Movies by Lists - Composer Bios (61 [78]) 
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| AlbénizThe film is based on the life of Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albéniz. In this story Albéniz is represented since he was a child prodigy, so talented that even comes to say that his presentations were a fraud. The film also sho | 1947 | Luis César Amadori | Drama | 6.2 (21 votes) | 125 | 20220414 |
| All the Mornings of the World [Tous Les Matins Du Monde]The story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV. | 1991 | Alain Corneau | Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance | 7.5 (7.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| AmadeusThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. | 1984 | Milos Forman (*) | Biography, Drama, Music | 8.3 (388.6K votes) | 160 | 20211228 |
| Beethoven Lives UpstairsA young boy learns to appreciate the music of his upstairs boarder, Ludwig Van Beethoven. | 1992 | David Devine | Comedy, Drama, Family, Music | 6.4 (457 votes) | 51 | 20211228 |
| Beethoven's Nephew [Le neveu de Beethoven]In an effort to provide a secure future for his nephew Karl, Beethoven is fighting his sister-in-law over the custody for the boy. The mother doesn't consider the ageing and irate composer a suitable guardian for her son, and Karl hi | 1985 | Paul Morrissey (*) | Drama | 5.7 (138 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Beloved Clara [Geliebte Clara]A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann. | 2008 | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Biography, Drama, Music | 5.5 (295 votes) | 107 | 20230728 |
| Bizet's DreamA 12 year old Parisian girl takes piano lessons from composer Georges Bizet and becomes captivated by his story of the gypsy Carmen. | 1994 | David Devine | Music, Drama, Family | 6.8 (51 votes) | 53 | 20231001 |
| Blue Note [La note bleue]the film covers the last few days of fragile Chopin's professional life. | 1991 | Andrzej Zulawski | Drama, Music, Romance | 6.4 (560 votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Bride of the WindThis movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka. | 2001 | Bruce Beresford | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 5.7 (660 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Child Prodigy, The [L'enfant prodige]On the keyboard, the young hands fly rapidly and the melody rises. For the child, nothing is easier; he hears the sounds in his head. These hands belong to 6 years old André Mathieu. He won his audiences and fired up concerts halls i | 2010 | Luc Dionne | Drama | 6.6 (207 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Chopin - Desire for Love [Chopin. Pragnienie milosci]A tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frédéric Chopin and the flamboyant feminist writer George Sand. | 2002 | Jerzy Antczak | Drama, Romance, Music | 5.1 (815 votes) | 134 | 20240727 |
| Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, The [Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach]The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna. | 1968 | Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 6.9 (1.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Coco Chanel & Igor StravinskyParis 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 C | 2009 | Jan Kounen | Drama, Music, Romance | 6.3 (6.6K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Copying BeethovenA fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life. | 2006 | Agnieszka Holland | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.8 (13.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Devil's Violinist, The19th Century violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini incurs the wrath of his diabolical manager while preparing for his debut performance in London, and falling for the daughter of an English impresario. | 2013 | Bernard Rose | Biography, Drama, Musical | 6.1 (3.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| England, My EnglandIn 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him. Purcell's life is reenacted and his music performed. | 1995 | Tony Palmer | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 7.1 (176 votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| EroicaOn June 9, 1804, Ludwig van Beethoven and his pupil Ries assemble a group of musicians to give the first performance of his Third Symphony, 'Bonaparte', to his patron Prince Lobkowitz and his guests, including hypercritical Count Die | 2003 | Simon Cellan Jones | Drama, History, Music | 7.7 (587 votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| God Rot Tunbridge Wells! - Life Of Georg Frederic Handel, TheAt death's door, George Frederic Handel reflects, rages, and narrates his life. From his womanizing youthful days, to his rise in fame as a composer, God Rot Tunbridge Wells! pulls no punches in this wild romp of a biopic. | 1985 | Tony Palmer | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.8 (39 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Great Mr. Handel, TheA lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd. | 1942 | Norman Walker | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.7 (82 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Great Waltz, TheIn 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II - Schani to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. After he is fired from his clerical bank job b | 1938 | Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, Josef von Sternberg | Biography, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance | 6.5 (1.