6 Best Opera Singer Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · March 17, 2026

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Opera has an operatic emotional scale, and these films find drama in the singers’ own lives. Maria follows Maria Callas’s final days in 1970s Paris, Callas Forever has a retired legend tempted into a comeback, and Diva has a mail carrier’s illegal recording of a singer drawing him into a criminal plot. The Age of Innocence, Farinelli and A Night at the Opera round out the six.

Maria (2024) 01

Maria (2024)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A dramatisation of the final days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas in 1970s Paris.

Directed by Pablo Larraín · 2h 03m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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Callas Forever (2002) 02

Callas Forever (2002)

TMDB ★ 6.1

An ageing, retired opera legend is persuaded to attempt one last, risky career comeback.

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli · 1h 51m · Rated PG-13

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Diva (1981)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A young postman's illegal recording of an opera singer entangles him in a dangerous criminal conspiracy.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix · 1h 57m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Age of Innocence (1993) 04

The Age of Innocence (1993)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A wealthy New York lawyer's passion for his fiancee's scandalous cousin threatens to unravel his carefully ordered world.

Directed by Martin Scorsese · 2h 18m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Farinelli (1994)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A legendary castrato opera singer's rise to fame is shadowed by his complicated bond with his composer brother.

Directed by Gérard Corbiau · 1h 51m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A Night at the Opera (1935) 06

A Night at the Opera (1935)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Three chaotic brothers help two young singers break into the world of grand opera.

Directed by Sam Wood · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.