Bio movies about painters
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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: 57,088 | Gross: $0.10M
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
3. Le secret des Flamands (1974)
52 min | Drama
During the Dutch Golden Age, we follow the journey, schemes, and adventures of Antonello, a young Napolitan painter, from Italy to Holland, in search of the manufacturing secrets of the Flemish oil painting.
Stars: Jean-Claude Dauphin, Isabelle Adjani, Michel Vinter, Raymond Gérôme
Votes: 35
4. Painéis de São Vicente de Fora - Visão Poética (2010)
16 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
The characters from a historical piece of art come to life to discuss poignant themes such as war and world peace.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Ricardo Trêpa, Diogo Dória, Daniel Punilhas, Ângelo do Carmo
Votes: 88
5. La dolorosa (1934)
85 min | Drama
After a society lady abandons him for a cad, a sensitive young painter becomes a monk.But when his former beloved is later destitute with an illegitimate child, will he now be able to help her?
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Mary Amparo Bosch, Pilar García, Eva López
Votes: 59
6. La fornarina (1944)
96 min
Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people. He becomes her lover and lives with her, but their relationship ignites the jealousy of an aristocrat who secretly orders the kidnapping of the girl.
Director: Enrico Guazzoni | Stars: Lída Baarová, Walter Lazzaro, Anneliese Uhlig, Loredana
Votes: 13
7. Immoral Women (1979)
114 min | Drama
Three erotic tales: 1) Raphael's muse poses as his lover, witnessing his final moments. 2) A young girl's disturbing obsession with a stuffed rabbit. 3) A wealthy woman is kidnapped, and her dog attempts a rescue mission.
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Marina Pierro, Gaëlle Legrand, Pascale Christophe, François Guétary
Votes: 871
8. 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
9. Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Follows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.
Stars: Tom Riley, Gregg Chilingirian, Eros Vlahos, Laura Haddock
Votes: 79,218
10. 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
11. 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
12. Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy, whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes.
Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Wadeck Stanczak, Max von Sydow, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 128
13. 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
14. A Season of Giants (1990– )
Biography, Drama, History
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious prosecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Steven Berkoff, Juliette Caton, Vernon Dobtcheff
Votes: 108
15. The Divine Michelangelo (2004 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
In the year that the David celebrates its 500th anniversary, BBC ONE brings to life the story of one of the most gifted, and tempestuous, artists in history.
Directors: Tim Dunn, Stuart Elliott | Stars: Susannah York, Stephen Noonan, Roy Holder, Remo Masini
Votes: 126
16. Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra (2012 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Director: Giacomo Gatti | Stars: Simone D'Andrea, Giacomo Fadda, Niccolò Gentili, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 34
17. Michelangelo - Infinito (2017)
97 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A painter recounts the life of Michelangelo.
Director: Emanuele Imbucci | Stars: Enrico Lo Verso, Ivano Marescotti
Votes: 580
18. Vita di Michelangelo (1964– )
175 min
Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Battistella, Guido Bertone
Votes: 11
19. Sin (2019)
134 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jakob Diehl, Orso Maria Guerrini, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Toni Pandolfo
Votes: 1,370
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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: 2,207 | Gross: $0.38M
24. An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939)
97 min | Adventure
Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida, and Osvaldo Valenti star in this Italian swashbuckler which would have starred Errol Flynn or Douglas Fairbanks had it been made in Hollywood. Salvatore Rosa was a... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida, Rina Morelli, Osvaldo Valenti
Votes: 94
25. 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
26. 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
27. Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto (1941)
105 min | Drama
One of 8 films starring the popular Nazzari released in 1941. A painter's life is turned into a dashing romantic adventure.After killing a man,the artist escapes to Malta where he is knighted, but he cannot resist sneaking back into Rome.
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai, Lamberto Picasso, Nino Crisman
28. Caravaggio (1967– )
Biography, Drama
Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Carlo Hintermann, Luigi Montini, Renzo Palmer
Votes: 18
29. 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
30. 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
31. Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope (2017)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Caravaggio's tortured life, his murder and the journey of his soul.
Director: Gladys Florence | Stars: Gladys Florence, Gladys Rose, Tom Troupe, Frank Leboeuf
Votes: 72
32. I.M. Caravaggio (2010)
92 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a daring tale of identity crisis, witness the rise and fall of a modern day Master, Ian Milano, who works and lives as 17th Century Italian Painter Caravaggio in order to forge his artistic genius and unlock his sociopathic nature.
Director: Derek Stonebarger | Stars: Ryan Eicher, Beverly Lynne, Fletcher Sharp, Alastair Bayardo
Votes: 44
33. 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: 82,695 | Gross: $11.63M
34. Brush with Fate (2003 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
The story of a painting as it moves from owner to owner through the centuries.
