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1. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,281,073 | Gross: $659.33M
2. The Raven (I) (2012)
R | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 88,301 | Gross: $16.01M
3. Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction (2023)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a self-appointed expert on love tries to teach a timid prince the art of seduction, the plan backfires, leading to scandal - and unexpected romance.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Alice Bier Zanden, Emil Aron Dorph, Kit Eichler, Asger Falck
Votes: 2,708
4. A Stolen Life (1946)
Passed | 109 min | Drama
When a woman's twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan
Votes: 4,090
5. The Illusionist (2010)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns
Votes: 36,519 | Gross: $2.23M
6. Blue Period (2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Amber Lee Connors, Griffin Burns, Chris Tergliafera
Votes: 3,541
7. Black Venus (1983)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Spanish actor Jose Antonio Ceinos stars as a down-and-out sculptor, whose inspiration returns with the strange appearance of a beautiful, mysterious black muse.
Director: Claude Mulot | Stars: Josephine Jacqueline Jones, José Antonio Ceinos, Emiliano Redondo, Helga Liné
Votes: 508
8. The Middleman (2008)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A struggling artist is recruited by a secret agency to fight against evil forces. Based on the graphic novels by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine.
Stars: Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, Brit Morgan, Mary Pat Gleason
Votes: 3,118
9. Cousin Bette (1998)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist. When her niece lures him away from her, she plans a devious revenge.
Director: Des McAnuff | Stars: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 2,838 | Gross: $1.20M
10. House of Horrors (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Horror
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Robert Lowery, Virginia Grey, Bill Goodwin, Martin Kosleck
Votes: 1,290
11. Love Happy (1949)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey
Votes: 3,080
12. Hunger (1966)
Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Drama
In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of ... See full summary »
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitte Federspiel, Knud Rex
Votes: 3,371
13. Montparnasse 19 (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 1,678
14. Holiday in Handcuffs (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A struggling artist working as a waitress kidnaps one of her customers to take home to meet her parents at Christmastime.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Timothy Bottoms, Markie Post
Votes: 7,555
15. Allegro non troppo (1976)
PG | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music! When he is informed that some American named "Prisney" (or something) has ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Maurizio Micheli, Marialuisa Giovannini, Néstor Garay
Votes: 3,216
16. Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Focused on French painter Paul Gauguin's affair with a younger lady in Tahiti.
Director: Edouard Deluc | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Tuheï Adams, Malik Zidi, Pua-Taï Hikutini
Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $0.20M
17. Diary of a Madman (1963)
Approved | 96 min | Horror
An evil spirit leaves the body of his human host, a criminal on death-row, and sneaks into the body of his next human host, a French magistrate.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Chris Warfield, Elaine Devry
Votes: 3,057
18. Red Handed (I) (2019)
91 min | Horror, Thriller
When their father is murdered, three brothers descend upon an Oregon mountain river to spread his ashes. After they arrive, one of their children goes missing. One of the brothers was ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Peluso | Stars: Michael Biehn, Michael Madsen, Ryan Carnes, Kenzie Dalton
Votes: 328
19. The Inside Story (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Marsha Hunt, William Lundigan, Charles Winninger, Gail Patrick
Votes: 301
20. Perception (I) (2018)
102 min | Thriller
A chance encounter becomes a dangerous obsession when a mysterious small-time psychic offers a successful developer a way to reconnect with his dead wife.
Director: Ilana Rein | Stars: Wes Ramsey, Caitlin Mehner, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Max Jenkins
Votes: 269
21. Cutie and the Boxer (2013)
R | 82 min | Documentary, Biography
This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
Director: Zach Heinzerling | Stars: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara, Alex Shinohara, Ethan Cohen
Votes: 4,737 | Gross: $0.20M
22. Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bob is a struggling artist who paints for his own amusement. Julie is a rich society girl. When they meet, it is cute and they are soon married. Living in a small apartment with the ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley, Helen Vinson
Votes: 458
23. The House Sitter (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Waitress Elise's dream to become a painter isn't going anywhere, unlike her ex Gerry's, so she eagerly accepts to house-sit a month the country estate eccentric gentleman Frank inherited ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Tori Spelling, Dean McDermott, Jonathan Higgins, James A. Woods
Votes: 352
24. The Meaning of Life (I) (2017)
93 min | Drama, Music
A starving musician Finn Faber (Tyler Shaw) gets a temporary job as a therapeutic clown at a hospital entertaining sick kids. He is assigned a 9 year-old leukemia patient: Sophia Hill (Sadie Munroe). Finn soon learns that Sophia coming into his life was no coincidence, but an important lesson he needed to learn before making a big step forward in life.
Director: Cat Hostick | Stars: John Boylan, Joel Chico, Daniel DeSanto, Sergio Di Zio
Votes: 35
25. Young and Willing (1943)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of the Paramount productions that was sold... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward
Votes: 320
26. Those Not Allowed to Love (1951)
81 min | Drama, Romance
A starving musician accepts to work as a guitarist in a night club to marry his girlfriend. But, there, a chance encounter with a dazzling coquette leads to betrayal. Will he renounce his vows of eternal love for the sake of success?
Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Anna Kalouta, Alekos Alexandrakis, Smaroula Giouli, Koulis Stoligas
Votes: 52
27. Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
An heiress uses a photographer as an alibi when she is accused of a murder she didn't commit.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Raymond Walburn, Wyn Cahoon
Votes: 136
28. Let's Live a Little (1948)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Cummings, Anna Sten, Robert Shayne
Votes: 283
29. New Morals for Old (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter, who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons. They forge their own lives, and make their own mistakes as a result.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Robert Young, Margaret Perry, Lewis Stone, Laura Hope Crews
Votes: 280
30. Madame Mystery (1926)
21 min | Short, Comedy
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected.
