Cellist movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant cellist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out emotional, psychological, realistic, melancholic, serious and sincere films and TV shows about / with cellist, musician, cello, classical music, love, friendship, catastrophe, storytelling, family relations and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cellist: August Rush (2007), The Piano Teacher (2001), Hilary and Jackie (1998), The Perfection (2018), Narcissus (2012), Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014), The Soloist (2009), All These Women (1964), Breathe In (2013), A Late Quartet (2012).

List of cellist movies

 7.4
 114K
August Rush (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Style: touching, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: music, musician, orphan, prodigy, child prodigy, child protagonist, dancing, childhood, boy, youth, chance meeting, cellist ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 80s, year 1995, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, chicago, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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The Piano Teacher (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style: disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
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Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
Style: philosophical, emotional, independent film, steamy, depressing ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: sister sister relationship, multiple sclerosis, music, musician, sex with sister in law, biopic, dysfunctional family, sisters, cellist, steamy romance, career, couples ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: england, moscow russia, london
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 6.2
 53K
The Perfection (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot: revenge, psychopath, lesbian, amputee, vengeance, musician, cello, female musician, interracial lesbian sex, child abuse, cellist, classical music ...
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 6.3
 70
Narcissus (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Narcissus (from Greek Narkissos) shares the root nark-, with narcosis and narcotic. All these words have the same origin in the verb narkaō – to intoxicate through a strong smell. I was particularly interested to find out why a handsome and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, melancholic, art house, stylized ...
Plot: cellist, introspection, greek mythology, vanity, self discovery, lifestyle, social problems, relationship vs career, obsession, self destructing, myth, character study ...
Place: lithuania
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Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
Style: psychological, captivating, contemplative, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, child prodigy, boy, musician, young boy, au pair, prodigy, cellist, father son relationship, fall in love, wealthy family, family relations ...
Place: usa, new york state, new york, manhattan new york city
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 6.7
 57K
The Soloist (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Style: inspirational, sincere, sad, touching, melancholic ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, schizophrenia, prodigy, musician, happy ending, homeless, street musician, journalism, cello, mental disorder, friendship, mental health ...
Time: year 2009
Place: los angeles, usa, new york, ohio
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All These Women (1964)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he goes to stay in his house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with ...
Style: sexual, art house, realistic, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot: critic, nordic, cellist, estate, cooking and food, couples, family relations, introspection, aging, love and romance, artists and showbiz, musician's life ...
Time: 60s
Place: eastern europe
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 6.3
 16K
Breathe In (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Style: sexy, serious, gloomy, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, age difference, midlife crisis, couples, teenage girl, musician, forbidden love, husband wife relationship, music teacher, illicit affair, older man young girl relationship, male teacher female student affair ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.1
 16K
A Late Quartet (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years ...
Style: realistic, sincere, intense, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: classical music, musician, aging, music, musician's life, rehearsal, ego clash, intrigue, friendship, life is a bitch, rivalry, overcoming ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, california
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 7.7
 17K
Kolya (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverák tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka, who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: adoption, communism, coming of age, nudity, friendship, musician, cellist, renaissance, lovers, single father, revolution, boy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1996
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, prague, balkan, europe ...
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 6.5
 198
Grand Finale (2024)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A chamber orchestra is working out of a rundown theatre in Reykjavik. Financial hardship places a great strain on the band and the lead violinist, Sigrun. The annual grant from the city is coming to an end so the band hires a world renowned cellist ...
Style: tension, tragicomedy, dark comedy, surreal
Plot: cellist, orchestra, classical music, macabre, financial difficulty, sudden death, celebrity culture, desperation, concert, deception, betrayal, violinist ...
Place: iceland
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Gauche the Cellist (1982)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Gauche is a diligent but mediocre cellist who plays for a small town orchestra and the local cinema in the early 20th century. He struggles during rehearsals and is often berated by his conductor during preparations for an upcoming performance of ...
Style: anime, inspirational, poignant, emotional, period piece ...
Plot: orchestra, cello, cellist, classical music, perseverance, personal growth, character study, talking animal, discipline, small town, beethoven, magic realism ...
Time: year 1982
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All the Fine Promises (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After the death of her mother Marianne, a young cellist discovers that her father had a mistress.
Style: emotional, reflective, contemplative
Plot: cellist, pianist, loss of mother, mourning, grief, mother daughter relationship, family drama, classical music, family secret, father daughter relationship, reconciliation, memory ...
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Kings & Queen (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Nora Cotterelle, a woman in her 30s is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens. While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced and has a son, Elias, whose father is dead. Nora's present relationship ...
Style: touching, serious, sentimental, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: terminal illness, destiny, couples, insomnia, family relations, parents and children, couple relations, musician's life, life is a bitch, love and romance, single parent, chess ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: france, paris france
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 5.4
 322
The Talent (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A gifted young cellist from a fallen aristocratic family must make an impossible choice when her best friend's powerful father offers a solution to her family's desperate situation.
