The 10 Best Movies About Artists

By Jason Bogdaneris

Occasionally overwrought, with titles that suggest overheated passion (Lust! Ecstasy!), here are 10 fictional accounts of artists plying their trade with varying degrees of historical accuracy. Van Gogh gets two nods, while the 1970s and '80s curiously, are virtually unrepresented.

CRITICAL LIST
Moulin Rouge John Huston
Basquiat Julian Schnabel
Pollock Ed Harris
Vincent & Theo Robert Altman
Lust for Life Vincente Minnelli
Edvard Munch Peter Watkins
Frida Julie Taymor
Camille Claudel Bruno Nuytten
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The Agony and the Ecstasy Carol Reed

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The 10 Best Movies About Artists

Moulin Rouge

Basquiat

Pollock

Vincent & Theo

Lust for Life

Edvard Munch

Frida

Camille Claudel

The Agony and the Ecstasy

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