Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "patron-of-the-arts"

1. 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: 150,508

2. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson

Votes: 59,572 | Gross: $27.38M

3. The Red Shoes (1948)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann

Votes: 39,144 | Gross: $10.90M

4. A Night at the Opera (1935)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle

Votes: 34,753 | Gross: $2.54M

5. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Approved | 138 min | Biography, Drama, History

The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews

Votes: 8,049

6. The Music Lovers (1971)

R | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable

Votes: 3,019 | Gross: $0.20M

7. The Horse's Mouth (1958)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy

An ill-behaved, lovably scruffy painter, Gulley Jimson, searches for a perfect canvas, determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan

Votes: 3,858

8. Bryggeren (1996–1997)

55 min | Drama, History

Story of the development of the Carlsberg brewery.

Stars: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Frits Helmuth, Jens Jørn Spottag, Cecilia Zwick-Nash

Votes: 362

9. Searching for Mr. Rugoff (2019)

94 min | Documentary

The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company. Rugoff... See full summary »

Director: Ira Deutchman | Stars: Elyce Bonnell, Peter Broderick, Bea Brydson, Nat Chediak

Votes: 93

10. Pickman's Model (2012)

10 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

When a rich patron visits the studio of the depraved artist Pickman, he is horrified to discover the sinister source of her inspiration. Adapted from the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same title.

Director: Mark Philip Lichtenstein | Stars: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Richard David-Caine, Joseph Elliott

Votes: 39

11. Mania. Die Geschichte einer Zigarettenarbeiterin (1918)

85 min | Drama, Romance

A beautiful cigarette factory worker becomes the face of the company's new marketing campaign. Soon she attracts the attention of two men - a talented young composer and an old rich patron of arts.

Director: Eugen Illés | Stars: Pola Negri, Arthur Schröder, Ernst Wendt, Werner Hollmann

Votes: 48

12. Prithvi Vallabh (1924)

121 min | Biography, Drama, History

Seminal silent historical film, the story features King Munja, ruler of Aranti, famed warrior and patron of the arts. Munja (Sandow) falls into the hands of his arch enemy Tailap, who ... See full summary »

Director: Manilal Joshi | Stars: Wagle Sandow, Fatma Begum, Sultana, Zubeida

13. When You Give of Yourself (2010)

6 min | Documentary, Short

Mohammed and Yulanda Faris are generous and devoted patrons of the arts. Through dramatic re-creation, this short documentary captures the spirit of Montreal in the 1950s, the early days of... See full summary »

Director: Lynne Stopkewich | Stars: Michael Antonakos, Tara Nazemi, Pat Cocco

Votes: 6

14. Von Loves Her Modernist (2022)

65 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Precocious, brilliant and energetic poet, Max Harris, is Adelaide's own 'enfant terrible'. In the late 1930s, he sets out to throw hand grenades at the cultural establishment. He falls in ... See full summary »

Director: Rob George | Stars: Ann Barson, Philip Butterss, Rob George, Peter Goers

15. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: Color Jennifer Dead (1980)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The man who was painting Jennifer's portrait dies, supposedly while driving drunk, but the Harts don't believe the official explanation.

Director: Alex March | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Leonard Frey

Votes: 152

16. Hotel Paradies (1990– )
Episode: Später Frühling (1990)

52 min | Drama, Romance

Max is jealous because hotel manager Philip Jasny pays so much attention to Lisa and her paintings. When Jasny shows one of Lisa's paintings to a gallerist on the island who puts it on ... See full summary »

Director: Claus Peter Witt | Stars: Grit Boettcher, Klaus Wildbolz, Axel Malzacher, Patrick Winczewski

17. Secrets of the Royal Palaces (2021– )
Episode: Highgrove House (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

The smallest Royal residence currently in use, Highgrove House in Gloucester was renovated by Prince Charles and features a multiple 'room' outdoor garden which has been described as an 'organic oasis."

Stars: Samantha Bond, Jennie Bond, Susie Boniface, Paul Burrell

Votes: 7

18. Noir Alley (2017– )
Episode: Repeat Performance (2019)

Talk-Show

Eddie Muller presents a showing of Repeat Performance (1947).

Star: Eddie Muller

19. Ruining History (2017– )
Episode: Three Hilariously Terrible Popes (2018)

25 min | Comedy, History, Talk-Show

Demon pope, perv pope, and... well, you'll see.

Stars: Ryan Bergara, Aria Inthavong, Shane Madej, Fernando Padron Robles

Votes: 16

20. The Habsburg Empire (2008)
Episode: The Beautiful Blue Danube (2008)

Documentary, Biography, History

How Franz Joseph I of Austria failed to save his still culturally blooming empire as wars, political infighting, secessionist ethnic movements and social revolts eventually tore the empire down by the end of WWI.