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1. The Square (2017)
R | 151 min | Comedy, Drama
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary
Votes: 77,354 | Gross: $1.50M
2. Anselm (2023)
93 min | Documentary
Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist's work and reveals his life path.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Anselm Kiefer, Daniel Kiefer, Anton Wenders, Ingeborg Bachmann
Votes: 1,309
3. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones
Votes: 47,549 | Gross: $3.25M
4. A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 2,041
5. 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: 4,033
6. The Price of Everything (2018)
TV-14 | 98 min | Documentary
With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.
Director: Nathaniel Kahn | Stars: Jeff Koons, Paul Schimmel, Larry Poons, Stefan Edlis
Votes: 1,333 | Gross: $0.09M
7. The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical
A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke
Votes: 3,503
8. (Untitled) (2009)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A Chelsea art gallerist falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic tale about the state of contemporary art.
Directors: Hatem Mousa, Jonathan Parker | Stars: Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch
Votes: 2,301 | Gross: $0.23M
9. Not My Type (2022)
110 min | Comedy
Marcia a young singer, recorded an album with Daredjane, a rock icon of 70's who accidentally dies, before the album release. Marcia faces difficulties in getting approval from Daredjane's right-holder Anthony, unless love gets in the way.
Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Rebecca Marder, Félix Moati, Judith Chemla, Philippe Rebbot
Votes: 258
10. My Worst Nightmare (2011)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Through their befriended sons, an icy uptight Parisian art dealer and a fun-loving Belgian blue-collar man living out of his van, cross paths in an unlikely way.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier, Virginie Efira
Votes: 3,182 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Ring of Deception (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Single mom Julie Stevens' life is turned upside-down when international con man Martin moves to her neighborhood. As Julie begins to open up to Martin's charms, another woman - Sloane - is ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Belyea | Stars: Chandra West, Steve Bacic, Cate Sproule, Lucie Guest
Votes: 288
12. Rivers and Tides (2001)
TV-G | 90 min | Documentary
Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer | Stars: Andy Goldsworthy, Anna Goldsworthy, Holly Goldsworthy, James Goldsworthy
Votes: 2,472
13. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
R | 91 min | Documentary
A documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government.
Director: Alison Klayman | Stars: Ai Weiwei, Dan Ai, Lao Ai, Lee Ambrozy
Votes: 4,528 | Gross: $0.53M
14. Duexcento (2024)
50 min | Documentary
In 1937, the Ministry of Public Works issued the 'Bottai Law', later repealed and replaced by Law 717/1949, also known as the 2% Law in force today. According to the law, 2 per cent of the ... See full summary »
Director: Peppino Sciortino | Stars: Roberto Albergoni, Mario Emanuele Alvano, Andrea Bartoli, Adalberto Catanzaro
Votes: 6
15. 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
16. Swim Little Fish Swim (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When a bubbly young artist moves into a couple's tiny Chinatown apartment, their already fragile balance is upset even further.
Directors: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis | Stars: Lola Bessis, Dustin Guy Defa, Brooke Bloom, Anne Consigny
Votes: 842
17. Herb & Dorothy (2008)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Biography
Herb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.
Director: Megumi Sasaki | Stars: Paula Antebi, Will Barnet, Robert Barry, Lynda Benglis
Votes: 890 | Gross: $0.19M
18. Art Ache (2015)
80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alex despises Modern Art but when he falls in love with an adorable French artist, he understands that the only way to conquer her heart is to pretend he is an artist. He now must win a Modern Art contest in order to win her heart.
Director: Berty Cadilhac | Stars: David Wayman, Sharlit Deyzac, Dee Tails, Adrian Bouchet
Votes: 207
19. Walking on Water (2018)
105 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
An uncensored look into the artistic process and personal relationships of Christo, an artist known for his large-scale installations. For the first time since the passing of his wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Paounov | Star: Christo
Votes: 711 | Gross: $0.10M
20. Caveman (2021)
92 min | Documentary
Sculptor Filippo Dobrilla considers art as a rebellion. For over 30 years he sculpted a giant marble nude into the most impervious nature, in an inaccessible cave. But nature itself was fatally opposed to his crazy undertaking.
