 42
50. Don't Look Back (2009)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A psychodrama about a photographer whose pictures tell a different story to that of her perception.
Director: Marina de Van | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci, Andrea Di Stefano, Thierry Neuvic
Votes: 7,441
51. Palermo Shooting (2008)
124 min | Drama
After the wild life-style of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman help him calm himself down?
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Campino, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dennis Hopper, Inga Busch
Votes: 3,195
52. Everlasting Moments (2008)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, History
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Callin Öhrvall
Votes: 5,957 | Gross: $0.61M
53. Shutter (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
Director: Masayuki Ochiai | Stars: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, James Kyson, Megumi Okina
Votes: 37,591 | Gross: $25.93M
54. The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Vinnie Jones, Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields
Votes: 71,143 | Gross: $0.08M
55. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Turning 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 twentieth century.
Director: Steven Shainberg | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin
Votes: 16,364 | Gross: $0.22M
Director Steven Shainberg's uncle, Lawrence, was a close friend of Diane Arbus.
56. Delirious (2006)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An offbeat drama focused on a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi.
Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon
Votes: 6,826 | Gross: $0.09M
57. The Situation (I) (2006)
R | 111 min | Drama, War
The story of an American journalist, a CIA operative, and an Iraqi photographer against the backdrop of the bloody war in Iraq.
Director: Philip Haas | Stars: Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada, Driss Roukhe
Votes: 889 | Gross: $0.05M
58. Catch and Release (II) (2006)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.
Director: Susannah Grant | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger
Votes: 28,581 | Gross: $15.27M
59. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 129,276 | Gross: $33.60M
60. The Snake (2006)
119 min | Thriller
Fashion photographer Vincent Mandel, in the midst of a difficult divorce, is suddenly being accused of rape and extorted. What does his former classmate Joseph Plender want from him?
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Yvan Attal, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Richard, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 2,655
61. Heavenly Forest (2006)
116 min | Drama, Romance
A photographer named Makoto travels to New York during Christmas to look for his best friend, Shizuru. The two first met when Makoto attended his university entrance ceremony. Due to his ... See full summary »
Director: Takehiko Shinjô | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Munetaka Aoki, Saori Ban
Votes: 3,602
62. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris
Votes: 11,660 | Gross: $1.41M
63. A Lot Like Love (2005)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Unacquainted Emily and Oliver join the mile-high club together on the way from LAX to NYC--end of story. Except that they keep meeting constantly over the next seven years..
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Taryn Manning, Aimee Garcia
Votes: 71,211 | Gross: $21.84M
64. Hard Candy (2005)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Elliot Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae
Votes: 168,123 | Gross: $1.01M
65. Closer (I) (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts
Votes: 236,147 | Gross: $33.99M
The photograph of an elderly couple which appears before Alice (Natalie Portman) is photographed by Anna (Julia Roberts), and which appears also in Anna's exhibition, is a photograph of British philosophers Peter Geach and G. E. M. Anscombe.
66. Time to Leave (2005)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama
A fashion photographer with terminal cancer elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Daniel Duval
Votes: 9,262 | Gross: $0.12M
67. Paparazzi (2004)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a personal tragedy involving his wife and son.
Director: Paul Abascal | Stars: Cole Hauser, Robin Tunney, Dennis Farina, Daniel Baldwin
Votes: 15,696 | Gross: $15.71M
Was inspired when Mel Gibson and some celebrities were talking about paparazzi nightmares and Gibson said, "What a great revenge film this would make." He is one of the film's producers.
68. Shutter (II) (2004)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool
Votes: 49,192
69. Twentynine Palms (2003)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Horror
David, an American photographer, and his Russian girlfriend Katia are scouting locations for a photo shoot. During the day, they drive through some of the wildest, most bizarre desert landscapes, but their luck begins to run out.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Yekaterina Golubeva, David Wissak
Votes: 5,096 | Gross: $0.05M
70. War Stories (2003 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Drama, War
A failed pilot for a drama about two war journalists, a cynical and disillusioned man and an idealist woman who must deal with the horrors of war as well as their own opposing viewpoints while reporting from Uzbekistan.
Director: Robert Singer | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Lake Bell, Louise Lombard, Jeffrey Nordling
Votes: 337
A film about war correspondants caught in the middle of the tragedy of war. A sexy, biting look at war and the press who throw their lives on the line to uncover the stories. Jeff is a seasoned reporter who is teamed up with a idealistic photographer on her first assignment on the front lines.
71. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 801,400 | Gross: $7.56M
The shot where we see a lot of dead bodies lying on huge blocks of concrete was recreated from an award-winning photograph taken during the drug war portrayed in the movie.
72. Shackleton (2002)
103 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the South Pole, and his epic struggle to lead his twenty-eight man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Eve Best, Mark Tandy, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 3,092
James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) is regarded as an extraordinary Australian photographer, adventurer, filmmaker and writer. Among his best known images, are those of the destruction of the Endurance, during Ernest Shackleton's legendary ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1914-16.
73. One Hour Photo (2002)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
A mentally unstable photo developer targets an upper middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine.
Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith
Votes: 131,759 | Gross: $31.60M
Some of the characters’ names, including Robin Williams’, are real photographer’s names, like James Van DerZee, Nobuyoshi Araki, Bill Owens, Ellen von Unwerth, Aaron Siskind, and Paul Outerbridge.
74. Distant (2002)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal
Votes: 22,897 | Gross: $0.10M
75. Road to Perdition (2002)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Votes: 284,600 | Gross: $104.45M
The photographs in Harlen Maguire's (Jude Law) apartment are real 1930s crime scene photos, some of which were taken by Weegee himself.
76. Femme Fatale (2002)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote, Eriq Ebouaney
Votes: 37,663 | Gross: $6.59M
77. Amélie (2001)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta
Votes: 794,423 | Gross: $33.23M
The photobooth photo collection is based on a real collection of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s friend. He even credited him at the end: D’après la collection originale de Michel Folco.
78. Gentlemen's Relish (2001 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A painter in London paints in a style no longer popular. His assistant suggests artistic photography. It blooms. So much more when he photographs settings from classical nude paintings, naively oblivious to the real reason to success.
Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: Billy Connolly, Sarah Lancashire, Douglas Henshall, Katie Blake
Votes: 261
79. The Weight of Water (2000)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Sarah Polley, Elizabeth Hurley
Votes: 10,037 | Gross: $0.10M
80. Harrison's Flowers (2000)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance, War
When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.
Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Scott Anton, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 6,769 | Gross: $1.84M
81. Memento (2000)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,323,392 | Gross: $25.54M
The camera Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) uses is a Polaroid 690.
82. The Photographer (2000)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A Photographer has a single evening to find ten magical photographs or else he stands to lose everything that is important to him.
Director: Jeremy Stein | Stars: Reg Rogers, Tina Holmes, Anthony Michael Hall, Marisa Berenson
Votes: 359
83. Guinevere (1999)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
Director: Audrey Wells | Stars: Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart, Gina Gershon
Votes: 2,741 | Gross: $0.61M
84. Shooting the Past (1999– )
182 min | Drama, History
A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.
Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Liam Cunningham, Billie Whitelaw
Votes: 1,307
85. Pecker (1998)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A talented young photographer, who enjoys snapping photos of his satirical, perverted Baltimore neighborhood and his wacky family, gets dragged into a world of pretentious artists from New York City and finds newfound fame.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong, Mark Joy
Votes: 14,859 | Gross: $2.28M
Pecker’s camera is a Canonet, made mostly in the 60s and was the equivalent of a point-and-shoot. Today, it’d be worth about $20.
86. High Art (1998)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A young female intern at a small magazine company and a drug-addicted lesbian photographer slowly fall in love while exploiting each other to advance their respective careers.
Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Gabriel Mann
Votes: 11,114 | Gross: $1.93M
The character of Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy) was based on Nan Goldin's life and work.
87. Photographing Fairies (1997)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Photographer Charles Castle is dazed with grief after the death of his girlfriend. He goes off to war and works in the trenches as photographer. After the war, still grieving, Charles receives some photographs that claim to be of fairies.
Director: Nick Willing | Stars: Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber
Votes: 2,851
88. Smoke (1995)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga
Votes: 38,143 | Gross: $8.35M
89. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak
Votes: 88,946 | Gross: $71.52M
90. Calendar (1993)
74 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman stays in Armenia after her photographer husband completes his assignment and returns home to Canada.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamyan, Atom Egoyan, Michelle Bellerose
Votes: 2,361
91. Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When shy, soft-spoken Chicago detective Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie inadvertently saves the life of local gangster Frank Milo, he's the reluctant recipient of an unusual one week "thank you" gift - a beautiful bartender named Glory.
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso
Votes: 22,751 | Gross: $11.08M
92. The Public Eye (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the early 1940s, an infamous New York paparazzo gets an assignment from a club owner to do a background search on a mysterious gangster, which leads him down a very dangerous path.
Director: Howard Franklin | Stars: Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Richard Riehle, Bryan Travis Smith
Votes: 4,427 | Gross: $3.07M
The character of Bernzy was inspired by real-life photographer Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig, and some of Bernzy's photos are in fact Fellig's.
93. Proof (1991)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell
Votes: 7,126 | Gross: $0.52M
94. Salvador (1986)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage
Votes: 23,162
Based on a true story involving Rick Boyle, a journalist and friend of Oliver Stone. John Savage plays a fictional version of a real photographer John Hoglund or Olivier Rebbot in the movie.
95. The Killing Fields (1984)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
Votes: 59,228 | Gross: $34.70M
There was real film in John Malkovich's camera and he was taking real photographs throughout the production.
96. No Small Affair (1984)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
16-year-old Charles loves to photograph. A cute girl's photo ends up in his camera. He later sees the older Laura singing in a bar. He takes many more photos of her and ends seeing her again, wishing to help her career.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt, Peter Frechette
Votes: 2,483 | Gross: $4.99M
97. Under Fire (1983)
R | 128 min | Drama, War
Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 8,518 | Gross: $5.70M
98. Star 80 (1983)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker
Votes: 8,142 | Gross: $6.47M
99. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Votes: 22,894 | Gross: $10.28M
100. Boat People (1982)
R | 109 min | Drama
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: George Lam, Cora Miao, Season Ma, Andy Lau
Votes: 1,685
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