Classic Musical Movies
# Amadeus
Year: 1984 | Country: US
Director: Miloš Forman
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice
Synopsis
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
# Whiplash
Year: 2014 | Country: United States of America
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Austin Stowell, Jayson Blair
Synopsis
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
# Bohemian Rhapsody
Year: 2018 | Country: GB
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton
Synopsis
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
# The Pianist
Year: 2002 | Country: FR
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox
Synopsis
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
# The Legend of 1900
Year: 1998 | Country: US
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Mélanie Thierry , Bill Nunn , Gabriele Lavia
Synopsis
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner.