# List of composers depicted on film

This list provides details of cinematic portrayals of composers as characters in film.
A composer may be the main subject of a film, or a less important character. The events portrayed might be reasonably historically accurate or might be fictionalised to some degree. The list includes films released in cinemas as well as films made for television.
This list does not cover purely documentary films. Some films mix elements of drama and documentary, such as Ken Russell's Elgar, and these can be included.
This list does not give details of roles where an actor provides only their voice; nor does it include portrayals of fictional composers.

## List of films by composer

Details shown for each film are:
* title
* year of production
* country of production
* language if other than English
* name of actor portraying the composer (they are sometimes shown at different ages in the same film, requiring different actors).
| Composer | Film details | Actor |
| Isaac Albéniz | Albéniz (1947); Argentina; Spanish | Pedro López Lagar |
| Isaac Albéniz | Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012); Spain; Spanish | Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón |
| Johann Georg Albrechtsberger | Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | Fritz Imhoff |
| Johann Georg Albrechtsberger | Eroica (1949); Austria; German | Alfred Neugebauer |
| Johann Christoph Altnickol | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Gustav Knuth |
| Anna Magdalena Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Lina Lossen |
| Anna Magdalena Bach | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968); West Germany; German | Christiane Lang |
| Anna Magdalena Bach | Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | Elena Lenskaya |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | Paul Herwig |
| Johann Christoph Bach | Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | Cédric Vallet |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Eugen Klöpfer |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968); West Germany; German | Gustav Leonhardt |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Gerd Böckmann |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Bach's Fight for Freedom (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | Ted Dykstra |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Uzhin V Chetyre Ruki (2000); Russia | Evgeniy Steblov |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | Gwenaël Foucher, Christian Vadim |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | Vadim Glowna |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Gustaf Gründgens |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968); West Germany; German | Andreas Pangritz |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | Anatole Taubman |
| Mily Balakirev | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Vladimir Balashov |
| Béla Bartók | Bartok (1964); UK | Boris Ranevsky |
| Leonard Bernstein | Maestro | Bradley Cooper |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe (1926); Austria; German | Theodor Weiser |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Beethoven's Great Love (1937); France; French | Harry Baur |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Serenade (1940); France; French | Auguste Bovério |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | The Great Awakening (1941); USA | Albert Bassermann |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | René Deltgen |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Heavenly Music (1943); USA | Steven Geray |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Eroica (1949); Austria; German | Ewald Balser |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Napoléon (1955); France; French | Erich von Stroheim |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | The House of Three Girls (1958); West Germany, Austria; German | Ewald Balser |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | The Magnificent Rebel (1962); USA, Austria; English, German (made as 2 episodes of the TV series Disneyland but then unified as a feature film and given a cinematic release) | Karlheinz Böhm |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Le Neveu de Beethoven (1985); France, West Germany | Wolfgang Reichmann |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989); USA; English | Clifford David |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992); Canada | Neil Munro |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Immortal Beloved (1994); UK, USA; English, Hungarian | Gary Oldman |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Eroica (2003); UK | Ian Hart |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Beethoven (2005: TV mini-series) | Paul Rhys |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Copying Beethoven (2006); USA | Ed Harris |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film | Louis van Beethoven (2020) [de] (2020); Germany | Tobias Moretti |
| Vincenzo Bellini | Casta Diva (1935); Italy; Italian | Sandro Palmieri |