Director: Brent Shields | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Thomas Gibson, Phyllida Law
Votes: 489
35. Rubens, schilder en diplomaat (1977)
260 min | Biography, Drama, History
This historical costume drama is a mini-series on the life of Flemish first-rate Baroque painter Pieter Pauwel Rubens (1577-1640), whose artistic success throughout Europe not only made him... See full summary »
Director: Roland Verhavert | Stars: Serge Adriaensen, Eddy Asselbergs, Tine Balder, Marc Bober
Votes: 17
36. Die Tragödie eines Großen (1920)
Biography, Drama
Director: Arthur Günsburg | Stars: Fritz Beckmann, Dora Bergner, Carl de Vogt, Wilhelm Diegelmann
37. 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
38. Rembrandt (1942)
99 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Ewald Balser, Hertha Feiler, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Votes: 50
39. 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
40. 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
41. Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 53 min | Drama, Family
At the height of his success in 1630 Amsterdam, Rembrandt takes on a Jewish studio apprentice, Samuel. Together, they break free from artistic complacency and rigid expectations.
Director: David Devine | Stars: Tom McCamus, Mitchell David Rothpan, Kari Matchett, Paul Hecht
Votes: 73
42. 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: 3,452
43. 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
44. Rembrandt en ik (2011)
55 min | Biography, Romance
The series tells the life of the famous painter through the eyes of his closest family and friends. Both his work, and especially his eventful life are covered.
Stars: Michiel Romeyn, Sigrid ten Napel, Dragan Bakema, Bram Van der Heijden
Votes: 75
45. 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
46. Kitty (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 18th-century London wench gets involved with the nobility.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen
Votes: 791
47. Ce que mes yeux ont vu (2007)
88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Lucie Audibert, a student of Art History, does research work on Watteau. She is persuaded that a hidden sense that nobody has ever deciphered can be found in a few of his paintings. The ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent de Bartillat | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Jean-Pierre Marielle, James Thierrée, Agathe Dronne
Votes: 692
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. Goya (1985)
330 min | Biography, Drama
A dramatic sixserial serial " Goya" narrates about life of artist that was born in 1746th and conducted childhood in Fuendetodos - little hamlet near Saragossa. In 1824th he, fearing ... See full summary »
Stars: Enric Majó, Laura Morante, Jeannine Mestre, Rosalía Dans
Votes: 53
52. 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: 2,308 | Gross: $0.72M
53. Volaverunt (1999)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
On July 23 of 1802, the Duchess of Alba, the richest and most liberated woman of her time, offers a gala to inaugurate her new palace. Attendance is extraordinary: the Prime Minister Manuel... See full summary »
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Jorge Perugorría
Votes: 1,015
54. 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: 31,960 | Gross: $1.00M
55. Goya (1969– )
190 min | Biography, Drama
Stars: Wolfgang Büttner, Bernd Birkhahn, Thomas Braut, Jutta Kammann
Votes: 17
56. Goya: Awakened in a Dream (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 56 min | Drama, Family
At 73, Spanish painter Goya abandons the royal court. At his country villa, he becomes friends with his housekeeper's daughter Rosarita who has a talent for drawing.
Director: Richard Mozer | Stars: Cedric Smith, Jaclyn Blumas, Shannon Lawson, David Bockstael
Votes: 53
57. 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: 27,195 | Gross: $3.96M
58. Taras Shevchenko (1951)
118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biopic about a national hero of the Ukraine.
Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov, Igor Savchenko | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Ivan Pereverzev, Pavel Shpringfeld, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 172
59. 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
60.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Dante's Inferno
(1967)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his art.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Oliver Reed, Judith Paris, Andrew Faulds, Izabella Telezynska
Votes: 475
61. The Love School (1975– )
Drama
1848, the year of revolutions throughout Europe, reflected in London by a group of young painters.
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Patricia Quinn, Peter Egan, David Burke
Votes: 17
62. Desperate Romantics (2009)
Drama
Period drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Stars: Samuel Barnett, Sam Crane, Josie Farmiloe, Tom Hollander
Votes: 2,026
63. Effie Gray (2014)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Emma Thompson
Votes: 6,846 | Gross: $0.34M
64. The Impressionists (2006–2007)
Drama
"Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Armitage, Julian Glover, Will Keen, Aden Gillett
Votes: 1,134
65. Le vernis craque (2011– )
57 min | Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Stéphanie Pasterkamp, Bruno Slagmulder, Philippe Bas, Solène Bouton
Votes: 16
66. 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
67. Cézanne et moi (2016)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
The parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. Both left their hometown to conquer the art scene in Paris.
Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Déborah François
Votes: 1,420 | Gross: $0.26M
68. 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
69. Berthe Morisot (2012 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography
A light look at the life of Berthe Morisot, renowned member of the early impressionist French painters.
Director: Caroline Champetier | Stars: Marine Delterme, Malik Zidi, Alice Butaud, Bérangère Bonvoisin
Votes: 171
70. Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 56 min | Drama, Family
Cassatt's Parisian solitude is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of her brother's three kids, but she soon finds herself inspired and uses the children as models.
