This is a comprehensive list of movies about artists

Most websites will give you the top 10 films but here you can see 78! Click the links to read the reviews and learn about the lives of each artist.

A list of feature films about artists’ lives

This list is in alphabetical order by the artists’ surname. It’s a shame there’s only a handful of films made about women artists – but there’s still time. Men will often have the spending power and then they just invest in making biographical films about their friends and the artists who remind them of their own values. It’s nothing personal, it’s just ignorance and comes across as one-sided.

  1. Francis Bacon 1909–1992 – Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1988)
  2. Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960–1988 – Basquiat (1996)
  3. Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960–1988 – Downtown 81 (2000)
  4. Christy Brown 1932–1981 – My Left Foot (1989)
  5. Pieter Bruegel the Elder 1530–1569 – The Mill and the Cross (2011)
  6. Caravaggio 1571–1610 – Caravaggio (1986)
  7. Caravaggio 1571–1610 – Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)
  8. Caravaggio 1571–1610 – I.M. Caravaggio (2010)
  9. Leonora Carrington 1917–2011 – Carrington (1995)
  10. Mary Cassatt 1844–1926 – Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist (1999)
  11. Camille Claudel 1864–1943 – Camille Claudel (1988)
  12. Camille Claudel 1864–1943 – Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
  13. Robert Crumb 1943 – Crumb (1994)
  14. Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 – Dali polotu strili (1990)
  15. Salvador Dalí 1904–1989  – Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)
  16. Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 – Little Ashes (2008)
  17. Óscar Domínguez 1906–1957 – Óscar: Una pasión surrealista (2008)
  18. Antoni Gaudí 1852–1926 – Gaudí (1989)
  19. Antoni Gaudí 1852–1926 – Gaudí (1960)
  20. Henri Gaudier 1891–1915 – Savage Messiah (1972)
  21. Paul Gaugin 1848–1903 – The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
  22. Paul Gaugin 1848–1903 – The Wolf at the Door (1986)
  23. Paul Gaugin 1848–1903 –Paradise Found (2003)
  24. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-1653 – Artemisia (1997)
  25. Alberto Giacometti 1901–1966 – Final Portrait (2017)
  26. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – Lust for Life (1956)
  27. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – Vincent: Vida y muerte de Vincent van Gogh (1987)
  28. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – Vincent and Theo (1990)
  29. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – Dreams (1990)
  30. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – Van Gogh (1991)
  31. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – Painted With Words (2010)
  32. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – Loving Vincent (2017)
  33. Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 – At Eternities Gate (2018)
  34. Francisco Goya 1746–1828 – El difícil camino del conocimiento (1971)
  35. Francisco Goya 1746–1828 – Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
  36. Francisco Goya 1746–1828 – Goya’s Ghost (2006)
  37. El Greco 1541–1614 – El Greco (1966)
  38. El Greco 1541–1614 – El Greco (2007)
  39. Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 – Frida Still Life (1983)
  40. Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 – Frida (2002)
  41. Margaret Keane 1927 – Big Eyes (2014)
  42. Utamaro Kitagawa 1753–1806 – Utamaro’s World (1977)
  43. Gustav Klimt 1862–1918 – Klimt (2006)
  44. Käthe Kollwitz 1867–1945 – Käthe Kollwitz (1986)
  45. Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901 – Toulouse-Lautrec (1998)
  46. Maud Lewis 1903–1970 – Maudie (2016)
  47. L.S. Lowry 1887–1976 – Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019)
  48. Michaelangelo 1475–1564 – The Agony and The Ecstasy (1965)
  49. Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876–1907 – Paula (2016)
  50. Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920 – Montparnasse 19 (1958)
  51. Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920 – Modigliani (2004)
  52. Berthe Morisot 1841–1895 – Berthe Morisot (2012)
  53. Edvard Munch 1863–1944 – Edvard Munch (1974)
  54. Gabriele Münter 1877–1962 – ArtStop | Gabriele Münter
  55. Georgia O’Keeffe 1887–1986 – Georgia O’Keeffe (2009)
  56. Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 – The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
  57. Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 – Surviving Picasso (1996)
  58. Niko Pirosmanishvili 1862–1918 – Pirosmani (1969)
  59. Jackson Pollock 1912–1956 – Pollock (2000)
  60. Auguste Rodin 1840–1917 – Rodin (2017)
  61. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 1606–1669 – Rembrandt (1936)
  62. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 1606–1669 – Rembrandt fecit 1669 (1977)
  63. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 1606–1669 – Night watching (2007)
  64. Auguste Renoir 1841–1919 – Renoir (2012)
  65. Armando Reverón 1889–1954 – Reveròn (2011)
  66. Andrei Rublev 1360-1430 – Andrei Rublev (1966)
  67. Egon Scheile 1890–1918 – Excess and Punishment (1980)
  68. Egon Scheile 1890–1918 – Death and Maiden (2016)
  69. Séraphine de Senlis 1864–1942 – Seraphine (2008)
  70. Jang Seung-up 1843-1897 – Painted Fire (2002)
  71. Tōshūsai Sharaku 1794–1795 – Sharaku (1995)
  72. Georges Seurat 1859–1891 – Georges Seurat: Point Counterpoint (1979)
  73. JMW Turner 1775–1851 – Mr Turner (2014)
  74. Kitagawa Utamaro 1753–1806 – Utamaro And His Five Women (1946)
  75. Suzanne Valadon 1865–1938 – Suzanne Valadon (in development)
  76. Diego Velázquez 1599–1660 – Lights and Shadows (1988)
  77. Johannes Vermeer 1632–1675 – Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003)
  78. Andy Warhol 1928–1987 – Factory Girl (2006)
  79. Andy Warhol 1928–1987 – Andy X (2012) Musical 8.8
  80. Gerda Wegener 1886–1940 – The Danish Girl (2015)
You can also see a long list of documentaries about artists and films about art, artists and artscenes on my blog.