Classic Musicians
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1. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 427,941 | Gross: $51.97M
2. Bach's Fight for Freedom (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 53 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A young boy helps the rebellious Johann Sebastian Bach fight for his artistic freedom.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Ted Dykstra, Kyle Labine, Ian D. Clark, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 113
3. Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This drama documentary for cinema explores the pacifism that was such a powerful influence on composer Benjamin Britten's life and work. The story begins in 1929 at Gresham's School in ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Britten | Stars: John Hurt, Joseph Horovitz, Simon Kinder, Sue Phipps
Votes: 42
4. Berlioz: The Symphonie Fantastique, Then and Now (2011)
52 min | Biography, Music
'I am about to commence my grand symphony, in which the development of my infernal passion will be depicted', said Berlioz. As his new oeuvre took Paris by storm, he set up the Romantic movement with the creation of his Fantastic Symphony.
Director: Michel Follin | Star: Daniel Mesguich
5. Copying Beethoven (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode, Ralph Riach
Votes: 14,119 | Gross: $0.35M
6. England, My England (1995)
153 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him. Purcell's life is reenacted and his music performed.
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Simon Callow, Michael Ball, Rebecca Front, Lucy Speed
Votes: 193
7. Franz Schubert (1953)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Franz Schubert works for his father as a teacher. But his true passion is writing music like his role model Beethoven.
Director: Walter Kolm-Veltée | Stars: Heinrich Schweiger, Aglaja Schmid, Hans Thimig, Carl Bosse
Votes: 28
8. Beloved Clara (2008)
107 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Pascal Greggory, Malik Zidi, Aline Annessy
Votes: 303
9. Immortal Beloved (1994)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, Johanna ter Steege
Votes: 26,209 | Gross: $9.91M
10. Lisztomania (1975)
R | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Music
Composer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas).
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr
Votes: 3,117
11. Mahler (1974)
PG | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Composer Gustav Mahler's (Robert Powell) life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife (Georgina Hale) discuss their failing marriage during a train journey.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin
Votes: 3,059
12. Puccini (1953)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This biographical story of Puccini (Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madame Butterfly and his incomplete... See full summary »
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén, Nadia Gray, Myriam Bru
Votes: 76
13. Rachmaninoff (2007)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A visual show of Rachmaninoff biography from the director's point of view.
Director: Antonio de Santos | Stars: Alfonso Hinojosa, Cristobal Montes
Votes: 21
14. Rimskiy-Korsakov (1953)
88 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A musical biography of the great Russian classical composer.
Directors: Gennadiy Kazanskiy, Grigoriy Roshal | Stars: Grigori Belov, Nikolay Cherkasov, Aleksandr Borisov, Liliya Gritsenko
Votes: 54
15. Rossini! Rossini! (1991)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, Music
An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jacqueline Bisset, Sergio Castellitto, Sabine Azéma
Votes: 124
16. Sibelius (2003)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of Jean Sibelius, a Finnish composer.
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen, Miina Turunen, Seela Sella
Votes: 736
17. Song Without End (1960)
Not Rated | 141 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt (Sir Dirk Bogarde), whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.
Directors: Charles Vidor, George Cukor | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Geneviève Page, Patricia Morison
Votes: 951
18. Spring Symphony (1983)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Music
Chronicles the illustrious 19th-century love affair between composer Robert Schumann and pianist Clara Wieck.
Director: Peter Schamoni | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Herbert Grönemeyer, Rolf Hoppe, Anja-Christine Preussler
Votes: 368
19. Strauss' Great Waltz (1934)
Approved | 80 min | Biography, Music, Romance
The story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews, Fay Compton
Votes: 1,711
20. Sweet Dreams (1985)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon
Votes: 5,387 | Gross: $9.09M
21. The Loves of Liszt (1970)
G | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Romantic film about the great music composer Franz Liszt. Long journeys, great successes, passionate loves and, of course, lots of music in this lavish Soviet-Hungarian co-production with a Hungarian all-star cast.
