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Top 5 Best Graffiti Movies of all Time

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The Top 5 Best Graffiti Films Ever Made

Over the last few decades graffiti artists across the globe have pushed the art-form to astonishing new heights. Through sheer commitment to their work, artists such as Revok, Saber, Shepard Fairey and Banksy, to name just a few, have recognized world-wide fame and elevated the art to new levels of acceptance and mainstream appreciation.

These 5 films are a must see for anyone interested in the history of graffiti art.

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#5 Piece by Piece (2005)

"Piece by Piece" details 20 years of graffiti history in San Francisco. This is a thorough, well done film that captures an important time in the evolution of graffiti art.
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#4 Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

A fantastic film; in search of Banksy, featuring footage of Banksy and fellow graffiti artists at work. This film cast a spotlight on the graffiti art world when it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2011.
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#3 Infamy (2006)

Infamy follows six legendary American graffiti artists; Saber, Toomer, Jase, Claw, Earsnot and Enem as they push graffiti art to new heights and try to explain what drives them to continue.
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#2 Style Wars (1984)

Style Wars is the single most important graffiti documentary ever made. Hands down. It captures the birth of an art movement that inspired generations of young artists around the world. Featuring priceless footage of graffiti legends such as Dondi, Seen, and Iz the Whiz in action.
If you don't own this film, buy it today.... seriously.
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#1 Bomb It (2007)

Shot in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tijuana, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin, Cape Town, Sao Paulo, and Tokyo, Bomb it chronicles the history of graffiti art from early prehistoric cave-paintings to the global art movement we know today.
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Beautiful Losers (2008)

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Who Is Bozo Texino? The Secret History of Hobo Graffiti (2007)

The undisputed king of hobo graffiti, Bozo Texino has been riding the rails and drawing on railcars for over 80 years.
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Wild Style (1983)

The first hip-hop movie. Starring legendary New York graffiti artist "Lee" and featuring Fab Five Freddy, Grandmaster Flash and The Cold Crush Brothers. Rare footage from the early days of hip-hop and the birth of New York's graffiti, breakdancing and freestyle MCing movements.
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Graffiti Documentary Shorts

Excellent short documentary films. Free to watch online.

Seen all the graffiti art documentaries on my top 5 list?
For bonus points, check out these awesome short films.

Atlas: Los Angeles Graffiti Documentary (2005)

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Let The Arts Roam

El Mac and Retna

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MUTO

a wall-painted animation by BLU

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BIG BANG BIG BOOM

wall-painted animation by BLU

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Broken Fingaz

Graffiti Stop Motion

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Graffiti Debate

Is graffiti art or just vandalism?

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It can be beautiful, inspiring art!

kunstvibe says:

definitely art. no question! but for sure not all of it.

Posted November 16, 2011

hlkljgk says:

art

Posted October 24, 2011

privresearch says:

If it's done right it can be great to some city walls

Posted October 19, 2011

Close2Art says:

It's public art, don't trains look boring without it, I think of trains as travelling art shows...good artistic tags, not gang graffiti or profanity...any stencil work or other mural type is pure art...

Posted October 18, 2011

It's nothing but simple vandalism

goo2eyes says:

if graffiti will be sprayed in public buildings and private houses, this is vandalism. they have to ask permission first before they spray.

Posted October 19, 2011

Rewards4life says:

Yes it can be art and beautiful or portray a message like Banksys work but when people tag just for the sake of it then it gets a bit too much. I have gone for vandalism because I think the unnecessary out weighs the artistic. Just because you can write your name on something does not make people want to see it. Art is artistic.

Posted October 16, 2011

 

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