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1. 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: 141,363 | Gross: $78.03M

2. 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: 26,935 | Gross: $1.34M

3. Crazy Desires of a Murderer (1977)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A rich girl invites a few of her friends, including one she befriended during a recent trip to Asia, to her family manor to spend the weekend. Soon, someone gets horribly killed, and secrets and dark desires begin to unravel.

Director: Filippo Walter Ratti | Stars: Corrado Gaipa, Roberto Zattini, Isabelle Marchall, Annie Carol Edel

Votes: 537

4. Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art (2020)

94 min | Documentary, Crime

Made You Look is an American crime documentary about the largest art fraud in American history set in the super rich, super obsessed and super fast art world of New York.

Director: Barry Avrich | Stars: Ann Freedman, M.H. Miller, Perry Amsellem, Patricia Cohen

Votes: 4,881

5. The Walking Stick (1970)

GP | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Till | Stars: David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams, Phyllis Calvert

Votes: 563

6. Doors Open (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama

A self-made millionaire, an art professor and a banker swap priceless art with forgeries and make off with the goods.

Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Douglas Henshall, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Collard, Lenora Crichlow

Votes: 580

7. Crack-Up (1946)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which may not have actually happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a wicked plot?

Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins

Votes: 1,629

8. The Witness (1978)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A sexually adventurous young woman approaches Antonio, an Italian art-restorer working at a cathedral in France. He resists getting involved with her but later he finds out she was raped and murdered in a derelict house.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Philippe Noiret, Roland Dubillard, Gisèle Préville

Votes: 405

9. El artista (2008)

TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A male nurse steals some of one of his patient's drawings and makes money with them.

Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Sergio Pángaro, Alberto Laiseca, Andrés Duprat, Enrique Gagliesi

Votes: 456

10. The Fake (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

On loan to the Tate Gallery in London, Da Vinci's 'Madonna and Child' is stolen and replaced with a fake but the American security expert working for Tate aims to recover the original painting and catch the culprits.

Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams, Guy Middleton

Votes: 494

11. The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988 TV Movie)

200 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

During WWII penniless American painter Philip Weber decides to collaborate with the Nazi leaders and help them steal priceless French artwork to keep his room in the chic Ritz Hotel and indulge in the pleasures of Nazi-occupied Paris.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Perry King, Leslie Caron, Cherie Lunghi, David McCallum

Votes: 155

12. The Light Touch (1951)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama

After a professional art thief steals a religious painting from an Italian museum, he tries to cheat his partner by claiming the painting was accidentally destroyed but his suspicious partner and the police are determined to find it.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 503

13. My Rembrandt (2019)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary

This is set in the world of the Old Masters and offers a mosaic of gripping stories in which unrestrained passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected plot turns.

Director: Oeke Hoogendijk | Stars: Eijk De Mol van Otterloo, Jan Six, Rose-Marie De Mol van Otterloo, Martin Bilj

Votes: 441

14. Britain's Lost Masterpieces (2016– )

Documentary, Biography, History

Art experts track down the work of of some of the biggest names in art that are lying hidden away in museums, art galleries and country houses around the UK.

Stars: Bendor Grosvenor, Emma Dabiri, Simon Gillespie, Simon Gillespie

Votes: 60

15. There Are No Fakes (2019)

113 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.

Director: Jamie Kastner | Stars: Kevin Hearn, Jonathan Sommer, Jim White, Norval Morrisseau

Votes: 424

16. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.

Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar

Votes: 7

17. Stealing Van Gogh (2018 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon uncovers the truth behind the greatest art heist of the 21st century. In December 2002, two priceless paintings were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in a brutal and audacious robbery.

Director: Julian Hendy | Stars: Andrew Graham-Dixon, Jay Vincze, Bob Shargan, Willem Nijkerk

Votes: 75

18. A Gentleman at Heart (1942)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A bookie (Cesar Romero) takes over a bankrupt art gallery and falls in love with a beautiful blonde (Carole Landis)

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, Milton Berle, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 148

19. Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010– )

Reality-TV

Contestants are faced with the challenge of creating unique pieces in a variety of mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography, collage and industrial design.

