6 Best Orchestra Conductor Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 18, 2026

Conductors bring perfectionism and ego to the podium. Tar watches a renowned conductor’s reputation unravel, Maestro portrays Leonard Bernstein’s brilliant career and complicated life, and Song Without End has Franz Liszt’s concert career overshadowed by scandalous affairs. Copying Beethoven, Immortal Beloved and Amadeus round out the six.

Song Without End (1960)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Composer Franz Liszt's glittering concert career is overshadowed by scandalous love affairs across Europe.

Directed by Charles Vidor & George Cukor · 2h 21m

Where to watch

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

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TÁR (2022)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A world-famous orchestra conductor's career unravels as allegations about her past mount.

Directed by Todd Field · 2h 38m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Maestro (2023)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein's brilliant career is portrayed alongside his complicated marriage.

Directed by Bradley Cooper · 2h 09m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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Copying Beethoven (2006)

TMDB ★ 6.5

A young female copyist becomes an unlikely creative partner to the deaf, irascible composer Beethoven.

Directed by Agnieszka Holland · 1h 44m · Rated PG-13

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Immortal Beloved (1994)

TMDB ★ 7.2

After Beethoven's death, his secretary searches for the mysterious woman named in his final letter.

Directed by Bernard Rose · 2h 01m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Amadeus (1984)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 90% Metacritic 87

A rival composer's consuming jealousy of Mozart's genius drives him towards obsession and ruin.

Directed by Miloš Forman · 2h 40m · Rated PG

Won 8 Oscars43 wins & 15 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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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.

6 Best Orchestra Conductor Movies

Song Without End (1960)

TÁR (2022)

Maestro (2023)

Copying Beethoven (2006)

Immortal Beloved (1994)

Amadeus (1984)

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