portrait painting movies

Tulip Fever (2017)
6.524 / 10

Drama, Romance

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...

Portrait of Jennie (1948)
7.026 / 10

Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Mystery

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

Cookies (1975)
6.2 / 10

Romance, Drama, Comedy

Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work, his family and his passion for painting. During his...

The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
7 / 10

Comedy, Animation

The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's...

Schtonk! (1992)
7 / 10

Comedy, History

Schtonk! is a farce of the actual events of 1983, when Germany's Stern magazine published, with great fanfare, 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of...

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO (2010)
7.5 / 10

Drama, Romance, History, Mystery, Crime

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and...

The Dreamlife of David L (2014)
4.7 / 10

Drama

“The Dreamlife of David L.“ is a fictional feature film that takes inspiration from a key point in the life of director David Lynch: the time he...

Corno (2013)
8 / 10

Documentary

A feature-length documentary portrait of Québécoise painter Johanne Corno, who has lived and worked in New York City for more than 20 years....

Picturing the Presidents (2009)
7 / 10

Documentary, History

We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.

Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967)
5.8 / 10

Documentary, History

Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilisi of the 19th century.

Portraits of a Lady (2008)
0 / 10

Documentary

In October 2006, 25 artists came together to paint Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The result was a collection of vastly different images...

Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman (2007)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

This documentary brings alive a remarkable artist’s passionate journey through a turbulent century. Both epic and surprisingly intimate, the film...

Extracorpus (2004)
0 / 10

Animation

Chuck Close (2007)
5.7 / 10

Documentary

Chuck Close, an astounding portrait of one of the world's leading contemporary painters, was one of two parting gifts (her second is a film on Louise...

Ett porträtt av John E. Franzén (1985)
0 / 10

Documentary

About the artist John-Erik Franzén and his work to portray the Swedish Royal family 1984-85.