Films About Famous Painters (filmes biográficos de artistas plásticos)
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1. Andrei Rublev (1966)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 57,068 | Gross: $0.10M
Andrei Rublev (c.1360s-c.1430)
2. Surmatants (1991)
125 min | Drama, History
Fragments of the plaque painting "Death Dance" from Lübeck combined with the most influential North German late Gothic artist Bernt Notke and the adventurous painter and woodcarver Michel Sittow.
Director: Tõnu Virve | Stars: Tõnu Aav, Rudolf Allabert, Maria Avdjushko, Andres Dvinjaninov
Votes: 10
Bernt Notke (1435 - 1508/1509
3. The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971)
300 min | Biography, History
Miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
Stars: Philippe Leroy, Giulio Bosetti, Giorgio Piazza, Bruno Piergentili
Votes: 436
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
4. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Approved | 138 min | Biography, Drama, History
The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews
Votes: 8,054
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
5. Il magnifico avventuriero (1963)
93 min | Adventure
Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Brett Halsey, Claudia Mori, Françoise Fabian, José Nieto
Votes: 104
Benvenuto Cellini (1500 – 1571)
6. The Mill and the Cross (2011)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, History
This 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.
Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling, Joanna Litwin
Votes: 4,430 | Gross: $0.31M
Pieter Brueghel (1525 — 1569)
7. El Greco (1966)
Approved | 95 min | Biography, Drama
16th-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.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Rosanna Schiaffino, Adolfo Celi, Mario Feliciani
Votes: 199
El Greco (1541-1614)
8. El Greco (2007)
119 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
Director: Yannis Smaragdis | Stars: Nick Clark Windo, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull, Lakis Lazopoulos
Votes: 4,947
El Greco (1541-1614)
9. Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
Not Rated | 128 min | Biography, Comedy, History
Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts, Boris Bakal
Votes: 1,378
Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617)
10. Caravaggio (1986)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Noam Almaz, Dexter Fletcher, Nigel Terry, Sean Bean
Votes: 7,023 | Gross: $0.00M
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
11. Caravaggio (2007 TV Movie)
180 min | Biography, History
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Angelo Longoni | Stars: Alessio Boni, Elena Sofia Ricci, Jordi Mollà, Paolo Briguglia
Votes: 391
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
12. Artemisia (1997)
R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
Artemisia 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Agnès Merlet | Stars: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti
Votes: 2,206 | Gross: $0.38M
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1653)
13. Rembrandt (1936)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman
Votes: 1,989
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
14. Rembrandt (1999)
103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Iconic 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Matton | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Romane Bohringer, Jean Rochefort, Johanna ter Steege
Votes: 408
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
15. Rembrandt (1942)
99 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Ewald Balser, Hertha Feiler, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Votes: 50
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
16. Nightwatching (2007)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
An 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'.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May
Votes: 3,451
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
17. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 82,678 | Gross: $11.63M
Johannes Vermeer (c.1632-1675)
18. A Harlot's Progress (2006 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Toby Jones, Zoë Tapper, Sophie Thompson, Richard Wilson
Votes: 344
William Hogarth (1697 — 1764)
19. Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício (2000)
100 min | Drama
Historian wants to find Aleijadinho's daughter-in-law, who was still alive. In flashback, the life of this extraordinary Brazilian artist is told, from his birth until his death, in 1814.
Director: Geraldo Santos Pereira | Stars: Maurício Gonçalves, Maria Ceiça, Ruth de Souza, Shelmer Gvar
Votes: 48
(Ouro Preto 1730 ou 1738 - 1814)
20. Goya's Ghosts (2006)
R | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid
Votes: 31,953 | Gross: $1.00M
Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
21. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
Francisco 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
Votes: 2,307 | Gross: $0.72M
Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
22. The Naked Maja (1958)
111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari, Gino Cervi
Votes: 442
Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
23. Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
106 min | Drama
Utamaro is a great artist who lives to create portraits of beautiful women, using the brothels of Tokyo to provide his models.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô, Hiroko Kawasaki
Votes: 1,423
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 – 1806)
24. Mr. Turner (2014)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey
Votes: 27,181 | Gross: $3.96M
J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)
25. Miss Hokusai (2015)
PG-13 | 93 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
Directors: Keiichi Hara, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas | Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Anne Watanabe, Erica Lindbeck, Richard Epcar
Votes: 3,503 | Gross: $0.22M
Katsushika Ōi (1800-1866) Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) Utagawa KUNINAO (1793-1854)
26. Degas and the Dancer (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 56 min | Drama, Family, Music
Searching for inspiration, impressionist Edgar Degas hires a struggling young ballerina to pose for him. However, their critical attitudes and equally stubborn opinions push both towards greater heights. Based on actual events.
