# The best films about classical music and composers

Mozart, Beethoven, Bernstein, child prodigies and conductors: the finest films about classical music, according to Moviepilot, Classic FM and Suche Filme.

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- May 7, 2024 · Jonas Weiß
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## Top 10

1. **Amadeus (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mozart and Salieri, by Miloš Forman; eight Oscars.
2. **Tár (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A star conductor at a Berlin orchestra falls from grace.
3. **Shine (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pianist David Helfgott and Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto.
4. **Tous les matins du monde (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Viol player Sainte-Colombe and his pupil Marin Marais.
5. **Immortal Beloved (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gary Oldman as Beethoven.
6. **Maestro (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein.
7. **The Red Violin (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A violin travels through three centuries.
8. **Copying Beethoven (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young copyist works for the deaf Beethoven.
9. **The Concert (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A former Bolshoi conductor passes his ragtag orchestra off as the real one.
10. **Farinelli (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The most famous castrato singer of the 18th century.
11. **Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A composer who finds his life's work as a music teacher.
12. **Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The affair after the scandal of The Rite of Spring.
13. **Impromptu (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — George Sand falls in love with Chopin.
14. **Clara (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Clara Schumann between Robert Schumann and Brahms.

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