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1. Red Dragon (2002)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 291,767 | Gross: $93.15M
2. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles
Votes: 69,977 | Gross: $10.25M
3. August Rush (2007)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Music
A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard
Votes: 111,298 | Gross: $31.66M
4. Fantasia (1940)
G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton
Votes: 104,332 | Gross: $76.41M
5. An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An American man unwittingly gets involved with French werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.
Director: Anthony Waller | Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman
Votes: 27,083 | Gross: $26.57M
6. Orkestret (2022– )
28 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The Orchestra is a tragi-comical workplace drama set in and around a symphony orchestra.
Stars: Frederik Cilius Jørgensen, Rasmus Bruun, Neel Rønholt, Caspar Phillipson
Votes: 1,175
7. Fantasia 2000 (1999)
G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.
Directors: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt | Stars: James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones
Votes: 41,543 | Gross: $60.66M
8. 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: 26,272 | Gross: $9.91M
9. Departures (2008)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 55,115 | Gross: $1.50M
10. The In-Laws (1979)
PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault
Votes: 10,187 | Gross: $38.20M
11. Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Not Rated | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
Director: Max Färberböck | Stars: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch
Votes: 7,013 | Gross: $0.93M
12. The Snake Pit (1948)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Mystery
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm
Votes: 8,460 | Gross: $10.00M
13. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc
Votes: 9,288 | Gross: $0.40M
14. 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: 14,144 | Gross: $0.35M
15. Rest in Pieces (1987)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror
A young, married couple move into the wife's aunt's estate after inheriting the sprawling property. Soon, weird occurrences begin to happen around the house, and they start to suspect the tenants are responsible.
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Scott Thompson Baker, Lorin Jean Vail, Dorothy Malone, Jack Taylor
Votes: 752
16. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 5,882
17. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 3,812 | Gross: $0.39M
18. Counterpoint (1967)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Music, War
A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 1,058
19. The Castle of Sand (1974)
143 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada
Votes: 1,549
20. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda
Votes: 2,523
21. Suicide Squadron (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance, War
During World War II, an American newswoman falls for a Polish piano virtuoso...who wants to go back and fight.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Sally Gray, Derrick De Marney, Cecil Parker
Votes: 517
22. The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009 TV Special)
TV-14 | 210 min | News
Annual awards presentation honoring the best film achievements of 2008.
Directors: Roger Goodman, Allen P. Haines | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin
Votes: 2,419
23. City for Conquest (1940)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Sport
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
Directors: Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco | Stars: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,717
24. Camilla (1994)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
Vincent and Freda Lopez are a young married Toronto couple who both indulge in the arts, Vince as an artist and Freda as a musician/composer. Their marriage is not as secure as it may seem ... See full summary »
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Elias Koteas
Votes: 1,043 | Gross: $0.25M
25. Guns N' Roses: November Rain (1992 Music Video)
9 min | Drama, Music
A music video for Guns N' Roses's song "November Rain".
Director: Andrew Morahan | Stars: Michael Ascolese, Nicole Brandon, Jorga Caye, Peter J. Chevalier
Votes: 1,583
26. The Last Hammer Blow (2014)
82 min | Drama
A 13-year old boy who lives with his single sick mom in a trailer near the beach, comes in contact with the father he never knew when the man performs as a conductor at the local music theater.
Director: Alix Delaporte | Stars: Romain Paul, Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Candela Peña
Votes: 526
27. Song of Russia (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Propaganda film from WW2, designed to raise the awareness of the American public regarding USSR's fight against Nazi Germany.