| Vincenzo Bellini | Casta Diva (1954); Italy; Italian | Maurice Ronet |
| Vincenzo Bellini | Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Maurice Ronet |
| Hector Berlioz | Paganini (1923); Germany; silent | Jean Nadolovitch |
| Hector Berlioz | La Symphonie fantastique (1942); France; French | Jean-Louis Barrault |
| Hector Berlioz | Lisztomania (1975); UK | Murray Melvin |
| Hector Berlioz | Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | József Székhelyi |
| Hector Berlioz | La vie de Berlioz (1983); France; French | Daniel Mesguich |
| Georges Bizet | Bizet's Dream (1994); Czech Republic, Canada | Maurice Godin |
| Arrigo Boito | Puccini (1953); Italy; Italian | Carlo Duse |
| Arrigo Boito | The Life of Verdi (1982); Italy, France, UK, West Germany, Sweden; Italian | Lino Capolicchio |
| Alexander Borodin | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | Robert Barron |
| Alexander Borodin | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Yuri Leonidov |
| Johannes Brahms | Rosen aus dem Süden (1934); Germany; German | Hugo Werner-Kahle |
| Johannes Brahms | Guten Abend, gute Nacht (1936); Germany; German | Albert Florath |
| Johannes Brahms | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Ullrich Haupt |
| Johannes Brahms | Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story) | Robert Walker |
| Johannes Brahms | The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Laurence Carter |
| Johannes Brahms | Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | Martin Ehrbächer |
| Johannes Brahms | Inner Voices (2003); Canada | Ken Roy |
| Johannes Brahms | Robert Schumann - Clara Wieck - Johannes Brahms (2006); Germany; German | Sebastian Mirow |
| Johannes Brahms | Geliebte Clara (2008); Germany, France, Hungary; German | Malik Zidi |
| Anton Bruckner | The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990); UK | Peter Mackriel |
| Anton Bruckner | Bruckners Entscheidung (1995); Germany; German | Joachim Bauer |
| Hans von Bülow | Magic Fire (1955); USA | Eric Schumann |
| Hans von Bülow | Ludwig (1972); Italy, France; Italian, French | Mark Burns |
| Hans von Bülow | Lisztomania (1975); UK | Andrew Reilly |
| Hans von Bülow | Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | István Iglódi |
| Hans von Bülow | Wagner (1983); UK | Miguel Herz-Kestranek |
| Hans von Bülow | Wahnfried (1986); Germany, France; German, French | Peter Matic |
| Ferruccio Busoni | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Hannu Kivioja |
| Dieterich Buxtehude | Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | Alain Floret |
| Frédéric Chopin | Chopin e George Sand (1910); Italy; silent | Alberto Degli Abbati |
| Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne of Love (1919); Germany; silent | Conrad Veidt |
| Frédéric Chopin | Fadette (1926); Germany; German | Alfred Abel |
| Frédéric Chopin | La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Jean Servais |
| Frédéric Chopin | Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
| Frédéric Chopin | The Life of Chopin (1938); UK | Frank Henderson |
| Frédéric Chopin | Pontcarral, colonel d'empire (1942); France; French | Jean Chaduc |
| Frédéric Chopin | Szerelmes szívek (1944); Hungary; Hungarian | Gyula Benkö |
| Frédéric Chopin | A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Cornel Wilde |
| Frédéric Chopin | Housle a sen (1947); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Václav Voska |
| Frédéric Chopin | Bohemian Rapture (1948); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Václav Voska |
| Frédéric Chopin | La rebelión de los fantasmas (1949); Mexico; Spanish | Francisco Valera |
| Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in Scotland (1951); UK | Hugh Burden |
| Frédéric Chopin | Youth of Chopin (1952); Poland; Polish | Czesław Wołłejko |
| Frédéric Chopin | George Sand (1958); Brazil; Portuguese | Egídio Eccio |
| Frédéric Chopin | George Sandin salongissa (1960); Finland; Finnish | Fred Richard |
| Frédéric Chopin | Song Without End (1960); USA | Alexander Davion |
| Frédéric Chopin | Prelúdio, A Vida de Chopin (1962); Brazil; Portuguese | Cláudio Marzo |
| Frédéric Chopin | Chopin and George Sand - The Creative Years (1966); UK | Jeremy Brett |
| Frédéric Chopin | Jutrzenka (aka A Winter in Mallorca) (1969); Spain; Spanish | Christopher Sandford |
| Frédéric Chopin | George Who? (1973); France; French | Pierre Kalinovski |
| Frédéric Chopin | Notorious Woman (1974); UK | George Chakiris |
| Frédéric Chopin | Lisztomania (1975); UK | Kenneth Colley |
| Frédéric Chopin | Sex Pot (1975); Italy, France; Italian | Aldo Maccione |
| Frédéric Chopin | Le porte-clefs (1981); France; French | Jean-Claude Leguay |
| Frédéric Chopin | Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | László Gálffi |
| Frédéric Chopin | Ein Winter auf Mallorca (1982); West Germany; German | Krystian Martinek |
| Frédéric Chopin | Impromptu (1991); UK, France | Hugh Grant |
| Frédéric Chopin | La note bleue (1991); France, Germany; French | Janusz Olejniczak |
