100 Films about Artists
Non fictional artists.
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- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAnatoliy SolonitsynIvan LapikovNikolay GrinkoThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.Andrei Rublev(c. 1370-1428)
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsRichard BasehartGiotto di Bondone(c. 1267-1337)
- StarsPhilippe LeroyGiulio BosettiGiorgio PiazzaMiniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519)
- DirectorAllan KingStarsBrent CarverDavid FeltonCedric SmithLeonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risk to convince the master not to give up on his dreams.Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519)
- CreatorDavid S. GoyerStarsTom RileyGregg ChilingirianEros VlahosFollows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519)
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsCharlton HestonRex HarrisonDiane CilentoThe biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.Michelangelo(1475-1564)
- DirectorLik-Chi LeeStarsStephen ChowGong LiPak-Cheung ChanA scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.Tang Yin(1470-1523)
- DirectorGiovanni FagoStarsJoe MantegnaGalatea RanziToni BertorelliPontormo(1491-1557)
- DirectorLech MajewskiStarsRutger HauerMichael YorkCharlotte RamplingThis 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.Pieter the Elder Bruegel(1525 - 1569)
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsMel FerrerRosanna SchiaffinoAdolfo Celi16th-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.El Greco(1541-1614)
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsNick Clark WindoJuan Diego BottoLaia MarullThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".El Greco(1541-1614)
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRamsey NasrF. Murray AbrahamHendrik AertsHendrik 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.Hendrik Goltzius(1558-1617)
- StarsGian Maria VolontèCarlo HintermannLuigi MontiniMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio(1571-1610)
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsNoam AlmazDexter FletcherNigel TerryA retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio(1571-1610)
- DirectorAngelo LongoniStarsAlessio BoniElena Sofia RicciJordi MollàThe 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.Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio(1571-1610)
- DirectorAgnès MerletStarsValentina CerviMichel SerraultPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicArtemisia 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 Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male anatomy, forbidden for her eyes, led her to the knowledge of sexual pleasure. But she was also well known because in 1612 she had to appear in a courtroom because her teacher, Agostino Tassi, was suspected of raping her. She tried to protect him, but was put in the thumb screws...Artemisia Gentileschi(1593-1656)
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsCharles LaughtonGertrude LawrenceElsa LanchesterThe respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn(1606-1669)
- DirectorCharles MattonStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerRomane BohringerJean RochefortIconic 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.Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn(1606-1669)
- DirectorDavid DevineStarsTom McCamusMitchell David RothpanKari MatchettAt 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.Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn(1606-1669)
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsMartin FreemanEmily HolmesEva BirthistleAn 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'.Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn(1606-1669)
- DirectorPeter WebberStarsScarlett JohanssonColin FirthTom WilkinsonA 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.Jan Vermeer(1632-1675)
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsAva GardnerAnthony FranciosaAmedeo NazzariLove takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess.Francisco Goya(1746-1828)
- StarsWolfgang BüttnerBernd BirkhahnThomas BrautFrancisco Goya(1746-1828)
- DirectorKonrad WolfStarsDonatas BanionisOlivera KatarinaFred DürenAs 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 and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma. Based on Lion Feuchtwanger's novel, Goya is one of ten East German films originally shot in 70mm. This release is the director's cut and shows the influence of great filmmakers from Buñuel and Saura, to Eisenstein. Goya was nominated for the Golden Prize at the 1971 Moscow International Film Festival.Francisco Goya(1746-1828)
- StarsEnric MajóLaura MoranteJeannine MestreA 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 pursuits from the side of new government of Spain, transmigrated to Bordeaux, where and died a few years after.Francisco Goya(1746-1828)
- DirectorRichard MozerStarsCedric SmithJaclyn BlumasShannon LawsonAt 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.Francisco Goya(1746-1828)
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsFrancisco RabalJose CoronadoDafne FernándezFrancisco 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.Francisco Goya(1746-1828)
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJavier BardemNatalie PortmanStellan SkarsgårdPainter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.Francisco Goya(1746-1828)
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMinosuke BandôKinuyo TanakaKôtarô BandôUtamaro is a great artist who lives to create portraits of beautiful women, using the brothels of Tokyo to provide his models.Kitagawa Utamaro(1753-1806)
- StarsShin-yang ParkRyu Seung-ryongBae Soo-binShin Yoon Bok is a very talented painter who disguises herself as a boy so she can infiltrate the painting academy to improve her art--and search for her father's murderer. Kim Hong Do is the man who teaches Yoon Bok how to paint and falls in love with his apprentice, not knowing that he is a she.Shin Yun-bok(1758-?)