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Imre Sinkovits, Ariadna Shengelaia, Sándor Pécsi, Igor Dmitriev
Votes: 193
22. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
94 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini, Ernst Castelli
Votes: 1,585 | Gross: $0.02M
23. The Great Mr. Handel (1942)
Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Elizabeth Allan, Malcolm Keen, Michael Shepley
Votes: 94
24. The Great Waltz (1972)
G | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Composer Johann Strauss becomes the "Waltz-King" and woos a baron's mistress in 19th-century Austria.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell
Votes: 278 | Gross: $0.89M
25. The Great Waltz (1938)
Passed | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II (Fernand Gravey) - 'Jonahi' to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered ... See full summary »
Directors: Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 1,306
26. The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1936)
116 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantical hero, an accursed artist.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, Jean-Louis Barrault
Votes: 316
27. The Life and Loves of Mozart (1955)
Not Rated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Explores the mental state of Mozart during production of his final opera "Die Zauberflöte".
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Oskar Werner, Johanna Matz, Gertrud Kückelmann, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 118
28. The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1953)
G | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Pierre Cressoy, Anna Maria Ferrero, Gaby André, Sandro Ruffini
Votes: 124
29. The Mozart Story (1948)
91 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Story of the life and work of famed composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Directors: Karl Hartl, Frank Wisbar | Stars: Hans Holt, Winnie Markus, Wilton Graff, Irene von Meyendorff
Votes: 29
30. The Music Lovers (1971)
R | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable
Votes: 3,021 | Gross: $0.20M
31. Vivaldi (II)
Biography, Drama, History | Announced
A biography of Antonio Vivaldi's early life, when the young priest became the music teacher at a school for the illegitimate daughters of Venice's courtesans.
Director: Boris Damast
32. Paganini (1989)
81 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biography of Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini.
Director: Klaus Kinski | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Debora Caprioglio, Nikolai Kinski, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Votes: 1,117
33. The Magic Bow (1946)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Musical, Romance
Biography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Dennis Price
Votes: 238
34. A Lady Surrenders (1944)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
After concert pianist Lissa Campbell learns that she has a serious heart problem. she vows to enjoy what time she has left. On taking her first holiday she meets Kit Firth, a pilot on leave... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc
Votes: 363
35. Allegro non troppo (1976)
PG | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music! When he is informed that some American named "Prisney" (or something) has ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Maurizio Micheli, Marialuisa Giovannini, Néstor Garay
Votes: 3,213
36. Beethoven (2005)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A dramatized documentary on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Stars: Paul Rhys, Charles Hazlewood, David Bamber, Casper Harvey
Votes: 254
37. Eroica (2003 TV Movie)
129 min | Drama, History, Music
On June 9, 1804, Ludwig van Beethoven and his pupil Ries assemble a group of musicians to give the first performance of his Third Symphony, 'Bonaparte', to his patron Prince Lobkowitz and ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Peter Hanson, Jack Davenport, Leo Bill, Ian Hart
Votes: 664
38.
Tchaikovsky (2007)
Episode:
The Creation of Greatness
(2007)
Documentary, Drama
Director: Matthew Whiteman | Stars: Charles Hazlewood, Ed Stoppard, William Mannering, Gyuri Sarossy
Votes: 105
39. Ludwig (2016)
Short, Drama
Director: Pauline Moreau | Stars: Quentin Evrard, Sephora Foucher, Pascal Michel, Laurent Simonet
40. In Search of Beethoven (2009)
Not Rated | 139 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven. With over 60 live performances.
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Emanuel Ax, Jonathan Biss, Riccardo Chailly, Alban Gerhardt
Votes: 426
41. In Search of Mozart (2006)
Not Rated | 129 min | Documentary, Music
The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Frank Adams-Brown, Debbie Arnold, Sean Barrett, John Davies
Votes: 408
42. In Search of Chopin (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary
In a quest to discover new insights into Fryderyk Chopin, the man and his musical genius, Grabsky traveled the globe over four years recording performances by world-class musicians and interviewing respected historians and musicologists.
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, David Dawson, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim
Votes: 118
43. Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)
R | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Music
A tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frédéric Chopin and the flamboyant feminist writer George Sand.
Director: Jerzy Antczak | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Danuta Stenka, Adam Woronowicz, Bozena Stachura
Votes: 810
44. In Search of Haydn (2012)
102 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
In this eagerly-awaited documentary, Phil Grabsky's biographical account of Haydn's life is a visual and aural extravaganza, including breath-taking performances by some of the world's most celebrated musicians.