| Frédéric Chopin | Chopin - Bilder einer Trennung (1993); France, Germany | Stephan Wolf-Schönburg |
| Frédéric Chopin | The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka: or, The Mystery of Chopin (1999) | Paul Rhys |
| Frédéric Chopin | Pół serio (2000); Poland; Polish | Rafal Królikowski |
| Frédéric Chopin | Toute la ville en parle (2000); France; French | Maurice Mons |
| Frédéric Chopin | Chopin: Frédéric et George (2001); Canada; French | Darren Bonin |
| Frédéric Chopin | Chopin: Desire for Love (2002); Poland; Polish | Piotr Adamczyk |
| Frédéric Chopin | George et Fanchette (2010); France; French | Fabrice Pruvost |
| George M. Cohan | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); USA | James Cagney |
| George M. Cohan | The Seven Little Foys (1955); USA | James Cagney |
| Aaron Copland | Salón México (1996); Mexico | Steven Brown |
| Aaron Copland | Maestro | Brian Klugman |
| César Cui | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | William Ruhl |
| César Cui | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Bruno Freindlich |
| Alexander Dargomyzhsky | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Fyodor Nikitin |
| Alexander Dargomyzhsky | Kompozitor Glinka (1953); USSR; Russian | Yuri Lyubimov |
| Claude Debussy | The Debussy Film (1958); UK | Oliver Reed |
| Claude Debussy | Camille Claudel (1988); France; French | Maxime Leroux |
| Claude Debussy | La musique de l’amour: Chouchou (1995); France; French | François Marthouret |
| Élie-Miriam Delaborde | Bizet's Dream (1994); Czech Republic, Canada | R. H. Thomson |
| Frederick Delius | Song of Summer (1968); UK | Max Adrian |
| Anton Diabelli | It's Only Love (1947); Austria; German | Julius Brandt |
| Anton Diabelli | Franz Schubert (1953); Austria; German | Franz Pfaudler |
| Anton Diabelli | The House of Three Girls (1958); West Germany, Austria; German | Richard Romanowsky |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Il cavaliere del sogno (1947); Italy; Italian | Amedeo Nazzari |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Marcello Mastroianni |
| Gaetano Donizetti | The Life of Verdi (1982); Italy, France, UK, West Germany, Sweden; Italian | Ugo Bologna |
| Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté | Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté (2006); Canada | Colombe Demers |
| Edward Elgar | Elgar (1962); UK | George McGrath |
| Józef Elsner | La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Marcel Vallée |
| Józef Elsner | Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Richard Romanowsky |
| Józef Elsner | A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Paul Muni |
| Józef Elsner | Youth of Chopin (1952); Poland; Polish | Jan Kurnakowicz |
| Józef Elsner | Prelúdio, A Vida de Chopin (1962); Brazil; Portuguese | Percy Aires |
| Ferenc Erkel | Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | László Vajda |
| Eric Fenby | Song of Summer (1968); UK | Christopher Gable |
| Stephen Foster | Harmony Lane (1935); USA, English | Douglass Montgomery |
| Stephen Foster | Swanee River (1939); USA, English | Don Ameche |
| Stephen Foster | I Dream of Jeanie (1952); USA, English | Bill Shirley |
| Frederick II of Prussia | Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | Jürgen Vogel |
| Niels Gade | Song of Norway (1970); USA | Ronald Adam |
| George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue (1945); USA | Robert Alda |
| George Gershwin | So This Is Love (1953); USA | William Boyett |
| George Gershwin | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies; (1994); USA | Tom Beckett |
| Alexander Glazunov | Rimsky-Korsakov (1952); USSR; Russian | Viktor Khokhryakov |
| Alexander Glazunov | Testimony (1987); Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, West Germany, UK | Peter Woodthorpe |
| Mikhail Glinka | The Great Glinka (1946); USSR; Russian | Boris Chirkov |
| Mikhail Glinka | Kompozitor Glinka (1953); USSR; Russian | Boris Smirnov |
| Mikhail Glinka | Szerelmi álmok – Liszt (1970); Hungary, USSR; various | Petr Shelokhonov |
| Percy Grainger | Song of Summer (1968); UK | David Collings |
| Percy Grainger | Passion (1999); Australia | Richard Roxburgh |
| Edvard Grieg | Song of Norway (1970); USA | Toralv Maurstad |
| Johan Halvorsen | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Johan Fagerudd |
| George Frideric Handel | The Great Mr. Handel (1942); UK | Wilfrid Lawson |
| George Frideric Handel | God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1986); UK | Trevor Howard, Christopher Bramwell, Dave Griffiths |
| George Frideric Handel | Farinelli (1994); Italy, Belgium, France; French, Italian | Jeroen Krabbé |
| George Frideric Handel | Handel's Last Chance (1996); Canada, Slovakia | Leon Pownall |
| George Frideric Handel | Uzhin V Chetyre Ruki (2000); Russia | Mikhail Kozakov |
| Joseph Haydn | Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Cesare Polacco |
| Joseph Haydn | The Magnificent Rebel (1962); USA, Austria; English, German (made as 2 episodes of the TV series Disneyland but then unified as a feature film and given a cinematic release) | Ernst Nadherny |
