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51. Guinevere (1999)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
Director: Audrey Wells | Stars: Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart, Gina Gershon
Votes: 2,745 | Gross: $0.61M
52. Escape (1940)
Passed | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1936, a young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his missing German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Alla Nazimova
Votes: 1,164
53. Queens Logic (1991)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of lifelong friends meet again in Queens for Ray's (Ken Olin) bachelor party and wedding.
Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, John Malkovich, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 1,843 | Gross: $0.61M
54. The Girlfriends (1955)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 3,419 | Gross: $0.05M
55. Cesar & Rosalie (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Cesar is in love with Rosalie. But Rosalie isn't making it easy for him, especially when her old flame enters the picture.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Bernard Le Coq
Votes: 3,845
56. Woman on the Run (1950)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen
Votes: 4,866
57. 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: 2,052
58. Three Night Stand (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
A married couple's romantic weekend is turned upside down when the husband's ex-girlfriend, a woman he's secretly obsessed with, is running the ski lodge where they're staying.
Director: Pat Kiely | Stars: Sam Huntington, Meaghan Rath, Darren Curtis, Robb Jamieson
Votes: 2,256
59. So Long at the Fair (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicky Barton visits Paris with her brother Johnny, only to discover the following morning he has gone missing and the hotel staff have no recollection of his presence.
Directors: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher | Stars: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Honor Blackman
Votes: 2,360
60. The Brontë Sisters (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 1,219
61. Painter (2020)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A wealthy art collector's obsession with a young painter develops into a psychosexual relationship fueled by jealousy and delusion.
Director: Cory Wexler Grant | Stars: Betsy Randle, Eric Ladin, Anastasia Leddick, Spencer Irwin
Votes: 277
62. Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone (2021 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama
The story about Benedict Stone and his wife Emilia who got separated after 10 years, when trying for a baby becomes unsuccessful.
Director: Peter Benson | Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Ella Ballentine, Mía Maestro, Matt Hamilton
Votes: 598
63. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan
Votes: 3,877
64. The Wedding Veil Unveiled (2022 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Romance
Emma (Autumn Reeser) travels to Italy to teach and research a wedding veil said to bring its owner love. While there, she meets Paolo (Paolo Bernardini), the son of a local lace-making family.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Autumn Reeser, Paolo Bernardini, Lacey Chabert, Alison Sweeney
Votes: 1,621
65. Cat's Eye (1983–1985)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the search for their missing father, a trio of sisters lead a double life as owners of a cafe and as highly skilled art thieves.
Stars: Keiko Toda, Toshiko Fujita, Chika Sakamoto, Yoshito Yasuhara
Votes: 1,047
66. The Man in the Net (1959)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Mystery
A struggling artist in a small town becomes the prime suspect when his wife mysteriously disappears.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster, John Lupton
Votes: 801
67. City in the Sea (1965)
Unrated | 84 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In 1903 Cornwall, a group of locals discover an underwater city, dating back to 1803, that hides a society of smugglers and aquatic creatures.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson, Susan Hart
Votes: 2,609
68. Capturing Mary (2007 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 105 min | Drama
A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her life forever.
Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Maggie Smith, Ruth Wilson, David Walliams, Danny Lee Wynter
Votes: 2,076
69. The Common Law (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
Young Valerie models for an American painter who tries to make a future in Paris and they fall in love.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Lew Cody, Robert Williams
Votes: 433
70. The Impossible Years (1968)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The eldest daughter of a Professor of Psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: David Niven, Lola Albright, Chad Everett, Ozzie Nelson
Votes: 802
71. Montparnasse 19 (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
About 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.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 1,682
72. Please Murder Me! (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran, John Dehner
Votes: 1,628
73. The Mill and the Cross (2011)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, History
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.
Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling, Joanna Litwin
Votes: 4,437 | Gross: $0.31M
74. The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Doris Dudley, Eric Blore
Votes: 881
75. Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016)
110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Vienna, early 20th century: the young Egon Schiele is one of the most discussed artists of his time with his original, erotically charged works.