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Henry Goodman, Emanuel Ax, Alison Balsom
Votes: 66
45. Song of Love (1947)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker, Henry Daniell
Votes: 1,151
46. Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 51 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A young boy learns to appreciate the music of his upstairs boarder, Ludwig Van Beethoven.
Director: David Devine | Stars: Neil Munro, Illya Woloshyn, Fiona Reid, Paul Soles
Votes: 483
47. Johann Sebastian Bach (1985– )
Biography, Drama, Music
Sophisticated German miniseries on the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), one of the greatest musicians and composers of all time.
Stars: Ulrich Thein, Franziska Troegner, Rosemarie Bärhold, András Kozák
Votes: 104
48. The Silence Before Bach (2007)
G | 102 min | Musical
Blending historical reconstruction with very loosely linked 'dramatic' scenes and documentary sequences, the film constitutes a playful, painterly sequence of variations on the argument ... See full summary »
Director: Pere Portabella | Stars: Christian Atanasiu, Féodor Atkine, George-Christoph Biller, Christian Brembeck
Votes: 694
49. Alessandro Valtulini Untitled BioPic
Biography | Announced
The story of the rise to fame and the life loves and passion of a the famous Italian Composer and Conductor Allessandro Valtulini.
Star: Alessandro Valtulini
50. Wolfgang (1997)
14 min | Short
A composer with a straining birth name is caught between his mother fixation and his need to father his own ambitions.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Stig Hoffmeyer, Frits Helmuth, Vera Gebuhr, Søren Sætter-Lassen
Votes: 226
51. Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, Music
Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.
Director: Ken Russell | Star: Elize Tribble Russell
Votes: 54
52. Strauss Fantasy (1954)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
Johnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a medley of waltzes and other familiar pieces by three members of the Strauss family.
Stars: The MGM Symphony Orchestra, Johnny Green, John Dehner
Votes: 121
53. Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)
130 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. "Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty" is a probing exploration of the American composer's music and melancholia.
Director: H. Paul Moon | Stars: Marin Alsop, Pierre Brévignon, John Corigliano, Thomas Hampson
Votes: 21
54. Wagner's Dream (2012)
115 min | Documentary
Director: Susan Froemke | Stars: Carl Fillion, Peter Gelb, Jessica Krueger, Robert Lepage
Votes: 86
55. Joseph Haydn: The Creation (1990 TV Movie)
101 min | Music
Director: Chris Hunt | Stars: Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Michael George, Christopher Hogwood
56. The Story of the Church of Beethoven (2009)
Not Rated | 59 min | Music
The Church of Beethoven began as cellist Felix Wurman's dream of knocking the stuffiness out of classical music. This film by Music From The Q presents the story of how the Church of ... See full summary »
Director: Bradley H. Stoddard
57. Brandini
Drama | Announced
Fighting against a strict and rigid upbringing, a young classical music prodigy struggles to establish himself in the pop music world.
58. Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5 - Verdi: Aida (1949 TV Special)
Family, Music, Musical
A concert performance of Verdi's opera, performed without scenery, props, or costumes.
Director: Douglas Rodgers | Stars: Arturo Toscanini, Herva Nelli, Richard Tucker, Eva Gustafson
59.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
(1998)
TV-14 | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Leonard Bernstein was a major force in twentieth century music. His exuberant and dramatic style caught the heart of America, bringing classical music to thousands of people from diverse backgrounds.
Director: Susan Lacy | Stars: Alexander Bernstein, Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Nina Bernstein
Votes: 150
60.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
(1993)
TV-G | Music, Musical
Director: Horant H. Hohlfeld | Stars: Leonard Bernstein, Lauren Bacall, David Atkinson, Michael Hume
Votes: 51
61.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Mozart: La liberté ou la mort!
(2013)
111 min | Biography, History
About the life and work of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Director: Dominique Leeb | Star: Stéphane Bern
Votes: 9
62. Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary, Romance
Director Matt Wolf's critically acclaimed documentary examines the life and work of Arthur Russell, an influential singer, songwriter, cello player and disco auteur who died tragically in 1992.
Director: Matt Wolf | Stars: Bob Blank, Ernie Brooks, David Byrne, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 785
63. The Soloist (2009)
PG-13 | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander
Votes: 55,398 | Gross: $31.67M
64. The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary on how composer Dmitri Shostakovich used his Fourth to Ninth Symphony as a silent protest against the crimes of Stalin.
