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Films About Famous Painters (filmes biográficos de artistas plásticos)

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  • 108 titles
  • Andrei Rublev (1966)

    1. Andrei Rublev

    19663h 9mR
    8.0 (59K)
    The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
    DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAnatoliy SolonitsynIvan LapikovNikolay Grinko
    Andrei Rublev (c.1360s-c.1430)
  • Surmatants (1991)

    2. Surmatants

    19912h 5m
    7.0 (10)
    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.
    DirectorTõnu VirveStarsTõnu AavRudolf AllabertMaria Avdjushko
    Bernt Notke (1435 - 1508/1509
  • The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971)

    3. The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci

    19715 epsTV Mini Series
    8.0 (456)
    Miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
    StarsPhilippe LeroyGiulio BosettiGiorgio Piazza
    Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
  • Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison in The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

    4. The Agony and the Ecstasy

    19652h 18mApproved
    7.2 (8.6K)
    The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsCharlton HestonRex HarrisonDiane Cilento
    Michelangelo (1475-1564)
  • Il magnifico avventuriero (1963)

    5. Il magnifico avventuriero

    19631h 33m
    5.4 (116)
    Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.
    DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsBrett HalseyClaudia MoriFrançoise Fabian
    Benvenuto Cellini (1500 – 1571)
  • The Mill and the Cross (2011)

    6. The Mill and the Cross

    20111h 32mNot Rated80Metascore
    6.8 (4.6K)
    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.
    DirectorLech MajewskiStarsRutger HauerMichael YorkCharlotte Rampling
    Pieter Brueghel (1525 — 1569)
  • Mel Ferrer and Rosanna Schiaffino in El Greco (1966)

    7. El Greco

    19661h 35mApproved
    6.2 (209)
    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.
    DirectorLuciano SalceStarsMel FerrerRosanna SchiaffinoAdolfo Celi
    El Greco (1541-1614)
  • El Greco (2007)

    8. El Greco

    20071h 59m
    6.5 (5.1K)
    The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
    DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsNick Clark WindoJuan Diego BottoLaia Marull
    El Greco (1541-1614)
  • Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)

    9. Goltzius and The Pelican Company

    20122h 8mNot Rated
    6.5 (1.4K)
    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.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRamsey NasrF. Murray AbrahamHendrik Aerts
    Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617)
  • Caravaggio (1986)

    10. Caravaggio

    19861h 33m55Metascore
    6.5 (7.4K)
    A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
    DirectorDerek JarmanStarsNoam AlmazDexter FletcherNigel Terry
    Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
  • Caravaggio (2007)

    11. Caravaggio

    20073hTV Movie
    6.8 (402)
    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 of the world imposed by the Renaissance painters. A provoker that scandalized patrons and institutions, raising the altars the outcast figures he knew so well: drunkards, vagrants and prostitutes.
    DirectorAngelo LongoniStarsAlessio BoniElena Sofia RicciJordi Mollà
    Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
  • Valentina Cervi in Artemisia (1997)

    12. Artemisia

    19971h 38mR
    6.7 (2.3K)
    In 17th century Italy, young painter Artemisia Gentileschi pursues her artistic passion under her father's guidance, but faces personal and professional challenges when her art teacher is accused of a serious crime.
    DirectorAgnès MerletStarsValentina CerviMichel SerraultPredrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
    Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1653)
  • Charles Laughton in Rembrandt (1936)

    13. Rembrandt

    19361h 25mNot Rated
    7.0 (2.1K)
    The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
    DirectorAlexander KordaStarsCharles LaughtonGertrude LawrenceElsa Lanchester
    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
  • Rembrandt (1999)

    14. Rembrandt

    19991h 43m
    6.2 (416)
    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 man whose varied works left an indelible mark on the world.
    DirectorCharles MattonStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerRomane BohringerJean Rochefort
    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
  • Rembrandt (1942)

    15. Rembrandt

    19421h 39m
    5.1 (55)
    DirectorHans SteinhoffStarsEwald BalserHertha FeilerGisela Uhlen
    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
  • Nightwatching (2007)

    16. Nightwatching

    20072h 14mR
    6.5 (3.6K)
    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'.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsMartin FreemanEmily HolmesEva Birthistle
    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
  • Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

    17. Girl with a Pearl Earring

    20031h 40mPG-1372Metascore
    6.9 (84K)
    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.
    DirectorPeter WebberStarsScarlett JohanssonColin FirthTom Wilkinson
    Johannes Vermeer (c.1632-1675)
  • A Harlot's Progress (2006)

    18. A Harlot's Progress

    20062hTV Movie
    6.9 (352)
    Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
    DirectorJustin HardyStarsToby JonesZoë TapperSophie Thompson
    William Hogarth (1697 — 1764)
  • Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício (2000)

    19. Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício

    20001h 40m
    6.7 (49)
    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.
    DirectorGeraldo Santos PereiraStarsMaurício GonçalvesMaria CeiçaRuth de Souza
    (Ouro Preto 1730 ou 1738 - 1814)
  • Goya's Ghosts (2006)

    20. Goya's Ghosts

    20061h 53mR52Metascore
    6.9 (33K)
    Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJavier BardemNatalie PortmanStellan Skarsgård
    Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
  • Goya in Bordeaux (1999)

    21. Goya in Bordeaux

    19991h 40mR61Metascore
    6.6 (2.4K)
    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 much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint at night, and in flashbacks stirred by conversations with his daughter, by awful headaches, and by the befuddlement of age, he relives key times in his life, particularly his relationship with the Duchess of Alba, his discovery of how he wanted to paint (insight provided by Velázquez's work), and his lifelong celebration of the imagination. Throughout, his reveries become tableaux of his paintings.
    DirectorCarlos SauraStarsFrancisco RabalJose CoronadoDafne Fernández
    Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
  • Ava Gardner and Anthony Franciosa in The Naked Maja (1958)

    22. The Naked Maja

    19581h 51mApproved
    5.5 (451)
    Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsAva GardnerAnthony FranciosaAmedeo Nazzari
    Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
  • Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)

    23. Utamaro and His Five Women

    19461h 46m
    7.0 (1.5K)
    Utamaro is a great artist who lives to create portraits of beautiful women, using the brothels of Tokyo to provide his models.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMinosuke BandôKinuyo TanakaKôtarô Bandô
    Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 – 1806)
  • Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner (2014)

    24. Mr. Turner

    20142h 30mR94Metascore
    6.8 (28K)
    J.M.W. Turner, an unconventional British painter, goes down memory lane and recalls his romantic relationship with a seaside landlady and the various accolades he received for his works of art.
    DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallPaul JessonDorothy Atkinson
    J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)
  • Miss Hokusai (2015)

    25. Miss Hokusai

    20151h 33mPG-1374Metascore
    6.7 (3.6K)
    The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
    DirectorsKeiichi HaraStephanie ShehMichael SinterniklaasStarsYutaka MatsushigeAnne WatanabeErica Lindbeck
    Katsushika Ōi (1800-1866)
    Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
    Utagawa KUNINAO (1793-1854)

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