Art historians and art dealers in movies
by sofiaponomareva | created - 28 Mar 2023 | updated - 29 Mar 2023 | PublicThe history of art is a science; scientists (art scholars) do it. It's not very clear in the movies... Also here you can find curators, art dealers and people from auction houses.
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1. Gambit (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 25,948
2. The Best Offer (2013)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 128,606 | Gross: $0.09M
3. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen
Votes: 458,876 | Gross: $217.54M
4. The Monuments Men (2014)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 141,201 | Gross: $78.03M
5. Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Votes: 90,952 | Gross: $63.86M
6. The Art of More (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The Art Of More exposes the crime and intrigue behind the glamorous facade of New York auction houses.
Stars: Christian Cooke, Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes, Dennis Quaid
Votes: 853
7. Sex and the City (1998–2004)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s.
Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Votes: 142,922
Charlotte York
8. Uncoupled (2022–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael's life seemed perfect until his long-time partner blindsided him after 17 years. He must confront the nightmares of losing his soulmate and suddenly finding himself as a single gay man in his mid-40s.
Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Tisha Campbell, Brooks Ashmanskas, Emerson Brooks
Votes: 18,630
Stanley
9. Certified Copy (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson
Votes: 26,902 | Gross: $1.34M
10. 8 Uhr 28 (2010)
91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A married woman runs a successful gallery and falls for a man she met accidentally.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Nadeshda Brennicke, Mehdi Nebbou, Mark Waschke, Michael Brennicke
Votes: 138
11. The Charm of Love (2020 TV Movie)
88 min | Romance
Maddie, an art historian, travels around the world to find the Lovers Stone, but when she meets Fitz, her search may lead to a true love of her own.
Director: Damián Romay | Stars: Katrina Norman, Tilky Jones, Duncan Bahr, Antoni Corone
Votes: 509
12. Man - Woman Wanted (1973)
82 min | Comedy
Falsely accused Warsaw art museum assistant goes into hiding as a woman.
Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Wojciech Pokora, Jolanta Bohdal, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 2,495
13. How the War Started on My Island (1996)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Although being one of the first movies to take humoristic approach towards violent break-up of Yugoslavia, this motion picture is partly based on real events that took place in September of... See full summary »
Director: Vinko Bresan | Stars: Vlatko Dulic, Ljubomir Kerekes, Ivan Brkic, Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic
Votes: 2,924
14. Dark Purpose (1964)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' ... See full summary »
Directors: George Marshall, Vittorio Sala | Stars: Shirley Jones, Rossano Brazzi, George Sanders, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 191
15. Nahá pastýrka (1966)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
At the Ronov castle, the archive-keeper professor Nykl (Milos Nedbal) is searching for the lost painting The Naked Shepherdess by the famous Fragonard. Nykl is just about to disassemble the... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Mach | Stars: Karel Höger, Jirina Petrovická, Vladimír Mensík, Bohumil Smída
Votes: 77
16. Los Hijos de San Luis (2020)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An art historian and a soldier team up to investigate the murder of the only person who knew the whereabouts of a sacred statue of the Virgin Mary, missing since 1832.
Directors: Álex López, Antonio Jesus Rojas | Stars: Antonio Della Casa, Ana Villar, Olga Navalón, José Onrubia
Votes: 124
17. Iskanja (1979)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Some years before WWI, art historian and priest Ciril from Ljubljana and his friend Fritz set out on a journey through Italy. Ciril hopes that his doctorate on Italian art would provide him... See full summary »
Director: Matjaz Klopcic | Stars: Boris Cavazza, Boris Juh, Milena Zupancic, Tanja Poberznik
Votes: 9
18. Glastage (2007)
27 min | Short, Drama
Rosalie, an aging art historian, falls in love with a troubled bisexual artist half her age. Their relationship becomes pure torture for them both.
Director: Ingo J. Biermann | Stars: Martina Schaak, André Schneider, Ingmar Skrinjar, Doris Prilop
Votes: 56
19. Dirty Pictures (2000 TV Movie)
R | 104 min | Drama
A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: James Woods, Ann Marin, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid
Votes: 872
20. The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Hired to procure a rare painting from one of the most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art scholar becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Director: Giuseppe Capotondi | Stars: Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 6,130
21. The French Dispatch (2021)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 150,650
22. My Masterpiece (2018)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Arturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and Renzo his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend. Willing to risk it all, they develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.
Director: Gastón Duprat | Stars: Andrea Acatto, Lucas Aranda, Raúl Arévalo, Mahmoud Azim
Votes: 7,310
23. Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
R | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A thriller about the contemporary art scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge
Votes: 66,067
24. The Square (2017)
R | 151 min | Comedy, Drama
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary
Votes: 77,302 | Gross: $1.50M
25. Mr. Klein (1976)
PG | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In German-occupied Paris, an immoral art dealer, Robert Klein, leads a life of luxury, until a copy of a Jewish newspaper brings him to the attention of the police, linking him with a mysterious doppelgänger. Will Mr. Klein clear his name?
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto
Votes: 8,899 | Gross: $0.03M
26. Boogie Woogie (2009)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy of manners set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene.
Director: Duncan Ward | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston
Votes: 4,185 | Gross: $0.00M
27. Legal Eagles (1986)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A New York district attorney works and flirts with his adversary and her kooky artist client, who is on trial for a murder she didn't commit.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 12,205 | Gross: $49.85M
28. True Lies (1994)
R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton
Votes: 281,019 | Gross: $146.28M
Tia Carrere
29. The Break-Up (2006)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple's break-up proceeds to get uglier and nastier by the moment as each tries to keep their luxurious condo from the other.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams
Votes: 138,994 | Gross: $118.70M
Judy Davis - Marilyn Dean
30. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
Votes: 203,323 | Gross: $234.76M
Victor Maitland
31. The Goya Murders (2019)
TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial killer looking to imitate art. Two cops looking for the lethal artist.
Director: Gerardo Herrero | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Aura Garrido, Roberto Álamo, Ginés García Millán
Votes: 1,007
32. Conversation Piece (1974)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance
A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, Claudia Marsani
Votes: 5,190
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