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1. Anselm (2023)
93 min | Documentary
Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist's work and reveals his life path.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Anselm Kiefer, Daniel Kiefer, Anton Wenders, Ingeborg Bachmann
Votes: 1,364
2. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Unrated | 113 min | Documentary
Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Marina Berio
Votes: 7,850
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
R | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Director: Banksy | Stars: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Space Invader, Debora Guetta
Votes: 68,863 | Gross: $3.29M
4. Crumb (1994)
R | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb
Votes: 21,621 | Gross: $3.17M
5. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (2023)
103 min | Documentary, Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.
Director: Neo Sora | Star: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Votes: 395
6. Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (2022)
101 min | Documentary
The story of the album art design studio, Hipgnosis, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Roger Waters
Votes: 1,579
7. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,175
8. The Joy of Painting (1983–1994)
TV-G | 25 min | Documentary, Family
In this half-hour program, artist Bob Ross paints a beautiful oil painting on canvas.
Stars: Bob Ross, Steve Ross, Dana Jester, Peep
Votes: 6,202
9. Marvel Studios: Assembled (2021– )
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary
Assembled is a comprehensive documentary series that chronicles the creation of Marvel Studios' thrilling new shows and theatrical releases. Assembled is an immersive, and in-depth examination of the next phase of the MCU.
Stars: Kevin Feige, Stephen Broussard, Brad Winderbaum, Nate Moore
Votes: 3,041
10. The Sparks Brothers (2021)
R | 140 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Beck, Jane Wiedlin
Votes: 6,069
11. Light & Magic (2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, History
Showcasing the people of Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects division of Lucasfilm, this series takes us back in time as they create the effects for some of the biggest and most successful films of the last 45 years.
Stars: George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Lorne Peterson, Ron Howard
Votes: 3,241
12. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
G | 90 min | Documentary, History
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney, Jean-Michel Geneste
Votes: 17,809 | Gross: $5.23M
13. Civilisation (1969–1970)
TV-G | 698 min | Documentary, History, Music
Sir Kenneth Clarke walks through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilization in Western man.
Stars: Kenneth Clark, Ian Richardson, Ronald Lacey, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 1,074
14. 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, Robert K. Wittman, Martin Kemp
Votes: 2,771
15. The Thief Collector (2022)
96 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1985, Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre," one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in a New Mexico home.
Director: Allison Otto | Stars: Glenn Howerton, Sarah Minnich, Brandon Z Ruiz, Eric Banks
Votes: 511
16. Lynch/Oz (2022)
108 min | Documentary
Victor Fleming's film The Wizard of Oz (1939) is one of David Lynch's most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch's work.
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Stars: Amy Nicholson, Rodney Ascher, John Waters, Karyn Kusama
Votes: 1,080
17. Faces Places (2017)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Directors: JR, Agnès Varda | Stars: Agnès Varda, JR, Jeannine Carpentier, Clemens Van Dungern
Votes: 13,632 | Gross: $0.95M
18. Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.
Directors: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel | Stars: Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Daniel Arnaud, Simon Amédé
Votes: 15,096 | Gross: $1.51M
19. Abstract: The Art of Design (2017– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary
A look beyond blueprints and computers into the art and science of design, showcasing great designers from every discipline whose work shapes our world.
Stars: Platon, Tinker Hatfield, Ian Spalter, Cas Holman
Votes: 5,916
20. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.
Stars: Mark Cousins, Juan Diego Botto, Aleksandr Sokurov, Norman Lloyd
Votes: 4,834
21. Voir (2021)
TV-MA | 20 min | Documentary
Film lovers examine the cinematic moments that thrilled, perplexed, challenged and forever changed them in this collection of visual essays.
Stars: Taylor Ramos, Drew McWeeny, Tony Zhou, Walter Chaw
Votes: 1,702
22. The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022)
TV-MA | 66 min | Documentary, Biography
After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this docuseries, take a peek behind his persona.
Stars: Bill Irwin, Jeffrey Deitch, Jessica Beck, Bob Colacello
Votes: 2,713
23. Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée (1991)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Portrait of an imaginary painter from the life and work of Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865).
Directors: Olivier Smolders, Johan van den Driessche | Stars: Christian Courtois, Alexandre von Sivers, Lémi Cétol, Barbara De Jonghe
Votes: 128
24. The Painter and the Thief (2020)
106 min | Documentary
An artist befriends the thief who stole her paintings. She becomes his closest ally when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full time care, even if her paintings are not found. But then the tables turn.
Director: Benjamin Ree | Stars: Karl Bertil-Nordland, Barbora Kysilkova, Øystein Stene
Votes: 4,319
25. This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist (2021)
TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the guards up and looted the museum.
Stars: Shelley Murphy, Anne Hawley, Dick Ellis, Martin Leppo
Votes: 4,846
26. Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits (2023)
96 min | Documentary
A feature-length big screen documentary telling the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.
Directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles | Stars: Barry Adamson, John Akomfrah, Rick Baker, Ralph Brown
Votes: 279
27. Fake or Fortune (2010– )
63 min | Documentary, Mystery
Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate mysteries behind paintings.
Stars: Fiona Bruce, Philip Mould, Bendor Grosvenor, Aviva Burnstock
Votes: 692
28. Waste Land (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.
Directors: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim | Star: Vik Muniz
Votes: 9,363 | Gross: $0.19M
29. Tim's Vermeer (2013)
PG-13 | 80 min | Documentary, History
Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.