Director: David Devine | Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, Alison Pill, Kathryn Long, Robin Duke
Votes: 97
Edgar Degas (1834 — 1917)
27. Monet: Shadow and Light (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Drama, Family
Monet's painting ends abruptly with attacks from his father and art critics. He intends to abandon everything, but is convinced otherwise by an aspiring young artist.
Director: David Devine | Stars: Stuart Hughes, Trevor Blumas, Maggie Huculak, Richard Clarkin
Votes: 96
Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) Camille Pissarro (1830 – 1903)
28. Renoir (2012)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Bourdos | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret
Votes: 5,994 | Gross: $2.29M
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)
29. Le vernis craque (2011– )
57 min | Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Stéphanie Pasterkamp, Bruno Slagmulder, Philippe Bas, Solène Bouton
Votes: 16
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
30. Enfances (2007)
80 min | Drama
an anthology film based on the childhoods of famous film directors.
Directors: Ismaël Ferroukhi, Corinne Garfin, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Isild Le Besco, Yann Le Gal, Safy Nebbou | Stars: Virgil Leclaire, Julie Gayet, Patrick Fierry, Jonathan Joss
Votes: 169
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)
31. Painted Fire (2002)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ahn Sung-ki, Yoo Ho-jeong, Kim Yeo-jin
Votes: 2,824 | Gross: $0.06M
Owon (1843 - 1897)
32. Rang Rasiya (2008)
Not Rated | 132 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look into the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Paresh Rawal, Ashish Vidyarthi
Votes: 2,028
Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906)
33. Oviri (1986)
R | 90 min | Biography, Drama
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.
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jean Yanne, Sofie Gråbøl
Votes: 469 | Gross: $0.58M
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
34. The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Loosely 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Doris Dudley, Eric Blore
Votes: 878
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
35. Paradise Found (2003)
R | 93 min | Biography, Drama
A successful 19th century French stockbroker (Sutherland) leaves his profession to become an artist in Paris.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Alun Armstrong, Thomas Heinze
Votes: 679
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
36. Gaudí (1989)
57 min
Director: Manuel Huerga | Stars: Carles Sabater, Elisabeth Escayola, Jesús Orús, Santi Claramunt
Votes: 16
Antoni Gaudí (1852 - 1926)
37. Csontváry (1980)
112 min | Drama
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka the one-ideaed Hungarian painter was thought to be crazy by his peers, but he eventually became a significant artist.
Director: Zoltán Huszárik | Stars: Itschak Fintzi, István Holl, Andrea Drahota, Margit Dajka
Votes: 250
Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry (1853-1919)
38. Lust for Life (1956)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown
Votes: 12,510 | Gross: $3.48M
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
39. Vincent (1981 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography
A one-man filmed play of Leonard Nimoy's adaptation of "Van Gogh" (1979) by Phillip Stephens.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Star: Leonard Nimoy
Votes: 114
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
40. Vincent (1987)
105 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
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.
Director: Paul Cox | Stars: John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek
Votes: 457 | Gross: $1.58M
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
41. Dreams (1990)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada
Votes: 29,193 | Gross: $1.96M
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
42. Van Gogh (1991)
R | 158 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq, Gérard Séty
Votes: 3,310 | Gross: $0.14M
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
43. Vincent & Theo (1990)
PG-13 | 138 min | Biography, Drama
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.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine, Jean-François Perrier
Votes: 4,207 | Gross: $2.23M
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
44. Painted with Words (2010 TV Movie)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of Vincent Van Gogh, with dialogue sourced from his own words.
Director: Andrew Hutton | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Parker, Aidan McArdle, Christopher Good
Votes: 2,712
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
45.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Sunday in the Park with George
(1986)
Not Rated | 146 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Video production of the Pulitzer-prize winning musical stage production. In the first act, "George", a fictionalized Georges Seurat paints his lover, Dot, and "A Sunday Afternoon on the ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Bryne, Mary D'Arcy
Votes: 975
Georges Seurat (1859-1891)
46. Vincent van Gogh (1988 TV Movie)
81 min | Drama
The last day in the life of the famous artist.
Director: Veli-Matti Saikkonen | Stars: Timo Torikka, Pertti Sveholm, Harri Tirkkonen, Irina Milan
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
47. Pirosmani (1969)
85 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.
Director: Giorgi Shengelaia | Stars: Avtandil Varazi, Dodo Abashidze, Zurab Kapianidze, Teimuraz Beridze
Votes: 1,392
Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918)
48. Klimt (2006)
Not Rated | 131 min | Biography, Drama
A 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.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 3,260
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
49. Dagny (1977)
85 min | Drama
Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress.
