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1. Candyman (2021)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo
Votes: 75,906 | Gross: $61.19M
2. History of the World: Part I (1981)
R | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 55,312 | Gross: $31.67M
3. 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: 99,221 | Gross: $14.48M
4. House of Wax (1953)
GP | 88 min | Horror
An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 20,288 | Gross: $23.75M
5. Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
R | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A thriller about the contemporary art scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge
Votes: 66,139
6. The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Hired to procure a rare painting from one of the most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art scholar becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Director: Giuseppe Capotondi | Stars: Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 6,166
7. The Vault of Horror (1973)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Dawn Addams
Votes: 6,283
8. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Approved | 98 min | Horror
Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Neil McCallum, Ursula Howells
Votes: 7,521
9. 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: 29,658 | Gross: $8.60M
10. 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: 27,211 | Gross: $3.96M
11. 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: 7,031 | Gross: $0.00M
12. Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror
Three tales of punishment and torture set in Japan in the Middle Ages.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Teruo Yoshida, Masumi Tachibana, Fumio Watanabe, Reiko Mikasa
Votes: 683
13. Scarlet Street (1945)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 19,246
14. Incognito (1997)
R | 108 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints a fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. Marieke, the woman he meets in Paris and gets into bed with, turns out to be the art expert whom Harry's ... See full summary »
Director: John Badham | Stars: Jason Patric, Irène Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson
Votes: 4,087
15. The Sunlit Night (2019)
106 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Fridtjov Såheim, Gillian Anderson
Votes: 2,560
16. House of Horrors (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Horror
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Robert Lowery, Virginia Grey, Bill Goodwin, Martin Kosleck
Votes: 1,294
17. The Memory Book (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A budding photographer seeks out the same true love she finds in an old photo album.
Director: Paul A. Kaufman | Stars: Meghan Ory, Luke Macfarlane, Art Hindle, John Cassini
Votes: 1,818
18. Life in Squares (2015)
171 min | Drama
An intimate and emotional drama for BBC Two about the revolutionary Bloomsbury group.
Stars: James Norton, Eve Best, Rupert Penry-Jones, Phoebe Fox
Votes: 851
19. American Night (2021)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A courier carrying Andy Warhol's famous "Pink Marilyn" arrives in New York City. Art and life collide - as John Kaplan tries to juggle the mob and his talent as an art forger with his love for Sarah Flores - and chaos ensues.
Director: Alessio Della Valle | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Jeremy Piven
Votes: 4,038
20. A History of Sex (2003)
60 min | Documentary
Andres Serrano is a New York photographer most famous for his controversial 1987 work Piss Christ. This documentary follows him to Amsterdam where he shoots a collection based on all aspects of sex.
Director: Michael Coulter | Stars: Janine Amsterdam, Laurence Fishburne, Xaviera Hollander, Andres Serrano
Votes: 242
21. Two Days in New York (2012)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manhattan couple Marion and Mingus, who each have children from prior relationships, find their comfortable family dynamic jostled by a visit from Marion's relatives.
Directors: Julie Delpy, Marie Pillet | Stars: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau
Votes: 15,029 | Gross: $0.63M
22. 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: 4,210 | Gross: $2.23M
23. The Art of Us (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sparks fly when a dog walker with hidden artistic talent becomes the subject of an art history professor's plans to Impress her employers at an art exhibition.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Taylor Cole, Steve Lund, Brenda Crichlow, Malcolm Stewart
Votes: 1,536
24. No Man's Woman (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
The police investigates five possible suspects in the murder of a greedy and scheming woman who wronged them.
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Marie Windsor, John Archer, Patric Knowles, Nancy Gates
Votes: 614
25. Funny Money (2006)
R | 98 min | Comedy
When Henry Perkins accidentally trades his briefcase with a man, he finds five million dollars inside. However, the cash draws in Mr. Big, who wants to reclaim his money.
Director: Leslie Greif | Stars: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 3,255 | Gross: $0.00M
26. 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: 6,550 | Gross: $0.88M
27. Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Horror
A crackpot artist kills various people to use their blood as his new crimson red color for his paintings.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Gordon Oas-Heim, Candi Conder, Elyn Warner, Pat Finn-Lee
Votes: 2,032
28. Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla
Votes: 4,506
29. Local Color (2006)
R | 107 min | Drama
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic ... See full summary »
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 1,788 | Gross: $0.05M
30. Photographer (2015)
R | 133 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The life and work of internationally renown provocative Czech photographer Jan Saudek.
