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Netflix
81
7.5
/127680/
76
/4709/
76
/2249/
3.8
/827663/
88
/224/
96
/29/
74
/44/
cc age 13+

tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.5
/2963/
73
/126/
68
/44/
3.6
/3688/
83
/69/
75
/15/
76
/23/

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.
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Kanopy
76
7.8
/67667/
79
/3135/
79
/2563/
4.0
/251578/
84
/161/
87
/361/
62
/21/
cc age 13+

Loving Vincent (2017)
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
poster
84
75
8.3
/8141/
77
/108/
72
/70/
4.2
/12306/
100
/8/
90
/50/

Pyaasa (1957)
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.
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Kanopy
81
75
7.5
/11747/
73
/172/
74
/236/
3.8
/16386/
100
/14/
85
/141/
86
/8/

The Magician (1958)
A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.
poster
79
70
7.6
/8367/
72
/113/
71
/118/
3.8
/7221/
93
/15/
85
/135/

Portrait of Jennie (1948)
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
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Criterion Channel
77
67
7.6
/7114/
73
/101/
74
/142/
4.0
/11470/
86
/43/

La Vie de Bohème (1992)
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
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64
6.3
/6350/
66
/221/
60
/182/
3.1
/4283/
73
/128/
48
/22/
70
/32/
cc age 16+

Final Portrait (2017)
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 that it will take no longer than two or three hours, an afternoon at the most.
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Sun Nxt
69
51
7.6
/3156/
72
/109/
64
/29/
3.4
/3029/

Meesaya Murukku (2017)
A passionate youngster who dreams of making it in the music industry is on the verge of losing his love. What will happen to his career and romance?
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Criterion Channel
71
49
7.3
/1980/
71
/59/
67
/84/
3.7
/3021/

Carnival of Sinners (1943)
A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a severed left hand, and it works perfectly, in fact, magically. But of course there is nothing free in this world, and after one year the devil comes and asks for his due.
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76
45
6.4
/80/
80
/1/
3.5
/741/
97
/31/
73
/12/

The Christophers (2026)
The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be "discovered" and sold after his death.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
45
5.8
/709/
58
/44/
64
/50/
3.4
/1058/
100
/18/
50
/10/
78
/5/

Sugar Daddy (2021)
When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
poster
52
11
5.9
/503/
54
/5/
51
/7/
3.2
/241/
27
/59/

Live, Love and Learn (1937)
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy.
poster
83
9
8.1
/124/
77
/4/
100
/1/
3.8
/659/

Merrily We Roll Along (2013)
Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today.
poster
65
?
7.0
/136/
70
/4/
56
/5/

Paul Sharits (2015)
Long after his premature death, the impact of Paul Sharits lingers on. The prominent iconoclast and innovator provoked with fast-flickering, pulsating, colourful mosaics. The many interviews and testimonies are also a portrait of a generation of leading voices in experimental filmmaking.
poster
?
9.2
/13/
100
/1/

The Actor The Liar The Murderer (2024)
In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changing event and now must bear the consequences.
poster
?
90
/1/

The Pencil (2023)
Sara, a struggling artist, discovers a unique pencil that can solve all her problems. But her dreams turn into a nightmare when a malevolent demonic creature from Kazakh legends gets unleashed.
poster
?
70
/1/

I Hate Big Phony (2016)
For all intents and purposes, 2015 was seemingly a banner year for singer/songwriter Bobby Choy (aka Big Phony). His melodic and quiet songs had garnered him a following as he performs at SXSW while also starring in his first feature film. However, returning back to the States from living abroad in S. Korea - has he made the right decisions in life, professionally and personally? Is he his own worst enemy?
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?
100
/1/

What a Peach Is (2023)
Julian has agreed to help Henry make his first film--but, on the day of shooting, Julian shows up having taken four tabs of LSD. Across the streets of Toronto, the two friends battle for control of the frame and struggle towards the meanings of art and communication.
poster
?
6.4
/12/
80
/1/