Stars: China Chow, Jerry Saltz, Simon de Pury, Nicole Nadeau

Votes: 580

20. L'affaire Caravage (2019 TV Movie)

86 min | Documentary

In 2014 a large painting representing Judith Beheading Holofernes was discovered in an attic in Toulouse, France. A controversy ensued immediately about the attribution of the painting's ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Biamonti | Stars: Eric Turquin, Laurence Baron, Frédéric Biamonti, James Bradburne

Votes: 20

21. Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1990 TV Short)

30 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Elisabeth Aubert Schlumberger | Stars: Keith Haring, Tony Shafrazi, Barbara Haskell, Leo Castelli

Votes: 38

22. This must be a real Guercino (2015)

15 min | Short, Biography, History

350 years later, a long-lost master painting is rediscovered by a Sopranos actor

Director: Oliver G. Becker | Stars: Federico Castelluccio, Maria Luisa Cosso, Ferdinand Schmidt, Yvonne Maria Schäfer

23. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Das Ende einer Illusion (1988)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Erich Rieger is a wreck of a man. He has lost his wife, his life has no more meaning, and he is gambling the insurance compensation.

Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Cornelia Froboess

Votes: 56

24. Goodyear Theatre (1957–1960)
Episode: Story Without a Moral (1959)

30 min | Drama

A lowly artist, given the chance to restore an old aristocrat's collection of masterpieces, makes a forgery of an important work to deceive Nazi art thieves. The old woman is also fooled, ... See full summary »

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Brian Aherne, Kurt Kasznar, John Abbott, Celia Lovsky

25. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Posthumous Painter (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jack Culross decides to fake his suicide to increase the value of his paintings. His wife leaves the country so he is able to finish his unfinished work with the assistance of his agent. His wife returns only to be charged with his murder.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 293

26. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode: Rumpole and the Genuine Article (1983)

Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumpole defends an eccentric artist in a forgery case before the newly appointed Judge Featherstone.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Emlyn Williams, Brenda Blethyn

Votes: 97

27. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: Portrait Without a Face (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Six months after an artist is mysteriously murdered, a blank canvas in his studio begins filling itself in, portraying the crime and building up to the revelation of the killer's identity.

Director: John Newland | Stars: Boris Karloff, Jane Greer, Robert Webber, Katherine Squire

Votes: 147

28. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Seelenwanderung (2006)

42 min | Crime

The art expert Dr. Adrian Galler from Vienna was in the opening of an art exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts and on the morning his corpse was found on the sidewalk before the museum.

Director: Michel Bielawa | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

29. Cambridge Spies (2003)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2003)

58 min | Drama, History

Chronicling the story of the most infamous double agents in British history. Anthony Blunt is sent to Germany to retrieve sensitive documents.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Anna-Louise Plowman, Darrell D'Silva, Ben Meyjes

Votes: 56

30. Drawers Off (2021–2022)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2021)

23 min | Game-Show

PR consultant Sara models for her fellow artists. Art expert Diana Ali reins in speedy sketcher Sarah, while Glyn ditches his favourite graphite and embraces colour.

Director: Martin O'Byrne | Stars: Jenny Eclair, Diana Ali

31. Le monde en face (2009– )
Episode: The Savior for Sale (2021)

97 min | Documentary

Story behind the disappearance and reappearance during a New Orleans auction of painting "Savior of the World" attributed, with controversy, to Leonardo Da Vinci.

Director: Antoine Vitkine | Stars: Matthew Landrus, Loïc Gouzer, Dianne Dwyer Modestini, Scott Reyburn

Votes: 162

32. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: This One Goes to Eleven (2010)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a famous Rembrandt nude is stolen while it is in transit on a moving elevator, Murdoch, who was present during the theft, finds himself asking how, not who.

Director: Cal Coons | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 344

33. Heer & Meester (2014–2016)
Episode: Eenmaal andermaal (2014)

51 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When Valentijn realizes a painting he owns-'Girl in Kimono', a Breitner-is a forgery, he joins Suze at the Municipal Museum in The Hague to find information about the false Breitner. But ... See full summary »

Director: Pollo de Pimentel | Stars: Daan Schuurmans, Sytske van der Ster, Hubert Fermin, Ferdi Stofmeel

Votes: 15

34. Great Artists with Tim Marlow (2001– )
Episode: Vermeer (2001)

23 min | Documentary

In the three hundred years since his death, the name Johannes Vermeer languished in the backwaters of art history. Yet in recent times his status as a great artist has been assured and his paintings are more popular today than ever before.

Directors: Phil Grabsky, Ali Ray, Mehreen Saigol | Star: Tim Marlow

Votes: 8

35. Raiders of the Lost Art (2014– )
Episode: Monuments Men (2014)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

During WWII the Nazis plundered some of the world's greatest art works as they tore across Europe. We find out how the Allies tracked them down, what they saved and what it still missing to this day.

Directors: Cal Seville, Daniel Kontur | Star: Joseph Lindoe

Votes: 20