20 movies like Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, ordered by similarity : The Price of Everything(2018), Obey Giant(2017), There Are No Fakes(2019), Burden(2016), Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art(2015), Superstar(1990), Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love(1977), The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story(1996), Easy Riders, Raging Bulls(2003), Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff(2010), The Gleaners and I(2000), Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible(2020) ...
Documentary
2006
240 Minutes
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Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol.
Documentary
USA
2018
105 Minutes
Jeff Koons Larry Poons Simon de Pury Amy Cappellazzo Jerry Saltz George Condo
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With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.
Documentary
USA
2017
92 Minutes
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The life and career of street artist, illustrator, graphic designer, activist, and founder of OBEY Clothing, Shepard Fairey.
Documentary
Canada
2019
113 Minutes
Douglas E. Davidson Sienna Demers
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A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.
Documentary
2016
88 Minutes
Richard Dewey
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The life of the always provocative artist Chris Burden, whose work consistently challenged ideas about the limits and nature of modern art, from his notorious performances in the 1970s to his later works.
Documentary
USA
2015
72 Minutes
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Set in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest, the film unearths the history of land art during the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s. Troublemakers is ultimately a story ... See full summary »
Documentary
1990
85 Minutes
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Filmmaker Chuck Workman profiles pop artist Andy Warhol through interviews with friends and colleagues.
Documentary
Canada
1977
90 Minutes
Jean Gascon James Mason Joseph Wiseman
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Documentary
USA
1996
87 Minutes
Lauren Bacall Carol Channing Joan Collins Jules Feiffer Robert Goulet Dolly Haas Al Hirschfeld Joseph Papp Barbara Walters Nina Hirschfeld West
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The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirshfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in the entertainment industry - over a span ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK|Canada
2003
119 Minutes
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A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
Documentary
UK
2010
86 Minutes
Jack Cardiff Martin Scorsese Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall John Mills Thelma Schoonmaker Kim Hunter Kathleen Byron Christopher Challis Raffaella De Laurentiis Richard Fleischer
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In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »
Documentary
France
2000
82 Minutes
Agnès Varda Francois Wertheimer
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Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Documentary
USA|Germany
2020
86 Minutes
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The film explores the life, philosophy and impact of one of the most influential early 20th century modernists, Marcel Duchamp. The film breaks down Duchamp's ideas and applies them to both... See full summary »
Documentary
France
1956
87 Minutes
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A filmed record of Pablo Picasso painting numerous canvases for the camera, allowing us to see his creative process at work.
Documentary
USA
2010
83 Minutes
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Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing political consequences of discrimination and ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2018
87 Minutes
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WYETH tells the story of one of America's most popular, but least understood, artists. While his exhibitions routinely broke attendance records, art world critics continually assaulted his work.
Documentary
Canada|USA
2016
99 Minutes
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A documentary exploring the birth, death, and resurrection of the illustrated movie poster.
Documentary
USA
2016
76 Minutes
Ian Buruma Guo-Qiang Cai Wen-You Cai Jeffrey Deitch Phil Grucci Thomas Krens
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Trace the rise of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from childhood in Mao's China to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession: Sky Ladder.
Documentary
Germany|Finland|UK|Canada
2001
90 Minutes
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Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
Documentary
UK
2010
87 Minutes
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Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Documentary
USA
1994
119 Minutes
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An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.