Movies Similar to From Vincent's House in the Borinage

Lucian Freud: Painted Life(2012)

Documentary about the painter Lucian Freud.

Orson Welles y Goya(2008)

David Hockney: Time Reclaimed(2017)

He is a major figure in the pop art movement; one of the most popular and influential artists of his generation. The motifs and colors of his canvasses have been widely reproduced, and are now part of the 20th century art pantheon, changing the way we view the world. Hockney is typically seen as an artist who loves life, a good time, glamour and sex. The highly personal and emotional side of his work is often overlooked, much like the intensity and individuality he has shown in each of his successive periods and styles. Through images, anecdotes, and detailed pictorial analysis, this documentary highlights how the renowned painter defies classification and remains mysterious in many ways: an intense, profound, and infinitely passionate artist.

Portrait: Gerald Squires of Newfoundland(1980)

Newfoundland painter Gerald Squires has referred to his portraits as "confrontations," though not intending the hostility that word can convey. This film shows a meeting between the artist and Edythe Goodridge, art curator and critic. Through a combination of Squires's reflections on his life and work and the good-natured banter of these two friends, an intimate portrait evolves of the artist and his subject.

What the Darkness Cannot Extinguish: The Storytelling Madness of Clifford George(2023)

A feature-length documentary celebrating the life and work of Trinity Bay artist and storyteller Clifford George.

La Danse et Degas(2004)

Pegi Nicol: Something Dancing About Her(2004)

Something Dancing About Her is an affectionate portrait of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, a charismatic yet relatively unknown painter. Shedding fresh light on her place in Canadian art history, director Michael Ostroff chronicles the life of this remarkable creative spirit who threw herself into painting, left-wing politics and love affairs with equal enthusiasm.

E.N.D. FR8 Project(2018)

A musically inspired film, featuring some of the best Nor-Cal's graffiti artists, concentrating on West-Coast freight trains as their traveling canvas. This graffiti experience is a peak within the last few decades of the Wild West's graffiti-art culture on freight trains. "END FR8 PROJECT," showcases inspiring, aesthetically appealing techniques from top writers in their community while featuring END CREW and other top writers from the 90s through the modern era. Enjoy the latest underground DJs, producers and inspired musicians. Exclusive interviews by KrimeTime, featuring: Gigs, Deone, Mynas, Redes, Drone, Sushi and More!

Spring Cleaning(2015)

If you're spring cleaning this year, think twice before throwing out your old paints.

El Barrendero(1982)

A cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous because he invites another woman out.

Bad Luck Blackie(1949)

A kitten who is being tormented by a bulldog finds a savior in a black cat (from the "Black Cat Bad Luck Company") who merely has to cross the dog's path for something very unlucky to happen to the bully.

Lucky Night(1939)

Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The two of them embark on a wild night of gambling and winning, where everything they touch turns to gold. Pretty soon they're in love and, to the horror of Cora's father, married.

The Exhibit(2024)

A talented painter, Max, in the height of his career is working on his masterpiece. He is convinced by his wife, Connie, to attend a therapy session after Max has an unexpected violent outburst at home. Max starts on a journey down the rabbit hole of his perceived reality.

The Writer(2025)

The Writer follows a young kid who sneaks out at night to paint graffiti—a quiet, visual story about expression, rebellion, and finding voice through art while navigating a Gotham-like city at night.

Les Lucioles(2024)

In the 1920s, female workers in a factory paint fluorescent watch dials. Mollie, the newcomer, makes a mistake that forces her colleagues to work with her through the night. Deprived of the evening ball they were supposed to attend, they end up improvising their own ball in the factory…

Ruby(2021)

Ruby Landry is filled with hope as love blooms with her high school sweetheart Paul Tate. But lingering thoughts of her mysterious father and her mother's death often creep into Ruby's mind.

Kasap(2023)

While tracking down a serial killer, the detective discovers that the killer is also a painter. The murderer creates horrific paintings using the blood of his victims. While trying to solve the murders, the detective tries to understand the motives behind the murderer and the way the murderer expresses himself.

Iris and Asriel(2025)

When Asriel, a painting art school graduate, is diagnosed with dementia at a shockingly young age, he and his photographer partner Iris must attempt to find meaning in the time they have left.

3-D(2024)

3-D is a hand-painted experimental short film by Riley Hogan. Acrylic paint, ink and scratching were used to animate on clear Super 8mm film leader.

REYNIVELLIR(2023)

Reynivellir is a representation of the transit that is generated when approaching the art work, described with visual games that can well be evoked by the same brain when witnessing the impossible figures of Jose María Yturralde. Reynivellir is also a beach in a country that is a musical sonnet, and this is so because the mental image does not always connect the articulated parts of a sensation, it is systematic, but aleatory, and it is from these notions of the field of observation, that it approaches and moves away from understanding, linking and unlinking forms, movements, sounds, sensations and knowledge.