- DirectorYun-su JeonStarsKim Gyu-riYeong-ho KimKim Nam-gilBorn to a family of established court painters, a woman is forced to carry on her family name and take over her brother's life after he commits suicide.Shin Yun-bok(1758-?)
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsKen OgataToshiyuki NishidaYûko TanakaThe famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.Katsushika Hokusai(1760-1849)
- DirectorKeiichi HaraStephanie ShehMichael SinterniklaasStarsYutaka MatsushigeAnne WatanabeErica LindbeckThe life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.Katsushika Hokusai(1760-1849)、Katsushika Oi、Keisai Eisen(1790-1848)、Utagawa Kuninao(1793-1854)
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsHiroyuki SanadaFurankî SakaiShima IwashitaA crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.Tōshūsai Sharaku(active 1790s)
- DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallPaul JessonDorothy AtkinsonAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.Joseph Mallord William Turner(1775-1851)
- DirectorRichard LaxtonStarsDakota FanningGreg WiseTom SturridgeA 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).John Ruskin(1819-1900), John Everett Millais(1829-1896)
- CreatorPeter BowkerFranny MoyleStarsSamuel BarnettSam CraneJosie FarmiloePeriod drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.William Holman Hunt(1827-1910), Dante Gabriel Rossetti(1828-1882), John Everett Millais(1829-1896)
- DirectorGraeme LynchStarsWayne BestRyan DeBoerTamara HopeWinslow Homer leaves his post as Civil War illustrator and seeks solitude. He meets two teenagers who, like him, are haunted by the aftermath of the war.Winslow Homer(1836-1910)
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniGale SondergaardJoseph SchildkrautThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.Paul Cézanne(1839-1906)
- DirectorBernard MalaterreStarsJacques BondouxCyril DescoursBirgit LudwigAuguste Rodin(1840-1917)
- DirectorBruno NuyttenStarsIsabelle AdjaniGérard DepardieuMadeleine RobinsonCamille 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.Auguste Rodin(1840-1917) & Camille Claudel(1864-1943)
- DirectorDavid DevineStarsThomas Jay RyanAlison PillKathryn LongSearching 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.Edgar Degas(1834-1917)
- StarsRichard ArmitageJulian GloverWill Keen"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 evidence, special effects transport the viewer inside some of the world's best-loved paintings, The Impressionists will recreate the illuminated landscapes, and haunting portraits of late 19th-century France."Claude Monet(1840-1926), Pierre-Auguste Renoir(1841-1919), Edgar Degas(1834-1917)
- DirectorDavid DevineStarsStuart HughesTrevor BlumasMaggie HuculakMonet's painting ends abruptly with attacks from his father and art critics. He intends to abandon everything, but is convinced otherwise by an aspiring young artist.Claude Monet(1840-1926)
- DirectorGilles BourdosStarsMichel BouquetChrista ThéretVincent RottiersSet 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 side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.Pierre-Auguste Renoir(1841-1919)
- DirectorCaroline ChampetierStarsMarine DeltermeMalik ZidiAlice ButaudA light look at the life of Berthe Morisot, renowned member of the early impressionist French painters.Berthe Morisot(1841-1895)
- DirectorRichard MozerStarsAmy BrennemanCharlotte SullivanEmma Taylor-IsherwoodCassatt'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.Mary Cassatt(1844-1926)
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsChoi Min-sikAhn Sung-kiYoo Ho-jeongIn a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.Jang Seung-eop(1843-1897)
- DirectorMario AndreacchioStarsKiefer SutherlandNastassja KinskiAlun ArmstrongA successful 19th century French stockbroker (Sutherland) leaves his profession to become an artist in Paris.Paul Gauguin(1848-1903)
- DirectorVincente MinnelliGeorge CukorStarsKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnJames DonaldThe life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.Vincent Willem van Gogh(1853-1890)
- DirectorMaurice PialatStarsJacques DutroncAlexandra LondonBernard Le CoqThe final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.Vincent Willem van Gogh(1853-1890)
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RothPaul RhysAdrian BrineThe 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.Vincent Willem van Gogh(1853-1890)
- DirectorAlexander BarnettStarsDiana AgostiniJohn AlexanderAlexander BarnettAfter the disastrous months spent with Gauguin in the yellow house in Arles, Vincent van Gogh, in desperate search for a cure from attacks that increasingly plague him, voluntarily enters an insane asylum.Vincent Willem van Gogh(1853-1890)
- DirectorAndrew HuttonStarsBenedict CumberbatchJamie ParkerAidan McArdleThe story of Vincent Van Gogh, with dialogue sourced from his own words.Vincent Willem van Gogh(1853-1890)