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Honour, Profit & PleasureThis film presents scenes from the life of German composer George Frideric Handel in the style of a baroque opera. After the success of his London debut, Handel settles in England. He abandons aristocratic and royal patronage and thr | 1985 | Anna Ambrose | Drama, History, Musical, Romance | 6.5 (23 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Immortal BelovedThe 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 find out who this beloved was--not easy, as Be | 1994 | Bernard Rose | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.4 (24.5K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| ImpromptuIn 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand. | 1991 | James Lapine | Biography, Comedy, Music, Romance | 6.9 (5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Io, Don GiovanniA drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera. | 2009 | Carlos Saura | Drama, History, Music | 6.9 (590 votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| J.S.Bach The Music, The Life, The Legend [Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach] J.S. BACH: THE MUSIC, THE LIFE, THE LEGEND is a dramatic look at the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, a man who dedicated his life to the service of music. | 2003 | Jean-Louis Guillermou | Drama | 5.1 (96 votes) | 105 | 20240727 |
| Life and Loves of Beethoven, The [Un Grand Amour de Beethoven]Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantical hero, an accursed artist. | 1936 | Abel Gance (*) | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 6.9 (286 votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi, The [Giuseppe Verdi]The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed o... | 1953 | Raffaello Matarazzo | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 6.4 (125 votes) | 118 | 20240727 |
| LisztomaniaComposer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas). | 1975 | Ken Russell (*) | Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical | 6.2 (2.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Liszt's RhapsodyA dashing Franz Liszt appears to have it all - talent, success, wealth and adoring fans. Yet when he takes on a young street musician as a violin student, his own fork is transformed. | 1996 | Richard Mozer | Biography, Drama, Family, Music | 7.2 (62 votes) | 49 | 20231001 |
| Maestro, TheAfter the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. | 2018 | Adam Cushman | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 5.9 (260 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Magic Bow, TheBiography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicola Paganini. | 1946 | Bernard Knowles | Biography, Musical, Romance | 6.0 (211 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Magic FireThe life and career of German composer Richard Wagner. | 1955 | William Dieterle (*) | Biography, Drama | 6.0 (156 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| MahlerComposer Gustav Mahler's life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife discuss their failing marriage during a train journey. | 1974 | Ken Russell (*) | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.9 (2.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Mahler on the Couch [Mahler Auf Der Couch]Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud. | 2010 | Felix O. Adlon, Percy Adlon | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.1 (433 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Melody Master, The [New Wine]The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. Fleeing Austria, he arouses passion strongly akin to mother love in a beautiful bucolic girl, who loves him to much to sacrifice genius on the altar of marri | 1941 | Reinhold Schünzel | Drama, Music, Romance | 6.4 (37 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Mozart's Sister [Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart]A reimagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right. | 2010 | René Féret | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 6.4 (1.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Music Lovers, ThePiano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy. | 1971 | Ken Russell (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.2 (2.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| My Name is Bach [Mein Name ist Bach]Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is introduced to King Frederick II of Prussia in 1747. The aging composer and the young monarch clash and a battle of egos ensues. | 2003 | Dominique de Rivaz | Biography, Drama | 6.1 (333 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Note Bleue, Lathe film covers the last few days of fragile Chopin's professional life. | 1991 | Andrzej Zulawski | Drama, Music, Romance | 6.4 (561 votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| PaganiniA biography of Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini. | 1989 | Klaus Kinski | Biography, Drama, Music | 5.3 (1K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| PucciniWhen Italian composer Giacomo Puccini is accused of sleeping with his maid, the scandal threatens to destroy his life and career. This biopic intercuts with director Tony Palmer's efforts to stage Puccini's last opera. | 1984 | Tony Palmer | Biography, Drama | 6.1 (30 votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| PucciniProduced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama B | 1953 | Carmine Gallone | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.5 (72 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Rachmaninv [Vetka Sireni]The life story of composer-pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff. | 2007 | Pavel Lungin (*) | Drama, Music | 5.1 (130 votes) | 97 | 20240219 |
| Rossini's GhostNine-year old Reliana witnesses Rossini's efforts to salvage his seemingly cursed new opera, the Barber of Seville. | 1996 | David Devine | Biography, Drama, Family, Music | 7.1 (69 votes) | 52 | 20231001 |