Director: Tommaso Landucci | Stars: Alessandro Benvenuti, Filippo Dobrilla
Votes: 22
21. Museo Coconut (2010–2014)
25 min | Animation, Comedy
Stars: Raúl Cimas, Carlos Areces, Joaquín Reyes, Ernesto Sevilla
Votes: 405
22. Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
Director: James Crump | Stars: Pierre Apraxine, Dick Cavett, Dominick Dunne, Raymond Foye
Votes: 296
23. A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)
59 min | Documentary
By 1964, Warhol had established himself as a famous pop artist and his creative ambitions were exploding in new directions in a creative frenzy of art, films - and even music. This is a day in his life.
Director: David Shulman | Stars: Paul America, Brigid Berlin, Victor Bockris, Stephen Bruce
Votes: 20
24. Gaze (2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
An exploration of twenty artists and their bodies of work.
Director: Matt Riddlehoover | Stars: Derrick Barry, Ryan Basham, Jackie Beat, Rob Beyond
Votes: 352
25. A Heart of Love (2017)
78 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Inspired by the lives of Warsaw based artists, Wojtek Bakowski and Zuzanna Bartoszek, two emblematic figures of the contemporary art scene, this romance examines the relationship between narcissism and love.
Director: Lukasz Ronduda | Stars: Justyna Wasilewska, Jacek Poniedzialek, Magdalena Cielecka, Abu Kamal
Votes: 256
26. Musée haut, musée bas (2008)
97 min | Comedy
A curator terrified of green plants, a ballet of Virgin Saints, a minister of Culture lost in an exhibition of sex organs, a car that has disappeared in the Rembrandt car park, visitors in ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Michel Ribes | Stars: Michel Blanc, Simon Abkarian, Victoria Abril, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 484
27. Jeff Wall: Retrospective (2007)
58 min | Documentary
Jeff Wall is one of the most important and influential photographers working today. His work played a key role in establishing photography as a contemporary art form. Jeff Wall describes ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Peter Galassi, Jeff Wall
28. El Vendedor de Arte (2023)
Drama
An art dealer reluctant to sell modern art sees in a young immigrant the salvation of his gallery.
Director: Marcel Fondeur | Stars: Cinthia Almonte, Andrés Castillo, Randall Connoly, Francis Cruz
29. Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art (2001)
58 min | Documentary
"Art in Our Time: Toward a New MoMA" features a cycle of 'end of century' exhibitions, cumulatively titled 'MoMA 2000', which aim to present the museum's rich collection in a brand new way.... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Paola Antonelli, Mary Lea Bandy, John Elderfield, Starr Figura
30. Art Safari (2003 Video)
224 min | Documentary
In ART SAFARI, Art Geek Ben Lewis travels the world in search of Great Contemporary Art - and art that might be great. A playful series of eight films that are both analytical adventures ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Lewis | Stars: Matthew Barney, Sophie Calle, Maurizio Cattelan, Wim Delvoye
Votes: 19
31. Ciria, Pronounced Thiria (2013)
70 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Arthur Balder | Stars: Georges Armaos, José Manuel Ciria, Christopher Cutts, Fukumi Kashiwagi
32. William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible (2010)
55 min | Documentary
"William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible" gives viewers an intimate look into the mind and creative process of William Kentridge, the South African artist whose acclaimed charcoal drawings,... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Atlas, Susan Sollins | Stars: William Kentridge, Nokrismesi Skota, Philip Miller, Samuel Kentridge
Votes: 21
33. A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's (1984)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
Narrated by critic Donald Kuspit, A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's explores the creative paths being forged by a collection of modern artists. Through observations of ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Georg Baselitz, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Markus Lüpertz
34. The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY (2012)
53 min | Documentary
A visit to the studio of Ernst Wilhelm Nay, a remarkable, if somewhat solitary German artist, who established his status at age 30, just before the advent of the Nazi takeover. Nay belonged... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Magda Claesges, Siegfried Gohr, Christian A.J. Klein, Elisabeth Nay
35. Twiggy (2011)
81 min | Drama
Sarah is a twenty years old hard working woman who learns that she is six month pregnant. But she doesn't want to have a child at this moment: she will try to find a balance between the life she wants and the steps she has to go through.
Director: Emmanuelle Millet | Stars: Christa Théret, Johan Libéreau, Maud Wyler, Anne Le Ny
Votes: 130
36. War of Art (2019)
102 min | Documentary
Artists from across the Western world visit North Korea to take part in a "cultural exchange" - with varying degrees of success and failure.
