| Faust (2004) | 8.8 | |
| Blue Orchestra (2023) | 7.0 | |
| Impromptu (1991) | 6.8 | |
| Three Colors: Blue (1993) | 7.8 | |
| Tár (2022) | 7.4 |
Classical music movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style:
touching, inspirational, uplifting, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
boarding school, teacher, childhood, music, teachers and students, abuse, musician, children, boarding school life, friendship, boss, orphan ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2004
Place:
france, new york, switzerland, europe, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, baroque
Plot:
classical music, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, in love, changing lives, love affair, fall in love, music, musician, feminist, youth ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
One summer evening in a small town in France, two teenage boys, Clarinet and Piano, say goodbye. For twelve years, they rejoin each other at irregular intervals in the same town, discussing their ambitions as they drift apart. Michaël ...
Style:
queer cinema
Plot:
male homosexuality, gay, musician, lgbt, lgbt teen, grownups, male male relationship, young love, love and romance, classical music, village life, small town ...
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year ...
Style:
anime, captivating, disturbing, yuri, yaoi
Plot:
school club, orchestra, high school, musician, high school life, classical music, competition, tournament, female protagonist, music band, teenage life, women ...
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Genre: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
8 years after the adventures of Hino Kahoko, it is now time for Koihinata Kanade to step on the stage.
Soon after transferring to Seiso Gakuen, Kanade finds the orchestra club in the middle of preparing for the National concur. Teaming up with the ...
Style:
anime, captivating, psychological, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
orchestra, rivalry, high school, music, violin, classical music, school club, high school life, friendship, competitor, musician, music band ...
Place:
japan
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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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. Her husband Raoul seeks to save her by enlisting Stephane, a stranger, to be her lover. Although he listens to Mozart and has every Pocket Book ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sex comedy, sexual, romantic ...
Plot:
sexual initiation, age difference, teenage boy, smart kid, menage a trois, humiliation, pregnancy, teenage sexuality, sex, sex with a minor, sexual frustration, unrequited love ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
france, paris france, japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Self-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive.
Style:
serious, melancholic, meditative, art house, poignant ...
Plot:
classical music, loyalty, passion, self doubt, tradition, obsession, character study, discipline, existential crisis, thoughtful, guru, identity ...
Place:
india, mumbai india
Is relevant?
677
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: UK, Austria, Hungary
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth.
Style:
historical drama, serious, realistic, epic, emotional ...
Plot:
composer, opera, musician, classical music, politics, biopic, singing, singer, orchestra, anarchist, classical composer, anti semitism ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 1981, victorian era
Place:
germany, europe, prussia, switzerland, austria ...
Is relevant?
67
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a larger-than-life staging. The Triumph Scene in Act II is by no means Aida's only attraction, but it ...
Style:
epic, period piece, historical drama, tragic ending
Plot:
opera, classical music, choir, spectacle, orchestra, triumph, performance art, ancient egypt, slavery, forbidden love, captivity, historical epic ...
Place:
africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Music, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The main characters are two graduates of a music school, gifted violinists. Andrei is ambitious, able-bodied, absorbed in the desire to achieve recognition. The other is Ladya Bragin, simple and reckless. On the day of the exam at the conservatory, ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
conservatory, violin, musician, classical music, passion, talent, music school, competition, ambition, friendship, sacrifice, dedication ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It is Lara's sixtieth birthday and it is surely no coincidence that her son Viktor is giving the most important piano concert of his career – since it was her who mapped out and forced Victor's musical career in the first place. Yet the ...
Style:
serious, melancholic, atmospheric, depressing, visual ...
Plot:
mother son conflict, musician, ex husband ex wife relationship, classical music, loneliness, depression, birthday, composer, music, girl, suicidal thoughts, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2019, 90s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Story:
16-year-old Haruka lost the people she loved the most in a fire. Haruka is also physically and emotionally wounded from the fire, but she still dreams of becoming a pianist. She takes part in an upcoming competition. Inauspicious incidents then ...
Style:
emotional, dark, suspense, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
piano, classical music, family tragedy, loss, grief, fire, determination, trauma, resilience, hopes, secrets, accident ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
25-year-old Amadeus arrives in Vienna, unemployed after his father’s death. He allies with singer Constanze Weber, who helps bring him into the orbit of court composer Salieri, igniting a rivalry that defines their legacies.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, costume drama
Plot:
classical music, ambition, opera, jealousy, aristocracy, moral ambiguity, palace intrigue, character study, social climbing, tragedy, class conflict, composer
Time:
18th century
Place:
vienna
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Opera at La Scala Milan
Style:
melancholic, heartbreaking, tragic ending, intercultural, emotional ...