| Satie and SuzanneAs the waters of the river Seine overflow their banks and surround a Parisian café, composer Erik Satie nurtures bittersweet memories of his one-time lover Suzanne Valadon. | 1994 | Tim Southam | Music | 6.9 (17 votes) | 53 | 20211228 |
| Song of LoveComposer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms. | 1947 | Clarence Brown | Drama, Music, Romance | 6.7 (1K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Song of NorwayBased on the life of Norway's greatest composer Edvard Grieg, and filmed in Norway where he lived. The soundtrack is all Edvard Grieg's music with added lyrics. | 1970 | Andrew L. Stone | Biography, Drama, Musical, Romance | 4.1 (461 votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Song Of Summer Frederick DeliusTraces last 5 years of the life of Frederick Delius through the eyes of the young composer Eric Fenby | 1968 | Ken Russell (*) | Documentary, Biography, Music | 8.1 (369 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Song to Remember, ABiography of Frederic Chopin. | 1945 | Charles Vidor (*) | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.7 (1.4K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Song Without EndThe romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt (Sir Dirk Bogarde), whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences. | 1960 | Charles Vidor, George Cukor | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.1 (738 votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Spring Symphony [Frühlingssinfonie]Chronicles the illustrious 19th-century love affair between composer Robert Schumann and pianist Claire Weick. | 1983 | Peter Schamoni | Biography, Music | 6.2 (328 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Strauss' Great WaltzThe story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger. | 1934 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Biography, Music, Romance | 6.0 (1.5K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Symphonie fantastique, LaBiographical romance about the great composer Hector Berlioz, someone whom the French, during their WWII occupation by the Nazis, could look back proudly on. | 1942 | Christian-Jaque | Biography, Drama | 5.9 (123 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Tchaikovsky [Chaykovskiy]The life and work of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky is shown through his relationship with aristocratic art connoisseur Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck. | 1970 | Igor Talankin | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (459 votes) | 157 | 20211228 |
| Temptation of Franz Schubert, TheThe darker side of the composer is explored when he stays in the hospital for syphilis. | 1997 | Peter Webber | Drama | 6.6 (45 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| TestimonyThe story of the great Soviet Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin. | 1987 | Tony Palmer | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 7.1 (261 votes) | 157 | 20211228 |
| WagnerA huge panorama of Richard 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. Richard Wagner's radical mu | 1981 | Tony Palmer | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 7.8 (554 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| WahnfriedRichard's Wagner and his wife Cosima. | 1986 | Peter Patzak | Drama, Musical | 5.9 (64 votes) | 112 | 20240727 |
| Waltzes From ViennaThe story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger. | 1934 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Biography, Music, Romance | 6.0 (1.5K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Whom the Gods LoveThe story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. | 1936 | Basil Dean | Drama | 6.0 (48 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Young Chopin [Mlodosc Chopina]A story of the formative years in Chopin's life between 1825 and 1831, a time of social unrest throughout Europe, of rising nationalism, and of cries for reform. Chopin, an outstanding student in music, and inflamed with the revoluti | 1952 | Aleksander Ford | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.3 (60 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Das Dreimäderlhaus | 1958 | Ernst Marischka | Romance, Drama | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Motsart i Salieri | 1962 | Vladimir Gorikker | Drama, History | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Strauss Family | 1972 | nan | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Verdi | 1982 | nan | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| VergeÃt Mozart | 1985 | Miloslav Luther | Music, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mit meinen heiÃen Tränen | 1986 | nan | Biography, Drama | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Bruckners Entscheidung | 1995 | Jan Schmidt-Garre | Biography, Music | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sibelius | 2003 | Timo Koivusalo | Biography, Drama, History, Music | 5.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Antonio Vivaldi, un prince à Venise | 2006 | Jean-Louis Guillermou | Drama | 4.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tchaikovsky: The Creation of Greatness | 2007 | Matthew Whiteman | Documentary, Drama | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| A Mulatto Song | 1996 | Topher Campbell | Short | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Vivaldi, the Red Priest | 2009 | Liana Marabini | Biography, Musical | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Giuseppe Verdi | 1938 | Carmine Gallone | Biography, Drama, History | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Beethoven | 2005 | nan | Documentary, Biography, Drama, History | 8.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ludwig | 2016 | Pauline Moreau | Short, Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Puccini | 2009 | Giorgio Capitani | Biography | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |