Artists and Models
by miran_kor | created - 23 Oct 2014 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicUnder construction and always in progress!!!
This is just another (very) personal 'project' of mine. To see as many as possible is my goal (and sweet dream).
Films about painters and sculptors, and sometimes about their models, too. And films about their art works (legacy) as well.
Very famous, less famous and even some completely fictional. It's all about their art (and their tormented souls)!
All the films I've seen and those I haven't (but would like to).
Caution (for possible readers)! This will take me ages to compile. My memory is faulty (and gettting worse by the day).
In rough chronological order.
With my humble rates for the ones I've seen.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Jordan (Jakov Sedlar, 1983, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Also, films listed at IMDb but the new (improved, LOL) search function can't find them for this list (as of yet):
...
Notes:
- Features, documentaries, shorts, TV movies and TV mini-series (up to 5 parts) eligible. 'Regular' (longer) TV series are NOT.
- My rates are (as always) based on the overall Cinematic quality (as I perceive it) and not on the content itself. Fans of particular films (and especially this very topic) should always keeep this in mind.
N/S = not seen Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing TV = TV viewing PC = download OL = online viewing VHS = VHS viewing DVD = DVD viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10) FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10) P = Pass (1-4/10)
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1. The Express Sculptor (1907)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
A sculptor and his assistant are busy at work, making faces out of clay that involve a man wearing a turban, a gap-toothed granny, and others.
Director: Segundo de Chomón | Stars: Julienne Mathieu, Lee Yost
Votes: 150
OL. 8/10 (R).
2. The Dragon Painter (1919)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
Director: William Worthington | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Peil Sr., Toyo Fujita
Votes: 667
OL. 7/10 (FF).
3. Michael (1924)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Triangle story: painter, his young male model, unscrupulous princess.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen, Nora Gregor, Alexander Murski
Votes: 2,046
PC. 8/10 (R).
4. The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Fay Wray
Votes: 485
N/S.
5. 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: 1,990
OL. 6.5/10 (FF).
6. Rembrandt (1942)
99 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Ewald Balser, Hertha Feiler, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Votes: 50
N/S.
7. 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: 879
N/S.
8. Carnival of Sinners (1943)
Approved | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror
Roland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world,... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Guillaume de Sax
Votes: 1,796
OL. 8/10 (R).
9. Bluebeard (1944)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 2,135
OL. 6/10 (FF).
10. 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: 1,422
N/S.
Most Wanted!
11. The Locket (1946)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond
Votes: 3,064
OL. 6/10 (FF).
Note:
Minor subplot.
12. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish
Votes: 7,633
OL. 7.5/10 (FF).
13. The Portrait (1948)
73 min | Drama
A couple plan to take advantage of an artist and his family, but his kind nature causes problems in their plan.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Kuniko Igawa, Kuniko Miyake, Mitsuko Miura, Ichirô Sugai
Votes: 184
N/S.
14. Thorvaldsen (1949)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary short film about the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), one of the most famous Danish sculptors, who spent a good part of his life in Italy. The camera goes through the ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Star: Ib Koch-Olsen
Votes: 535
OL. 7/10 (FF).
15. Gauguin (1949)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Alain Resnais | Star: Jean Servais
Votes: 204
N/S.
16. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career... See full summary »
Directors: Robert J. Flaherty, Richard Lyford, Curt Oertel | Star: Fredric March
Votes: 130
OL. 8/10 (R).
17. Grandma Moses (1950)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jerome Hill | Stars: Grandma Moses, Archibald Macleish
Votes: 48
OL. 8/10 (R).
18. Guernica (1951)
13 min | Documentary, Short
On April 26 1937 the small Basque town of Guernica was bombed without warning by the German aviation. Two thousand people, all civilians, got killed. Like millions all over the world, Pablo... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Hessens, Alain Resnais | Stars: María Casares, Jacques Pruvost
Votes: 1,042
OL. 8/10 (R).