- 1980–19942h 26mNot Rated8.3 (978)TV EpisodeDirectorTerry HughesStarsMandy PatinkinBernadette PetersBarbara BryneVideo production of the Pulitzer-prize winning musical stage production. In the first act, "George", a fictionalized Georges Seurat paints his lover, Dot, and "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grande Jatte." Characters who become figures and vice versa walk through the story. In Act 2, George's descendant, a sculptor, comes to terms with his grandmother, Life, and Art.Georges-Pierre Seurat(1859-1891)
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsJohn MalkovichVeronica FerresStephen DillaneA 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.Gustav Klimt(1862-1918)
- DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsGeir WestbyGro FraasKerstii AllumThis 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 lifeEdvard Munch(1863-1944)
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsJuliette BinocheJessica ErreroRobert LeroyWinter, 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.Camille Claudel(1864-1943)
- DirectorMartin ProvostStarsYolande MoreauUlrich TukurAnne BennentIn 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.Séraphine Louis(1864-1942)
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsJosé FerrerZsa Zsa GaborSuzanne FlonFictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(1864-1901)
- DirectorRoger PlanchonStarsRégis RoyerElsa ZylbersteinAnémoneLife, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(1864-1901)
- DirectorChris NoonanStarsRenée ZellwegerEwan McGregorEmily WatsonThe 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.Beatrix Potter(1866-1943)
- DirectorBille AugustStarsBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren Sætter-LassenSverrir GudnasonThe story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.Marie Krøyer (1867-1940)
- DirectorDalibor MatanicStarsSanja VejnovicPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicVili MatulaTrue story about the tragic life of a famous late 19th century deaf female Croatian watercolor painter Slava Raskaj.Slava Raškaj(1877-1906), Bela Čikoš Sesija(1864-1931)
- DirectorJan TroellStarsMaria HeiskanenMikael PersbrandtJesper ChristensenIn a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.Maria Larsson(1883-1959)
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsGérard PhilipeLilli PalmerAnouk AiméeAbout 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.Amedeo Modigliani(1884-1920)
- DirectorMick DavisStarsAndy GarciaElsa ZylbersteinOmid DjaliliThe story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.Amedeo Modigliani(1884-1920)
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsKenji SawadaTomoko MariyaMasumi MiyazakiPainter and poet Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) gets involved with a beautiful widow, becoming a rival of her dead husband's ghost and the jealous lover who murdered him.Yumeji Takehisa(1884-1934)
- DirectorZeljko SenecicStarsSenka BulicAna KaricBranko BlaceLife 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.Josip Račić(1885-1908)
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsSarah WynterVincent PerezJonathan PryceThis movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.Oskar Kokoschka(1886-1960), Walter Gropius(1883-1969)
- DirectorKôhei OguriStarsJoe OdagiriMiki NakataniAna GirardotJapanese artist, Foujita, is Paris' darling in the roaring twenties, loved for his delicate nudes. After leaving his 1st wife, Fernande, he meets Lucie Badoud and names her Yuki (snow in Japanese) after her exquisitely pale skin. Together with their friends Van Dongen, Kisling, Picasso, Modigliani & Kiki, they go to all the parties! On the outbreak of WWII, Foujita returns to Japan with his new Japanese wife, Kimiyo. He exhibits his war paintings that are much darker than the delicate whites of his Paris period. As the battles intensify, Foujita retreats to the country with Kimiyo and discover a Japan he never knew. Foujita returns to France years later. Here, newly naturalised, he takes on the French name Léonard and builds the chapel "Notre Dame de la Paix" in Reims, his final work.Tsuguharu Foujita(1886-1968)
- DirectorBob BalabanStarsJoan AllenJeremy IronsEd Begley Jr.Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.Georgia O'Keeffe(1887-1986)
- DirectorAleksandr MittaStarsLeonid BichevinAnatoliy BelyyKristii SchneiderThe film is an attempt to recreate the world of Marc Chagall and his myth within the genre of a folklore ballad. We are not exploiting Chagall's images, but are attempting to create a dramatized projection of his creativity onto the movie screen, relying on both, facts and fantasy (as Chagall himself would).The story is based on real events which occurred at the time of Chagall's short-lived period in Vitebskin in 1917-18, during which time he creates the Academy of Modern Art, inspired by his dreams of a bright and beautiful future. Many pictures by Chagall and Malevich are used in the film.Marc Chagall(1887-1985), Kazimir Malevich(1879-1935)
- DirectorLionel ChetwyndStarsWilliam HurtHoward RyshpanCarol ShamyVarian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.Marc Chagall(1887-1985)
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsAnthony HopkinsNatascha McElhoneJulianne MooreThe passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.Pablo Picasso(1887-1973)