| Joseph Haydn | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Peter Pasetti |
| Joseph Haydn | Forget Mozart (1985); West Germany, Czechoslovakia; German | Ladislav Chudík |
| Joseph Haydn | Eroica (2003); UK | Frank Finlay |
| Joseph Haydn | The Genius of Mozart (2004); UK | Ron Donachie |
| Michael Haydn | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Jean-Pierre Sentier |
| Bernard Herrmann | RKO 281 (1999); USA | Kerry Shale |
| Hildegard of Bingen | Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009); Germany, France; German, English | Barbara Sukowa |
| Anselm Hüttenbrenner | Blossom Time (1934); UK | Ivan Samson |
| Anselm Hüttenbrenner | Unfinished Symphony (1937); UK, Austria | Esme Percy |
| Leoš Janáček | In Search of Janáček (2004); Czech Republic; Czech | Hanuš Bor |
| Armas Järnefelt | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Tapani Kalliomäki |
| Scott Joplin | Scott Joplin (1977); USA | Billy Dee Williams |
| Robert Kajanus | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Vesa Vierikko |
| Friedrich Kalkbrenner | La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Marcel André |
| Friedrich Kalkbrenner | Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Gustav Waldau |
| Friedrich Kalkbrenner | A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Howard Freeman |
| Aram Khachaturian | Testimony (1987); Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, West Germany, UK | William Squire |
| Aram Khachaturian | Khachaturian (2003); United States | Peter Rosen |
| Ernst Krenek | Mahler (1974); UK | Kenneth Colley |
| Joseph Lanner | The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Derek Jacobi |
| Vatroslav Lisinski | Lisinski (1944); Yugoslavia, Germany; Croatian | Branko Špoljar |
| Franz Liszt | Paganini (1923); Germany; silent | Gustav Fröhlich |
| Franz Liszt | La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Daniel Lecourtois |
| Franz Liszt | Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Hans Schlenck |
| Franz Liszt | If It Were Not for Music (1935); Germany; German, Italian | Luis Rainer |
| Franz Liszt | Suez (1938); USA | Brandon Hurst |
| Franz Liszt | Pontcarral, colonel d'empire (1942); France; French | Marc Dantzer |
| Franz Liszt | The Phantom of the Opera (1943); USA | Fritz Leiber |
| Franz Liszt | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Emil Lohkamp |
| Franz Liszt | A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Stephen Bekassy |
| Franz Liszt | Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story, but the Liszt character was cut out) | Henry Daniell |
| Franz Liszt | Kompozitor Glinka (1953); USSR; Russian | Sviatoslav Richter |
| Franz Liszt | Magic Fire (1955); USA | Carlos Thompson |
| Franz Liszt | Lola Montès (1955); France, West Germany | Will Quadflieg |
| Franz Liszt | George Sandin salongissa (1960); Finland; Finnish | Jaakko Helkavaara |
| Franz Liszt | Song Without End (1960); USA | Dirk Bogarde |
| Franz Liszt | Song of Norway (1970); USA | Henry Gilbert |
| Franz Liszt | Szerelmi álmok – Liszt (1970); Hungary, USSR; various | Imre Sinkovits |
| Franz Liszt | George Who? (1973); France; French | Maxence Mailfort |
| Franz Liszt | Notorious Woman (1974); UK | Jeremy Irons |
| Franz Liszt | Lisztomania (1975); UK | Roger Daltrey |
| Franz Liszt | Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | Iván Darvas, Géza Hegedüs D. |
| Franz Liszt | La vie de Berlioz (1983); France; French | Péter Trokán |
| Franz Liszt | Wagner (1983); UK | Ekkehard Schall |
| Franz Liszt | Wahnfried (1986); Germany, France; German, French | Anton Diffring |
| Franz Liszt | Impromptu (1991); UK, France | Julian Sands |
| Franz Liszt | Liszt's Rhapsody (1996): Canada | Geordie Johnson |
| Franz Liszt | Chopin: Desire for Love (2002); Poland; Polish | Michal Konarski |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Le Roi danse (2000); France; French | Boris Terral |
| Anatoly Lyadov | Rimsky-Korsakov (1952); USSR; Russian | Anatoliy Kuznetsov |
| Gustav Mahler | Mahler (1974); UK | Robert Powell |
| Gustav Mahler | Nedovrsena simfonija (1998); Yugoslavia; Serbian | Slobodan Ljubicic |
| Gustav Mahler | Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | Jonathan Pryce |
| Gustav Mahler | Mahler on the Couch (2010); Germany, Austria; German | Johannes Silberschneider |
| Marin Marais | Tous les Matins du Monde (1991); France; French | Gérard Depardieu |
| Fanny Mendelssohn | Requiem for Fanny (2001); Canada | Estelle Clareton |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Lisztomania (1975); UK | Otto Diamant |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Besuch bei ihr (1982); East Germany; German | Klaus-Peter Thiele |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | André Heller |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Requiem for Fanny (2001); Canada | Paul-Antoine Taillefer |
| André Messager | La musique de l'amour: Chouchou (1995); France; French | Valeri Doronin |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer | Magic Fire (1955); USA | Charles Régnier |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer | Wagner (1983); UK | Vernon Dobtcheff |
