Art
"art" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Kill Room
Synopsis:
A hitman, his boss, an art dealer and a money-laundering scheme that accidentally turns the assassin into an overnight avant-garde sensation, one that forces her to play the art world against the underworld.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson,
Jennifer Kim,
Maya Hawke
#2
Woodstock
Synopsis:
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of…
Starring:
Roger Daltrey,
Pete Townshend,
John Entwistle
Plot:
drugs,
woodstock,
music festival,
1960s,
year 1969,
rock festival,
vietnam era,
anti war,
outdoor concert,
concert film
...
#3
The Trouble with Harry
Synopsis:
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the comm…
Starring:
Mildred Natwick,
Edmund Gwenn,
John Forsythe
Plot:
corpse,
based on novel,
vermont,
small town,
autumn,
black comedy,
dead body,
cover up,
hunting,
love
...
#4
The Train
Synopsis:
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they ar…
Starring:
Burt Lancaster,
Paul Scofield,
Jeanne Moreau
Plot:
train,
french resistance,
sabotage,
nazi stolen art,
year 1944,
world war two,
art theft,
art,
painting,
train movie
...
#5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Synopsis:
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden…
Starring:
Danny Glover,
Ben Stiller,
Anjelica Huston
#6
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Synopsis:
The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
Starring:
Brigitte Mira,
Bruno S.,
Walter Ladengast
Plot:
1830s,
1820s,
lord,
english,
nuremberg germany,
piano,
period drama,
year 1828,
19th century,
kaspar hauser
...
#7
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
#8
The Eiger Sanction
Synopsis:
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Thayer David,
George Kennedy
#9
The Doors
Synopsis:
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Starring:
Meg Ryan,
Val Kilmer,
Kyle MacLachlan
#10
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Synopsis:
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and conducts his own investigation despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Starring:
Tony Musante,
Enrico Maria Salerno,
Suzy Kendall
#11
Solaris
Synopsis:
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Starring:
Anatoliy Solonitsyn,
Nikolay Grinko,
Tamara Ogorodnikova
#12
Run Lola Run
Synopsis:
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
Starring:
Franka Potente,
Moritz Bleibtreu,
Herbert Knaup
#13
Requiem for a Dream
Synopsis:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Starring:
Keith David,
Jennifer Connelly,
Marlon Wayans
Plot:
drug addiction,
heroin,
sex show,
sex scene,
addiction,
prostitution,
diet pill,
drug dealing,
degradation,
sex in public
...
#14
Pleasantville
Synopsis:
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
Starring:
Jeff Daniels,
Tobey Maguire,
Reese Witherspoon
Plot:
trapped in tv,
1950s,
censorship,
symbolism,
rebellion,
color,
mural,
art,
small town,
utopia
...
#15
Octopussy
Synopsis:
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Starring:
Steven Berkoff,
Roger Moore,
Louis Jourdan
Plot:
time bomb,
agent,
faberge egg,
circus,
india,
race against time,
official bond film,
secret agent,
cold war,
007
...
#16
Juliet of the Spirits
Synopsis:
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that …
Starring:
Caterina Boratto,
Mario Pisu,
Sandra Milo
Plot:
italy,
black cat,
eccentricity,
bourgeoisie,
french maid,
reference to garcia lorca,
vision,
memory,
neighbor,
psychic
...
#17
Journey to Italy
Synopsis:
This deceptively simple tale of a bored English couple travelling to Italy to find a buyer for a house inherited from an uncle is transformed by Roberto Rossellini into a passionate story of cruelty and cynicism as their marriage disintegrates around them.
Starring:
George Sanders,
Paul Müller,
Ingrid Bergman
Plot:
married couple,
capri,
pompeii,
italy,
husband wife relationship,
marital trouble,
naples italy,
timeframe 1950s,
villa,
museum
...
#18
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Cillian Murphy,
Scarlett Johansson
#19
Frida
Synopsis:
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Starring:
Ashley Judd,
Salma Hayek,
Edward Norton
#20
Fantasia 2000
Synopsis:
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Starring:
Angela Lansbury,
James Earl Jones,
Bette Midler