Director: Tommy Gulliksen | Stars: Matthias Scherwenikas, Cathie Boyd, Chol-Hak Ham, Kyong-Chol Kim
Votes: 113
37. Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters (2017)
92 min | Documentary
Meet Beau Dick gives an intimate look into the life of one of Canada's greatest artists. Beau Dick worked within an ancient tradition and rose to the ranks of international success within the white cube world of contemporary art.
Directors: Natalie Boll, LaTiesha Fazakas | Stars: Bruce Alfred, Wayne Alfred, Eric Angus, Roy Arden
Votes: 28
38. Kino-Eye Journal (2023– )
Documentary
A series of experimental short films by Gianni Kazakis documenting life as an artist.
Star: Gianni Kazakis
39. Edward Hopper (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short
Edward Hopper (1882 - 1967) is one of the best known and most admired of American artists. He found poetry in quiet, private moments set in unexceptional places, such as anonymous hotel ... See full summary »
Director: Carroll Moore | Stars: Steve Martin, Judith A. Barter, Avis Berman, Eric Fischl
Votes: 13
40. Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America (1995)
58 min | Documentary
Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America features a collection of passionate, determined artists who have taken creation, performance and visual storytelling into their own hands. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Janine Antoni, Ida Applebroog, Penny Arcade, Lynda Benglis
41. Ich weiss keine bessere Welt (2003)
128 min | Biography
Director: Alexander Schukoff | Stars: Ingeborg Bachmann, Susanna Knechtl
42. Grande Ferro (Video)
Short | Post-production
Director: Gianrico Di Gennaro | Stars: Lino Fedeli, Federica Tattoni, Martina Menzietti, Alberto Buonaspeme
43. Reset: The Documentary (2016)
58 min | Documentary
Belgian artist Gert Robijns returns to his native village to make his masterpiece Reset Home. He creates a sculpture from his grandmothers' house, a struggle that takes two years to complete.
Director: Aldine Reinink | Stars: Gert Robijns, Luc Tuymans, Ai Weiwei
Votes: 10
44. The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney (2004)
58 min | Documentary
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney follows the artist and New York Times art critic, Michael Kimmelman as they discuss his mythic display at the Guggenheim Museum. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Matthew Barney, Michael Kimmelman
45. Made with Love (I) (2019)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Made with Love is a ten minute documentary about Lipstick Lex, an ambitious unconventional artist that only uses lipstick to create her art. She creates art by kissing canvases and painting... See full summary »
Director: Nathan Agin | Star: Alexis Fraser
46. Brice Marden: 4 Decades (2006)
58 min | Documentary
"Brice Marden: 4 Decades" follows the renowned abstract artist as he explores his acclaimed 2006 MoMA retrospective with curator Gary Garrels. Applauded for his bold and contemporary style,... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Gary Garrels, Brice Marden
47. Seeing Eye Dog (2017)
65 min | Documentary
The life and practice of visual artist Birgir Andrésson is traced through narratives by his peers, from childhood until his sudden death in 2007.
Director: Kristján Loðmfjörð | Stars: Andrés Gestsson, Gísli Helgason, Bjarni H. Þórarinsson, Hannes Lárusson
48. Ved'ma (2013)
14 min | Short
CETTE INSTALLATION MULTI-CANAUX/ FILM EXPÉRIMENTAL RACONTE SIMULTANÉMENT L'HISTOIRE DE TROIS FEMMES QUI SONT LIÉES ENTRE ELLES. ELLE POURRAIENT ÊTRE LA MÊME FEMME FRACTIONNÉE EN TROIS ÂGES ... See full synopsis »
Director: Cornelia Eichhorn | Stars: Mélodie Etxeandia, Elodie Grech, Louise Kalfon, Roxane Lebrun
49. China Power: Art Now After Mao (2009 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
A dynamic film about a vibrant art scene, at a time when the world is looking east. Chinese Art has caught the world's attention. Once considered obscure and exotic, it now commands ... See full summary »
Director: Pia Getty
50. Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1995)
58 min | Documentary
Beginning with their small wrapped objects of 1958, this portrait examines the continuously bold and ambitious artistic ventures of the enigmatic duo, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Though ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Alfred Biolek, Christo, Peter Conradi, Michael Cullen
Votes: 8