| Ignaz Moscheles | Nocturne in Scotland (1951); UK | Marcel Poncin |
| Stanisław Moniuszko | Warsaw Premiere (1951); Poland; Polish | Jan Koecher |
| Leopold Mozart | Mozarts Leben, Lieben und Leiden (1921), Austria; German | Paul Gerhardt |
| Leopold Mozart | Whom the Gods Love (1936); UK | Hubert Harben |
| Leopold Mozart | Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Luigi Pavese |
| Leopold Mozart | Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | Walter Janssen |
| Leopold Mozart | Mozart: A Childhood Chronicle (1974); West Germany; German | Maria Schley |
| Leopold Mozart | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Michel Bouquet |
| Leopold Mozart | Amadeus (1984); USA | Roy Dotrice |
| Leopold Mozart | Noi tre (1984), Italy, Italian | Lino Capolicchio |
| Leopold Mozart | The Genius of Mozart (2004); UK | Kenneth Cranham |
| Leopold Mozart | Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht (2006); Germany | Gerard Alexander Held |
| Leopold Mozart | In Search of Mozart (2006) UK | Sean Barrett |
| Leopold Mozart | Mozart's Sister (2010); France; French | Marc Barbé |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozarts Leben, Lieben und Leiden (1921), Austria; German | Josef Zetenius, Senta Stillmark |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Whom the Gods Love (1936); UK | Stephen Haggard, Pat Fitzpatrick |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Cesare Barbetti, Gino Cervi |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | Hans Holt |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart (1955); Austria; German | Oskar Werner |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | A Requiem for Mozart (1967); USSR; Russian | Innokenty Smoktunovsky |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart: A Childhood Chronicle (1974); West Germany; German | Pavlos Bekiaris, Diego Crovetti, Santiago Ziesmer |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Karol Zuber, Jean-François Dichamp, Christoph Bantzer |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Amadeus (1984); USA | Tom Hulce |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Noi tre (1984), Italy, Italian | Cristopher Davidson |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Forget Mozart (1985); West Germany, Czechoslovakia; German | Max Tidof |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Genius of Mozart (2004); UK | Jack Tarlton |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht (2006); Germany | Xaver Hutter |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | In Search of Mozart (2006) UK | Sam West / Frank Adams-Brown |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | I, Don Giovanni (2009); Italy, Spain; German, Italian | Lino Guanciale |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart's Sister (2010); France; French | David Moreau |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | Lewis Howard |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Aleksandr Borisov |
| Josef Mysliveček | Il Boemo (2022); Czech Republic; Czech | Vojtěch Dyk |
| Rikard Nordraak | Song of Norway (1970); USA | Frank Porretta |
| Jacques Offenbach | The Empress and I (1933); Germany; German | Julius Falkenstein |
| Jacques Offenbach | Moi et l'impératrice (1933); Germany, France; French | Julius Falkenstein |
| Jacques Offenbach | The Only Girl (1933); Germany, UK | Julius Falkenstein |
| Jacques Offenbach | Idol of Paris (1948); UK | Miles Malleson |
| Jacques Offenbach | The Paris Waltz (1950); France; French | Pierre Fresnay |
| Jacques Offenbach | The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | Arnulf Schröder |
| Jacques Offenbach | The Great Waltz (1972); USA | Dominique Weber |
| Jacques Offenbach | Les folies Offenbach (TV miniseries, 1977–78); France; French | Michel Serrault |
| Jacques Offenbach | Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown [de] (1987), Austria | Philippe Nicaud |
| Ignacy Jan Paderewski | Moonlight Sonata (1937); UK | Himself |
| Niccolò Paganini | The House of Three Girls (1918); Germany; silent | Raoul Lange |
| Niccolò Paganini | Paganini (1923); Germany; silent | Conrad Veidt |
| Niccolò Paganini | Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe (1926); Austria; German | Otto Schmöle |
| Niccolò Paganini | Fadette (1926); Germany; German | Hanns Waschatko |
| Niccolò Paganini | La Symphonie fantastique (1942); France; French | Maurice Schutz |
| Niccolò Paganini | Heavenly Music (1943); USA | Fritz Feld |
| Niccolò Paganini | A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Roxy Roth |
| Niccolò Paganini | The Magic Bow (1946); UK | Stewart Granger |
| Niccolò Paganini | Housle a sen (1947); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Karel Dostal |
| Niccolò Paganini | Bohemian Rapture (1948); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Karel Dostal |
| Niccolò Paganini | Youth of Chopin (1952); Poland; Polish | Franciszek Jamry |
| Niccolò Paganini | Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Gidon Kremer |
