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Movies Like The Way I Paint

If you liked The Way I Paint, a movie directed by Jean-Michel Després, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Final Portrait

    Final Portrait (2017)

    ★ 6/10

    Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him…

  2. 2Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

    Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the…

  3. 3Stealing Beauty

    Stealing Beauty (1996)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian…

  4. 4Made in Italy

    Made in Italy (2020)

    ★ 6/10

    A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.

  5. 5A Brush with Love

    A Brush with Love (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10

    As she considers giving up on her artistic dreams, Jamie paints a vision board that brings her success and love—only to discover that the mystery man in her painting isn't who she thinks.

  6. 6Pollock

    Pollock (2000)

    ★ 6.7/10

    In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man…

  7. 7Modigliani

    Modigliani (2004)

    ★ 7/10

    Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young…

  8. 8Great Expectations

    Great Expectations (1998)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever…

  9. 9Frida

    Frida (2002)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

  10. 10The Art of Getting By

    The Art of Getting By (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10

    George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred…

  11. 11Little Ashes

    Little Ashes (2008)

    ★ 5.8/10

    About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.

  12. 12An Unmarried Woman

    An Unmarried Woman (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

  13. 13Mr. Turner

    Mr. Turner (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

  14. 14The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10

    When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and…

  15. 15Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10

    This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A…

  16. 16Original Sin

    Original Sin (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

  17. 17Dalíland

    Dalíland (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10

    In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.

  18. 18As Good as It Gets

    As Good as It Gets (1997)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

  19. 19One Chance

    One Chance (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10

    This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

  20. 20Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

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