Director: Haakon Sandøy | Stars: Lise Fjeldstad, Daniel Olbrychski, Per Oscarsson, Nils Ole Oftebro
Votes: 53
Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
50. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History
This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum
Votes: 3,381 | Gross: $0.04M
Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
51. Seraphine (2008)
Unrated | 125 min | Biography, Drama
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.
Director: Martin Provost | Stars: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich
Votes: 6,546 | Gross: $0.88M
Séraphine Louis (1864–1942)
52. Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Winter, 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.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jessica Errero, Robert Leroy, Jean-Luc Vincent
Votes: 3,937 | Gross: $0.02M
Camille Claudel (1864 -1943)
53. Camille Claudel (1988)
R | 175 min | Biography, Drama, History
Camille 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.
Director: Bruno Nuytten | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 7,396 | Gross: $0.20M
Camille Claudel (1864 -1943) Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
54. Moulin Rouge (1952)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Director: John Huston | Stars: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier
Votes: 6,525 | Gross: $11.81M
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
55. Lautrec (1998)
125 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Life, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.
Director: Roger Planchon | Stars: Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein, Anémone, Claude Rich
Votes: 699
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
56. Marie Krøyer (2012)
102 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Sverrir Gudnason, Lene Maria Christensen
Votes: 1,435
Marie Krøyer (1867 - 1940) Peder Severin Krøyer (1851 - 1909)
57. Matisse & Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry (2001 TV Movie)
30 min | Biography
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were two of the greatest painters of the 20th Century.It is a story of Competition, envy and resentment between the Spanish ex-patriate Picasso (1881- 1973) ... See full summary »
Directors: Ginny Martin, Rob Tranchin | Stars: Salome Jens, Geneviève Bujold, Miguel Ferrer, Robert Clary
Votes: 12
Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Françoise Gilot (1921- )
58. Monsieur Max (2007 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
The story of the French poet Max Jacob, between the First and the Second World War until his deportation. Alice, his adopted daughter voluntarily had herself deported and went to the concentration camp to find him.
Director: Gabriel Aghion | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Dominique Blanc, Guillaume Gallienne, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 83
Max Jacob (1876 – 1944) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
59. Les amours du mal-aimé (1980 TV Movie)
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Jean-François Balmer, Jenny Arasse, Tooti Masson, Caroline Silhol
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Max Jacob (1876 – 1944)
60. The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
88 min | Biography, Comedy
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. One day he is ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Margaretha Krook, Lena Olin
Votes: 3,927
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
61. Midnight in Paris (2011)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller
Votes: 449,961 | Gross: $56.82M
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Luis Buñuel (1900 - 1983) Man Ray (1890 - 1976) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
62. Surviving Picasso (1996)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The 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.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland
Votes: 7,889 | Gross: $2.00M
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
63. Minotauromaquia (2004)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A trip into Picasso's creative mind. We enter his imagination to find the creatures and stories that populated his psyche.
Director: Juan Pablo Etcheverry
Votes: 122
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
64. La femme qui pleure au chapeau rouge (2010 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Amira Casar, Thierry Frémont, Judith Davis, Pascal Elso
Votes: 27
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
65. The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
88 min | Biography, Comedy
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. One day he is ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Margaretha Krook, Lena Olin
Votes: 3,927
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
66. Maurice U. (2005)
Short, Drama
A short film inspired by incidents in the life of French painter Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955), famous for his lively paintings of life in the village of Montmartre in Paris. The film focuses... See full summary »
Director: Eirik Smidesang Slåen | Stars: Sarah Arlen, Timothy Briand, Emmerich de Bodinat, Michèle Etges
Votes: 30
Maurice Utrillo (1883 - 1955)
67. Modigliani (2004)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.
Director: Mick Davis | Stars: Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 12,524 | Gross: $0.20M
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Max Jacob (1876 – 1944) Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
68. Modì (1989)
98 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Amedeo Modigliani, a painter and a genius.
Director: Franco Brogi Taviani | Stars: Richard Berry, Elide Melli, Trudie Styler, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 40
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) Jeanne Hébuterne (1898 - 1920) Maurice Utrillo (1883 - 1955)
69. Montparnasse 19 (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 1,678
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
70. Yumeji (1991)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama
Painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) gets involved with a beautiful widow, becoming a rival of her dead husband's ghost and the jealous lover who murdered him.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Tomoko Mariya, Masumi Miyazaki, Tamasaburô Bandô
Votes: 746
Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934)
71. Bride of the Wind (2001)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Sarah Wynter, Vincent Perez, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Verhoeven
Votes: 706 | Gross: $0.42M
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
72. Georgia O'Keeffe (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Begley Jr., Kathleen Chalfant
Votes: 965
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986)
73. The Danish Girl (2015)
R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 199,281 | Gross: $11.11M
Gerda Wegener (1889 - 1940) Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe (1882 - 1931)
74. Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980)
95 min | Biography, Drama
The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women.
