Here we've displayed a list of the best Renaissance films : The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965), The Titan: The Story of Michelangelo(1950), Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice(2019), Prince of Foxes(1949), Caravaggio(1986) ... ...
Drama, History
USA
1965
136 Minutes
Charlton Heston Rex Harrison Diane Cilento Harry Andrews Adolfo Celi Venantino Venantini John Stacy Fausto Tozzi Maxine Audley Tomas Milian
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The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
Documentary
Switzerland|West Germany
1950
70 Minutes
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The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career... See full summary »
Documentary
Italy
2019
90 Minutes
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A 90-minutes documentary that celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance, the most unexpected mind that the art of painting has ever produced: Tintoretto.
Adventure
USA
1949
107 Minutes
Tyrone Power Orson Welles Wanda Hendrix Marina Berti Everett Sloane Katina Paxinou Felix Aylmer Leslie Bradley
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An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife.
Drama, History
UK
1986
89 Minutes
Nigel Terry Sean Bean Michael Gough Tilda Swinton Nigel Davenport Robbie Coltrane Garry Cooper Lol Coxhill
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A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.