Movies and TvShows featuring "art-fraud" theme.

Big Eyes is a biographical drama film that tells the story of Margaret Keane, an artist whose paintings of big-eyed children became extremely popular in the 1950s and 1960s. However, her husband, Walter, took credit for her work, leading to a legal battle between the two. The film explores Margaret's struggle to reclaim her identity as an artist and the impact of her art on popular culture.

Virgil Oldman, an esteemed art expert, takes advantage of people looking to sell their artworks by lying to them about their authenticity. One day, he is called to evaluate the possessions of a woman named Claire, with whom he forms a close bond. As their relationship develops, Virgil falls in love with her and helps her with her phobia. However, he later discovers that Claire, along with his friends, has stolen his art collection. Written by Jadde Josbeth Monreal Burciaga, Yaneli Alejandra Guzmán Jara, and Hansel Román Medina.

Interstate 60 is a surreal road trip movie about a young man named Neal Oliver, who is on a journey to fulfill his wishes. He embarks on this adventure after encountering a magical wish-granting 1960 Cadillac convertible while blowing out the candles on his birthday cake. Along the way, Neal encounters various characters and situations that challenge his perceptions of reality. With elements of fantasy, comedy, and drama, Interstate 60 explores themes of self-discovery, the power of wishes, and the complexities of human relationships.

Scarlet Street (1945) is a film-noir crime drama about an amateur artist who falls in love with a femme fatale. As their romance intensifies, he becomes embroiled in a murder plot and finds himself trapped in a web of deceit and despair.

The American Friend tells the story of Tom Ripley, a sick man with leukemia who becomes friends with a hitman. As Tom's illness worsens, he gets involved in a dangerous world of crime and murder. The movie explores themes of friendship, terminal illness, and the dark side of human nature.

This documentary tells the true story of a massive art forgery scandal involving abstract expressionist paintings. It explores the intricate world of art fraud and the consequences it had on the art market.

On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A young local wants to encourage tourism, so he commissions a sculpture of the Unknown Tourist for the town square; the sculptor he brings to Rhodes is Kate's ex-husband. Also there to see Kate is Sharp, an aging antiquarian and her dear friend. He has something important to tell her. As Kate, her ex, and Sharp sort out things that go back years, two English tourists bumble about, one thinking he's fallen in love with Kate, his wife thinking she's found her own lover. A rare vase, a spy, old friendships, the statue's unveiling, and off-hand English sorting-out play into the resolution.

Shady and beautiful art dealer involves her former lover and an art expert in a scheme to deceive a rich collector. Exposed, she escapes with her new lover, a pilot.

Rupert, the son of world-renowned artist Luther Milo, longs to create art of his own but is shackled by the need to care for his ailing father. Long-time friend and gallerist, Gab, suggests that the world has woken up to the fact it’s just two blobs on a canvas, and has simply become worthless. This prompts Rupert to consider all of his options – some less tasteful than others.