Director: Larry Weinstein | Stars: Valery Gergiev, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Flora Litvinova, Graham Haley
Votes: 133
65. The Full Monteverdi (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Six couples meet in a restaurant. Over the course of the meal and the following morning, they break up, leaving six abandoned lovers. Sung throughout to Claudio Monteverdi's compete fourth book of madrigals.
Director: John La Bouchardiere | Stars: Matthew Brook, Mark Denham, Samantha E. Hunt, Carys Lane
Votes: 38
66. The Clap (2005)
12 min | Short, Comedy
An obsessive classical concertgoer (Steve Furst from the Orange ads and Little Britain) wants to be the first clapper at the end of every symphony and sonata. But when he inflicts the clap ... See full summary »
Director: Geoff Lindsey | Stars: David Bamber, Sebastian Brennan, Miranda Colchester, Steve Furst
Votes: 63
67. A Crazy Composer (1906)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A composer alone in his music room has a better imagination while asleep than awake.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 306
68. House of Ricordi (1954)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the Ricordi family, the most prestigious music publishers in all of Italy.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Roland Alexandre, Myriam Bru, Elisa Cegani, Andrea Checchi
Votes: 114
69. Composer Meets Quartet (1987 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Music
An insight into the work by composer and pianist Herman D. Koppel with the American Cantilena Quartet before the first performance of his piano quartet 'opus 114' in 1986. The film is shot ... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: Frank Glazer, Knud W. Jensen, Herman D. Koppel, Edna Michell
Votes: 9
70. Conducting Mahler (1995)
75 min | Documentary, Music
Donald Mitchell interviews Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink and Simon Rattle, who conduct long passages from various symphonies and a symphonic poem by Gustav Mahler.
Director: Frank Scheffer | Stars: Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti
Votes: 30
71. Iberia (2005)
99 min | Documentary, Musical
A series of dances inspired by composer Isaac Albéniz's "Iberia" suite.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Sara Baras, Antonio Canales, Marta Carrasco, Aída Gómez
Votes: 417
72. Tchaikovsky (1970)
Not Rated | 157 min | Biography, Drama
The life and work of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky is shown through his relationship with aristocratic art connoisseur Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck.
Director: Igor Talankin | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Antonina Shuranova, Kirill Lavrov, Vladislav Strzhelchik
Votes: 487
73. Magic Fire (1956)
Approved | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and career of German composer Richard Wagner.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, Rita Gam, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 182
74. The Life of Richard Wagner (1913)
110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the great German composer, from his childhood through his great triumphs in orchestral and operatic music.
Directors: Carl Froelich, William Wauer | Stars: Giuseppe Becce, Olga Engl, Manny Ziener, Ernst Reicher
Votes: 124
75. New Wine (1941)
Passed | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. Fleeing Austria, he arouses passion strongly akin to mother love in a beautiful bucolic girl, who loves him to much to sacrifice genius on the altar of marriage.
Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Alan Curtis, Ilona Massey, Billy Gilbert, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 42
76. La symphonie fantastique (1942)
90 min | Biography, Drama
Biographical romance about the great composer Hector Berlioz, someone whom the French, during their WWII occupation by the Nazis, could look back proudly on.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Renée Saint-Cyr, Lise Delamare, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jules Berry
Votes: 155
77. Eroica (1949)
95 min | Biography, Drama, Music
"Eroica" is an Austrian film from 1949 that illustrates the life and work of composer Ludwig von Beethoven.
Director: Walter Kolm-Veltée | Stars: Ewald Balser, Marianne Schönauer, Judith Holzmeister, Oskar Werner
Votes: 75
78. The Temptation of Franz Schubert (1997 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
The darker side of the composer is explored when he stays in the hospital for syphilis.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Simon Russell Beale, Jason Flemyng, Emilia Fox, Richard Van Allan
Votes: 47
79. Mahler on the Couch (2010)
98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud.
Directors: Felix O. Adlon, Percy Adlon | Stars: Johannes Silberschneider, Barbara Romaner, Karl Markovics, Eva Mattes
Votes: 495
80. My Name Is Bach (2003)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is introduced to King Frederick II of Prussia in 1747. The aging composer and the young monarch clash and a battle of egos ensues.