Director: Richard Mozer | Stars: Amy Brenneman, Charlotte Sullivan, Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Jonathan Koensgen
Votes: 119
71. Rodin (2017)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Izïa Higelin, Séverine Caneele, Bernard Verley
Votes: 1,442 | Gross: $0.04M
72. 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
73. 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: 3,939 | Gross: $0.02M
74. Zorn (1994)
126 min | Biography, Drama
The art, life and times of Swedish painter Anders Zorn during the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Gunnar Hellström, Linda Kozlowski, Liv Ullmann, Stig Grybe
Votes: 329
75. Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A story of the romance of Maria Baschkirtzeff and Guy de Maupassant beginning with their first meeting leading to other meetings and the development of their ill-fated romance.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Lili Darvas, Hans Jaray, S.Z. Sakall, Attila Hörbiger
Votes: 18
76. Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
77 min | Drama
In 1880s Paris, an attractive Russian art student is befriended by the famous writer Maupassant.She is taken to dance palaces and Montmartre cafes.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Isa Miranda, Hans Jaray, Ennio Cerlesi, S.Z. Sakall
77. 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: 1,436
78. Summer in February (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall in 1914.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Jane Cussons
Votes: 4,299
79. Zille und ick (1983)
117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Mostly fictional episodes in the life of famous german social-critical painter Heinrich Zille.
Director: Werner W. Wallroth | Stars: Kurt Nolze, Daniela Hoffmann, Thomas Zieler, Doris Abeßer
Votes: 15
80. Pont Neuf (1997)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Life and times of Josip Racic, young and talented Croatian painter from the beginning of 20th Century, who went to Paris to seek fortune and died there in mysterious circumstances.
Director: Zeljko Senecic | Stars: Senka Bulic, Ana Karic, Branko Blace, Nenad Cvetko
Votes: 47
81. 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
82. Miss Potter (2006)
PG | 88 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.
Director: Chris Noonan | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn
Votes: 32,037 | Gross: $2.98M
83. 100 minuta slave (2004)
100 min | Biography, Drama
True story about the tragic life of a famous late 19th century deaf female Croatian watercolor painter Slava Raskaj.
Director: Dalibor Matanic | Stars: Sanja Vejnovic, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Vili Matula, Natasa Lusetic
Votes: 427
84. 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: 3,262
85. 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
86. Naturshchitsa (2007)
112 min | Drama, Romance
The beginning of the 20th century. The young couple Vladislav Eschenbach and Sofia Pshebyshevskaya arrive in Tiflis, where sun, wine, ancient architecture and new impressions await them. ... See full summary »
Director: Tatyana Voronetskaya | Stars: Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Daniil Spivakovskiy, Nikolay Fomenko, Vitaliy Egorov
Votes: 58
88. 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
89. 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
90. 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
91. Sunday in the Park with George (2013 TV Movie)
143 min | Musical
Inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The plot revolves around George, a fictionalized version of Seurat,... See full summary »
Director: Denis Caïozzi | Stars: Rebecca Bottone, Sophie-Louise Dann, Rebecca de Pont Davies, Elisa Doughty
Votes: 34
92. Satie and Suzanne (1994)
53 min | Music
As the waters of the river Seine overflow their banks and surround a Parisian café, composer Erik Satie nurtures bittersweet memories of his one-time lover Suzanne Valadon.
Director: Tim Southam | Stars: Nicholas Pennell, Veronica Tennant, René Bazinet, Nadine Binette
Votes: 20
93. The Dying Dandy (1989 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama
The storming life of the androgynous artist Nils Dardel and his self-destructive life and dramatic marriage with his wife Thora in 1920s Paris.
Director: Anders Wahlgren | Stars: Reine Brynolfsson, Pernilla August, Daniel Mesguich, Bergljót Arnadóttir
Votes: 28
94. Käthe Kollwitz (1986)
96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Kathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Peter, her youngest son, volunteered to join the German army in WWI and was killed two ... See full summary »
Director: Ralf Kirsten | Stars: Carmen-Maja Antoni, Gerd Baltus, Gabriele Barth, Detlef Bierstedt
Votes: 23
95. Paula (I) (2016)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and career of breakthrough German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Carla Juri, Albrecht Schuch, Roxane Duran, Joel Basman
Votes: 868
96. 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
97. 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
98. 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
99. Besuch bei Van Gogh (1985)
101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In the 22nd Century, antiquities command huge prices. A woman uses a time machine to travel back the the 19th Century in order to buy paintings from Vincent Van Gogh before he was famous. Will she be wealthy upon her return?
Director: Horst Seemann | Stars: Grazyna Szapolowska, Christian Grashof, Käthe Reichel, Hartmut Puls
Votes: 29
100. 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: 4,208 | Gross: $2.23M
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