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Plot Summary:
Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Appointment in Bray (1971)
Plot Summary:
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in Bray. The housekeeper, a beautiful but mute woman lets Julien in, but his friend is late and he is obliged to wait. In the meantime, he starts reminiscing of the pre-war days spent with his friend and Jacques' girlfriend Odile.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Belgium, West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Four White Shirts (1987)
Plot Summary:
In his free time, phone technician Cezars Kalnins writes songs and plays in a band he has started with friends. The band has a long road to travel in order to receive a permit and make its public debut. A member of the Culture Committee superficially listens to the songs and criticises them but later is powerless to stop the grindstone of public debate, which she has herself initiated.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Latvia, Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags:
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The Touch (1992)
Plot Summary:
Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new musical secretary. His loyal wife reluctantly accepts her as his young lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: Poland, UK, Denmark
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Blue Note (1991)
Plot Summary:
If you’re a fan of Ken Russell’s particular brand of stylistically dizzy biographies covering the lives of old-school classical composers, then you’re going to love The Blue Note, Zulawski’s outré ode to Frédéric Chopin (played here by concert pianist/first-time actor Janusz Olejniczak.) Simultaneously achieveing wistful and surrealistic tones, the film covers the last few days of fragile Chopin’s professional life, as well as the (ahem!) overzealous behavior from the phalanx of Chopin’s celebrity admirers. Set at a lush countryside estate, The Blue Note expertly drifts back and forth from tender “love triangle” mode to hyper-imaginary dream-like sequences, all aided by a near-constant beautiful stream of Chopin’s piano music on the soundtrack. As well, the film is one of Zulawski’s most personal projects, as Chopin’s Polish exile in France within the confines of the narrative mirrors Zulawski’s own similar post-’70s exile.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: experimental, avant garde
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Maestro (2023)
Plot Summary:
This fearless love story chronicles the complicated lifelong relationship between music legend Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags:
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Dreams of Love - Liszt (1970)
Plot Summary:
This is a romantic biographical film about Franz Liszt. In a distinguished saloon of Paris, the unknown composer, Liszt, defeats the renown Thalberg at a piano competition. Through his playing, he wins the favours and later the hand of the countess D'Agoult. A daughter is born in their marriage, Cosima. Liszt is better and better known, Marie introduces him to the circle of artists.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Hungary, Soviet Union
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: period piece
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Rainbow (1978)
Plot Summary:
The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the Movie Studio system that held her back while her mother was forever pushing her to excel.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: reflective
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I Saw the Light (2015)
Plot Summary:
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, emotional, stylized, romantic, sad, anamorphic, historical drama
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Mozart's Sister (2010)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating, entertaining, heartbreaking, period piece, historical drama, gloomy, crying
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Callas Forever (2002)
Plot Summary:
A fictionalized account of the last days of opera singer Maria Callas (Ardant).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, Romania
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic, serious, crying
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Immortal Beloved (1994)
Plot Summary:
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 many women in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: emotional, visual, costume drama, informative, dramatic, visually stunning, touching, epic, intellectual, gothic
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Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, independent film, powerful, captivating, realistic, stylized, crying
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Plot Summary:
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: existential, independent film, spiritual, anthology, serious, realistic, contemplative, philosophical, atmospheric, thought provoking
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John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985)
Plot Summary:
Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, avant garde, rockumentary
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The Linda McCartney Story (2000)
Plot Summary:
In a dramatization of her life, Linda Eastman, takes a job snapping pictures for Rolling Stone Magazine, despite the objections of her straight-laced father, Lee Eastman. As Linda rubs elbows with music royalty, she bumps into rock star Paul McCartney, and they soon fall in love. Although not only her father but also Paul's band mates disapprove of the romance, Linda and Paul wed while relations between the Beatles begin to disintegrate.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, crying
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
Plot Summary:
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 Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: realistic, sexy, talky, intense, period piece, sentimental, stylized, romantic, heartbreaking, costume drama
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Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)
Plot Summary:
The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic, emotional, period drama
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Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: stylized, realistic, factual, cult classic, entertaining, epic, lgbt cinema, period piece, romantic drama, historical drama
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Copying Beethoven (2006)
Plot Summary:
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, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, UK, Hungary
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, period piece, psychological, inspirational, sincere, spiritual
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Shine (1996)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: inspirational, emotional, feel good, intense, realistic, poignant, touching, thought provoking, epic, sad
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Scott Joplin (1977)
Plot Summary:
Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, period piece
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Amadeus (1984)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 421000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece, visual, atmospheric, visually appealing, historical drama, captivating
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Bride of the Wind (2001)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, heartbreaking, visual, visually stunning, independent film, period drama
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Summer in February (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain's most sought-after artists, is at the centre of the complex love triangle, involving aspiring artist Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna Valley estate. True - and deeply moving - the story is played out against the timeless beauty of the Cornish coast, in the approaching shadow of The Great War.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, retro, historical drama, realistic, stylized, costume drama, period drama
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Born to Be Blue (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, visually stunning, colorful, rockumentary, weird
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The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Plot Summary:
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: touching, breathtaking, sincere, inspirational, sentimental, philosophical, unusual plot structure, sad, stylized, costume drama
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The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: psychological, intellectual, period piece, costume drama, talky, atmospheric, serious, romantic, stylized, historical drama
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The Piano Teacher (2001)
Plot Summary:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: sexual, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak, emotional, art house, serious, erotic, psycho sexual
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84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Plot Summary:
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, touching, sincere, inspirational, offbeat, intellectual, feel good, sentimental, serious