Films about Forgery and Fraud, Art and Wine
by skepticskeptical | created - 09 Apr 2019 | updated - 7 months ago | PublicYou might be amazed to learn that thousands of faked paintings have been circulated by genuine artists, some still living, and whose ultimate fame derived from their fraud, not their creative output. Curators and collectors have been fooled time and time again, and many of the works are still out there--revered as masterpieces when in fact they are fakes. Some dealers sell works to multiple buyers. Wine connoisseurs have also been fooled by shysters... Caveat emptor!
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1. Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A mesmerizing, thought-provoking yet surprisingly amusing documentary on the life and times of Wolfgang Beltracchi, who tricked the international art world for nearly 40 years by forging ... See full summary »
Director: Arne Birkenstock | Stars: Wolfgang Beltracchi, Helene Beltracchi, Henrik Hanstein, James Roundell
Votes: 1,938
2. F for Fake (1973)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary about fraud and fakery.
Directors: Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach | Stars: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach, Elmyr de Hory
Votes: 18,294
3. Sour Grapes (2016)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary about the fine and rare wine auction market centering around a counterfeiter who befriended the rich and powerful and sold millions of dollars of fraudulent wine through the top auction houses.
Directors: Reuben Atlas, Jerry Rothwell | Stars: Laurent Ponsot, Jay McInerney, Jefery Levy, Maureen Downey
Votes: 5,997
4. A Genuine Forger (2015)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
One of the world's most notorious art forgers, Guy Ribes is profiled in this documentary. For over three decades, Ribes has scored major deals selling works by Picasso, Matisse, and other ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Léon | Star: Guy Ribes
Votes: 43
5. The $50m Art Swindle (2019 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Crime
Remarkable story of art dealer who swindled over $50 million from the art establishment before going on the run.
Director: Vanessa Engle | Star: Michel Cohen
Votes: 49
6. Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr De Hory (2017)
85 min | Documentary
The foundation of today's multi-billion dollar art market still reverberates with the beautiful lies of one of the most prolific art forgers of the last century.
Director: Jeff Oppenheim | Stars: Jeff Oppenheim, Robert K. Wittman
Votes: 32
7. Art and Craft (2014)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
When one of the most prolific art forgers in US history is finally exposed, he must confront the legacy of his 30-year con.
Directors: Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker | Stars: Mark A. Landis, Lester Sullivan, Irwin Lakov, Matthew Leininger
Votes: 1,797 | Gross: $0.22M
8. 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: 4,874
9. 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: 100,533 | Gross: $69.30M
10. 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: 4,874
11. L'art du crime (2017– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A policeman teams up with an art expert to investigate crimes
Stars: Nicolas Gob, Eléonore Bernheim, Benjamin Egner, Philippe Duclos
Votes: 959
I have just started this series. So far so good--the first two episodes. Television quality but interesting tidbits into art fraud and the contemporary art world.
12. 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, Martin Kemp, Doug Patteson, Robert Simon
Votes: 2,757
13. Driven to Abstraction (2019)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, Crime
Driven to Abstraction unravels a mutating tale of self-delusion, greed, and fraud-- the $80 million forgery scandal that rocked the art world and brought down Knoedler, New York City's ... See full summary »
Director: Daria Price | Stars: Andy Chen, Gregory Clarick, Patricia Cohen, Aaron Crowell
Votes: 40
14. Big Eyes (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter
Votes: 99,095 | Gross: $14.48M
15. Incognito (1997)
R | 108 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints a fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. Marieke, the woman he meets in Paris and gets into bed with, turns out to be the art expert whom Harry's ... See full summary »
Director: John Badham | Stars: Jason Patric, Irène Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson
Votes: 4,077
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