Director: Dominique de Rivaz | Stars: Vadim Glowna, Jürgen Vogel, Karoline Herfurth, Anatole Taubman
Votes: 358
81. The Devil's Violinist (2013)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
19th Century violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini incurs the wrath of his diabolical manager while preparing for his debut performance in London, and falling for the daughter of an English impresario.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: David Garrett, Jared Harris, Joely Richardson, Christian McKay
Votes: 3,834
82. Great Composers (1997– )
Documentary, Music
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Georg Solti, Charles Rosen, Zuzana Parmova
Votes: 46
83. The Secret of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (2016 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary
Ian Hislop and John Eliot Gardiner reveal the story behind Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Described as the 'greatest 'great' piece ever written,' its opening notes are among the most ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Evans | Stars: John Eliot Gardiner, Ian Hislop
Votes: 28
84.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Rubinstein Remembered
(1987)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
A 100th anniversary tribute to the famous virtuoso pianist, Arthur Rubinstein.
Director: Peter Rosen | Star: John Rubinstein
Votes: 75
85. A Late Quartet (2012)
R | 105 min | Drama, Music
Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos, and insuppressible lust.
Director: Yaron Zilberman | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir
Votes: 15,330 | Gross: $1.56M
86. Song of Norway (1970)
G | 138 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Based on the life of Norway's greatest composer Edvard Grieg, and filmed in Norway where he lived. The soundtrack is all Edvard Grieg's music with added lyrics.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad, Christina Schollin, Frank Porretta
Votes: 509 | Gross: $3.72M
87. Mozart (1936)
96 min | Drama
The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Stephen Haggard, Victoria Hopper, John Loder, Liane Haid
Votes: 59
88. Mozart (1982– )
150 min | Biography, Drama
The plot follows Mozart's life chronologically. All seminal events are lovingly enacted with great care for detail and faithful to the period. Go see the German version. It is ... See full summary »
Stars: Christoph Bantzer, Anne-Marie Kuster, Michel Bouquet, Martine Chevallier
Votes: 73
89. Carnegie Hall (1947)
Approved | 144 min | Music, Drama
A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall but, when older, the son prefers to play with Vaughn Monroe's orchestra... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh, Martha O'Driscoll
Votes: 402
90. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
Votes: 911,952 | Gross: $32.57M
91. Four Minutes (2006)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Music
An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary.
Director: Chris Kraus | Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Monica Bleibtreu, Vadim Glowna, Sven Pippig
Votes: 7,494
92. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 20,492 | Gross: $1.02M
93. The Piano in a Factory (2010)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch.
Directors: Meng Zhang, Bo Gao | Stars: Qianyuan Wang, Yongzhen Guo, Qian Liu, Qian Liu
Votes: 1,557
94. Fingers (1978)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan-shark father and his mentally-disturbed Jewish concert-pianist mother.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Michael V. Gazzo
Votes: 2,881
95. Madame Sousatzka (1988)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Music
Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy
Votes: 1,612 | Gross: $3.55M
96. Playing Mona Lisa (2000)
R | 97 min | Comedy
After being dumped by her boyfriend, a young talented musician (Witt) reluctantly moves back in with her parents and then stumbles into misadventures as she tries to make sense of this crazy life.
Director: Matthew Huffman | Stars: Alicia Witt, Harvey Fierstein, Brooke Langton, Johnny Galecki
Votes: 899
97. Grand Piano (2013)
R | 90 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A pianist with stage fright endures a performance under the eyes of a mysterious sniper, who will shoot and kill him if a wrong note is played.
Director: Eugenio Mira | Stars: Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishé, Tamsin Egerton
Votes: 19,621 | Gross: $0.02M
98. Intermezzo (I) (1936)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An innocent young pianist falls into an affair with a married violinist.
Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Gösta Ekman, Inga Tidblad, Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
Votes: 1,397
99. Intermezzo (1939)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A violinist's piano accompanist retires. He hears his daughter's piano teacher (Ingrid Bergman) play, asks her to play on his next international tour, and they fall in love.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard, Edna Best, Ann E. Todd
Votes: 2,903
100. My Love Came Back (1940)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so Julius can escort ... See full summary »
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, Jane Wyman
Votes: 518
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