Movies about Art and Artists
Movie Recommendations
| Feature films |
| Nonfiction films |
Feature Films
The Agony and the Ecstasy. Not rated. 1965. DVD Drama
Andrei Rublev. Not rated. 1969. DVD World (Russian)
Art School Confidential. R. 2006. DVD Comedy
Artemisia. R. 1997. DVD World (French)
Basquiat. R. 1996. DVD Drama
La Belle Noiseuse. Not rated. 1991. DVD World (French)
Brush with Fate. Not rated. 2003. DVD 791.4572 BRU TV
Camille Claudel. R. 1989. DVD World (French)
Carrington. R. 1995. DVD Drama
Chi-hwa-seon = Painted Fire. Not rated. 2002. DVD World (Korean)
Edvard Munch. Not rated. 1976. DVD Drama
Frida. R. 2002. DVD Drama
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. R. 2006. DVD Drama
Georgia O'Keeffe. Not rated. 2009. DVD 791.4572 GEO TV
Girl With a Pearl Earring. PG-13. 2003. DVD Drama
Goya. R. 1999. DVD World (Spanish)
Goya’s Ghosts. R. 2006. DVD Drama
I Shot Andy Warhol. R. 1995. DVD Drama
In Praise of Love. PG. 2001. DVD World (French)
Junebug. R. 2005. DVD Comedy
The King of Masks. Not rated. 1996. DVD World (Chinese)
The Lovers on the Bridge. R. 1991. DVD World (French)
Lust for Life. Not rated. 1956. DVD Drama
Me and You and Everyone We Know. R. 2005. DVD Comedy
Modigliani. R. 2004. DVD Drama
Off the Map. PG-13. 2004. DVD Drama
Pollock. R. 2000. DVD Drama
Portrait of Jennie. Not rated. 1948. DVD Drama
P.S. R. 2004. DVD Drama
Séraphine. Not rated. 2008. DVD World (French)
Sirens. R. 1994. DVD Comedy
Stefan Luchian. Not rated. 1981. DVD World (Romanian)
A Sunday in the Country. Not rated. 1984. DVD World (French)
Surviving Picasso. R. 1996. DVD Drama
Under the Hammer. Not rated. 1994. DVD 791.4572 UND TV
Vincent & Theo. PG-13. 1990. DVD Drama
Nonfiction Films
Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye. Not rated. 2001. DVD 770.92 A
Against the Odds:
The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Not rated. 1994.
DVD 700.97471 A
Ambient Art. Impressionism. Not rated. 2004. DVD 759.054 A
American Masters. The Artists. Not rated. 1995-2001. DVD 709.730922 A
Andy Warhol. Not rated. 2006. DVD B W2756an
Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film. Not rated. 2002. DVD B A2114an
Art: 21: Art in the 21st Century. Not rated. 2003-2005. DVD 709.7309051 A
The Art of the Northern Renaissance. Not rated. 2007. DVD 709.024 A
Chihuly and the Masters of Venice. Not rated. 2003. DVD 748.2092 C
Chihuly at the V & A. Not rated. 2003. DVD 748.2092 C
Chihuly Gardens & Glass. Not rated. 2003. DVD 748.2913 C
Chihuly River of Glass. Not rated. 2004. DVD 748.2092 C
Degas and the Dance: The Man Behind the Easel. Not rated. 2003. DVD 759.4 D317de
From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism. Not rated. 2002.
DVD 759.054 B
Golub/Spero. Not rated. 2004. DVD 759.13 G629go
Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance. Not rated. 2004. DVD 709.4 K
Hermitage Masterpieces. Not rated. 1992. DVD 708.471 H
How Art Made the World. Not rated. 2005. DVD 709 H
The Impressionists. Not rated. 2006. DVD 759.054 I
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution. Not rated. 2001. DVD 759.054 B
In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger. Not rated. 2004.
DVD 759.13 D217in
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo. Not rated. 2004. DVD B K1225Li
The Louvre. Not rated. 1978. DVD 708.436 L
Michelangelo: Self- Portrait. Not rated. 2003. DVD 709.2 M6232mi
A Model for Matisse. Not rated. 2003. DVD 759.4 M433mo
Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Not rated. 2008.
DVD 708.1471 B
My Architect. Not rated. 2003. DVD 720.973 K12my
My Kid Could Paint That. PG-13. 2007. DVD 704.083 M
The Mystery of Picasso. Not rated. 1956. DVD 759.6 P586my
Parrish Blue. Not rated. 1967. DVD 759.13 P261pa
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time. Not rated. 2001.
DVD 709.2 G624ri
Sculptures of the Louvre. Not rated. 2006. DVD 708.4361 S
Simon Schama’s Power of Art. Not rated. 2006. DVD 709 S
Sister Wendy's American Collection. Not rated. 2001. DVD 708.13 S and VHS
Sketches of Frank Gehry. PG-13. 2005. DVD 720.973 G852sk
Vermeer: Master of Light. Not rated. 2001. DVD 759.9492 V523ve
Waste Land. Not rated. 2010. DVD 770.92 W
Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? PG-13. 2006. DVD 759.13 P776wh
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