Plot:
opera, tragedy, betrayal, italian opera, classical music, suicide, loyalty, love story, loss, theater, marriage, abandonment ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: France
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Henry VIII is an opera in four acts by Camille Saint-Saëns, from a libretto by Léonce Détroyat and Armand Silvestre, based on El cisma en Inglaterra (The schism in England) by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. It was revived in 1991 at the Théatre ...
Style:
costume drama, art house, political drama, period drama, tragic
Plot:
opera, royalty, henry viii, power struggle, palace intrigue, classical music, monarchy, live performance, renaissance, biopic, anne boleyn, literary ...
Time:
16th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Music, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Ballet luminary Rudolf Nureyev choreographed this spectacular 1972 National Ballet of Canada production of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," and also stars as Prince Florimund opposite Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. After ...
Style:
fairy tale, dramatic, silent
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ballet, classical music, dance, sleeping beauty, choreography, live performance, curse, royalty, magic, witch, poisoning, princess
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A lyric tragedy in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. Roberto Devereux was composed in the summer of 1837, the year, according to biographers, in which Donizetti seems to have suffered most, having lost his third son ...
Style:
tragic ending, period piece, historical drama
Plot:
opera, love triangle, treason, jealousy, classical music, queen elizabeth i, palace intrigue, betrayal, scandal, mourning, queen, duke ...
Time:
17th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Music
Country: France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A production of Antonín Dvořák's opera performed by the Opéra national de Paris
Style:
fairy tale, dramatic, melancholic, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
opera, lake, supernatural, classical music, folklore, mythology, tragic romance, unrequited love, adaptation, haunting, transformation, magic ...
Time:
19th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.
Style:
costume drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
skating, opera, tragic love, passion, dance, figure skating, classical music, adaptation, jealousy, fate, spectacle, sensuality ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
spain, andalusia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Bharatham (Malayalam: ഭരതം) is a 1991 musical-drama Malayalam film written by A. K. Lohithadas, directed by Sibi Malayil, and produced by Mohanlal under the banner of Pranavam Arts. It stars Mohanlal, Urvashi, Nedumudi Venu, Lakshmi, and ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, intense, heartbreaking, touching ...
Plot:
alcoholism, classical music, family drama, siblings, brotherhood, sacrifice, tradition, addiction, responsibility, guilt, moral dilemma, legacy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A world-class pianist (Seymour) becomes romantically and sexually involved with her young protege (Gartin).
Style:
romantic drama, erotic
Plot:
teacher student relationship, teacher student sex, pianist, classical music, forbidden romance, lovers, music teacher, piano teacher, small town, taboo, coming of age, love ...
Place:
vermont
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, dramatic, art house, period drama
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, flashback, inspiration, nostalgia, melancholy, musical performance, orchestra, creative process, memory, violinist ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century
Place:
central europe, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Filmed production of Bizet’s Carmen at Earls Court in London, June 1989.
Style:
dramatic, intense, art film, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot:
opera, classical music, theater, live performance, orchestra, adaptation, passion, jealousy, train conductor, seduction, tragic love, performance art ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
london, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Music, Drama
Country: Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 march - 20 April. Sound recorded 1 - 25 ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, baroque
Plot:
opera, classical music, tragedy, greek mythology, loss, grief, mythology, live performance, mourning, underworld, afterlife, fate ...
Time:
year 1978
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Hélène Barizet is a gifted conductor with a sulphurous reputation. Named against the advice of management and musicians, she has a season to make her place and save the orchestra. The maestro chooses Selena Riviere, a young virtuoso violinist to ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
violinist, musician, passion, classical music, orchestra conductor, musician's life, problem, workplace, female protagonist, music, ambitious woman, ambition ...
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Denmark
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeppe Nygren takes over as deputy conductor of the Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra and is warmly welcomed by his new conductor, who speaks candidly about the musicians' peculiarities and olates. The conflict-ridden Jeppe quickly gets an example ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
orchestra, satire, management, musician, train conductor, classical music, brass band, music industry, music, workplace, workplace situations, job ...
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A violinist looks to inspire his students at a challenging music school.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, thought provoking, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
violin, teacher student relationship, mentor, classical music, orchestra, musician's life, life is a bitch, music, instructor, music teacher, talented, society ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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