Movies like Klimt
If Klimt's mix of artist, symbolism and painter stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Klimt's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Lust for Life
1956 · Directed by Vincente Minnelli · 122 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: artist, painter
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure.
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The Art of Getting By
2011 · Directed by Gavin Wiesen · 83 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: artist · Also drama and romance
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred…
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The Danish Girl
2015 · Directed by Tom Hooper · 119 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: artist, painter
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe.
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Tulip Fever
2017 · Directed by Justin Chadwick · 107 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: painter · Also drama and romance
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
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At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Directed by Julian Schnabel · 111 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: painter
Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
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Mr. Turner
2014 · Directed by Mike Leigh · 150 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: painter
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
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Life in a Year
2020 · Directed by Mitja Okorn · 107 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso drama and romance
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.