Director: Dieter Berner | Stars: Noah Saavedra, Maresi Riegner, Valerie Pachner, Marie Jung
Votes: 1,533
76. La Bohème (1926)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell
Votes: 1,688 | Gross: $1.01M
77. 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: 4,848
78. Dishonored Lady (1947)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A beautiful editor at a fashion magazine has a breakdown due to the pressures of her work and her disappointing love life. A psychiatrist recommends that she start life fresh by moving into a smaller apartment and under another name.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan
Votes: 1,696
79. The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.
Directors: Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar | Stars: François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 3,780 | Gross: $0.02M
80. The Dragon Painter (1919)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
Director: William Worthington | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Peil Sr., Toyo Fujita
Votes: 691
81. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, Romance, War
An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard
Votes: 3,554 | Gross: $9.20M
82. The Locket (1946)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond
Votes: 3,070
83. Love's Portrait (2022 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama, Romance
It follows Lily, a museum curator who discovers a painting that looks just like her. She goes to find where the painting came from and who painted it.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Aubrey Reynolds, Richard McWilliams, Kathryn McKiernan, Tamari Dunbar
Votes: 809
84. Whiplash (1948)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
A struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoter's night club singing sister.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden
Votes: 785
85. Dark Hearts (I) (2014)
R | 99 min | Thriller
When struggling artist Colson, finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.'
Director: Rudolf Buitendach | Stars: Kyle Schmid, Sonja Kinski, Lucas Till, Rachel Blanchard
Votes: 435
86. Scandal (1950)
Approved | 105 min | Drama
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku
Votes: 4,688
87. A Dog of Flanders (1960)
TV-G | 96 min | Drama, Family
The emotional story of a boy, his grandfather, and his dog. The boy's dream of becoming a great classical painter appears shattered when his loving grandfather dies.
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: David Ladd, Donald Crisp, Theodore Bikel, Max Croiset
Votes: 465
88. Get Yourself a College Girl (1964)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Music
A college co-ed tries to balance her time writing songs and dealing with her publisher who tries to pursue her.
Director: Sidney Miller | Stars: Mary Ann Mobley, Joan O'Brien, Nancy Sinatra, Chris Noel
Votes: 536
89. My Sister Eileen (1942)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy
Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias
Votes: 1,742
90. Jigsaw (1949)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy investigates a series of murders and uncovers an extremist group.
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Myron McCormick, Marc Lawrence
Votes: 979
91. A Time to Remember (2003 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Family
An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has Alzheimers disease.
Director: John Putch | Stars: Dana Delany, Doris Roberts, Megan Gallagher, Louise Fletcher
Votes: 282
92. Bluebeard (1944)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 2,139
93. Julia Misbehaves (1948)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A London chorus girl tries to rekindle her relationships with her daughter, whom she gave up as an infant, and her estranged husband, when the former becomes engaged.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor
Votes: 1,196
94. Run Away Home (2004)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America.
Director: Gail Harvey | Stars: Katie Boland, Stuart Wilson, Alberta Watson, Geraint Wyn Davies
Votes: 412
95. Carnival in Flanders (1935)
95 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 1,408
96. Experiment Perilous (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
In 1903, a doctor suspects murder in the gothic Bederaux family.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker
Votes: 2,132
97. All My Good Countrymen (1969)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
Various scenes in the life of a tight-knit community in Czechoslovakia exploring the human spirit in the backdrop of the political changes that they experience.
Director: Vojtech Jasný | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Mensík, Waldemar Matuska
Votes: 1,096
98. The Woman on the Beach (1947)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford, Nan Leslie
Votes: 2,654
99. Cass Timberlane (1947)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. After their baby is stillborn, Virginia turns more and more to Cass' attorney friend Bradd Criley... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott, Tom Drake
Votes: 1,112
100. The Young Lovers (1964)
Approved | 109 min | Drama
Eddie wants to live a life without responsibilities. He meets Pam and they fall in love. When Pam gets pregnant, Eddie must face up to the problem.
Director: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Stars: Peter Fonda, Sharon Hugueny, Nick Adams, Deborah Walley
Votes: 200