- DirectorTage DanielssonStarsGösta EkmanHans AlfredsonMargaretha KrookAlready 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 discovered by an American millionaire and starts to earn money, but he wastes his talent by painting plates. He meets famous people of the 1920s: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Appolinaire, Hitler, and Churchill.Pablo Picasso(1887-1973)
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.Pablo Picasso(1887-1973), Salvador Dalí(1904-1989), Amedeo Modigliani(1884-1920)
- DirectorHerbert VeselyStarsMathieu CarrièreJane BirkinChristine KaufmannThe life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women.Egon Schiele(1890-1918)
- DirectorKen RussellStarsDorothy TutinScott AntonyHelen MirrenBiographical movie of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.Henri Gaudier-Brzeska(1891-1915)
- DirectorChristopher HamptonStarsEmma ThompsonJonathan PryceSteven WaddingtonThe platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century.Dora Carrington(1893-1932)
- DirectorShuqin HuangStarsGong LiFang-TsenShichang DaA Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris.Pan Yuliang(1895-1977)
- StarsFlavio BucciAlessandro HaberEnzo RobuttiLigabue is a 1978 Italian biographical drama film of the life of the artist Antonio Ligabue (1899-1965). It traces his birth in Switzerland, mental break down and emergence as a naive artist in the 1950s.Antonio Ligabue (1899-1965)
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsEl Gran WyomingPere ArquilluéErnesto AlterioToledo in the 30s: The godfather of cinematic surrealism, Luis Buñuel, the poet Federico Garcia Loca and the painter Salvador Dalí are on a search for the mythical table of King Salomon, which is known to have the power to see in the past, the present and the future. Their scour paths them through hilarious moments of absurdity and lots of references to movie history.Salvador Dalí(1904-1989), Luis Buñuel(1900-1983)
- DirectorPaul MorrisonStarsRobert PattinsonJavier BeltránMatthew McNultyAbout the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.Salvador Dalí(1904-1989)
- DirectorJohn MayburyStarsDerek JacobiDaniel CraigTilda SwintonBiography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.Francis Bacon(1909-1992)
- DirectorEd HarrisStarsEd HarrisMarcia Gay HardenRobert KnottA film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.Jackson Pollock(1912-1956)
- DirectorYu-Shan HuangStarsDing-ya AnChih-yu ChangHuei-Wun ChangA fine art restorer discovers a famous painting from decades ago that triggers her curiosity about the deceased painter and his life.Ching-cheng Huang(1912-1943)
- DirectorPaul LeducStarsOfelia MedinaJuan José GurrolaMax KerlowThe 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 pain and affliction, her friendship with Trotsky and painter Alfaro Siqueiros, her marriage to Diego Rivera, her miscarriage, her political commitment, her love affairs and the anticipated exhibition of her works.Frida Kahlo(1907-1954)
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey RushA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.Frida Kahlo(1907-1954)
- StarsNao MatsushitaOsamu MukaiYôko NogiwaA morning drama from NHK, it tells the story of manga artist, Shigeru Mizuki and his wife. Mizuki's most famous work was Gegege no Kitaro and the drama takes it name from this, substituting Nyobo - meaning wife - for Kitaro, the hero of the manga. Based on the autobiography of Nunoe Mura, it mostly takes place in Showa period Japan.Shigeru Mizuki(1922-)
- DirectorSteven ShainbergStarsNicole KidmanRobert Downey Jr.Ty BurrellTurning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.Diane Arbus(1923-1971)
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsAmy AdamsChristoph WaltzDanny HustonA 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.Margaret Keane(1927-)
- DirectorMary HarronStarsLili TaylorJared HarrisMartha PlimptonThe story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but after he repeatedly ignored her, she shot him.Andy Warhol(1928-1987)
- DirectorGeorge HickenlooperStarsSienna MillerGuy PearceHayden ChristensenBased on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.Andy Warhol(1928-1987)
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.Christy Brown(1932-1981)
- DirectorEric KhooStarsTetsuya BesshoMotoko GollentYoshihiro TatsumiA story based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a mangaka known for his gekiga style of alternate Japanese manga.Yoshihiro Tatsumi(1935-2015)
- DirectorTerry ZwigoffStarsRobert CrumbAline Kominsky-CrumbCharles CrumbAn intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.Robert Crumb(1943-)
- DirectorMichael CampusStarsPeter O'TooleJared PadaleckiMarcia Gay HardenA look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.Thomas Kinkade(1958-2012)
- DirectorEdo BertoglioStarsJean Michel BasquiatJohn LurieRichard WeigandAfter being released from the hospital, the artist Jean Michel Basquiat wanders around Manhattan trying to sell art to make money and find a place to stay.Jean-Michel Basquiat(1960-1988)
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsJeffrey WrightMichael WincottBenicio Del ToroThe brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.Jean-Michel Basquiat(1960-1988)