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Midnight in Paris(2011)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 34min | Fantasy, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 3,314 votes)

A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 1,035 votes)

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

As Good as It Gets(1997)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 19min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 1,654 votes)

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

The French Dispatch(2021)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 1,016 votes)

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo(2005)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 23min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 388 votes)

Deuce Bigalow goes to Amsterdam after a little accident including two irritating kids and a bunch of aggressive dolphins. There he meets up with his old friend T.J. Hicks. But a mysterious killer starts killing some of Amsterdam's finest gigolos and T.J. is mistaken for the extremely gay murderer. Deuce must enter the gigolo industry again to find the real murderer and clear T.J.'s name.

The Danish Girl(2015)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 59min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 2,676 votes)

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Girl with a Pearl Earring(2003)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 604 votes)

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. 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.

Like Stars on Earth(2007)

2h 45min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 477 votes)

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

At Eternity's Gate(2018)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 654 votes)

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

La Belle Noiseuse(1991)

FSK: 6+ years
| 3h 58min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 95 votes)

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.

50/50(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 1,686 votes)

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Loving Vincent(2017)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 35min | Animation, Drama, Mystery, History
4.0/5 (with 1,105 votes)

A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.

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Frida(2002)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 928 votes)

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

Andrei Rublev(1966)

3h 25min | Drama, History
4.1/5 (with 328 votes)

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

Picture of Beauty(2017)

1h 10min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.2/5 (with 15 votes)

In an early 20th century village, a painter with an unusual commission finds two pretty girls two model for him. The girls slowly come of age while exploring their sexuality and finding liberation in a repressed society.

Tulip Fever(2017)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 307 votes)

An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

Never Look Away(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 3h 9min | Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 297 votes)

The story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither of them knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.

See You Up There(2017)

1h 53min | Drama, Crime, War
3.9/5 (with 563 votes)

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

Words and Pictures(2014)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 51min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 98 votes)

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

An American in Paris(1951)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 53min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 242 votes)

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

Moulin Rouge(1952)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 37 votes)

Born into aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec moves to Paris to pursue his art as he hangs out at the Moulin Rouge where he feels like he fits in being a misfit among other misfits. Yet, because of the deformity of his legs from an accident, he believes he is never destined to experience the true love of a woman. But that lack of love in his life may change as he meets two women.

Lust for Life(1956)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 83 votes)

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

Two Much(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 58min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 66 votes)

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job leads to an engagement with a rich divorcee. He gets in deeper when he falls for her sister, and invents a twin brother to be her beau; and deeper still when his fiancée's ex-husband comes looking for revenge.

Mr. Turner(2014)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 30min | History, Drama
3.3/5 (with 228 votes)

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965)

2h 18min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 55 votes)

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.

Scarlet Street(1945)

1h 43min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.8/5 (with 145 votes)

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

Pollock(2000)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 129 votes)

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed(2021)

1h 32min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 33 votes)

Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.

Scandal(1950)

1h 44min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 31 votes)

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

The Last Supper(1995)

1h 32min | Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 118 votes)

A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.

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