| Niccolò Paganini | Paganini (1989; aka Kinski Paganini); Italy; Italian | Klaus Kinski |
| Maria Theresia von Paradis | Mesmer (1994); Austria, Canada, UK, Germany (as Maria Theresa Paradies) | Amanda Ooms |
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Pergolesi (1932); Italy; Italian | Elio Steiner |
| Ignaz Pleyel | Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Paul Henckels |
| Nicola Porpora | Farinelli (1994); Italy, Belgium, France; French, Italian | Omero Antonutti |
| Giacomo Puccini | Puccini (1953); Italy; Italian | Gabriele Ferzetti |
| Giacomo Puccini | Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Gabriele Ferzetti |
| Giacomo Puccini | Puccini (1984); UK | Robert Stephens |
| Giacomo Puccini | Puccini e la fanciulla (2008); Italy; Italian | Riccardo Moretti |
| Henry Purcell | England, My England (1995); UK | Michael Ball |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody in Blue (1945); USA | Will Wright |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Ya – aktrisa (1980); USSR; Russian | Vladimir Korenev |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Ellis Island (1984); USA | Vernon Dobtcheff |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | The Child Prodigy (2010); Canada; French | Itzhak Finzi |
| Maurice Ravel | Rhapsody in Blue (1945); USA | Oscar Loraine |
| Maurice Ravel | Nedovrsena simfonija (1998); Yugoslavia; Serbian | Fedja Stojanovic |
| Maurice Ravel | Ravel's Brain (2001); Canada; French, English | Thierry Costa |
| Carl Reinecke | Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story, but the Reinecke character was cut out) | Konstantin Shayne |
| Ferdinand Ries | Eroica (2003); UK | Leo Bill |
| Ferdinand Ries | Beethoven (2005: TV mini-series) | Bertie Carvel |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Song of Scheherazade (1947); USA | Jean-Pierre Aumont |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | David Leonard |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Andrei Popov |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Rimsky-Korsakov (1952); USSR; Russian | Grigori Belov |
| Juventino Rosas | Over the Waves (1950); Mexico, Spanish | Pedro Infante |
| Gioachino Rossini | Fadette (1926); Germany; German | Rudolf Klein-Rogge |
| Gioachino Rossini | Rossini (1942); Italy; Italian | Nino Besozzi |
| Gioachino Rossini | Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Roland Alexandre |
| Gioachino Rossini | Lisztomania (1975); UK | Ken Parry |
| Gioachino Rossini | Rossini! Rossini! (1991); Italy; Italian | Sergio Castellitto, Philippe Noiret |
| Gioachino Rossini | Rossini's Ghost (1996); Canada | Joseph Di Mambro |
| Nikolai Rubinstein | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | Lester Sharpe |
| Nikolai Rubinstein | Tchaikovsky (1969); USSR; Russian | Vladislav Strzhelchik |
| Nikolai Rubinstein | The Music Lovers (1970); UK | Max Adrian |
| Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe | Tous les Matins du Monde (1991); France; French | Jean-Pierre Marielle |
| Antonio Salieri | Unfinished Symphony (1934); UK, Austria | Cecil Humphreys |
| Antonio Salieri | Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Augusto Marcacci |
| Antonio Salieri | Mozart (1955); Austria; German | Albin Skoda |
| Antonio Salieri | A Requiem for Mozart (1967); USSR; Russian | Pyotr Glebov |
| Antonio Salieri | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Carlo Rivolta |
| Antonio Salieri | Amadeus (1984); USA | F. Murray Abraham |
| Antonio Salieri | Forget Mozart (1985); West Germany, Czechoslovakia; German | Winfried Glatzeder |
| Antonio Salieri | I, Don Giovanni (2009); Italy, Spain; German, Italian | Ennio Fantastichini |
| Erik Satie | La musique de l'amour: Chouchou (1995); France; French | Sergei Zamorev |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | Robert Herzl |
| Franz Schubert | The House of Three Girls (1918); Germany; silent | Julius Spielmann |
| Franz Schubert | A Waltz by Strauss (1925); Austria; silent | Philipp von Zeska |
| Franz Schubert | Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe (1926); Austria; German | Philipp von Zeska |
| Franz Schubert | Seven Faces (1929); USA | Paul Muni |
| Franz Schubert | Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931); Germany; German | Carl Jöken |
| Franz Schubert | Gently My Songs Entreat (1933); Austria; German | Hans Jaray |
| Franz Schubert | Blossom Time (1934); UK | Richard Tauber |
| Franz Schubert | Unfinished Symphony (1934); UK, Austria | Hans Jaray |
| Franz Schubert | Love Time (1934); USA | Nils Asther |
| Franz Schubert | Three Girls for Schubert (1936); Germany; German | Paul Hörbiger |
| Franz Schubert | Horch, horch, die Lerch im Ätherblau (1936); Germany; German | Eduard Bornträger |
| Franz Schubert | Beethoven's Great Love (1937); France; French | Dalméras |
| Franz Schubert | Serenade (1940); France; French | Bernard Lancret |
| Franz Schubert | The Great Awakening (1941); USA | Alan Curtis |
| Franz Schubert | It's Only Love (1947); Austria; German | Franz Böheim |