Director: Teller | Stars: Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Philip Steadman
Votes: 8,562 | Gross: $1.66M
30. 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: 4,885
31. LA Ink (2007–2011)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
Kat Von D returns home to Los Angeles to realize her dream of opening her own tattoo shop. She soon has musicians and rising stars lining up at High Voltage Tattoo for her famous black and grey ink designs.
Stars: Katherine von Drachenberg, Adrienne Ironside, Corey Miller, Aubry Fisher
Votes: 2,629
32. A Bigger Splash (1973)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Semi-fictionalized documentary biopic of British artist David Hockney. After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends. Titled after Hockney's pop-art painting 'A Bigger Splash'.
Director: Jack Hazan | Stars: David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell, Henry Geldzahler
Votes: 631 | Gross: $0.09M
33. The Art of the Steal (2009)
Unrated | 101 min | Documentary
Documentary that follows the struggle for control of Dr. Albert C. Barnes' 25 billion dollar collection of modern and post-impressionist art.
Director: Don Argott | Stars: Julian Bond, David D'Arcy, Richard Feigen, Richard H. Glanton
Votes: 2,494 | Gross: $0.54M
34. Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
102 min | Documentary
Documentary presents a comprehensive portrait of an iconic artist of our time.
Director: Thomas von Steinaecker | Stars: Werner Herzog, Chloé Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer, Patti Smith
Votes: 601
35. Instant Dreams (2017)
91 min | Documentary, Drama, Sci-Fi
INSTANT DREAMS tells the story of a group of scientist who are trying to unravel the chemical formula of Polaroid and the Polaroid-users that eagerly await its rebirth. Each in their own way tries to keeps their instant dream alive.
Director: Willem Baptist | Stars: Stefanie Schneider, Stephen Herchen, Chris Bonanos, Edwin H. Land
Votes: 1,155
36. David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Artist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.
Directors: Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Jon Nguyen | Stars: David Lynch, Lula Lynch, Edwina Lynch, Donald Lynch
Votes: 6,592 | Gross: $0.17M
37. Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann (1994)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
An intimate portrait of the photographer and the complex, enigmatic pictures she takes of her children
Directors: Steven Cantor, Peter Spirer | Stars: Sally Mann, Virginia Mann, Jessie Mann, Emmett Mann
Votes: 171
38. Britain's Lost Masterpieces (2016– )
Documentary, Biography, History
Art experts track down the work of of some of the biggest names in art that are lying hidden away in museums, art galleries and country houses around the UK.
Stars: Bendor Grosvenor, Emma Dabiri, Simon Gillespie, Simon Gillespie
Votes: 62
39. Sharksploitation (2023)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
In the wake of the blockbuster classic Jaws (1975), a new subgenre was born. This documentary explores the weird, wild cinematic legacy of sharks on film and the world's undying fascination.
Director: Stephen Scarlata | Stars: Joe Alves, Mark Atkins, Paul Bales, Wendy Benchley
Votes: 399
40. Growing Up with I Spit on Your Grave (2019)
102 min | Documentary
For the first time ever, explore the myths behind the controversial film I Spit on Your Grave (1978).
Director: Terry Zarchi | Stars: Camille Keaton, Meir Zarchi, Gunter Kleemann, Eron Tabor
Votes: 200
41. Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint (2019)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The first abstract artist was a woman, misjudged and concealed, Hilma Klint rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre.
Director: Halina Dyrschka | Stars: Ernst Peter Fischer, Julia Voss, Anna Laestadius Larsson, Valeria Napoleone
Votes: 492
42. Tales by Light (2015– )
23 min | Documentary
Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural world, Tales By Light follows photographers from Australia and around the world as they push the limits of their craft.
Stars: Art Wolfe, Jonathan Scott, Angela Scott, Eric Cheng
Votes: 2,050
43. Kusama: Infinity (2018)
Unrated | 76 min | Documentary
Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
Director: Heather Lenz | Star: Yayoi Kusama
Votes: 1,216 | Gross: $0.36M
44. National Gallery (2014)
Not Rated | 180 min | Documentary
A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London.
Director: Frederick Wiseman | Stars: Leanne Benjamin, Kausikan Rajeshkumar, Jo Shapcott, Edward Watson
Votes: 1,668 | Gross: $0.10M
45. MerPeople (2023)
TV-MA | 177 min | Documentary
Welcome to the whimsical world of professional mermaiding, where people's passion for swimming in fins has exploded into a half-billion-dollar industry.
Stars: Morgana Alba, The Blixunami, Tristan Red River Merman, Brittany Sparkles
Votes: 696
46. Cutie and the Boxer (2013)
R | 82 min | Documentary, Biography
This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
Director: Zach Heinzerling | Stars: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara, Alex Shinohara, Ethan Cohen
Votes: 4,740 | Gross: $0.20M
47. Love and Saucers (2017)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, Biography
David Huggins lost his virginity to an alien woman -among 100 other extra-terrestrial encounters -and chronicled it all in surreal paintings, few of which have ever been seen. Love & Saucers is his story.
Director: Brad Abrahams | Star: David Huggins
Votes: 275
48. Scooter LaForge: A Life of Art (2023)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
In Scooter LaForge: a life of art, the iconic queer artist reflects on his career, his struggles and triumphs, and the impact that current events have had on his life and the lives of so ... See full summary »
Director: Ethan H. Minsker | Stars: Scooter LaForge, Anne LaForge, Patty LaForge, Ted Riederer
Votes: 38
49. Moving Art (2014–2019)
25 min | Documentary
Experience nature's art as filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg highlights the beauty that lurks in oceans, forests, deserts and flowers.
Votes: 591
50. 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: 1,800 | Gross: $0.22M