20 movies like I Shot Andy Warhol, ordered by similarity : Klimt(2006), Lautrec(1998), Factory Girl(2006), Vincent and Theo(1990), Frida(2002), Final Portrait(2017), The Walk(2015), Bird(1988), American Gangster(2007), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018), Big Eyes(2014), Superstar(1990) ...
Biography
UK|USA
1996
106 Minutes
Lili Taylor Jared Harris Lothaire Bluteau Martha Plimpton Stephen Dorff Anna Levine Peter Friedman
writer andy warhol publisher transvestite dark fascinating new york city underground apartment club ambition obsession assassination mental illness new york city art fall revenge 1960s
This is the story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce. After many times of ignoring her, Valerie shot him.
Biography, Drama
Austria|France|Germany|UK
2006
95 Minutes
John Malkovich Veronica Ferres Stephen Dillane Saffron Burrows Nikolai Kinski Aglaia Szyszkowitz Annemarie Düringer Marion Mitterhammer Sandra Ceccarelli Gunther Gillian Paul Hilton
artist john malkovich man woman painter austrian charming creative melodramatic inspiring lighthearted fascinating austria vienna art studio artist's studio art gallery art art history relationships
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Biography, Drama
France|Spain
1998
127 Minutes
Régis Royer Elsa Zylberstein Anémone Claude Rich Jean-Marie Bigard Helene Babu Claire Borotra Alexandra Pandev Amanda Rubenstein Florence Viala Micha Lescot
toulouse-lautrec artist wealthy man aristocrat frenchman woman engaging charming creative emotional lighthearted melodramatic villa france paris artist's studio café nightclub art ambition
Life, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.
Biography, Drama
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Sienna Miller Guy Pearce Hayden Christensen Jimmy Fallon Meredith Ostrom Beth Grant Illeana Douglas Shawn Hatosy Edward Herrmann Patrick Wilson Mary-Kate Olsen
debutante artist andy warhol fashion model musician lover engaging melodramatic hedonistic new york city club studio party music stage countryside manipulation fame art fashion drug addiction
Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.
Biography
France|Netherlands|UK|Germany|Italy|USA
1990
138 Minutes
Tim Roth Paul Rhys Jip Wijngaarden Johanna Ter Steege Wladimir Yordanoff Jean-Pierre Cassel Bernadette Giraud Adrian Brine Jean-Francois Perrier Vincent Vallier Hans Kesting
painter brother uncle prostitute wife emotional dark netherlands household art gallery restaurant field vincent van gogh brotherhood art mental illness struggle obsession quest fall
The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.
Biography, Drama
Mexico|USA|UK
2002
123 Minutes
Salma Hayek Alfred Molina Geoffrey Rush Ashley Judd Antonio Banderas Edward Norton Valeria Golino Mia Maestro Roger Rees Patricia Reyes Spíndola Saffron Burrows
painter husband critic patron fiery powerful mexico new york city apartment ambition art husband/wife relationship frida kahlo quest 1940s
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2017
90 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Armie Hammer Clémence Poésy Tony Shalhoub James Faulkner Sylvie Testud Philippe Spall Kerry Shale Attila G. Kerekes
artist writer amusing brooding charming cheeky confident creative fascinating engaging inspiring incredible intense passionate raw united kingdom london artistic struggle art portraiture
The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Adventure, Biography, Drama
USA
2015
124 Minutes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ben Kingsley Charlotte Le Bon James Badge Dale Clément Sibony César Domboy Benedict Samuel Ben Schwartz Steve Valentine Mark Camacho
daredevil mentor teammate spectator new yorker police officer confident gripping intense suspenseful new york city world trade center apartment gym car street daredevils danger dreams teamwork
In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
1988
161 Minutes
Forest Whitaker Diane Venora Samuel E. Wright Keith David Michael McGuire James Handy Michael Zelniker Damon Whitaker
saxophonist dizzy gillespie wife musician wealthy woman doctor cool sultry nightclub kansas city, mo. mental institution new york city los angeles music charlie parker ambition show business addiction mental illness rise
Jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34 in 1955.
