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, touching, captivating, period drama and sincere films and TV shows about / with classical music, music, musician, musician's life, artists and showbiz, composer, piano, art, dancing and concert plots mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as classical music: The Concert (2009), Copying Beethoven (2006), Amadeus (1984), Mozart in the Jungle (2014), The Pianist (2002), The Red Violin (1998), Mahler (1974), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), Impromptu (1991), Mozart's Sister (2010).

List of classical music movies

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 7.5
 19K
The Concert (2009)
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, melancholic, captivating, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot: classical music, music, redemption, orchestra, violinist, prodigy, music band, concert, twists and turns, haunted by the past, hopes, musician's life ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, russia, europe
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Copying Beethoven (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, UK, 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: realistic, captivating, touching, serious, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: composer, classical music, musician, horse, artist, mute or deaf, biopic, music, pianist, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1800s, ancient times, year 2006 ...
Place: germany, europe, austria, vienna
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 8.4
 425K
Amadeus (1984)
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: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Mozart in the Jungle (2014)
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, prodigy, artists and showbiz, teacher, rehearsal, ego clash, rivalry, career, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 8.5
 904K
The Pianist (2002)
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, harsh, bleak, reflective, heartbreaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, pianist, nazi occupation, hunger ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place: poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, persia ...
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 7.6
 34K
The Red Violin (1998)
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, Italy, USA, UK, Austria, China
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, suspense, dramatic, period piece, spiritual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: classical music, music, violin, musician, art, drug addiction, magic realism, justice, sex, violinist, gypsy, world history ...
Time: 18th century, year 1998, 1800s, 17th century, georgian era
Place: oxford university, prussia, montreal, shanghai, beijing china ...
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 7.0
 3K
Mahler (1974)
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: art house, psychedelic, road movie, historical drama, serious ...
Plot: classical music, composer, biopic, music composer, artist, classical composer, famous, musician, railway, art history, painter, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 1890s, turn of the century, 1900s
Place: austria, europe
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
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, sexy, talky, intense, period piece ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: fashion, art, classical music, art history, composer, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, refugee, couples, blind ambition, life turned upside down ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, edwardian era, year 2009, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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 6.8
 5K
Impromptu (1991)
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, cult classic, costume drama, humorous, witty ...
Plot: classical music, writers, composer, piano, music, female artist, women, older woman younger man relationship, musician, art, duchess, house ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, year 1991, victorian era, 1830s
Place: france, europe
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Mozart's Sister (2010)
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: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: classical music, musician, prodigy, domineering father, family relations, against the rules, musician's life, follow your dream, composer, gender, dishonesty, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 18th century
Place: europe, london, english channel, vienna, paris france ...
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All the Mornings of the World (1991)
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, mesmerizing, historical drama ...
Plot: classical music, musician, music, composer, artist, art, older man younger man relationship, shoemaker, death, orchestra, cello, french history ...
Time: 17th century, year 1991, 19th century
Place: france, europe, versailles
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 7.6
 56K
Shine (1996)
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: inspirational, emotional, feel good, intense, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: music, classical music, piano, biopic, pianist, prodigy, schizophrenia, child prodigy, psychology, father son relationship, mental illness, genius ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 1950s, 60s, 70s
Place: australia, middle east, oceania, london, south australia
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Immortal Beloved (1994)
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, visual, costume drama, informative, dramatic ...
Plot: composer, classical music, biopic, music, classical composer, musician, artist, art, deafness, piano, life, dialogue ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s, 1800s ...
Place: austria, europe, hungary
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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: emotional, philosophical, independent film, steamy, depressing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: classical music, music, multiple sclerosis, sex with sister in law, biopic, dysfunctional family, sisters, musician, couples, sister sister relationship, women, physical disability ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: london
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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 143 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: inspirational, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: music, high school, classical music, school, composer, teacher, teaching, honest, musician, sign language, unlikely friendships, inspiration ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s, 80s, 90s
Place: oregon, portland oregon
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 7.3
 7K
Four Minutes (2006)
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: women's prison, pianist, classical music, prison, lgbt, prodigy, lesbian, female friendship, musician's life, hopes, teachers and students, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: germany
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 5.1
 1K
Paganini (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 81 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, touching, sincere ...
Plot: classical music, ambition, musician's life, music, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, sexual relations, violinist, composer, father son relationship, older man younger woman relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: europe, italy, venice
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 7.4
 92K
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: captivating, thrilling, psychological, powerful, dorama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: orchestra, classical music, lgbt, lesbian, composer, music, musician, music conductor, orchestra conductor, female protagonist, massage parlor, infidelity ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, the philippines, germany, southeast asia, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.1
 41K
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, Japan
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, stylized, entertaining, surreal, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: classical music, music, art, pianist, couple relations, buddies, imaginary, friendship, musician, trippy, winter, dancing ...
Time: 1930s, 90s
Place: usa, rome italy, new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, europe ...
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Your Lie in April (2014)
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, semi serious, uplifting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, pianist, piano, classical music, death of mother, violinist, contests and competitions, music, love and romance, depression, school, trauma ...
Place: japan
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 6.7
 7K
Boychoir (2014)
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, music school, choir, boarding school, boys' choir, teachers and students, dedicated educator, orphan, classical music, troubled teen, death of mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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 7.1
 15K
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, intense, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: classical music, aging, music, musician's life, rehearsal, musician, intrigue, ego clash, friendship, life is a bitch, rivalry, under the surface ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)
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, rivalry, couple relations, youth, superhero, makeover, studying ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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 6.8
 7K
Farinelli (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Style: realistic, heartbreaking, factual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot: opera, music, opera singer, brother brother relationship, art, biopic, classical music, destiny, musician, siblings relations, artist, gay ...
Time: 18th century, ancient times, year 1994
Place: europe, napoli italy, madrid, italy, london ...
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The Devil's Violinist (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
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, factual ...
Plot: violinist, musician's life, rise to the top, deal with the devil, composer, genius, classical music, music, rising to stardom, womanizer, musician, ambition ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1830s, victorian era
Place: italy, london
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 7.7
 660
Eroica (2003)
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: captivating, disturbing, psychological, period drama
Plot: classical music, composer, musician, art, musician's life, male female relationship, life, changing lives, historical figure, king, relationship problems, historical character ...
Time: victorian era
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 6.5
 611
Past Life (2016)
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: tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, touching ...
Plot: classical music, sibling rivalry, father daughter relationship, scandal, sister sister relationship, hospital, singer, nazi, magazine, composer, diary, fighting the system ...
Time: year 1977, 70s
Place: germany, palestine, berlin germany, poland
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The Page Turner (2006)
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, realistic, tense ...
Plot: revenge, older woman younger woman relationship, music, lesbian, family relations, audition, vengeance, friendship, parents and children, pianist, lesbian subtext, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: france
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A Heart of Stone (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.
Style: psychological, heartbreaking, thought provoking, sincere, anthology ...
Plot: love, classical music, music, obsession, violin, passion, unrequited love, love story, glamour, asexual, violinist, solitude ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: france, paris france, europe, hungary, geneva switzerland ...
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The Music Lovers (1971)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a wonky, nymphomaniac girl whom he cannot satisfy.
Style: historical drama, psychological, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Plot: composer, classical music, biopic, piano, music, kremlin, gay, music composer, musician, lgbt, female nudity, dancing ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 1890s, victorian era
Place: europe, russia, london, england, moscow russia
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