Here we've displayed a list of the best Artistic Struggle films : Khachaturian(2003), Death in Venice(1971), The Cream Will Rise(1998), A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt(2011), Savage Messiah(1972), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018), Fingers(1978), Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier(1997), Lautrec(1998), If the Dancer Dances(2018), Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy(2017), The Rebel(1961) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2003
76 Minutes
composer joseph stalin russian musician communist calm fascinating touching georgia soviet union concert hall aram khachaturian classical music propaganda artistic struggle music history communism rise sacrifice temptation
A documentary about the life of Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan. Among other events, the film covers Khachaturyan's difficulties working as a creative artist during the Stalin era.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Italy|France
1971
130 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Björn Andrésen Silvana Mangano Marisa Berenson Mark Burns Romolo Valli Nora Ricci Carole André Masha Predit Leslie French Franco Fabrizi
composer teen boy family member governess mother brooding intense venice, italy resort vacation beauty obsession cholera outbreak artistic struggle unrequited love forbidden love temptation 1910s
While recovering in Venice, sickly Composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
Documentary
USA
1998
90 Minutes
singer mother musician songwriter dark emotional engaging fascinating united states concert stage house troubled childhood artistic struggle music family history identity sophie b. hawkins discovery underdog transformation
The Cream Will Rise is a documentary that exposes the turbulent and troubling side of singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins' early years when a confrontation with her mother forces her to ... See full summary »
Documentary, Biography
USA
2011
68 Minutes
Heston Blumenthal Daniel Boulud Frank Bruni Paul Liebrandt Drew Nieporent Eric Ripert
chef artist restaurant employee food critic girlfriend restaurant owner creative passionate spirited new york city restaurant kitchen cooking food restaurant business artistic struggle unemployment paul liebrandt quest transformation
Paul Liebrandt is one of the most talented and controversial chefs in the food world and the youngest chef to have received 3 stars from the New York Times. He was 24. NY Times food critic,... See full summary »
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).
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.
Drama
USA
1978
91 Minutes
Harvey Keitel Tisa Farrow Jim Brown Michael V. Gazzo Marian Seldes Danny Aiello Ed Marinaro Georgette Muir
pianist loan shark debt collector mobster father mob boss dark gritty brutal new york city restaurant nightclub identity crisis father/son relationship artistic struggle classical music addiction organized crime escape quest
A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan shark father and his mentally disturbed Jewish concert pianist mother.
Documentary
Sweden|Denmark
1997
52 Minutes
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A portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting with von Trier on a private level as well as with his film universe. Filmmaker Stig Björkman ... See full summary »
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.
Documentary
USA
2018
83 Minutes
dancer performer choreographer business owner director intense incredible inspiring creative confident cool new york city dance studio stage backstage dance performance artistic struggle choreography quest
If a dance is not danced, it vanishes. If the Dancer Dances follows a group of New York City's top modern dancers as they reconstruct an iconic and mysterious work by the legendary Merce ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK|Germany
2017
93 Minutes
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Leaning into the Wind follows artist Andy Goldsworthy on his exploration of the world and himself through ephemeral and permanent workings on the landscape, cities and with his own body.
Comedy
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Tony Hancock George Sanders Paul Massie Margit Saad Gregoire Aslan Dennis Price Irene Handl
clerk british man artist frenchman love interest engaging hilarious amusing charming witty heartwarming england france paris boredom corporate office life new life artistic struggle creative process adventure
An aspiring musician who arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
Comedy
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Sean Dugan Maxwell Caulfield Seth Meier Mark Goddard Harold Perrineau Edie Falco Markus Flanagan Dave Rosenberg Jane DeNoble Dean Garvin Brett Gillen
screenwriter agent director fan producer amusing cheeky creative sundance film festival park city, utah movie theater street film industry artistic struggle aspirations commercialism screenwriting film quest transformation
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.
Drama
USA
2001
100 Minutes
Q-Tip Fat Joe Mary J. Blige Elvis Costello Danny Hoch Patrick McDade Seth Meier Darrin O'Brien Brian A. Wilson
juvenile delinquent mother stepfather lawyer bully drug dealer gritty brooding bleak housing project prison ghetto courtroom urban poverty prison life mother/child relationship artistic struggle legal battle accidental death fall
A young man lives and learns while growing up on the street and in and out of correctional facilities.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Doris Nolan George Murphy Hugh Herbert
bandleader chorus girl club owner uncle love interest amusing rousing cheery manhattan, n.y. skyscraper ballroom the moonbeam room artistic struggle ambition show business love music pursuit love discovery
Diana Borden (Doris Nolan, a bleeding-heart rich-girl, returns from a trip to Russia filled with sympathy for the "little" people of the slums and wants to do "something" artistic and ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
2019
80 Minutes
Dora Madison Tru Collins Rhys Wakefield Jeremy Gardner Graham Skipper Chris McKenna Rachel Avery Mark Beltzman George Wendt Abraham Benrubi
artist agent friend murder victim brooding dark disturbing thrilling intense los angeles party art gallery apartment artistic struggle drug overdose bloodlust desperation murder mystery fall
A brilliant painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1966
104 Minutes
Sean Connery Joanne Woodward Jean Seberg Patrick O'Neal Colleen Dewhurst Renee Taylor Clive Revill Werner Peters
poet wife psychiatrist partner seductress orderly frenetic hilarious sultry emotional new york city apartment mental institution brooklyn bridge hot tub artistic struggle writer's block mental illness institutionalization infidelity
Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Alan Cumming Zachary Booth Sarita Choudhury Patrick Breen Justin Bond Wilson Cruz Everett Quinton Anthony Johnston David Drake Joey Arias
artist activist friend lover aids victim profound cool creative emotional endearing raw artist's studio new york city apartment artistic struggle aids activism dating homosexuality relationships
After Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam, a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today.
Comedy, Drama
2015
95 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Erika Bauer Ruby Bustamante Carl Dietrich Marie Borkowski Foedrowitz Ea-Ja Kim Marina Michael Hannelore Ohlendorf Ottokar Sachse Ralf Tempel
homeless person news anchor construction worker scientist teacher solemn rousing profound intricate brooding city classroom identity artistic struggle philosophy discovery 2010s
From an anchorwoman to a homeless man, actress Cate Blanchett portrays 13 distinct characters in vignettes that incorporate timeless manifestos.
Comedy, Drama
2016
86 Minutes
Parker Posey Lena Dunham John Rothman Joshua Safdie Robert Clohessy Barbara Sukowa Al Thompson Grace Dunham Laurie Simmons Benjamin Eakeley Garland Hunter
artist friend dog man amusing charming emotional endearing cheeky creative new york city gallery office garden restaurant artistic struggle creative process creative block friendship small town
Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2018
85 Minutes
Benjamin Farmer Patrick D. Green Maria Allred Damien Genardi Donny Persons Julie Webb Kwang Kim
filmmaker pianist lover boyfriend friend sultry intense passionate creative raw portland, ore. pacific northwest apartment club bar love relationships artistic struggle adultery passion
This documentary reveals the dazzling and obscure system of American University campuses: a world of money, influence, but also stress, decadence, excess, where alcohol freely flows and ... See full summary »
Drama
1995
109 Minutes
Pascale Bussières Pascale Montpetit Robert Brouillette Isabel Richer James Hyndman Macha Limonchik
thief young woman neurotic radio dj barmaid aspiring musician dreamy striking winsome raw montreal apartment building bar liquor store radio station 20-somethings bohemian lifestyle romantic dilemma city life artistic struggle
A skinhead, a barmaid and a thief are part of a group of six young Canadians attempting to cope with life in the '90s.