| Shine (1996) | 7.6 | |
| Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) | 7.4 | |
| Your Lie in April (2014) | 8.5 | |
| Mozart's Sister (2010) | 6.4 | |
| Eroica (2003) | 7.7 |
Classical music movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant classical music movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, touching, melancholic and breathtaking films and TV shows about / with classical music, music, musician, musician's life, composer, piano, art, artists and showbiz, artist and nude plots mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres shot in France, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as classical music: The Concert (2009), Mozart in the Jungle (2014), Amadeus (1984), Mozart's Sister (2010), Copying Beethoven (2006), Impromptu (1991), The Pianist (2002), Three Colors: Blue (1993), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), Shine (1996).
Best films
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, Romania, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once ...
Style:
touching, breathtaking, melancholic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
classical music, music, redemption, twists and turns, hopes, violinist, adaptation, prodigy, music band, concert, haunted by the past, musician's life ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, russia, europe, israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians.
From her debut recital at Carnegie ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
classical music, musician's life, orchestra, hotshot, musician, prodigy, artists and showbiz, sex, teacher, rehearsal, ego clash, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
464K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style:
clever, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
classical music, music, composer, genius, mozart, musician, envy, opera, character study, musician's life, mentor, prodigy ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, 1780s ...
Place:
vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, gender, horse, prodigy, domineering father, family relations, against the rules, follow your dream, musician's life, composer, dishonesty ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
europe, vienna, paris france, london, english channel ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
composer, classical music, musician, horse, mute or deaf, artist, music, biopic, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, ancient times, 1800s, year 2006 ...
Place:
germany, austria, europe, vienna
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, cult classic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
classical music, writers, female artist, piano, music, women, older woman younger man relationship, renaissance, novelist, duchess, musician, art ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, year 1991, victorian era, 1830s ...
Place:
france, europe, london, seattle, england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel ...
Style:
realistic, period piece, sexy, talky, intense ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
fashion, classical music, art, art history, composer, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, refugee, couples, blind ambition, life turned upside down ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, year 2009, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france, california
Is relevant?
59K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Style:
feel good, intense, thought provoking, realistic, poignant ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
classical music, music, piano, biopic, prodigy, pianist, schizophrenia, child prodigy, father son relationship, musician, abuse, psychology ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, year 1996, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
australia, middle east, oceania, london, south australia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into wich he moves to dedicate his life to music and his ...
Style:
visually stunning, stylized, emotional, crying, mesmerizing ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, music, cello, art, artist, composer, food, shoemaker, skinny dipping, death, suffering ...
Time:
17th century, year 1991, 19th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe, versailles, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, Italy, USA, UK, Austria
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Spans 300 years in the life of one famed musical instrument that winds up in present-day Montreal on the auction block. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin derives its unusual color from the human blood mixed into ...
Style:
epic, period piece, suspense, erotic, spiritual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
classical music, music, musician, violin, sex, art, drug addiction, magic realism, justice, violinist, gypsy, curse ...
Time:
18th century, year 1998, 1800s, georgian era, 17th century
Place:
oxford university, prussia, shanghai, montreal, beijing china ...
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109K
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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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, music, classical music, mentor, composer, school, musician, teacher, teaching, honest, high school teacher, sign language ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
In the fall of his third and final year of middle school, Hajime Aono, a violin prodigy, stopped playing violin for his own personal reasons. But it was also that year when he got to know a girl who told him about a high school with a prestigious ...
Style:
anime, dramatic, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
classical music, coming of age, violin, club, orchestra, slice of life, high school, musician, school club, music, passion, high school life ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Style:
existential, independent film, anthology, spiritual, serious ...
Plot:
biopic, classical music, piano, obsession, musician, radio, artist, spirituality, composer, art history, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time:
year 1993
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film begins on a train journey with Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) and his wife Alma (Georgina Hale) confronting their failing marriage. The story is then recounted in a series of flashbacks (some of which are surrealistic and nightmarish), ...
Style:
historical drama, art house, road movie, psychedelic, realistic ...
Plot:
classical music, composer, biopic, music composer, artist, classical composer, marriage, flashback, opera singer, mountain, surrealism, music conductor ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, 20th century, turn of the century, 1900s
Place:
austria, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
pianist, women's prison, lgbtq, classical music, prison, hopes, lgbt, prodigy, musician, female friendship, lesbian, musician's life ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
In a rural town undergoing revival through music, high school students Kanae and Sousuke meet none other than Beethoven and Mozart! Calling themselves "ClassicaLoids," this mysterious duo creates a strange power through the ...
Style:
anime, surreal, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
classical music, musician, music, beethoven, mozart, musician's life, alien, alien contact, surrealism, friendship, supernatural, giant robot ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kinski believed that he lived through the same experiences as the legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini, who set whole Europe of the 19th century into frenzy and through whose personality Kinski offers us an incredibly profound and ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
classical music, ambition, musician's life, music, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, sexual relations, violinist, composer, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, death of protagonist ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
europe, italy, venice
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had ...
Style:
emotional, visually stunning, visual, dramatic, touching ...
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, music, musician, classical composer, artist, art, deafness, true love, beethoven, piano ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s, ancient times ...
Place:
austria, europe, hungary
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman ...
Style:
visually stunning, visual, lyrical, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
classical music, opera, murder, postman, opera singer, hotel, blackmail, concert, henchman, police corruption, music, car chase ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
705
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
classical music, composer, beethoven, musician, art, musician's life, male female relationship, life, relationship problems, historical character, king, changing lives ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
vienna
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, stylized, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
classical music, music, art, musician, pianist, couple relations, imaginary, buddies, friendship, halloween, trippy, winter ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, rome italy, grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Plot:
musician's life, composer, violinist, deal with the devil, rise to the top, genius, classical music, musician, music, biopic, rising to stardom, womanizer ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1830s, victorian era, georgian era
Place:
italy, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
boy, music, choir, dedicated educator, boys' choir, music school, teachers and students, troubled teen, classical music, orphan, boarding school, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Following the success of the popular Japanese romantic comedy drama, NODAME CANTABILE: THE MOVIE hits the big screen! Hiroshi Tamaki and Juri Ueno reprise in their roles and continue their love for music and their pursuit for their ambitions. Chiaki ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, anime ...
Plot:
orchestra, classical music, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition, friendship, youth, couple relations, rivalry, superhero, makeover, studying ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets ...
Style:
suspense, serious, psychological, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
revenge, older woman younger woman relationship, lesbian, music, piano, lgbtq, lesbian subtext, musician, family relations, classical music, audition, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of ...
Style:
anime, touching, stylized, adult animation, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, piano, classical music, death of mother, violinist, trauma, music, pianist, contests and competitions, depression, love and romance, school ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
639
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the fascinating new film from director Avi Nesher (The Wonders), two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, touching, disturbing ...
Plot:
classical music, sister sister relationship, scandal, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, magazine, hospital, diary, nazi, singer, composer, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s
Place:
germany, palestine, berlin germany, poland
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