Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "classical-art"

1. The Postcard Killings (2020)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London; he recruits the help of a Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.

Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke Janssen, Cush Jumbo, Joachim Król

Votes: 15,849

2. 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, Jerry Saltz, Doug Patteson

Votes: 2,786

3. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Sport

The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.

Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask

Votes: 5,255

4. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History

This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life

Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum

Votes: 3,387 | Gross: $0.04M

5. Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization (2000)

150 min | Documentary, History

A documentary, narrated by actor Liam Neeson, that chronicles the rise and fall of the civilization of ancient Greece.

Stars: Liam Neeson, Victor Davis Hanson, Nigel Spivey, Paul Cartledge

Votes: 390

6. Upgrade (2012 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

The aftermath of two quick-witted losers who won an "Extreme Home Makeover" in Small-Town USA.

Director: Daniella Alonso | Stars: Daniella Alonso, Jay Burke, Thomas Dagnino, Jesse Garcia

Votes: 22

7. 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

8. Paleta lásky (1976)

98 min | Biography, Drama

Josef Mánes (Petr Kostka) gets into a conflict with the director of the Academy of Fine Art, and is immediately thrown out of the school. But Josef is not downcast. He is young and believes... See full summary »

Director: Josef Mach | Stars: Petr Kostka, Stanislav Fiser, Miroslav Dolezal, Eduard Cupák

Votes: 19

9. The Trip (1973)

Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short

A woman taking a trip encounters a nightmarish landscape juxtaposed against scenes of classical beauty.

Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto

Votes: 128

10. Yuné - The Dinosaurs' Boy (2017)

Documentary, Short

Meet Yuné Hikosaka, a multi-faced Japanese artist who will guide you into a world of delicacy and wonder, a result of the mystical encounter between the classical art of Florence and its Jurassic protagonists. All this in Italian.

Director: Edoardo Sferrella | Stars: Yuné Hikosaka, Edoardo Sferrella

11. Statues Also Eat Fruit (2008)

4 min | Short

Figures representing Adam and Eve frolic in a courtyard of statues in a symbolic representation of man's use of art as a means of self-preservation.

Director: Myles David Jewell | Stars: Myles David Jewell, Emilia DeMarchis

12. Night Descends on Treasure Island (1940)

Approved | 8 min | Short, Documentary

A travelogue celebrating the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition and highlighting its exhibition of classical paintings and stunning lighting effects.

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 123

13. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Secrets of the Parthenon (2006)

TV-G | 79 min | Documentary

A highly sophisticated restoration team is painstakingly reassembling the Parthenon of Athens-a classic Greek building that has suffered from wars, earthquakes, and disastrous previous restoration attempts.

Directors: Michael Beckham, Gary Glassman | Stars: Féodor Atkine, Alkibiadis Bakogianis, Alkiviadis Bakogianis, Argirios Bangelis

Votes: 72

14. An American Aristocrat's Guide to Great Estates (2020– )
Episode: Newby Hall (2020)

TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, History

Julie explores Newby Hall and its magnificent gardens, learns about the royal lottery winner who turned the house into a breathtaking art museum, takes a miniature train ride, tries out the royal jewels and sees Charles II's enormous IOU.

Star: Julie Montagu

Votes: 9

15. Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization (2000)
Episode: The Revolution (2000)

TV-G | 55 min | Documentary, History

The first segment tells the story of the troubled birth of the world's first democracy, ancient Athens, through the life of an Athenian nobleman, Cleisthenes.

Director: Cassian Harrison | Stars: Paul Cartledge, Victor Davis Hanson, Keith Hopwood, Liam Neeson

Votes: 17

16. Front Row (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.1 (2018)

30 min | Music, News, Talk-Show

Host Mary Beard is joined by four writers to discuss the clash of generations, Damien Hirst show at Houghton Hall and The Inheritance - a new play directed by Stephen Daldry.

Director: Alice Rhodes | Stars: Mary Beard, Joan Bakewell, Mark Gatiss, Dean Atta

Votes: 17