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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: 141,269 | Gross: $78.03M
2. Beginners (2010)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.
Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic
Votes: 94,832 | Gross: $5.79M
3. 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: 26,921 | Gross: $1.34M
4. Obsession (1976)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Votes: 11,648 | Gross: $1.00M
5. Castle Keep (1969)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his remote 10th Century castle hoping a battle there against the advancing Germans will not lead to its destruction and all the heritage within.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Falk
Votes: 3,485
6. The Gathering (2002)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Amnesiac Cassie Grant has a premonition that someone or something wants the family that's helping her recover dead. She investigates the secrets of the town they live in and uncovers darkness, both human and supernatural.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Christina Ricci, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Kerry Fox
Votes: 8,708
7. The Lost Leonardo (2021)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Mystery
The mystery surrounding the Salvator Mundi, the first painting by Leonardo da Vinci to be discovered for more than a century, which has now seemingly gone missing.
Director: Andreas Koefoed | Stars: Mohammad Bin Salman, Doug Patteson, Jerry Saltz, Robert K. Wittman
Votes: 2,762
8. Ararat (2002)
R | 115 min | Drama, War
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 14,781 | Gross: $1.55M
9. 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: 4,878
10. How the War Started on My Island (1996)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Although being one of the first movies to take humoristic approach towards violent break-up of Yugoslavia, this motion picture is partly based on real events that took place in September of... See full summary »
Director: Vinko Bresan | Stars: Vlatko Dulic, Ljubomir Kerekes, Ivan Brkic, Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic
Votes: 2,924
11. The Rape of Europa (2006)
Unrated | 117 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
Directors: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham | Stars: Joan Allen, E. Randol Schoenberg, Maria Altmann, Wolfgang Fischer
Votes: 1,659
12. Dawn of War (II) (2020)
100 min | History, Thriller
A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.
Director: Margus Paju | Stars: Priit Võigemast, Kaspars Znotins, Agnese Budovska, Elmo Nüganen
Votes: 1,242
13. Tito and Me (1992)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 10-year-old boy goes through variety of silly situations and confusions during the peak of Marshal Tito's cult of personality in 1950's Yugoslavia.
Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Dimitrije Vojnov, Lazar Ristovski, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Anica Dobra
Votes: 6,131 | Gross: $0.14M
14. Soviet Bus Stops (2022)
60 min | Documentary, History
Uncovering the stories of the designers who built fascinating architectural marvels during the Soviet regime, Soviet Bus Stops is an ode to the power of individual creativity that would not be suppressed.
Director: Kristoffer Hegnsvad | Stars: Christopher Herwig, Victor Sheptunov Illarionovich, Konstantinas Jakovlevas-Mateckis, Jüri Konsap
Votes: 175
15. The Charm of Love (2020 TV Movie)
88 min | Romance
Maddie, an art historian, travels around the world to find the Lovers Stone, but when she meets Fitz, her search may lead to a true love of her own.
Director: Damián Romay | Stars: Katrina Norman, Tilky Jones, Duncan Bahr, Antoni Corone
Votes: 509
16. Francofonia (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, History
A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent Nemeth, Johanna Korthals Altes
Votes: 3,003 | Gross: $0.30M
17. High Season (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of an English expat photographer, her daughter, her player ex, a commie spy, a "00" agent and other English in Lindos, Rhodes, Greece.
Director: Clare Peploe | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Sebastian Shaw
Votes: 468 | Gross: $1.13M
18. Man - Woman Wanted (1973)
82 min | Comedy
Falsely accused Warsaw art museum assistant goes into hiding as a woman.
Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Wojciech Pokora, Jolanta Bohdal, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 2,500
19. 8 Uhr 28 (2010)
91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A married woman runs a successful gallery and falls for a man she met accidentally.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Nadeshda Brennicke, Mehdi Nebbou, Mark Waschke, Michael Brennicke
Votes: 138
20. 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: 439
21. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.
Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng | Stars: Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 1,696 | Gross: $1.00M
22. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Post-production
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
23. Dark Purpose (1964)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' ... See full summary »
Directors: George Marshall, Vittorio Sala | Stars: Shirley Jones, Rossano Brazzi, George Sanders, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 191
24. The Art Mysteries (2020– )
29 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Art sleuth Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .
Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 48
25. Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez (2019–2021)
58 min | Documentary
The art historian travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped by their interpretations.
Star: Janina Ramirez
Votes: 64
26. Never Met Picasso (1996)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gay thirty year old lives at home and is in the midst of a serious creative funk. Rejected by numerous art schools and lacking romantic prospects, he looks to his charismatic Uncle Alfred for inspiration.
Director: Stephen Kijak | Stars: Alexis Arquette, Georgia Ragsdale, Margot Kidder, Don McKellar
Votes: 156
27. Shades of Fear (1994)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Desire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a naive young woman finds romance in the arms of a dashing stranger who could be a dangerous criminal.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce, Dorothy Tutin
Votes: 371
28. Miluji te modre (2017)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Milos Smídmajer | Stars: Václav Jílek, Denisa Nesvacilová, Rostislav Novák Jr., Vladimír Kratina
Votes: 132
29. Nahá pastýrka (1966)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
At the Ronov castle, the archive-keeper professor Nykl (Milos Nedbal) is searching for the lost painting The Naked Shepherdess by the famous Fragonard. Nykl is just about to disassemble the... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Mach | Stars: Karel Höger, Jirina Petrovická, Vladimír Mensík, Bohumil Smída
Votes: 77
30. Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
Director: James Crump | Stars: Pierre Apraxine, Dick Cavett, Dominick Dunne, Raymond Foye
Votes: 296
31. Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox (2018)
59 min | Documentary, History
Art Historian James Fox explores how colonial explorers devastated the indigenous communities of Southwest Pacific, while also introducing the world to aboriginal art and culture.
