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Movies like André Derain, thèmes et variations (1981)

The best movies like André Derain, thèmes et variations (1981) are Renoir (2012), At Eternity's Gate (2018) and Final Portrait (2017). If André Derain, thèmes et variations hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Renoir (2012)

    In the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir, son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. At Eternity's Gate (2018)

    Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

    The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Lust for Life (1956)

    An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. A Sunday in the Country (1984)

    In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Here and There (2024)

    A visa problem forces Adrien back to Paris after 15 years in Senegal with his wife Aminata. Her cousin Sékou, now distanced from his Senegalese origins, takes in Adrien. As Adrien awaits his return, Sékou shows him France, sparking surprises.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  8. Four Nights of a Dreamer (1972)

    Jacques, a young man with artistic aspirations, spends four nights wandering Paris with a young woman, whom he rescued from suicide.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. The Devil's Candy (2016)

    A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Eden and After (1970)

    A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious man called Duchemin. Once they sample his "fear powder" the students experience a series of hallucinations.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The Tattoo (1968)

    An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. The Image Book (2018)

    In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world (…). The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Camille Claudel (1988)

    The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Conversations with My Gardener (2007)

    A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Witness in the City (1959)

    Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. The Toy (1976)

    When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The Color of Lies (1999)

    In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where people all know each other and regularly meet at the Bar des Amis, René is increasingly unsettled by the other inhabitants' suspicions and by the inspector's investigation. Children stop coming to him for lessons. His wife, Viviane, a district nurse, protects him and supports him with her love. However, a self-centred media-star writer adds to René's confusion...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  18. The Adversary (2002)

    Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Made in Italy (2020)

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

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995)

    Director Jean-Luc Godard reflects in this movie about his place in film history, the interaction of film industry and film as art, as well as the act of creating art.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like André Derain, thèmes et variations?

The closest matches to André Derain, thèmes et variations are Renoir (2012), At Eternity's Gate (2018) and Final Portrait (2017). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after André Derain, thèmes et variations?

Start with Renoir (2012), the closest match to André Derain, thèmes et variations.

What is the highest-rated movie like André Derain, thèmes et variations?

La Belle Noiseuse (1991), rated 7.3/10 by 306 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like André Derain, thèmes et variations?

Here and There (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like André Derain, thèmes et variations?

Yes: Renoir (2012), La Belle Noiseuse (1991) and A Sunday in the Country (1984).

How are movies similar to André Derain, thèmes et variations chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside André Derain, thèmes et variations, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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