Highest-Rated Movies about 'Artistic Struggle'

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019), You're Gonna Miss Me (2005), Searching for Sugar Man (2011), Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004), Modigliani (2004), Creation Stories (2021), Nico, 1988 (2017), Purple Rain (1984) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Artistic Struggle movies.

#2. You're Gonna Miss Me (2005)

Storyline: Filmmaker Keven McAlester explores the life of legendary vocalist and songwriter Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson, who, during the '60s, fronted the influential rock 'n' roll band 13th Floor Elevators. Following extensive psychedelic drug use and a stint in a mental hospital, Roky spent the greater part of the last four decades suffering from schizophrenia. McAlester finds Roky living with his brother, who has aided in his recovery and encouraged his return to music.

Plot Keywords: music documentary, mental illness, family conflict, creativity, schizophrenia, music history, psychedelic rock ...

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#3. Searching for Sugar Man (2011)

Storyline: In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, south africa, mystery, cult following, oscar winner ...

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#4. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)

Storyline: Some Kind of Monster is a music documentary about Metallica's making of their album St. Anger and the difficulties they had to go through in the process. The directors shot over 1200 hours and followed the band around night and day for over a year to create this documentary.—Mathias Nielsen

Plot Keywords: music documentary, creative process, therapy, music industry, verité, self-discovery, interpersonal relationships ...

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#5. Modigliani (2004)

Storyline: 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 and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns. Modigliani is distraught and needs money to rescue and raise his child. The answer arrives in the shape of Paris' annual art competition. Prize money and a guaranteed career await the winner. Neither Modigliani, nor his dearest friend and rival Picasso have ever entered the competition, believing that it is beneath true artists like themselves. But push comes to shove with the welfare of his child on the line, and Modigliani signs up for the competition in a drunken and drug-induced tirade. Picasso follows suit and all of Paris is aflutter with excitement at who will win. With the balance of his relationship with Jeanne on the line, Modigliani tackles this work with the hopes of creating a masterpiece, and knows that all the artists of Paris are doing the same.—Sujit R. Varma

Plot Keywords: artist, biography, painter, paris, italy, artistic career, romance ...

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#8. Purple Rain (1984)

Storyline: A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.

Plot Keywords: musical, rock music, prince, 1980s, soundtrack, romance, drama ...

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#9. Rodin (2017)

Storyline: Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation.—AnonymousB

Plot Keywords: biography, history, art, france, 19th century, romanticism, artist ...

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