Director: Herbert Vesely | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Kristina van Eyck
Votes: 464
Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
75. Savage Messiah (1972)
R | 97 min | Biography, Drama
Biographical movie of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren, Lindsay Kemp
Votes: 1,666
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891 – 1915)
76. Carrington (1995)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington, Samuel West
Votes: 5,779 | Gross: $3.24M
Dora de Houghton Carrington (1893 – 1932)
77. Mój Nikifor (2004)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Story of the last eight years of life of Nikifor Krynicki, famous "naive artist".
Director: Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Krystyna Feldman, Roman Gancarczyk, Jerzy Gudejko, Jowita Budnik
Votes: 871
Nikifor (1895-1968)
78. A Soul Haunted by Painting (1994)
130 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris.
Director: Shuqin Huang | Stars: Gong Li, Fang-Tsen, Shichang Da, Tung-Shing Yee
Votes: 493
Pan Yuliang, born Zhang Yuliang (1899–1977)
79. Little Ashes (2008)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
Director: Paul Morrison | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell
Votes: 9,625 | Gross: $0.48M
Luis Buñuel (1900 - 1983) Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
80. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
150 min | Drama
A doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari
Votes: 2,736 | Gross: $0.07M
Carlo Levi (1902 – 1975)
81. The Death of Salvador Dali (2005)
18 min | Short
"The Death of Salvador Dali" brings the paranoiac, flamboyant Dali into the office and head-space of an unsuspecting Sigmund Freud. When Salvador seeks Freud's assistance to inject madness ... See full summary »
Director: Delaney Bishop | Stars: Salvador Benavides, Robert Cesario, Dita Von Teese, Mary Burton
Votes: 216
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
82. Dalí (1991)
106 min | Biography, Drama
Biography 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.
Director: Antoni Ribas | Stars: Lorenzo Quinn, Sarah Douglas, Michael Catlin, Katherine Wallach
Votes: 143
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
83. Circumstances (2008)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Marco Sanges | Stars: David Gant, Alberto Bona, Roz McCutcheon, David Brett
Votes: 39
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
84. Óscar. Una pasión surrealista (2008)
108 min | Biography, Drama
"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, contemporary of Picasso. The film rediscovers the life of a... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Fernández | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Victoria Abril, Emma Suárez, Jorge Perugorría
Votes: 97
Oscar Domínguez (1906 - 1957)
85. Frida (1983)
108 min | Biography, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Leduc | Stars: Ofelia Medina, Juan José Gurrola, Max Kerlow, Claudio Brook
Votes: 535
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
86. Frida (2002)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Mía Maestro
Votes: 95,345 | Gross: $25.89M
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
87. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
Votes: 3,995 | Gross: $0.34M
Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
88. Pollock (2000)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.
Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Robert Knott, Molly Regan
Votes: 29,632 | Gross: $8.60M
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
89. 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: 16,363 | Gross: $0.22M
Diane Arbus (1923 - 1971)
90. Big Eyes (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter
Votes: 99,129 | Gross: $14.48M
Margaret Keane (1927- )
91. Factory Girl (2006)
R | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.
Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon
Votes: 22,335 | Gross: $1.66M
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
92. I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but after he repeatedly ignored her, she shot him.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau
Votes: 7,120 | Gross: $1.81M
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
93. My Left Foot (1989)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan
Votes: 79,808 | Gross: $14.74M
Christy Brown (1932 – 1981)
94. American Splendor (2003)
R | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose
Votes: 52,375 | Gross: $6.00M
Harvey Pekar (1939 - 2010)
95. Ryan (2004)
TV-PG | 14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
Director: Chris Landreth | Stars: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth, Felicity Fanjoy, Derek Lamb
Votes: 3,001
Ryan Larkin (1943 – 2007)
96. Basquiat (1996)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani
Votes: 22,084 | Gross: $2.96M
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Julian Schnabel (1951--)
97. Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Mystery
An '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 ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Martin Freeman, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May, Emily Holmes
Votes: 984
98. Cradle Will Rock (1999)
R | 132 min | Drama
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s U.S., focusing on a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack
Votes: 9,536 | Gross: $2.90M
99. Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)
105 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Toledo in the 30s: The godfather of cinematic surrealism, Luis Buñuel, the poet Federico Garcia Loca and the painter Salvador Dalí are on a search for the mythical table of King Salomon, ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: El Gran Wyoming, Pere Arquillué, Ernesto Alterio, Adrià Collado
Votes: 541
100. Mahler on the Couch (2010)
98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud.
Directors: Felix O. Adlon, Percy Adlon | Stars: Johannes Silberschneider, Barbara Romaner, Karl Markovics, Eva Mattes
Votes: 495
Gustav Mahler
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