Here we've displayed a list of the best Piano films : Shine(1996), Vitus(2006), The Piano Teacher(2001), The Beat That My Heart Skipped(2005), Quartet(1948), Herbie Hancock: Possibilities(2006), The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.(1953), The Competition(1980), The Other Love(1947), The Mephisto Waltz(1971), Grand Piano(2013), The Exterminating Angel(1962) ... ...
Biography, Drama
Australia
1996
105 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Justin Braine Sonia Todd Armin Mueller-Stahl Noah Taylor Lynn Redgrave John Gielgud Googie Withers Alex Rafalowicz Nicholas Bell Chris Heywood
pianist doctor restaurant manager father mental patient uplifting emotional gutsy concert hall london sanatorium restaurant piano family feud mental illness recovery dreams father/son relationship fall transformation
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.
Drama
Switzerland
2006
120 Minutes
Teo Gheorghiu Julika Jenkins Urs Jucker Fabrizio Borsani Bruno Ganz Eleni Haupt Kristina Lykowa Tamara Scarpellini
child prodigy mother father grandfather charming confident incredible switzerland zurich airplane high expectations piano childhood flying family growing up escape transformation 2000s
A twelve-year-old piano prodigy who suffocates from his parent's big dreams for him decides to make his escape--and with the aid of his grandfather--chase his own dreams instead.
Drama
Austria|France|Germany
2001
118 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Annie Girardot Benoît Magimel Anna Sigalevitch Susanne Lothar Udo Samel
music teacher professor mother student lover brooding shocking vienna austria apartment music conservatory concert hall mother/daughter relationship teaching piano sadomasochism voyeurism sex pursuit forbidden love
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Drama
France
2005
107 Minutes
Romain Duris Niels Arestrup Linh Dan Pham Aure Atika Emmanuelle Devos Jonathan Zaccaï Gilles Cohen Anton Yakovlev Mélanie Laurent
thug father gangster gangster's wife music teacher promoter gritty brutal unrestrained france apartment restaurant studio organized crime family father/son relationship piano salvation violence escape
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?
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Jon Fine
musician cool confident creative recording studio music jazz collaboration improvisation piano herbie hancock discovery 2000s
A film about jazz pianist Herbie Hancock.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Peter Lind Hayes Hans Conried Tommy Rettig Mary Healy John Heasley Robert Heasley Noel Cravat Henry Kulky
young boy single mother plumber music teacher uncle amusing quirky outlandish household dreamworld imagination fantasy childhood mother/son relationship song and dance piano adventure escape rescue 1950s
A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.
Romance
USA
1980
126 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Lee Remick Sam Wanamaker Joseph Cali Ty Henderson Vickie Kriegler Adam Stern Bea Silvern Philip Sterling Gloria Stroock
pianist love interest teacher mother father prodigy passionate melodramatic touching concert stage classroom house city piano competition conflict of interest music career romance love
Paul Dietrich, at almost 30 years old, is a fading piano prodigy. Heidi Schoonover is a talented young pianist with a promising future. When Paul hears of an upcoming competition that could make his career, he dedicates himself to winning.
Romance
USA
1947
95 Minutes
doctor pianist racer patient race car driver friend emotional melodramatic intense touching brooding engaging sanatorium switzerland bar town monte carlo, monaco illness death advice
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1971
115 Minutes
Alan Alda Jacqueline Bisset Curt Jurgens Barbara Parkins Bradford Dillman William Windom Kathleen Widdoes Pamelyn Ferdin Curt Lowens Gregory Morton Janee Michelle
pianist virtuoso wife journalist satanist daughter uneasy eerie dark california mansion music hall dreamworld cult piano musical performance supernatural satanism paranoia transformation
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Music
Spain|UK|USA
2013
90 Minutes
Elijah Wood John Cusack Tamsin Egerton Kerry Bishé Alex Winter Dee Wallace Allen Leech Don McManus Don Kress
pianist stranger wife suspenseful dark concert hall chicago piano fear music ransom underdog
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.
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Italy
1962
92 Minutes
Silvia Pinal Jacqueline Andere José Baviera Enrique Rambal Augusto Benedico Luis Beristáin Antonio Bravo Claudio Brook César del Campo Lucy Gallardo
nobleman wife servant doctor dying person brother offbeat witty mansion salon church dinner party trapped food suicide catholic church incest piano transformation fall
In Venice,during the Inquisition,Sandrigo Bembo,the son of the Doge Giovanni Bembo,is falsely accused of treason out of pure malice by the Grand Inquisitor Rodrigo Zeno.
Drama
Germany
2006
112 Minutes
Monica Bleibtreu Hannah Herzsprung Sven Pippig Richy Müller Jasmin Tabatabai Nadja Uhl Kathrin Kestler Stefan Kurt
old woman pianist music teacher prisoner young woman intense raw brutal emotional disturbing melodramatic prison germany prison life violence classical music piano talent love temptation
Divided into four chapters - Son, Daughter, Father and Mother - "Four Windows" is a look inside the brains of a not-so-normal German family. Son leaves for school but actually cruises the ... See full summary »
Other, Drama, Romance
2016
84 Minutes
Lindy Booth Robin Dunne Micah Kalisch Kim Roberts Jennifer Gibson Farrah Aviva Derek McGrath Damon Runyan Dale Whibley
teacher young woman pianist love interest daughter principal charming creative uplifting apartment house school classroom car restaurant piano teaching love greed christmas
Lizzie, a young piano teacher, helps Brad's teenage daughter learn music. As she begins to break through to the girl, sparks begin to fly with Brad, but she is shocked to find out that he may want to buy the school's property.
Drama
1995
95 Minutes
Charles S. Dutton Alfre Woodard Carl Gordon Tommy Hollis Lou Myers Courtney B. Vance Zelda Harris Rosalyn Coleman Tommy La Fitte
sharecropper sister slave grandmother child profound moving powerful pittsburgh mississippi slavery family piano money race relations life lessons sacrifice love 1850s
An heirloom handed down by slaves divides a brother (Charles Dutton) and sister (Alfre Woodard) in 1936 Pittsburgh.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2006
85 Minutes
pianist judge parent page turner dark intricate france music conservatory music competition piano competition failure fall revenge 2000s
Years after a famous pianist's (Catherine Frot) disregard ruins her audition, a young woman (Déborah François) sets in motion an elaborate plan of revenge.
Musical, Comedy
1956
92 Minutes
teacher headmaster classmate jazz musician airy amusing emotional inspiring charming heartwarming school music stage jazz club classroom pub jazz piano music education strike passion
British students rally round a teacher (John Mills) fired by the new headmaster (Cecil Parker) for buying musical instruments.
Other, Romance
2020
84 Minutes
Merritt Patterson Luke Macfarlane Jesse Hutch Julia Benson Jessica Steen Alix West Lefler Darien Martin Hrothgar Mathews Suki Kaiser Brenda M. Crichlow Ben Afful
pianist ex-boyfriend dreamy emotional heartwarming chateau piano reunion tradition forbidden love love pursuit 21st century
A world-renowned pianist rediscovers her passion for music after reuniting with her ex during the holidays.