Director: Irena Pavlásková | Stars: Karel Roden, Marie Málková, Zuzana Vejvodová, Václav Neuzil
Votes: 434
31. 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
32. 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: 3,316 | Gross: $0.14M
33. 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: 3,383 | Gross: $0.04M
34. La Chienne (1931)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Maurice Legrand, a meek cashier married to a nagging wife, has a secret passion: he's a Sunday painter. He falls in love with Lulu, a young woman dominated by Dédé, the pimp who she works for. Dédé pushes Lulu into a relationship with him.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant, Roger Gaillard
Votes: 4,845
35. Melancholia (1989)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Art critic Keller was once part of a far-left radical group. They contact him again 10 years later and ask him to assassinate a Chilean doctor and war criminal, who's visiting London, but Keller has lost his ideals and feels conflicted.
Director: Andi Engel | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Susannah York, Ulrich Wildgruber, Jane Gurnett
Votes: 142
36. Helene (2020)
121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A story of renowned Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck, and the love affair between her and a younger art critic Einar Reuter.
Director: Antti J. Jokinen | Stars: Laura Birn, Johannes Holopainen, Krista Kosonen, Pirkko Saisio
Votes: 818
37. The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Director: Edgar Selwyn | Stars: Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton, Robert Young
Votes: 1,132
38. Dark Side of Genius (1994)
R | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Julian Jons has just been released from an asylum, where he has spent the last seven years for the murder of his girlfriend. He is pursued by journalist who is intrigued by this complex, brooding man.
Director: Phedon Papamichael | Stars: Brent David Fraser, Finola Hughes, Glenn Shadix, Moon Unit Zappa
Votes: 125
39. Crack-Up (1946)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which may not have actually happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a wicked plot?
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins
Votes: 1,629
40. Flower and Snake II (2005)
113 min | Drama
Tooyama, an aging impotent art critic, sends his much-younger wife, Shizuko, to Paris to evaluate the work of Ikegami, an artist he sponsors. She discovers she's curious about ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Aya Sugimoto, Ken'ichi Endô, Fujiko, Mieko Arai
Votes: 529
41. Educating Yuna (2005)
61 min | Drama
YUNA is a shy and innocent college student. One day, she meets PROFESSOR SHIBUYA, a famous art critic and collector. Yuna is infatuated by his personality, and falls in love with him. ... See full summary »
Director: Yutaka Ikejima | Stars: Mari Yamaguchi, Ran Kurenai, Satsuki Mochida, Kôji Makimura
Votes: 48
42. Convicts 4 (1962)
Approved | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko (Ben Gazzara) is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora Prison where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.
Director: Millard Kaufman | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston, Vincent Price
Votes: 546
43. Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World (2017)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary
An overview of the major players in the contemporary art market and of the economic factors that motivate those individuals and institutions.
Director: Barry Avrich | Stars: Marina Abramovic, Katherine Arnold, Leon Black, Amy Cappellazzo
Votes: 445
44. Life Lessons (2013 Video)
27 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
In this Story by Richard Price, Lionel Dobie is an acclaimed artist who finds himself unable to paint before a gallery exhibition and uses his messy lifestyle to create artwork.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Kellie Marie McGhee, Hayley Pendergrass, Alexander Raye Pimentel
Votes: 56
45. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel
Votes: 1,513
46. Out of the Picture (2024)
98 min | Documentary
The first documentary film about art critics in the United States, "Out of the Picture" follows a handful of writers from across the U.S. through a critical time of cultural reckoning and historic transformation to both art and media.
Director: Mary Louise Schumacher | Stars: Jen Graves, Carolina Miranda, Jenee Osterheldt, Seph Rodney
47. Ways of Seeing (1972)
30 min | Documentary, Family
John Berger presents his insights on how people see. Through examples of Art History Berger shows how our very sense of sight has been transformed. By discovering why this is so, according ... See full summary »
Stars: John Berger, Anya Bostock, Eva Figes, Jane Kenrick
Votes: 621
48. The Golden Boat (1990)
83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An absurdist odyssey through downtown Manhattan with a sweet old serial killer, a student-cum-critic-cum-musician and assorted international bohemians.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Michael Kirby, Federico Muchnik, Brett Alexander, Mary Hestand
Votes: 153
49. Never Met Picasso (1996)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gay thirty year old lives at home and is in the midst of a serious creative funk. Rejected by numerous art schools and lacking romantic prospects, he looks to his charismatic Uncle Alfred for inspiration.
Director: Stephen Kijak | Stars: Alexis Arquette, Georgia Ragsdale, Margot Kidder, Don McKellar
Votes: 156