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1. An American in Paris (1951)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Votes: 36,894 | Gross: $4.50M
2. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson
Votes: 59,592 | Gross: $27.38M
3. Murder by Contract (1958)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel
Votes: 4,368
4. Voice from the Stone (2017)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena, a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.
Director: Eric D. Howell | Stars: Emilia Clarke, Marton Csokas, Caterina Murino, Remo Girone
Votes: 12,179
5. Lisztomania (1975)
R | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Music
Composer 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).
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr
Votes: 3,119
6. Silk Stockings (1957)
Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre
Votes: 4,329
7. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet
Votes: 13,646
8. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier
Votes: 20,635
9. Those People (2015)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous socialite best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign concert pianist.
Director: Joey Kuhn | Stars: Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman, Britt Lower
Votes: 6,633
10. Muscle Shoals (2013)
PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".
Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier | Stars: Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards, Candi Staton
Votes: 4,292 | Gross: $0.70M
11. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 3,271
12. Love at Second Sight (2019)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man tries to make his wife fall in love with him again, after waking up in an alternate reality where she never knew him.
Director: Hugo Gélin | Stars: François Civil, Joséphine Japy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Camille Lellouche
Votes: 6,035
13. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller
Sent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi
Votes: 7,784
14. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss
Votes: 3,847
15. The Beast Must Die (1974)
PG | 93 min | Horror, Mystery
Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray
Votes: 4,174
16. Mad Love (1935)
Passed | 68 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert-pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy
Votes: 5,878 | Gross: $0.37M
17. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 20,496 | Gross: $1.02M
18. 36 fillette (1988)
88 min | Drama, Romance
A night in the life of a young woman who wishes to learn and experience more of life. The men she meets have as much to learn from her as they can offer her, or more.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Delphine Zentout, Etienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 1,394 | Gross: $0.41M
19. Grand Piano (2013)
R | 90 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A pianist with stage fright endures a performance under the eyes of a mysterious sniper, who will shoot and kill him if a wrong note is played.
Director: Eugenio Mira | Stars: Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishé, Tamsin Egerton
Votes: 19,631 | Gross: $0.02M
20. Mondo Cane 2 (1963)
Approved | 102 min | Documentary, Horror
The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Henning Skaarup, Peter Ustinov, Arnaldo Caivano
Votes: 989
21. The Great Lie (1941)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson
Votes: 4,347
22. Hands of a Stranger (1962)
Passed | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad.
Director: Newt Arnold | Stars: Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Noah, Ted Otis
Votes: 993
23. Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Crime
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found.
Directors: Wayne Wang, Spencer Nakasako | Stars: Wan Kin Cheng, John Chan, Kwan-Min Cheng, Allen Fong
Votes: 272 | Gross: $0.11M
24. Chateau Christmas (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
World-famous pianist Margot returns to Chateau Neuhaus for Christmas. While there she reunites with her ex-boyfriend Jackson, who convinces her to headline their annual Christmas Concert.
Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Merritt Patterson, Luke Macfarlane, Jesse Hutch, Julia Benson
Votes: 1,967
25. Fear (1954)
84 min | Drama
Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover's jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt, Kurt Kreuger
Votes: 1,773
26. The Other Love (1947)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Karen Duncan, a seriously ill concert pianist, enters a Swiss sanatorium where she's attracted to Dr. Tony Stanton. Ignoring his warnings about resting, she leaves for Monte Carlo with Paul Clermont despite possibly fatal consequences.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Richard Conte, Gilbert Roland
Votes: 921
27. The Castle of Sand (1974)
143 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada
Votes: 1,537
28. Between Two Worlds (1944)
Approved | 112 min | Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got on board or where they are going yet, oddly enough, it soon becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
Director: Edward A. Blatt | Stars: John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor Parker
Votes: 2,348
29. Johnny Staccato (1959–1960)
24 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.
Stars: John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dennis Sallas, Frank London
Votes: 274
30. Nightcap (2000)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly
Votes: 5,978 | Gross: $0.44M
31. The Cat Concerto (1947)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Votes: 4,828
32. The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, George Zucco, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 891
33. Julie (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy
Votes: 2,226
34. The Accompanist (2019)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Dr. Jason Holden, early 50s, is in danger of losing his family, because of a tragic automobile accident. He becomes a piano accompanist at a local ballet studio and falls in love with Brandon Wykowski, 27, a troubled dancer.
Director: Frederick Keeve | Stars: Frederick Keeve, Ricky Palomino, Aaron Cavette, Jeanette Driver
Votes: 187
35. The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy
Ex-showgirls and roommates Polaire Gwynn (Madge Evans) and Schatze Citroux (Joan Blondell) are reunited with their sometime friend and former co-worker, Jean Lawrence (Ina Claire), when she... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, David Manners
Votes: 537
36. The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
94 min | Drama, Music
Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. ... See full summary »
Director: Claudia Llosa | Stars: Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solís, Marino Ballón
Votes: 7,348 | Gross: $0.01M
37. The Letters (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.
Directors: Paul Krasny, Gene Nelson | Stars: John Forsythe, Pamela Franklin, Ida Lupino, Dina Merrill
Votes: 264
38. Time Out of Mind (1947)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The son of a wealthy Maine shipping magnate causes a crisis in the family when he announces that he wants a career in music rather than in the family business.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert
Votes: 188
39. Appointment in Bray (1971)
90 min | Drama, Music, War
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxembourg, 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... See full summary »
Director: André Delvaux | Stars: Anna Karina, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 563
40. That Midnight Kiss (1949)
Approved | 96 min | Musical, Romance
In Philadelphia, the soprano Prudence Budell returns from Europe after a period of five years training in the best Europeans music schools. Her millionaire grandmother Abigail Trent Budell ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, José Iturbi, Ethel Barrymore, Mario Lanza
Votes: 639
41. Stolen Face (1952)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
A doctor repairs a female inmate's disfigured face to match the lovely woman who left him, and marries her, only to find out how abusive she is.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell, Mary Mackenzie
Votes: 835
42. Enormous (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy
A world traveling pianist and her husband have decided not to have a baby, but then he sees a surprise childbirth on a flight and tampers with her pill.
Director: Sophie Letourneur | Stars: Marina Foïs, Jonathan Cohen, Jacqueline Kakou, Ayala Cousteau
Votes: 1,702
43. Loving Miss Hatto (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
In 1953, William Barrington-Coupe - known as Barrie - spots concert pianist Joyce Hatto and recognizes her talent. They marry and Barrie becomes Joyce's agent. Joyce makes several records, ... See full summary »
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Alfred Molina, Francesca Annis, Rory Kinnear, Maimie McCoy
Votes: 265
44. When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 755
45. Follow the Boys (1944)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were ... See full summary »
Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, John Rawlins | Stars: George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 502
46. Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When Bugs attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,473
47. Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Approved | 115 min | Musical, Romance
It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drake's School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan, isn't ... See full summary »
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell, Edward Arnold
Votes: 575
48. Music for Millions (1944)
Passed | 117 min | Drama, Family, War
Six year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 647
49. Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young, Paula Corday
Votes: 623
50. A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
An exhausted concert pianist learns he is the owner of an apartment building; after being advised to move there to rest, he becomes involved in the lives of his eccentric tenants.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: David Niven, Jane Wyman, Victor Moore, Wayne Morris
Votes: 617