Directors: Gregory Ratoff, Laslo Benedek | Stars: Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, John Hodiak, Robert Benchley
Votes: 318
28. A Perfect Couple (1979)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A repressed, middle-aged divorced U.S. Greek meets a young singer through a dating service and becomes smitten.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Titos Vandis, Belita Moreno
Votes: 1,014
29. Music for Millions (1944)
Passed | 117 min | Drama, Family, War
Six year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 651
30. Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003)
10 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Stagehand Donald Duck secretly puts on Mickey's sorcerer's hat and conducts an anthropomorphic symphony orchestra. But the proceedings go awry when the irascible Donald is sucked into the ... See full summary »
Director: George Scribner | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Rowan Atkinson, Jodi Benson
Votes: 742
31. 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: 405
32. Missing Pieces (1991)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Lauren Hutton, Bob Gunton
Votes: 289
33. Baton Bunny (1959)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs conducts the Warner Brothers Symphony in Franz von Suppé's "Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna" while reacting to a bothersome fly.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,094
34. What's Cookin' (1942)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A group of entertainers visit a radio singer's home to try to get her to book them on her show.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: The Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 94
35. Easy Money (1948)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An anthology of four short stories centered around the topic of honestly--or dishonestly--winning the pools in postwar Britain.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Jack Warner, Marjorie Fielding, Yvonne Owen, Jack Watling
Votes: 217
36. Symphony Hour (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey guest-directs a radio orchestra. The sponsor loves the rehearsal, but come the actual performance, Goofy drops all the instruments under an elevator, so they sound like toys. The sponsor hates it, but the audience loves it anyway.
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill
Votes: 708
37. 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: 427
38. Sztracsatella (1996)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A foszereplo egy karmester, aki evekig kulfoldon elt es dolgozott, boldog csaladi hatterrel, de most ismet Budapesten van. Minden megvaltozott, meg a felesege is, aki egzisztenciat teremt, ... See full summary »
Director: András Kern | Stars: András Kern, Enikõ Eszenyi, Dorottya Udvaros, Gábor Reviczky
Votes: 285
39. My Name's Ben Folds - I Play Piano (2023)
105 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A symphonic concert spectacle featuring rock maestro Ben Folds with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, combining the power of orchestral grandeur with the intimacy of close contact with the ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Ben Folds, Benjamin Northey, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
40. Opening Night (1933)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cubby the Bear sneaks into the Roxy Opera House on it's opening night and ends up condicting an epic, animal-enacted version of Faust.
Director: Mannie Davis
Votes: 129
41. The Magic Fluke (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
UPA had just taken over the cartoon production for Columbia and their influence shows vividly on this Fox-and-Crow entry that lets the slapstick be a result of a 'human-nature' story. The ... See full summary »
Director: John Hubley | Star: John T. Smith
Votes: 184
42. Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker (1959– )
Music
Stars: Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernballett, Willi Boskovsky, Roswitha Over
Votes: 50
43. Concerto in B Flat Minor (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
With Tschaikowsky's music on the sound track, this parody of long-hair, temperamental orchestra conductors and concert pianists is a long string of sight gags. The pianist has a new hair-do... See full summary »
Directors: Bob Wickersham, Frank Tashlin | Star: Pinto Colvig
Votes: 45
45. An Opera Prepares: Eugene Onegin (1981)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Short promotional documentary publicizing the State Opera of South Australia and examining the backstage organization involved in bringing an opera production to life.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Star: Myer Fredman
46. Jan Savitt and His Band (1946)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
This "Melody Masters" short traces Jan Savitt's career from first violinist in a symphony orchestra to leader of a top-rated jazz and recording outfit. It features the Jan Savitt Band and ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Scholl | Stars: Jan Savitt, Robert Arthur, The Lipham Children, Shirley Van
Votes: 46
47. Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (2012)
108 min | Documentary, Family, History
The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra documentary film presents a study of the Iraqi musical culture that was changing over the past years since the INSO formed early in the forties of the last century and to this day.
Director: Firas Sameer
Votes: 13
48. Boston Pops in Hollywood (1976 TV Special)
90 min | Music, Comedy
PBS celebrates America's Bicentennial with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra in a rare West Coast performance, hosted by Charlton Heston with special guests Edgar Bergen and his friends Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.
Director: William Cosel | Stars: Charlton Heston, Edgar Bergen, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
49. Amy Grant: Building the House of Love (1994 Video)
84 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary following Amy Grant during production of her 1994 album "House of Love." Features recording sessions and making of music videos for "Amazing Grace" from the Maverick soundtrack ... See full summary »
Directors: Jim Shea, Nico Bayer, Bronwen Hughes, Marcus Nispel | Stars: Leann Albrecht, Clint Black, John Catchings, Gary Chapman
Votes: 59
50. Bird Symphony (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Music
This CinemaScope Terrytoon presents a symphony orchestra, composed entirely of birds, giving a performance in a woodland grove. The musical instruments are natural props, such as ... See full summary »
Director: Connie Rasinski