Stars: James Fox, Alfred Nayinggul, Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp, Hinano Murphy
Votes: 36
32. Santini's Enigma (2011 TV Movie)
Mystery
During his routine work, Martin Urmann, employee of an advertising agency, discovers a series of cryptic messages inscribed by the architect into his structures, and sets out to decipher ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Strach | Stars: David Svehlík, Martin Stropnický, Monika Timková, Marek Taclík
Votes: 54
33. The French Revolution: Tearing Up History (2014 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History
UK art historian, Dr Richard Clay, visits Paris to show how The French Revolution tried to erase the previous order by destroying the art that symbolized it, and how destruction of public space is used even today to influence people.
Director: Nick Clarke Powell | Stars: Serge Aberdam, Richard Clay, So What
Votes: 36
34. Los hijos de San Luis (2020)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An art historian and a soldier team up to investigate the murder of the only person who knew the whereabouts of a sacred statue of the Virgin Mary, missing since 1832.
Directors: Álex López, Antonio Jesus Rojas | Stars: Antonio Della Casa, Ana Villar, Olga Navalón, José Onrubia
Votes: 124
35. Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists. In art all Christian saints are inventions but Mary Magdalene has been the subject of more invention and re-invention than any other.
Director: Waldemar Januszczak | Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 75
36. Naprawde wczoraj (1963)
81 min | Drama, Romance
The story concerns a successful writer at the height of his career. He is in a state of crisis, unable to forget the girl he had a brief affair in the 40's. At the promotion of his new book... See full summary »
Director: Jan Rybkowski | Stars: Andrzej Lapicki, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Ewa Bonacka, Gustaw Holoubek
Votes: 32
37. Iskanja (1979)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Some years before WWI, art historian and priest Ciril from Ljubljana and his friend Fritz set out on a journey through Italy. Ciril hopes that his doctorate on Italian art would provide him... See full summary »
Director: Matjaz Klopcic | Stars: Boris Cavazza, Boris Juh, Milena Zupancic, Tanja Poberznik
Votes: 9
38. Trump on Culture: Brave New World? (2017 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
Art historian Alastair Sooke travels to America to discover what impact President Trump will have on American culture - particularly in light of his plans to eliminate all federal funding for the arts.
Director: John O'Rourke | Stars: Paul Auster, Stephen Baldwin, Siri Hustvedt, Howard Jacobson
Votes: 8
39. Glastage (2007)
27 min | Short, Drama
Rosalie, an aging art historian, falls in love with a troubled bisexual artist half her age. Their relationship becomes pure torture for them both.
Director: Ingo J. Biermann | Stars: Martina Schaak, André Schneider, Ingmar Skrinjar, Doris Prilop
Votes: 56
40.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Five Little Pigs
(2003)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the 14-year-old murder in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her artist father.
Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens
Votes: 4,094
41.
Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode:
Außer Kontrolle
(2003)
44 min | Crime
The pastor Lubig enters into the church; he goes down to the crypt to make an inventory with Guido Wichnarz and sees Jochen Carstens near the corpse of Guido Wichnarz. Jochen escapes and the pastor Lubig calls the police.
Director: Oren Schmuckler | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke
42.
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: 161
43.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Michelangelo Revealed
(2009)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, War
Art historian Antonio Forcellino investigates whether Michelangelo was part of the Spirituali, an influential theological group within the Catholic church that tried to bring reforms to the Vatican and avoid the war with the Protestants.
Director: Fabrizio Ruggirello | Stars: Giulio Baraldi, Antonio Forcellino, Valerio Malorni, Frederic Matthieu
Votes: 38
44.
Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode:
The Angel of Death
(2011)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The search for the Doomsday Killers takes Dexter in a new direction; Batista and Quinn pay a visit to the university where Professor Gellar taught; due to departmental regulations following the shooting, Debra is forced to begin therapy.
Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee
Votes: 4,387
45.
Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode:
Sin of Omission
(2011)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dexter uses lessons he learned from Brother Sam to follow up on some new Doomsday leads; Debra butts heads with LaGuerta over the case of a dead call girl.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee
Votes: 4,311
46.
Fake or Fortune (2010– )
Episode:
Flemish Old Master
(2022)
Documentary, Mystery
Can Fiona and her team of art experts identify the Flemish master who painted a masterpiece hanging on the wall of a Scottish church?
Stars: Fiona Bruce, Koenraad Jonckheere, Philip Mould, Tico Siefert
Votes: 9
47.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
Sunflower
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Foyle is drawn into the bizarre murder of an ex-Nazi defector and leading expert on Soviet intelligence who had been working for MI5.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Michael Kitchen, Lars Eidinger, Jodie Hay, Charles Aitken
Votes: 517
48.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #5.3
(2014)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Mary wakes up in bed with Tony Gillingham after their tryst and returns to Downton, where she learns that a building firm want to buy land for a housing estate, to which Robert objects. ... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,533
49.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #5.5
(2014)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Tom ends his relationship with Sarah, Rose meets a young man of Russian descent, Rosamund's visit to Marigold has consequences, Mrs. Patmore asks advice for her inheritance, and Simon Bricker expresses his love for Cora.
Director: Minkie Spiro | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,503
50.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #5.4
(2014)
TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance
The Countess confesses her past with Prince Kuragin, Lord Merton proposes to Isobel, Rose's parents are divorcing, Lord Grantham becomes jealous of Simon, and Lady Mary tells Gillingham she won't marry him.
Director: Minkie Spiro | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,528