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1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 109,921 | Gross: $3.76M
2. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
R | 113 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Ben Gazzara
Votes: 100,731 | Gross: $69.30M
3. The Glass Castle (2017)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson
Votes: 38,614 | Gross: $17.27M
4. Equilibrium (2002)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.
Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs
Votes: 347,378 | Gross: $1.20M
5. 50/50 (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 343,121 | Gross: $35.01M
6. The Devil's Candy (2015)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A struggling painter's possessed by dark forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas, in this creepy haunted-house tale.
Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kiara Glasco
Votes: 21,906
7. Postcards from London (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A stylish, sexy film about a young man's journey into an unusual form of escort work, set in an imaginary vision of London's Soho.
Director: Steve McLean | Stars: Harris Dickinson, Jonah Hauer-King, Alessandro Cimadamore, Leonardo Salerni
Votes: 1,331 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Zappa (1983)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the early '60s, 3 Danish classmates join a "den"/tree house. Steen likes his pet fish Zappa because it eats the weaker fish. Bjørn attracts girls and Mulle is a talkative, strong boy. Steen gets them into burglary and later escalates.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Adam Tønsberg, Peter Reichhardt, Morten Hoff, Lone Lindorff
Votes: 2,980
9. My Brother's Wife (2005)
R | 89 min | Drama
Unable to get intimate with her husband of 10 years, a woman embarks on a steamy affair with his brother.
Director: Ricardo de Montreuil | Stars: Bárbara Mori, Christian Meier, Manolo Cardona, Gaby Espino
Votes: 3,508 | Gross: $2.80M
10. Max (I) (2002)
R | 106 min | Drama, War
A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker
Votes: 8,797 | Gross: $0.53M
11. And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
R | 91 min | Horror
England, 1795: the young Catherine has just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. She becomes the victim of an old curse that lays on the family. On her wedding night she is raped by a ghost and gets pregnant.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Stephanie Beacham
Votes: 3,080
12. The Art of Love (1965)
99 min | Comedy
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 992 | Gross: $7.63M
13. Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (1971)
136 min | Drama
As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King ... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Olivera Katarina, Fred Düren, Tatyana Lolova
Votes: 383
14. Swing Cleaning (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The king allows Gabby to take over the supervision of the castle's spring cleaning with disastrous results.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer
Votes: 139
15. Trollungen (2010)
14 min | Short
Julia and Tom are ganged up on in school. They try to stand up for each other but because of the circumstance they have it difficult to meet as friends. And comes there a time when it's too late for trying?
Director: Lina Lindblom | Stars: Emma King, Pål Ströbaek, Teresia Pettersson, Anna Åsdell
Votes: 20
17.
Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode:
Paint Me a Murder
(1984)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Luke Lorenz is a artist whose paintings don't sell. His imaginative wife Sandra reasons that sales of his works would increase tenfold if he were to die, so they fake his death.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Michelle Phillips, James Laurenson, David Robb, Alan Lake
Votes: 121
18.
State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode:
Weep No More O'Grady
(1956)
30 min | Drama
Rod tries to determine the connection between forged antiques, an automobile accident and a corpse.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Rod Cameron, Fay Baker, Ted de Corsia, Gene Hardy
Votes: 12
19.
Once Upon a Time... Man (1978–1981)
Episode:
Le Cro-Magnon
(1978)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The Cro-Magnon.
Director: Albert Barillé | Stars: Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
Votes: 89
20.
Jack of All Trades (2000)
Episode:
Hamnesia
(2000)
22 min | Adventure, Action, Comedy
When Emilia is hit on the head and loses her memory after hiding a stolen land deed, Jack convinces her she is a a fun-loving party girl and lives to regret it as he tries to find the deed.
Director: Wayne Rose | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Angela Marie Dotchin, Stuart Devenie, Stephen Papps
Votes: 57
21.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Hooked on a Ceiling/Goodfeathers: The Beginning
(1993)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Warners give unwanted help to Kirk Douglas-cum-Michelangelo as he tries to paint the Sistine Chapel. Squit tells the story of how he became a Goodfeather - a story that involves a discarded bagel on a busy street.
Directors: Rusty Mills, Greg Reyna | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche
Votes: 279
22.
Vanity Fair (1998)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1998)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
Becky and Rowdon have been disinherited by Miss Crawley. George and Amelia marry, though soon George?s eyes begin to stray towards Becky. But before anything can get straightened out, the army is called to fight against Napoleon.
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Natasha Little, Nathaniel Parker, Miriam Margolyes, Janine Duvitski
Votes: 25
23.
Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode:
Beyond the Sea
(2023)
TV-MA | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In an alternative 1969, two men on a perilous high-tech mission wrestle with the consequences of an unimaginable tragedy.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Auden Thornton
Votes: 32,635