Napoleon 2023 and other films, scenes from which were inspired by famous paintings (13 photos)

The trailer for Ridley Scott's new historical film Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix, has been released online. Despite the fact that we only saw a two and a half minute video, users have already found many references in it, including works of painting.





Famous paintings inspired not only Ridley Scott, so we invite you to look at other examples of the connection between scenes from films and masterpieces of painting.

Scene from the film "Napoleon" (2023)



Inspired by Jean-Leon Gérôme's painting Bonaparte before the Sphinx (1868).

Coronation scene from the movie "Napoleon"

Napoleon's appearance is inspired by the painting "Portrait of Napoleon on the Imperial Throne" (1806) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.

Movie poster "Napoleon"



Scene from the film "Marie Antoinette" (2006)



Inspired by Jacques Louis David's painting Bonaparte at the Saint Bernard Pass (1801).

Scene from the film "Metropolis" (1927)



Inspired by Pieter Bruegel's painting "The Tower of Babel" (1563).

Scene from the film "A Clockwork Orange" (1971)



Inspired by Vincent van Gogh's "Prisoners' Walk" (1890).

Scene from the film “About Schmidt” (2003)



Inspired by Jacques Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat" (1793).

Scene from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)



Inspired by Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930).

Scene from the movie "The Revenant" (2015)



Inspired by Caspar David Friedrich's painting "Abbey in the Oak Forest" (1810).

Scene from the film "Mirror" (1975)



Inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting "Hunters in the Snow" (1565).

Scene from the film “Dreams” (1990)



Inspired by Vincent van Gogh's painting "Wheatfield with Crows" (1890).

Scene from the film "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" (2019)



Inspired by Caspar David Friedrich's painting "The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" (1818).