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The best films about painting and sculpture.

by yu-73431 • Created 2 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
Films about artists, sculptors, art galleries and museums.
The best I've seen, with my score from 10 to 7.
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  • Caravaggio (2007)

    1. 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
  • Edvard Munch (1974)

    2. Edvard Munch

    19743h 30mNot RatedTV Movie
    8.1 (3.5K)
    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
    DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsGeir WestbyGro FraasKerstii Allum
  • Andrei Rublev (1966)

    3. 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
  • Robert Gulaczyk in Loving Vincent (2017)

    4. Loving Vincent

    20171h 34mPG-1362Metascore
    7.8 (67K)
    In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
    DirectorsDK WelchmanHugh WelchmanStarsDouglas BoothJerome FlynnRobert Gulaczyk
  • Pirosmani (1969)

    5. Pirosmani

    19691h 25m
    7.7 (1.5K)
    The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.
    DirectorGiorgi ShengelaiaStarsAvtandil VaraziDodo AbashidzeZurab Kapianidze
  • Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins in Maudie (2016)

    6. Maudie

    20161h 55mPG-1365Metascore
    7.6 (25K)
    An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
    DirectorAisling WalshStarsSally HawkinsEthan HawkeZachary Bennett
  • Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)

    7. Cellini: A Violent Life

    19901h 58m
    7.1 (142)
    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.
    DirectorGiacomo BattiatoStarsWadeck StanczakMax von SydowBernard-Pierre Donnadieu
  • Emmanuelle Béart and Michel Piccoli in La belle noiseuse (1991)

    8. La belle noiseuse

    19913h 58mUnrated
    7.5 (10K)
    The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.
    DirectorJacques RivetteStarsMichel PiccoliJane BirkinEmmanuelle Béart
  • F. Murray Abraham, Ornella Muti, Mark Frankel, and Danja Gazzara in A Season of Giants (1990)

    9. A Season of Giants

    1990– 3 epsTV Mini Series
    6.9 (122)
    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.
    StarsF. Murray AbrahamSteven BerkoffJuliette Caton
  • The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

    10. The Adventures of Picasso

    19781h 28m
    7.3 (4.1K)
    A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.
    DirectorTage DanielssonStarsGösta EkmanHans AlfredsonMargaretha Krook
  • Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)

    11. Seraphine

    20082h 5mUnrated84Metascore
    7.4 (6.7K)
    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.
    DirectorMartin ProvostStarsYolande MoreauUlrich TukurAnne Bennent
  • Montparnasse 19 (1958)

    12. Montparnasse 19

    19581h 48mNot Rated
    7.3 (1.8K)
    Chronicling the last year of the life of Modigliani, an Italian painter living in abject poverty in Paris who falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents do not approve of him.
    DirectorJacques BeckerStarsGérard PhilipeLilli PalmerAnouk Aimée
  • Salma Hayek in Frida (2002)

    13. Frida

    20022h 3mR61Metascore
    7.3 (99K)
    A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
    DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey Rush
  • Lust for Life (1956)

    14. Lust for Life

    19562h 2mApproved68Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
    DirectorsVincente MinnelliGeorge CukorStarsKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnJames Donald
  • Takeshi Kitano and Kanako Higuchi in Akiresu to kame (2008)

    15. Akiresu to kame

    20081h 59m
    7.3 (3.9K)
    Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoKanako HiguchiMakoto Araki
  • Isabelle Adjani in Camille Claudel (1988)

    16. Camille Claudel

    19882h 55mR
    7.3 (7.8K)
    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.
    DirectorBruno NuyttenStarsIsabelle AdjaniGérard DepardieuMadeleine Robinson
  • Andy Garcia in Modigliani (2004)

    17. Modigliani

    20042h 8mR25Metascore
    7.2 (13K)
    The story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.
    DirectorMick DavisStarsAndy GarciaElsa ZylbersteinOmid Djalili
  • Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl (2015)

    18. The Danish Girl

    20151h 59mR66Metascore
    7.1 (204K)
    A 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.
    DirectorTom HooperStarsEddie RedmayneAlicia VikanderAmber Heard
  • Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison in The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

    19. The Agony and the Ecstasy

    19652h 18mApproved
    7.2 (8.5K)
    The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsCharlton HestonRex HarrisonDiane Cilento
  • Luis Brandoni and Guillermo Francella in My Masterpiece (2018)

    20. My Masterpiece

    20181h 44m
    7.1 (8K)
    Arturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and Renzo his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend. Willing to risk it all, they develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.
    DirectorGastón DupratStarsGuillermo FrancellaLuis BrandoniRaúl Arévalo
  • Alec Guinness in The Horse's Mouth (1958)

    21. The Horse's Mouth

    19581h 37mApproved
    6.9 (4.1K)
    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.
    DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlec GuinnessKay WalshRenee Houston
  • Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

    22. 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
  • Goya's Ghosts (2006)

    23. 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
  • The Mill and the Cross (2011)

    24. 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
  • Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner (2014)

    25. 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

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