Style: poignant, art house, period drama
Plot: cellist, sacrifice, moral dilemma, classical music, female protagonist, aristocracy, friendship, family honor, temptation, social inequality, class conflict, coming of age ...
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 6.5
 259
Cello (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon
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Story: The couple Adam a pianist and Yassmine a cellist, decide to start a project which collapses suddenly, then comes Taimour with an offer to save it.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, money, love, cellist, pianist, love triangle, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, cheating girlfriend, musician, love interest ...
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 6.2
 1K
Hidden Face (2024)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Su-yeon, a cellist in an orchestra led by her fiancé and conductor Sung-jin, disappears one day, leaving behind only a video recording. Sung-jin is devastated over the loss of Su-yeon, but feels a strong attraction to Mi-ju, a cellist who fills in ...
Style: intense, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hidden room, obsession, cellist, sexual tension, surveillance, evidence, voyeurism, love triangle, betrayal, infidelity, jealousy, guilt ...
Place: asia
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 8.0
 57K
Departures (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a ...
Style: sad, philosophical, thought provoking, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot: funeral, self discovery, father son relationship, pregnant wife, life philosophy, workplace, small town, character study, new job, small town life, classical music, musician ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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 6.7
 131K
If I Stay (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock ...
Style: touching, emotional, teen, tear jerker, romantic drama ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: love, hospital, teenager, teenage girl, teenage love, love and romance, teenage life, family drama, youth, death in the family, out of body experience, high school ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century, labor day
Place: oregon, usa, san francisco, indianapolis indiana, portland oregon
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 6.6
 32K
The Hunger (1983)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Miriam and John are an elegant couple with a dark secret: they are vampires. Feeding on human blood, Miriam has lived for over 2000 years. She gave her lover the gift of eternal life and together they hunt. But John begins aging rapidly, he seeks ...
Style: gothic, dark, sexy, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: vampire, goth, femme fatale, lgbtq, sexy female vampire, sex, lesbian sex, bloodsucker, sexual content, lesbian vampire, dracula, lesbian ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, romantic, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: feminism, teacher, college, coming of age, art, art history, feminist, gender, life philosophy, teachers and students, dedicated educator, boarding school ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 2003, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place: massachusetts, boston, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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 5.4
 543
Say Yes (2013)
Genre: Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Huang Da is a down on his luck ordinary guy who has desperate for love and tries to propose to a beautiful young cellist. His attempts to propose are complicated by a rich, charming and handsome rival who is determined to win the girl’s hand at ...
Style: romantic comedy, sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: romantic rivalry, love triangle, marriage proposal, dating, blind date, ex couple relations, romantic triangle, love and romance, male female relationship, in love, love interest, love story ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china
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 7.8
 484K
Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, cult classic, horror comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, accountant, imagination, giant monster, chase, friendship, librarian, haunting ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1989, year 1984 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa, new york state ...
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As a Prelude to Fear (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young cellist called Eve Taylor gets kidnapped and imprisoned in a dungeon-like basement, Police Detective Barnbrooke believes it is the work of the notorious psychopath the media has named "The Pied Piper". But having failed to ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot: kidnapped woman, kidnapping, investigation, crime investigation, torture, serial killer, fear, psychopath, locked in, captivity, captive, locked in a basement ...
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Engeyum Kadhal (2011)
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Kamal, a young billionaire, doesn't believe in love; his philosophy is simple: No love, no commitments = no disappointments. He works hard for 11 months and takes a month's break from all the work related commitments. Cute violinist ...
Style: romantic, serious, realistic, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: love and romance, fall in love, family relations, couples, parents and children, playboy, love story, separation, longing, billionaire, father daughter relationship, meet cute ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, india
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 7.4
 109K
Tár (2022)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. However, Lydia's elaborate facade begins to unravel, revealing dirty secrets and the corrosive nature of power.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark drama, dorama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lgbt, classical music, orchestra, lesbian, music conductor, composer, musician, massage parlor, narcissism, orchestra conductor, music, female protagonist ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, southeast asia, the philippines, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Chateau Christmas (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.
Style: light, captivating, sincere, realistic, christmas comedy ...
Plot: christmas, pianist, forgiveness, choir, christmas romance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, concert, christmas present, holiday, sister sister relationship, family relations, male female relationship ...
Place: new york
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 5.1
 22K
Swimfan (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison ...
Style: suspense, sexy, psychological, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: obsession, stalking, obsessive love, stalker, hospital, unrequited love, female psychopath, swimming pool, sexual obsession, swimming, dangerous attraction, teenager ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, new york
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 7.5
 94K
Delicatessen (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his customers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his ...
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, art house, visual, offbeat ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: dark humor, dystopia, surrealism, cannibal, cannibalism, food, underground, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopian future, imagination, european ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, distant future, future
Place: france
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