| Franz Schubert | La Belle Meunière (1948); France; French | Tino Rossi |
| Franz Schubert | Franz Schubert (1953); Austria; German | Heinrich Schweiger |
| Franz Schubert | Symphony of Love (1956); France, Italy; Italian | Claude Laydu |
| Franz Schubert | The House of Three Girls (1958); West Germany, Austria; German | Karlheinz Böhm |
| Franz Schubert | Jomfruburet (1959); Denmark; Danish | Hans Kurt |
| Franz Schubert | Du holde Kunst - Szenen um Lieder von Franz Schubert (1961); West Germany; German | Kurt Heintel |
| Franz Schubert | Angeli senza paradiso (1970); Italy; Italian | Albano |
| Franz Schubert | Leise flehen meine Lieder (1978); East Germany; German | Christian Steyer, Jan Bitterlich |
| Franz Schubert | Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986); Austria; German | Udo Samel |
| Franz Schubert | The Temptation of Franz Schubert (1997); UK (aka The Double Life of Franz Schubert) | Simon Russell Beale |
| Franz Schubert | Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee (2006); Germany; German | Ludwig Blochberger |
| Clara Schumann | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Hilde Krahl |
| Clara Schumann | Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story) | Katharine Hepburn |
| Clara Schumann | Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Nastassja Kinski |
| Clara Schumann | Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | Ricarda Weber, Lili Weber-Andreae |
| Clara Schumann | Inner Voices (2003); Canada | Catherine Viau |
| Clara Schumann | Robert Schumann - Clara Wieck - Johannes Brahms (2006); Germany; German | Elsa Hanewinkel |
| Clara Schumann | Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee (2006); Germany; German | Elisabeth Trissenaar |
| Clara Schumann | Geliebte Clara (2008); Germany, France, Hungary; German | Martina Gedeck |
| Robert Schumann | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Mathias Wieman |
| Robert Schumann | Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story) | Paul Henreid |
| Robert Schumann | Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| Robert Schumann | Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | Jürgen Noll |
| Robert Schumann | Inner Voices (2003); Canada | Sylvain Poirier |
| Robert Schumann | Robert Schumann - Clara Wieck - Johannes Brahms (2006); Germany; German | Volker J. Ringe |
| Robert Schumann | Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee (2006); Germany; German | Olaf Bär |
| Robert Schumann | Geliebte Clara (2008); Germany, France, Hungary; German | Pascal Greggory |
| Richard M. Sherman | Saving Mr. Banks (2013); UK, Australia, USA | Jason Schwartzman |
| Robert B. Sherman | Saving Mr. Banks (2013); UK, Australia, USA | B. J. Novak |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Testimony (1987); Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, West Germany, UK | Ben Kingsley |
| Jean Sibelius | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Martti Suosalo |
| John Philip Sousa | Stars and Stripes Forever (1952); USA | Clifton Webb |
| Eduard Strauss I | The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | Eduard Strauss, Jr. |
| Eduard Strauss I | The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Tony Anholt |
| Eduard Strauss I | Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown [de] (1987), Austria | Mathieu Carrière |
| Eduard Strauss I | The Strauss Dynasty (1991); UK | Adrian Lukis |
| Eduard Strauss I | Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | Glen Peloso |
| Johann Strauss I | Waltzes from Vienna (1934); UK | Edmund Gwenn |
| Johann Strauss I | The Waltz King (1963); US | Brian Aherne |
| Johann Strauss I | The Great Waltz (1972); USA | Nigel Patrick |
| Johann Strauss I | The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Eric Woofe |
| Johann Strauss I | The Strauss Dynasty (1991); UK | Anthony Higgins |
| Johann Strauss II | Rosen aus dem Süden (1934); Germany; German | Paul Hörbiger |
| Johann Strauss II | Waltzes from Vienna (1934); UK | Esmond Knight |
| Johann Strauss II | The Great Waltz (1938); USA | Fernand Gravey |
| Johann Strauss II | The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | Bernhard Wicki |
| Johann Strauss II | The Waltz King (1963); US | Kerwin Mathews |
| Johann Strauss II | The Great Waltz (1972); USA | Horst Buchholz |
| Johann Strauss II | The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Stuart Wilson |
| Johann Strauss II | Farewell to St. Petersburg (1972); Soviet Union | Girt Yakovlev |
| Johann Strauss II | Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown [de] (1987), Austria | Oliver Tobias |
| Johann Strauss II | The Strauss Dynasty (1991); UK | Stephen McGann |
| Johann Strauss II | Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | Michael Riley |
| Josef Strauss | The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | Josef Hendrichs |
| Josef Strauss | The Waltz King (1963); US | Peter Kraus |
| Josef Strauss | The Great Waltz (1972); USA | James Faulkner |
| Josef Strauss | The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Louis Selwyn / Nikolas Simmonds |