19. 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: 6,530 | Gross: $11.81M
TV. 8/10 (R).
20. Statues also Die (1953)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary of black art.
Directors: Ghislain Cloquet, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais | Stars: Jean Négroni, François Mitterrand, Pope Pius XII, Sugar Ray Robinson
Votes: 1,375
OL. 8/10 (R).
21. Ide do slonca (1955)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Star: Xawery Dunikowski
Votes: 58
PC. 9/10 (R).
22. 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: 12,513 | Gross: $3.48M
Cinema. 7/10 (FF).
23. The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
PG | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A filmed record of Pablo Picasso painting numerous canvases for the camera, allowing us to see his creative process at work.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pablo Picasso, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Claude Renoir
Votes: 2,701 | Gross: $0.27M
Cinema. 9/10 (R).
24. O Pintor e a Cidade (1956)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A painter wanders around the city of Oporto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in the factories, children playing.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Star: António Cruz
Votes: 248
OL. 8/10 (R).
25. 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: 1,679
N/S.
26. 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
TV. 6/10 (FF).
27. Akvarel (1958 TV Short)
10 min | Short
A man tries to escape from his wife in order to visit an exhibition, where he sees a painting representing his own house.
Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Gennadi Krasheninnikov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Otar Iosseliani, Vladimir Lebedev
Votes: 183
OL. 7/10 (FF).
28. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
An ill-behaved, lovably scruffy painter, Gulley Jimson, searches for a perfect canvas, determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan
Votes: 3,867
N/S.
29. Vasiliy Surikov (1959)
94 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of the Russian painter Vasiliy Surikov (1848 - 1916), who is best known for his depictions of historical scenes.
Director: Anatoli Rybakov | Stars: Evgeniy Lazarev, Larisa Kadochnikova, Leonid Gallis, Gennadi Yudin
Votes: 31
N/S.
30. The White Dove (1960)
76 min | Drama
A poetic film about a dove getting lost on its way to Prague getting shot down by a paralyzed boy. An artist who finds the dove becomes friends with the boy. Together they take care of it bringing it back to recovery.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Katerina Irmanovová, Karel Smyczek, Vjaceslav Irmanov, Gustav Püttjer
Votes: 751
OL. 8/10 (R).
31. Call Me Genius (1961)
105 min | Comedy
Tony Hancock gives up his day job to become an artist. He's a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics dislike his work. Nevertheless, he impresses a talented artist.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Tony Hancock, George Sanders, Paul Massie, Margit Saad
Votes: 1,213
N/S.
32. 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
N/S.
33. 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: 8,063
TV. 7.5/10 (R).
34. 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: 57,088 | Gross: $0.10M
Cinema. 10/10 (R).
35. Van Gogh (1965 TV Short)
7 min | Documentary, Short
A quick look at Auvers-sur-Oise, the place where Vincent Van Gogh spent the final months of his life and where he and his brother were both buried.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Star: Jean-Loup Reynold
Votes: 64
PC. 8/10 (R).
36. 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
N/S.
37. Touching the Eternity (1966)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary film showing one of the famous Kazakh sculptors, Isaak Itkind, at work when he was 95 years old.
Director: Ararat Mashanov | Star: Isaak Itkind
Votes: 55
OL. 7/10 (FF).
38. Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilisi of the 19th century.
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Votes: 398
PC. 8/10 (R).
39. Uncle Yanco (1967)
18 min | Documentary, Short
While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda gets to know a relative she had never heard of before. This unknown uncle lives on a boat, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jean Varda, Tom Luddy, Agnès Varda, Vagadu Varda
Votes: 1,530
OL. 8/10 (R).
40. Kusama's Self-Obliteration (1967)
24 min | Short
The artist uses polka dots to cover and conceal people, animals, the environment, and everything around. It is a metaphor of giving up identity, abolishing uniqueness, and becoming one with the universe-or "self-obliteration."
Director: Jud Yalkut | Stars: Yayoi Kusama, Joe Jones, Don Snyder
Votes: 153
OL. 8/10 (R).
41. A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 2,042
Cinema. 8/10 (R).
42. 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: 1,393
OL. 8/10 (R).
43. The Picasso Summer (1969)
M/PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.
Directors: Robert Sallin, Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Albert Finney, Yvette Mimieux, Luis Miguel Dominguín, Peter Madden
Votes: 377
N/S.
44. Age of Consent (1969)
R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Neva Carr-Glynn
Votes: 3,724
N/S.
45. The Image (1969)
13 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
An artist's painting comes to life, and haunts him.
Director: Michael Armstrong | Stars: Michael Byrne, David Bowie
Votes: 297
N/S.
46. Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (1971)
136 min | Drama
As 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Olivera Katarina, Fred Düren, Tatyana Lolova
Votes: 383
Cinema. 7/10 (FF).
47. Goya, historia de una soledad (1971)
110 min | Biography, Drama
Goya's life in the most juicy dramatic stage of the painter's biography, when he is over forty years old and the first symptoms of his deafness are manifested. From her romantic ... See full summary »
Director: Nino Quevedo | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Irina Demick, Jacques Perrin, José María Prada
Votes: 43
N/S.
49. 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
Cinema. 10/10 (R).
50. Painters Painting (1972)
Not Rated | 116 min | Documentary
The definitive documentary on the New York School Painters. Featuring footage of all the major figures of the New York Art Scene between 1940-1970, showing many of the artists before they became famous.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Philip Leider, Leo Castelli, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler
Votes: 211
N/S.
51. Ivan Lackovic-Croata (1972)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Antun Vrdoljak | Star: Ivan Lackovic-Croata
Votes: 6
TV. 6/10 (FF).
52. Turkish Delight (1973)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
An aimless young artist learns to face his responsibilities when a former lover develops a terminal illness.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman, Wim van den Brink
Votes: 11,847
PC. 8/10 (R).
53. A Bigger Splash (1973)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Semi-fictionalized documentary biopic of British artist David Hockney. After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends. Titled after Hockney's pop-art painting 'A Bigger Splash'.
Director: Jack Hazan | Stars: David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell, Henry Geldzahler
Votes: 631 | Gross: $0.09M
N/S.
54. Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Ted Bessell, Bette Davis, Sian Barbara Allen, Charles Drake
Votes: 1,191
OL. 5/10 (FF).
Note:
Minor subplot.
55. 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
OL. 9/10 (R).
56. En busca de un muro (1974)
120 min | Biography, Drama
About the life of José Clemente Orosco in New York.
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Irán Eory, Carlos López Moctezuma, Blanca Sánchez
Votes: 37
N/S.
57. Lautrec (1974)
6 min | Animation, Short
Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.
Director: Geoff Dunbar
Votes: 31
OL. 9/10 (R).
58. Naivko (1975)
106 min | Comedy
Buzga the shepherd, an object of ridicule among his fellow villagers, discovers his painting talent and becomes famous. Their envy leads them to paint themselves and try to outperform him, ... See full summary »
Director: Jovan Zivanovic | Stars: Ljubisa Samardzic, Radmila Zivkovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Dragomir Cumic
Votes: 129
OL. 7/10 (FF).
59. Zena s krajolikom (1976 TV Movie)
56 min | Drama
This pastoral drama celebrates the dedication and courage of a man wholly given over to the art of painting . In the story, a forestry worker (Stole Arandjelovic) is transferred to a small ... See full summary »
Director: Ivica Matic | Stars: Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic, Bozidarka Frajt, Uros Kravljaca, Zaim Muzaferija
Votes: 15
Orig. title: Žena s krajolikom.
N/S.
60. The Far Shore (1976)
105 min | Drama
A young woman marries a wealthy man she isn't in love with, but finds romance instead with the couples' painter friend.
Director: Joyce Wieland | Stars: Céline Lomez, Frank Moore, Lawrence Benedict, Sean McCann
Votes: 38
N/S.
61. Rembrandt fecit 1669 (1977)
120 min | Drama
In 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jos Stelling | Stars: Frans Stelling, Ton de Koff, Lucie Singeling, Aya Gill
Votes: 194
PC. 9/10 (R).
62. 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
N/S.
63. Di Cavalcanti (1977)
18 min | Short, Documentary
Glauber Rocha films the funeral of his friend Di Cavalcanti, one of the most important Brazilian painters and artists of all time. The director/writer pays his tribute to Di by narrating an... See full summary »
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Joel Barcellos, Di Cavalcanti, Marina Montini, Antonio Pitanga
Votes: 368
OL. 8/10 (R).
64. The Greatest Love of All Times (1977)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of Serbia's erotic surrealist painter Popovic Ljuba, with Richard Wagner's Tannhauser on the sound track
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Star: Ljubomir Popovic
Votes: 265
PC. 7/10 (FF).
65. L'hypothèse du tableau volé (1978)
66 min | Drama, Mystery
Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, ... See full summary »
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean Rougeul, Chantal Paley, Jean Raynaud, Daniel Grimm
Votes: 1,205
OL. 9/10 (R).
66. 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: 3,929
OL. 8/10 (R).
67. Jörg Ratgeb - Maler (1978)
101 min | Drama, History
On the eve of the Peasants' War, painter Jörg Ratgeb is in search of a Christ figure. He can't find anyone who can fulfill this longing. Cast into self-doubt, he leaves his wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Bernhard Stephan | Stars: Alois Svehlík, Margrit Tenner, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Günter Naumann
Votes: 11
N/S.
68. Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait (1978)
85 min | Documentary
Portrait of Ocaña, a multi-artist who exploded the prevailing conventions in Barcelona during the last years of Franco's dictatorship.
Director: Ventura Pons | Stars: Ocaña, Camilo, Guillermo, Nazario
Votes: 149
N/S.
69. Magritte (1978)
50 min | Documentary
Documentary about the Belgian surrealist artist who died in 1967.
Director: Adrian Maben | Star: René Magritte
Votes: 71
N/S.
70. 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: 2,738 | Gross: $0.07M
OL. 8/10 (R).
Note:
Minor subplot.
71. Schalcken the Painter (1979 TV Movie)
68 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Director: Leslie Megahey | Stars: Jeremy Clyde, Maurice Denham, Cheryl Kennedy, John Justin
Votes: 512
N/S.
72. 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: 251
OL. 8/10 (R).
73. Egon Schiele (1980 TV Movie)
Biography
Biographical TV movie about controversial Austrian artist Egon Schiele.
Director: John Goldschmidt | Stars: Felix Mitterer, Karoline Zeisler, Jeanette Hirschberger, Robert Dietl
Votes: 34
N/S.
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
N/S.
75. Gauguin the Savage (1980 TV Movie)
125 min | Biography, Drama
Based 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.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: David Carradine, Lynn Redgrave, Barrie Houghton, Flora Robson
Votes: 104
N/S.
TV. 7/10 (FF).
77. Stefan Luchian (1981)
93 min | Biography, Drama
An insight into the life and tragic destiny of one of Romania's greatest painters.
Director: Nicolae Margineanu | Stars: Ion Caramitru, George Constantin, Maria Ploae, Ovidiu Schumacher
Votes: 122
N/S.
78. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser
Votes: 11,098
TV. 7/10 (FF).
79. Losing Ground (1982)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.
Director: Kathleen Collins | Stars: Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen
Votes: 883
OL. 6/10 (FF).
Note:
Minor subplot.
80. 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
N/S.
81. A Sunday in the Country (1984)
G | 90 min | Drama
An elderly painter whose son visits with his family on the weekends, is also surprised by a visit from his still-single daughter.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma, Geneviève Mnich
Votes: 3,130 | Gross: $2.41M
Cinema. 8/10 (R).
82. Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
The work of Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí, as seen by Japanese New Wave director Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Isidro Puig Boada, Antoni Gaudí, Seiji Miyaguchi
Votes: 1,743
OL. 8/10 (R).
83. Kamalolmolk (1984)
122 min | Biography, Drama, History
The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.
Director: Ali Hatami | Stars: Jamshid Mashayekhi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Davoud Rashidi
Votes: 1,239
N/S.
84. Arabeskebi Pirosmanis temaze (1985)
25 min | Documentary, Short
A short mediation on the work of Georgian painter Niko Pirosmaniszvili (1862-1918).
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Votes: 307
PC. 8/10 (R).
85. Chagall (1985)
52 min | Documentary
The film follows Marc Chagall's life through the eyes of an English artist, beginning in the Parisian artistic colony "La Ruche" and taking us on a journey into the magical world of Chagall.
Director: Kim Evans | Stars: Saul Greenberg, Joe Melia
Votes: 18
N/S.
86. 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: 7,022 | Gross: $0.00M
PC. 9/10 (R).
87. 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
N/S.
88. Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait (1987 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Biography of the American Painter and Illustrator, Norman Rockwell.
Stars: Mason Adams, Erma Bombeck, Thomas S. Buechner, Robert Coles
Votes: 17
N/S.
89. Andy Warhol (1987)
76 min | Documentary, Biography
The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with ... See full summary »
Directors: Kim Evans, Lana Jokel | Stars: Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey, Viva, John Giorno
Votes: 129
N/S.
90. Theophilos (1987)
115 min | Biography, Drama
The life and death of Theophilos, the major folk painter of modern Greek art.
Director: Lakis Papastathis | Stars: Dimitris Katalifos, Stamatis Fasoulis, Dimitris Kaberidis, Irini Hatzikonstadi
Votes: 105
N/S.
91. 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
N/S.
92. Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé (1987)
15 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Among the aged master painter Wang-Fô's impeccable paintings, exists a mediocre and unflattering portrait of the pale Celestial Emperor that has merited him execution, nevertheless, how is this possible?
Director: René Laloux | Stars: Olivier Cruveiller, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Votes: 684
PC. 8/10 (R).
93. 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: 7,398 | Gross: $0.20M
TV. 8/10 (R).
94. Francis Bacon (1988)
55 min | Documentary
Director: David Hinton | Stars: Francis Bacon, Melvyn Bragg
Votes: 101
N/S.
95. 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: 79,822 | Gross: $14.74M
PC. 8/10 (R).
96. New York Stories (1989)
PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.
Directors: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese | Stars: Woody Allen, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Marvin Chatinover
Votes: 19,749 | Gross: $10.76M
PC. 7/10 (FF).
Note:
Just one (the first) segment in this omnibus film.
97. Landscape with a Woman (1989)
75 min | Drama
A ranger whose passion is nude painting comes to work in a remote Bosnian village. He asks the local women to pose naked for him. They are shy at first, but they eventually agree to do so. ... See full summary »
Director: Ivica Matic | Stars: Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic, Bozidarka Frajt, Uros Kravljaca, Zaim Muzaferija
Votes: 116
Orig. title: Žena s krajolikom.
Cinema. 7/10 (FF).
98. Goitia, un dios para sí mismo (1989)
110 min | Biography, Drama
The closeness of his death and a final impulse to paint one more painting, lead the Mexican painter Francisco Goitia to remember his life.
Director: Diego López Rivera | Stars: José Carlos Ruiz, Gustavo Aguilar, Tomás Alcázar, Alfredo Alonso
Votes: 73
N/S.
99. 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
N/S.
100. 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: 29,210 | Gross: $1.96M
Cinema. 9/10 (R).
Note:
Just one dream (segment in this omnibus film) with Van Gogh.
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