art school movies

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
6.939 / 10

Drama, History, Romance

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to...

Step Up (2006)
6.879 / 10

Music, Drama, Romance, Crime

Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance...

Cashback (2007)
6.965 / 10

Drama, Comedy, Romance

After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic...

Shelter (2007)
7.766 / 10

Drama, Romance

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and...

David Lynch: The Art Life (2017)
6.9 / 10

Documentary

An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of...

Art School Confidential (2006)
6.113 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really...

High Society (2014)
5.6 / 10

Drama, Comedy

Class barriers threaten the budding romance of two young lovers striving to realize their artistic ambitions.

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011)
7.2 / 10

Documentary

A behind-the-scenes look at the beloved public television personality's journey from humble beginnings to an American pop-culture icon. "The Happy...

Blue Period (2024)
0 / 10

Drama, Comedy

Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately… a dull one. But...

The Beautiful, the Bloody, and the Bare (1964)
1.5 / 10

Drama, Horror

An artist and his wife hold art classes using nude models. Their photographer friend Pete returns from two years in Europe, and they try to convince...

Vampire Clay (2018)
6.2 / 10

Horror

Absurdity and gore ensue as a possessed pile of clay begins terrorizing students at an art school.

Blue Sea (1956)
0 / 10

Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats.

The Size of Watermelons (1997)
3.7 / 10

Comedy

Alex is the definition of loser. He has no, nor has he ever had, friends. His life has no direction and he has a stupid haircut. While attending the...

State of Exception (2007)
10 / 10

Documentary, History

Estado de Excepção is a documentary about CITAC (Coimbra Theater Initiation Circle), a university theater group, revealing history since it was...

Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History (2018)
5.5 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian...

The Making of G.O.L.D. ft. the Outsiders (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary, Comedy

A mockumentary focusing on an art school frat's attempt at recording a music video for their latest party anthem with unwanted dancers and an unruly...

Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire (2015)
5 / 10

History, Documentary

The Pilchuck Glass School outside Seattle has been going for 43 years. Started by Dale Chihuly, when glass in America was at its infancy. This school...

Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan (2020)
0 / 10

Documentary

Seeing is to painting what listening is to politics. Survival as an artist demands both. Paint Until Dawn is a documentary on art in the life of...

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...

Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus (2018)
6 / 10

Documentary

Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive...