: Are there any films about graphic design? I'm looking for fiction films that are either about graphic design, or have important elements of its history, and I'm a bit stuck. I'm not trying

@Jessie844

Funnily enough, design blog CreativeBloq published a list recently titled "The 10 best movies about design":

(actually, just realised these are pretty much all feature length documentaries, or documentary-like. Technically they're still movies I think but the question seems to ask for fiction films. Oh well, I'll leave it here anyway)


Why Man Creates, 1968, by acclaimed designer Saul Bass (most famous for the iconic Hitchcock posters) and writer Mayo Simon
Helvetica, 2007, about the creation of the famous font
Design and Thinking, "examines how design can influence the world of business and social change"
Objectified, by the maker of Helvetica, about design engineering
Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight, see Scott's answer
PressPausePlay, "Does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out?"
The Universe of Keith Haring, about the influential artist and social activist.
Sign Painters, not yet released, about traditionalist American sign makers
The Cool School, about the LA art scene in the 1940s
Beautiful Losers, about the 1990s DIY street style

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@Nimeshi706

The only films I can think of are Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight and Design & Thinking.

Google turns up this link on Creativebloq.com.

And this is probably the best film every designer should watch. (John Cleese on Creativity)

As far as I know all films about design are classified as documentaries. If they aren't documentaries, they are scripted... and therefore not informative, but meant to be entertaining. Perhaps you mean not "biographies"?

If you are thinking more along hollywood releases, there are films such as Crazy People, or Syrup but these seem to be more about marketing and advertising than actual design to me. And, of course, being scripted they aren't really that realistic in many areas.

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