Directors: Richard Wallace, Stan Laurel | Stars: Theda Bara, Oliver Hardy, Tyler Brooke, James Finlayson
Votes: 87
31. Winter Retreat
Comedy | Announced
A disgraced pop psychiatrist (Simon Cardoza) and his hopeless protege (Matt Barron) flee to the Montanan wilderness where they hold a self-help retreat based on the writings of the reclusive author, Sagaprath Rosé.
Director: Jack Aaron | Stars: Jack Aaron, Daniel Sehl, Matt Barron, Louis Liu
32. The Artist - A Documentary (2021)
87 min | Documentary
Filmed in the thriving art community in Dayton, Ohio, The Artist - A Documentary explores the life of an artist.
Director: Peter Tompkins | Stars: Rusty Harden, Logan Rogers, Peter Tompkins, Rodney Veal
Votes: 8
33. Fade to Black: The Trigger Effect (2013)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four young men confront destructive life choices. Gage, Pepe, and JJ lives change when a crime boss, Mr. M, gives Pepe a gun, which leads to the death of Jamal's family. Jamal seeks revenge... See full summary »
Directors: Trevor Bailey, Singleton Bill Jr., Bill Singleton Jr. | Stars: Cecily Anderson, Patrick Bailey, Mario Barros, Nichole Barros
34. Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (1999 Video)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
Follows the life and work of animator Lotte Reiniger.
Director: Katja Raganelli | Stars: Jenny Evans, Hillary Owers, David Kehoe, Louis Hagen
Votes: 43
35. La última cita (1936)
Approved | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alvaro Soler, a violinist on the road to fame, is invited to a cafe where Yolanda, the adopted daughter of his good friend, the Bohemian Crispín, is dancing. As the pianist has not shown up... See full summary »
Director: Bernard B. Ray | Stars: José Crespo, Luana Alcañiz, Andrea Palma, Romualdo Tirado
36. Home, James (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
The premise that a beautiful girl can become a successful artist is tested by an Indiana girl who, after a lot of effort, finds herself as a salesgirl behind the counter of a department ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Laura La Plante, Charles Delaney, Aileen Manning, Joan Standing
Votes: 28
37. Starving Actress (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Comedy
Starving Actress Megumi will do "WhatEVER it takes" to get her break in Hollywood. Whatever it takes including: chauffeuring her BFF Donnie around town in exchange for industry contacts. ... See full summary »
Director: Megumi Hosogai | Stars: Megumi Hosogai, Tommie L. McCaster III, Randy Tobin, Laurel Marks
Votes: 8
38. Art in the Raw (1933)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Edgar turns artist and tries to paint his latest masterpiece in peace, but is constantly thwarted by a howling dog, freeloaders, his family, and a prissy fellow artist.
Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Dot Farley, William Eugene
Votes: 14
39. Kazdemu wolno kochac (1933)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Musical comedy full of funny gags. The song written by a poor musician, suddenly becomes a hit. It's his opportunity to make a career, and win the hand of his beloved.
Directors: Mieczyslaw Krawicz, Janusz Warnecki | Stars: Mariusz Maszynski, Liliana Zielinska, Adolf Dymsza, Mira Ziminska
Votes: 67
40. The Mother Wound (2017)
31 min | Short, Drama
Caught in the middle of the ongoing tension between her sister and Mother, Kat struggles to keep the peace and cope with her own mother wound.
Director: Erica Rowley | Stars: Quinci Staker, Charla Bocchicchio, Stevie Dust, Janlyn Williams
41. Allison (2006)
18 min | Short, Drama
Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: Tara De Rogatis, Brandon Ray Olive, James Baker, Christyn Garrett
Votes: 23
42. Fresh Paint (1926)
Passed | 11 min | Comedy, Short
Starving artist Robert Whistle sells a picture of a fish to a customer and while the money is being paid, a cat eats the picture, and Whistle has another no-sale. He then paints a picture ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Smith | Star: Neely Edwards
43. Les Vautours (2016)
Short, Comedy
Siblings full of grudges, a disliked and envied stepmother, a father late to his own invitation. Dinner is served. What if the true ingredients are: treason, anger, selfishness all sprinkled with a generous topping of hypocrisy.
Director: Sonia Rossier | Stars: Carine Barbey, François Florey, Roberto Garieri, Alexandra Tiedemann
Votes: 5
44. The Guilds (2007)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
A documentary that recounts the history and spirit of The Guilds of the Orange County Performing Arts Center, a volunteer group committed to encouraging appreciation of the arts. This film ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Saint-Louis | Star: Elizabeth Segerstrom
Votes: 9
45.
Rebound (1952–1953)
Episode:
A Matter of Honor
(1952)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
A struggling artist is asked to put a good word with a beautiful woman by another man. The artist falls for the girl instead.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Elisabeth Fraser, Don Gibson, Ned Glass, Jeff York
46.
Radio Free America (2017– )
Episode:
Saturday Shadow Ban
(2019)
News
Stars: Halsey English, Dustin Gold, Brian Hendrix
47.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
Vincent and the Doctor
(2010)
TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.
Director: Jonny Campbell | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Tony Curran, Nik Howden
Votes: 12,709
48.
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
49.
Tomorrow's Cantabile (2014)
Episode:
Lesson 4
(2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
That Orchestra A and Orchestra S will compete becomes officially announced - with the loser to be dissolved.
Directors: Sang Woo Han, Jung Mi Lee | Stars: Joo Won, Shim Eun-kyung, Park Bo-gum, Baek Yun-shik