| Josef Strauss | Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | Hamish McEwan |
| Richard Strauss | "Omnibus": Dance of the Seven Veils (1970); UK | Christopher Gable |
| Richard Strauss | Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | Hans Steunzer |
| Igor Stravinsky | Nijinsky (1980); USA | Ronald Pickup |
| Igor Stravinsky | Dalí (1991); Spain, Bulgaria; Spanish | Vasil Dimitrov |
| Igor Stravinsky | Riot at the Rite (2005); UK | Aidan McArdle |
| Igor Stravinsky | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009); France; French, Russian, English | Mads Mikkelsen |
| Soulima Stravinsky | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009); France; French, Russian, English | Nikita Ponomarenko |
| Franz Xaver Süssmayr | Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | Erich Nikowitz |
| Franz Xaver Süssmayr | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Alexander Kerst |
| Thomas Tallis | The Tudors (2007); UK | Joe Van Moyland |
| Giuseppe Tartini | Vivaldi (2013); USA, Belgium | Alfred Molina |
| Carl Tausig | Wagner (1983); UK | Otto Clemens |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939); Germany; German | Hans Stüwe |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Heavenly Music (1943); USA | Lionel Royce |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Carnegie Hall (1947); USA | Alfonso D'Artega |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | Frank Sundström |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky (1969); USSR; Russian | Innokenty Smoktunovsky |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Music Lovers (1970); UK | Richard Chamberlain |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky: The Creation of Genius (2007); UK | Ed Stoppard |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky: Fortune and Tragedy (2007); UK | Ed Stoppard |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Concert (2009); France | Mélanie Laurent |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | A Morte de Tchaikovsky (2009); Portugal; Portuguese | José Eduardo |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022); Russian | Odin Biron |
| Sigismond Thalberg | Song Without End (1960); USA | Erland Erlandsen |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Giuseppe Verdi (1938); Italy; Italian | Fosco Giachetti |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Verdi, the King of Melody (1953); Italy; Italian | Pierre Cressoy |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Fosco Giachetti |
| Giuseppe Verdi | The Life of Verdi (1982); Italy, France, UK, West Germany, Sweden; Italian | Ronald Pickup |
| Pauline Viardot | La note bleue (1991); France, Germany; French | Noemi Nadelmann |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos | Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000); Brazil; Portuguese | Marcos Palmeira, Antônio Fagundes |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Red Venice [fr] (1989); France, Italy | Wojciech Pszoniak |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Antonio Vivaldi, a Prince in Venice [fr] (2006); France, Italy | Stefano Dionisi |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Vivaldi, the Red Priest (2009); UK, Italy | Steven Cree |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Magic Fire (1955); USA | Alan Badel |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Song Without End (1960); USA | Lyndon Brook |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Ludwig (1972); Italy, France; Italian, French | Trevor Howard |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Lisztomania (1975); UK | Paul Nicholas |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | Tilo Prückner |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Wagner (1983); UK | Richard Burton |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Wahnfried (1986); Germany, France; German, French | Otto Sander |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner | Bruckners Entscheidung (1995); Germany; German | Joachim Kaiser |
| Peter Warlock | Voices (from a Locked Room) (1995); UK, USA | Jeremy Northam, Benoît Langlais |
| Carl Maria von Weber | Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife (1936); UK | Richard Goolden |
| Carl Maria von Weber | Through the Forests and Through the Trees (1956); West Germany; German | Peter Arens |
| Friedrich Wieck | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Friedrich Kayßler |
| Friedrich Wieck | Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story, but the Friedrich Wieck character was cut out) | Leo G. Carroll |
| Friedrich Wieck | Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Rolf Hoppe |
| Friedrich Wieck | Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | Edgar M. Böhlke |
| Hugo Wolf | Mahler (1974); UK | David Collings |
| Paul Wranitzky | Eroica (2003); UK | Peter Hanson |
| Alexander von Zemlinsky | Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | Johannes Silberschneider |
| Alexander von Zemlinsky | Mahler on the Couch (2010); Germany, Austria; German | Mathias Franz Stein |