Crime, Biography, Drama
USA|UK
2007
157 Minutes
Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Chiwetel Ejiofor Cuba Gooding Jr. Josh Brolin Ted Levine Armand Assante RZA John Ortiz John Hawkes Roger Guenveur Smith
detective mobster gangster police officer gritty dark new york city restaurant police station nightclub drug trafficking organized crime ambition murder mafia corruption pursuit revenge 1990s
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Biography, Drama
USA|Canada
2014
106 Minutes
Amy Adams Christoph Waltz Danny Huston Krysten Ritter Jason Schwartzman Terence Stamp Jon Polito Delaney Raye Madeleine Arthur Elisabetta Fantone Farryn VanHumbeck
painter husband wife con artist best friend art critic creative quirky charming california family home art studio art gallery office painting art world con game marriage fall rise
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Documentary
1990
85 Minutes
actor actress artist painter model engaging fascinating pittsburgh new york city warehouse artist's studio andy warhol pop art fame new york city art world rise fall wretched excess transformation
Filmmaker Chuck Workman profiles pop artist Andy Warhol through interviews with friends and colleagues.
Biography, Drama
1975
215 Minutes
Geir Westby Gro Fraas Johan Halsborg Lotte Teig Gro Jarto Rachel Pedersen Berit Rytter Hasle Gunnar Skjetne Kare Stormark Iselin Bast Eli Ryg
artist mother anarchist dreamy dark passionate europe paris berlin norway art depression illness painting culture discovery growing up forbidden love 1890s
The tormented Norwegian artist (Geir Westby), famous for "The Cry," struggles for recognition in the late 19th century.
Biography
USA
1956
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Everett Sloane James Donald Pamela Brown Niall MacGinnis Noel Purcell Henry Daniell Lionel Jeffries Eric Pohlmann
paul gauguin painter brother intense creative emotional france countryside holland vincent van gogh ambition mental illness art quest discovery fall 19th century
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Musical, Biography
USA
1946
132 Minutes
Robert Walker Van Heflin Lucille Bremer Dorothy Patrick Judy Garland Kathryn Grayson Lena Horne Tony Martin Dinah Shore Frank Sinatra June Allyson
composer mentor daughter producer sweetheart singer charming confident moving new york city theater ship london countryside nightclub songwriting ambition broadway romance competition
Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick).
Biography, Drama
UK
1972
100 Minutes
Dorothy Tutin Scott Antony Helen Mirren Lindsay Kemp Michael Gough John Justin Aubrey Richards Peter Vaughan
sculptor governess writer suffragette muse creative fascinating inspiring melodramatic paris london artist's studio art artistic struggle henri gaudier may-december romance world war i sculpting rise transformation
Biographical movie of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Scott Antony).
Biography, Drama
USA
1980
128 Minutes
Robert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci Frank Vincent Nicholas Colasanto Theresa Saldana Frank Adonis Mario Gallo Frank Topham Lori Anne Flax Joseph Bono
boxer love interest wife young girl competitor friend dark gritty boxing ring prison new york city miami household jealousy boxing self-destruction redemption emotional abuse paranoia fall
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Crime, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Canada
2005
115 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Catherine Keener Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Chris Cooper Bruce Greenwood Bob Balaban Amy Ryan Mark Pellegrino Marshall Bell
truman capote harper lee criminal murderer editor police officer emotional dark holcomb, kan. new york city mexico police station family home writers murder small-town life quest transformation 1960s
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Canada|Ireland
2016
115 Minutes
Sally Hawkins Ethan Hawke Kari Matchett Gabrielle Rose Zachary Bennett Billy MacLellan Marthe Bernard David Feehan
artist housekeeper painter fisherman family love interest emotional endearing heartwarming gripping engaging nova scotia farmhouse room rural community illness violence against women independence art abusive relationship
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
Biography, Drama, History
1986
111 Minutes
Gary Oldman Chloe Webb David Hayman Andrew Schofield Debby Bishop Tony London Perry Benson Gloria LeRoy
bassist singer girlfriend drug addict manager amusing shocking bleak london new york city stage apartment love-hate relationship drug addiction culture clash punk rock touring fall wretched excess love
Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the punk-rock Sex Pistols self-destructs with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).