305 Bellechasse (2022)
A former Catelli pasta factory, located at the confluence of Petite-Patrie, Mile-End and Little Italy, has over time become the refuge of many renowned artists, an important place of creation for contemporary painting. Montrealer. Chance encounters, proximity and exchanges enrich their respective work. But real estate speculation threatens the sustainability of these artists' studios. Fight to create, create to fight: this documentary opens the door to these inspiring places, which will soon no longer be so. A journey into the spirit of creation — despite everything.
poster
?
6.5
/38/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Greenwich Village Story (1963)
A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.
poster
?
7.5
/17/
45
/2/

Bilambita Loy (1970)
A promising artist and a singer fall in love in college and get married against their families' wishes. The singer soon begins performing to support her husband and becomes nationally renowned. On the other hand, the artist fails to earn a livelihood and becomes alcoholic.
poster
92
?
8.5
/108/
100
/1/

Let's Make a Movie (2012)
Let's Make a Movie is the story of Cassie Thompson (Played by Hallie York), a college dropout and ex-film student who is tired of being disrespected and downtrodden, has decided that she's had enough. In a subconscious effort to turn her life around, she decides to make a movie with a rag-tag group of friends. The only problem is the movie is impossible for her to film without a $100 million budget, and her cast and crew are neurotic and inexperienced, to say the least. Will Cassie prevail and finish her movie, or will this become another mark on her long list of failures?
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Amazon Prime Video
77
?
7.6
/645/
65
/5/
55
/4/
91
/11/
99
/7/
cc age 13+

The Sound of Identity (2020)
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic debut in one of the reddest states in the U.S.
poster
51
?
5.4
/316/
60
/1/
60
/6/
33
/5/

Living on Love (1937)
A man and a woman, who have never met, are forced by pecuniary circumstances to share the same basement apartment in shifts.
poster
44
?
6.2
/125/
35
/2/
45
/4/

The Stars Are Singing (1953)
After she enters the United States illegally, 15-year-old Polish singer Katri Walenska (Anna Maria Alberghetti) finds herself under the wing of aspiring singer Terry Brennan (Rosemary Clooney). Soon Terry has Katri booked on a TV talent show -- but her immigration status may cause a problem. This musical classic boasts a host of famous performers, including Metropolitan Opera star Lauritz Melchior. [netflix]
poster
70
?
7.1
/67/
76
/3/
66
/3/
3.5
/497/

Victor in Paradise (2020)
A comic and melancholic take on the struggling artist, shot on 35mm.
poster
46
?
6.1
/310/
40
/2/
43
/6/
43
/4/

The Singing Fool (1928)
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
poster
?

The Collected Pieces of Eleanor Ross (2026)
Unsatisfied with her prospects following graduation, struggling artist Eleanor "Nell" Ross reflects on her life with her boyfriend over a game of dominoes.
poster
?

Been So Good (2022)
When Jay runs into her Broadway-star-ex on the subway home after a catering gig, she's thrust into a knot of heartache, envy, and the challenge of feeling like an artist when it's not being rewarded by capitalism.
poster
?

The Year of the Cat
A street painter meets a woman and asks to paint her. Two years later, the two are now a couple living together but struggle to get by. When the woman finds two abandoned kittens, she sets out to find them a new home.
poster
?

Blank Canvas (2023)
A queer female artist struggles with her first major painting and its impending deadline. Concealing herself in her cluttered bedsit, she begins to experience hallucinations which she ultimately decides to use to her advantage.
poster
?

Framed (2023)
An art student faces an art block while deadlines are getting closer. Through her frustration, she's going to dive into the psychological issues that threaten her work.
poster
?

Director Z, el vendedor de ilusiones (2018)
A documentary film about cult director José María Zabalza. How he made pictures with very little money and was granted little recognition.
poster
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Votive (2022)
Shifting market trends force the hand of a career artist into adopting a new style.
poster
?

Made in the Emerald Isle (2021)
‘Made in the Emerald Isle’ is a modern music documentary that addresses the ongoing struggles faced by Irish musicians in finding success here at home. Irish music and the artists behind it, although world-renowned, in many cases have stepped outside of the country in order to achieve success and notoriety. This documentary will explore the story of the Irish music industry through the eyes of Sam Wickens.


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