Exploring the Lives of Artists Through Film
You can be the 'intellectual' of your friends with movies that will both entertain and inform you
1. Amadeus (1984)
IMDb: 8.3
A masterpiece that focuses on the relationship between Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, who had a sublime talent for music. A classic that focuses on the relationship between art and the artist's personality and tells the life of the master musician through Salieri.
2. Marley (2012)
IMDb: 8.0
The legendary Jamaican reggae singer, revolutionary idol, and for some, a deity, Bob Marley's life, music and philosophy of life are portrayed in the film, which also includes previously unreleased footage of the artist, amazing performance recordings, and interviews with his relatives.
3. Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
IMDb: 7.5
Focusing on Kurt Cobain's days in Aberdeen, the documentary also covers the founding of the band Nirvana and his psychological frustration over time. Featuring exclusive footage from Cobain's childhood and life with his wife Courtney Love, the documentary was made with the support of Kurt Cobain's family.
4. Shine (1996)
IMDb: 7.7
A multi-award-winning movie about the life of the famous Australian pianist David Helfgoth, which won Geoffrey Rush the Oscar for best actor, and whose soundtrack is a bestseller in our country.
5. Copying Beethoven (2006)
IMDb: 6.8
Beethoven is having trouble producing new compositions in the last years of his life. Although years have passed since his last successful work, he still cannot finish the composition he is working on and this adds even more distress to his already troubled situation. His deafness is increasing and he feels more and more lonely, which adds to his depression. In this troubled state, he needs someone to copy his work so that he can finish his last composition on the promised date. That person will be the young and beautiful Anna Holtz.
6. Michael Jackson’s This Is It (2009)
IMDb: 7.2
This film is a gem for Michael Jackson fans, featuring extraordinary rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage of the great artist's This Is It concert series, which he was preparing before his death. Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT focuses on the process of creating the last show of Michael Jackson, a singer, dancer, filmmaker, creator and a great artist.
7. Rock Star (2001)
IMDb: 6.3
Chris Cole was born to make rock music. His biggest dream is to one day become the lead singer in a real band. But in the small town where he lives, this is a distant dream for now. One day the opportunity to fulfill Chris's dream comes when he least expects it!
8. David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017)
IMDb: 7.5
The movie focuses on Bowie's last two albums, The Nex Day and Blacstar, which were released before his death, and the musical Lazarus, which was completed after Bowie's death. Bowie's struggle against cancer is also told in the movie, which includes interviews with people Bowie worked with and people in his personal life.
9. Metallica Through the Never (2013)
IMDb: 7.2
Metallica Through the Never is a documentary and concert film about the legendary metal band Metallica. In Metallica Through the Never, a young man who gets the chance to work with the band during a tour is assigned to a mission during the concert and this adventure changes his life.
10. Bird (1988)
IMDb: 7.2
The movie is about the life of a famous jazz artist and the last few months of his career. We see how he climbs the career ladder rapidly after arriving in New York and how the bad habits of fame affect him. The movie also takes its name from Charlie's nickname 'Bird'.
11. Hilary and Jackie (1998)
IMDb: 7.3
Hilary and Jackie, who were raised as musicians and dancers by their mother from childhood, start practicing with various instruments in their early childhood. Over time, they improve themselves in their talents and come to important places. Jackie, the younger sister, is even more successful than her older sister on the cello, but an event occurs that darkens her life. Jackie is stricken with a relentless disease...
12. Being Leonardo Da Vinci (2019)
IMDb: 8.6
In the 500 years since his death, two journalists, unaware of each other, have a single goal: To search for the places where Leonardo, a genius, lived and his works.
The production gives us a fascinating insight into the legendary mind of Leonardo Da Vinci and what shaped it.
13. Frida (2002)
IMDb: 7.4
One of the 'firsts' and one of the most special people in the art world...A painter: Frida Kahlo. She has a very interesting and modern relationship with her husband Diego Rivera. She also believes that political and sexual freedom are freedoms that can never be restricted. So what happened, what did Frida think and talk about as she became the 'important' and 'only' woman painter of the oppressive period?
14. At Eternity's Gate (2018)
IMDb: 6.9
The Dutch-born painter was after warmth, the color yellow, justice and a little bit of innocence. Van Gogh: At the Gates of Eternity tells the story of the painter's last days, a time of peace and restlessness in his life, as if he knew nothing else but painting.
15. Michelangelo - Infinito (2017)
IMDb: 7.1
The movie tells us about the turbulent life of Michelangelo, a legendary painter, from his childhood to the last days of his life, from his rivalry with the great artists of his time to his relations with the political and religious authorities he clashed with.
16. Surviving Picasso (1996)
IMDb: 6.4
Françoise Gilot, the only woman who could leave Pablo Picasso, enters Picasso's life as an art student and inspires the master painter for many of his paintings. The movie tells the story of the relationship between Françoise Gilot, the only lover who can tolerate Picasso's cruel inner world, and the famous painter.
17. Big Eyes (2014)
IMDb: 7.0
The film tells the story of Margaret Keane, an American painter known for her unique paintings of big-eyed children in the 1950s, and her power struggle with her husband Walter Keane. Walter Keane embraces his wife's remarkable talent and original artworks for the sake of his sales strategy, but after gaining money and fame, he overshadows his wife Margaret. Unable to say 'My painting!' for even one of her paintings, Margaret will fight an uphill battle against her husband's pressure.
18. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
IMDb: 6.9
Set in 1665 in the Netherlands, seventeen-year-old Griet is forced to work to support her family after her father is blinded in a work accident and starts working as a maid in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer. In time, Griet attracts the attention of the painter, who is married. Despite her very different upbringing, education and social position, Vermeer notices her ability to perceive colors and light and draws her into the mysterious world of his paintings.
19. Seraphine (2008)
IMDb: 7.4
In 1905, at the age of 41, Seraphine, who has a simple life and earns her living by cleaning, listens to her guardian angel who tells her to paint and starts painting on her own and spends all the little money she gets to paint. She works by day and by night, creating brightly colored, naive nature patterns.
20. Caravaggio (1986)
IMDb: 6.6
In this film written and directed by Derek Jarman about the 17th century painter Michelangelo Caravaggio, he examines the painter's life and passion for art through his paintings. While creating an extraordinary biographical film with its non-linear narrative and stylized frames filled with red and blue colors, Jarman not only draws a portrait of the painter whose religious beliefs and sexual identity clashed, but also reveals the art of cinema, which he defended to the end.
21. Modigliani (2004)
IMDb: 7.4
Unlike his rivals, who signed their paintings by leaving their eyes blank, Amedeo Modigliani did not care about the sale of his paintings and lived penniless, unlike the rich painters of the time, and despite the praise of the society, he did not hesitate to show their soullessness in the most inappropriate way.
The movie tells the story of Amedeo Modigliani's rivalry with Pablo Picasso and his tragic romantic story with Jeanne Hebuterne.
22. Little Ashes (2008)
IMDb: 6.5
Salvador Dali entered university at the age of 18 with a passion for becoming a great artist. The strange mixture of his shyness and flamboyance caught the attention of two people from a different social class at the university; Federico García Lorca and Luis Buñuel. The film focuses on the youth of these three, their friendship, their relationships from different angles, and their rise as a painter, a poet, and a director in their respective fields.
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