Here we've displayed a list of the best Life Imitating Art films : La Lectrice(1988), Seven Psychopaths(2012), Irma Vep(1996), The Hero(2017), The Raven(2012), Madeline's Madeline(2018), Paris When It Sizzles(1964), Accent on Youth(1935), Watching the Detectives(2007), Berberian Sound Studio(2012), I, Madman(1989), The Kovak Box(2006) ... ...
Romance
France
1988
100 Minutes
Miou-Miou Patrick Chesnais Christian Ruche María Casares Sylvie Laporte Michael Raskine Brigitte Catillon Régis Royer Pierre Dux
young woman boyfriend young boy widow businessman maid creative dreamy offbeat cheeky bedroom dreamworld hospital literature fantasy life imitating art poetry inspiration role playing adventure
A multi-faceted film based on Raymond Jean's novel "La Lectrice". Constance (Miou-Miou) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover. Inspired by the story of Marie, a woman who advertises her... See full summary »
Comedy
UK|USA
2012
111 Minutes
Colin Farrell Christopher Walken Sam Rockwell Woody Harrelson Abbie Cornish Tom Waits Olga Kurylenko Zeljko Ivanek Gabourey Sidibe Kevin Corrigan Brendan Sexton III
screenwriter friend actor kidnapper gangster cheeky offbeat suspenseful los angeles household office desert screenwriting pets organized crime abduction life imitating art pursuit wretched excess 2010s
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
99 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Nathalie Richard Antoine Basler Nathalie Boutefeu Bulle Ogier Lou Castel Arsinée Khanjian Alex Descas Dominique Faysse Bernard Nissile Olivier Torres
director maggie cheung costume designer crew member journalist actress witty creative crafty offbeat france movie set hotel theater vacation home filmmaking life imitating art culture clash unrequited love failing career
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Drama
USA
2017
96 Minutes
Sam Elliott Laura Prepon Nick Offerman Krysten Ritter Katharine Ross Doug Cox Max Gail Jackie Joyner Patrika Darbo Frank Collison Andy Allo
actor ex-wife star drug dealer daughter comedian brooding emotional engaging moving somber uplifting recording studio house beach field life cycle life imitating art cancer career change
An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Spain|Hungary|Serbia
2012
111 Minutes
John Cusack Luke Evans Alice Eve Brendan Gleeson Oliver Jackson-Cohen Kevin R. McNally Sam Hazeldine John Warnaby Jimmy Yuill Pam Ferris Brendan Coyle
writer police detective girlfriend dark suspenseful baltimore house forest masked ball maryland edgar allan poe copycat killers buried alive murder life imitating art mystery 1840s
When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Helena Howard Molly Parker Miranda July Okwui Okpokwasili Felipe Bonilla Lisa Tharps Sunita Mani Curtiss Cook Reynaldo Piniella Myra Lucretia Taylor
actor actress director mother friend creative confident tense incredible new york city stage theater car park studio acting life story mother/daughter relationship theater life imitating art
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
Romance
USA
1964
108 Minutes
William Holden Audrey Hepburn Noel Coward Gregoire Aslan Raymond Bussières Christian Duvaleix Tony Curtis Mel Ferrer Fred Astaire Frank Sinatra Dominique Boschero
screenwriter producer assistant singer gangster police detective airy amusing creative playful paris french riviera hotel screenwriting procrastination life imitating art film industry writer's block unusual romance love
The sprightly young assistant of a Hollywood screenwriter helps him over his writer's block by acting out his fantasies of possible plots.
Romance
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Herbert Marshall Philip Reed Holmes Herbert Catherine Doucet Astrid Allwyn
playwright secretary fiancée actor boss love interest playful lighthearted office apartment theater stage california beach may-december romance plays life imitating art jealousy misunderstanding marriage
A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her.
Romance
USA
2007
93 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Lucy Liu Jason Sudeikis Michael Panes Callie Thorne Michael Yurchak Heather Burns Mark Harelik Ali Reza Josh Pais Brett Gelman
film fan store clerk girlfriend femme fatale best friend police officer quirky amusing wild house restaurant casino video store life imitating art rivalry practical jokes robbery stalking adventure love
A film noir buff has his life turned on end by a femme fatale with a big adventure in mind.
Horror
UK|Germany|Australia
2012
88 Minutes
Toby Jones Cosimo Fusco Hilda Péter Tonia Sotiropoulou Susanna Cappellaro Layla Amir Eugenia Caruso Chiara D'Anna
sound operator italian gritty disturbing dark italy studio life imitating art discovery transformation unknown era
A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
Horror
Canada|USA
1989
89 Minutes
Jenny Wright Clayton Rohner Randall William Cook Steven Memel Stephanie Hodge Bruce Wagner
bookseller boyfriend mad scientist novelist character suspenseful campy frightful emotional bookstore apartment police station hotel life imitating art serial murders investigation fiction writing scientific experiments mental illness discovery
A bookshop clerk and wannabe actress starts seeing the disfigured killer from her 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her. She tries to convince her cop boyfriend, but to no avail.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain|UK
2006
110 Minutes
Timothy Hutton Lucía Jiménez David Kelly Gary Piquer Annette Badland
writer girlfriend beautiful woman mad scientist friend creepy tense frightening emotional thrilling mediterranean island hotel hospital life imitating art human guinea pigs suicide mind control writing traveling mystery
A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's been lured into a trap.
Horror, Comedy
USA
2004
100 Minutes
Amanda Plummer Alexander Brickel Katheryn Winnick Stephen Graham Joshua Annex Wass Stevens Melisa McGregor Dan Ziskie
young boy college student mother murderer boyfriend sister suspenseful brutal amusing family home new england party car basement supermarket halloween serial murders mistaken identity life imitating art jealousy
A naive young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
Romance
USA
2004
75 Minutes
Mink Stole Dom DeLuise Katherine Randolph Lauren Maher Gina DeVivo Shannon Perez Dominic Ottersbach Julie Briggs Jessica Golden Lyn Alicia Henderson
actress lesbian director therapist mother lover witty tender passionate amusing stage photography studio family home cabin psychiatrist's office los angeles new romance life imitating art acting infidelity
Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play, and end up actually falling in love.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2016
92 Minutes
Jim Carrey Charlotte Gainsbourg Marton Csokas Kati Outinen Vlad Ivanov Agata Kulesza Robert Wieckiewicz Piotr Glowacki Zbigniew Zamachowski Anna Polony
detective businessman novelist mysterious woman girlfriend murderer brooding brutal emotional gripping suspenseful bleak poland police station apartment lake city sex club murder copycat killers
A hard-boiled detective becomes suspicious of an author when the incidents described in his hit novel resemble the inner-workings of an unsolved murder.