Movies like Pollock
If Pollock's mix of painting, artist and success stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pollock's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Lust for Life
1956 · Directed by Vincente Minnelli · 122 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: painting, artist, painter · Also drama and history
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure.
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The Doors
1991 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 140 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Val Kilmer · Shares: alcoholism
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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A Star Is Born
2018 · Directed by Bradley Cooper · 136 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: alcoholism, falling in love
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight.
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Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Directed by Tom Ford · 116 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: art exhibition
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing.
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The Goldfinch
2019 · Directed by John Crowley · 149 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: painting
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a…
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Modigliani
2004 · Directed by Mick Davis · 128 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: painter · From the same decade (2000s)
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso.
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A Perfect Murder
1998 · Directed by Andrew Davis · 107 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: artist
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his…