Best movies — musique on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

1984 · Miloš Forman

Antonio Salieri, a strict and highly disciplined Italian composer, is overtaken by envy and bitterness toward the hedonistic, astonishingly gifted young Salzburg-born composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

With F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole and Jeffrey Jones

1937 · John Cromwell

The kingdom's heir, hunted by a deadly plot, trades places with a lookalike who will stand in at the coronation; when the true heir is kidnapped, his loyal followers launch a desperate rescue, while the substitute—wearing the crown for appearances—unexpectedly falls in love with the heir's promised bride, the captivating Princess Flavia.

With Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, David Niven and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

2021 · Siân Heder

Ruby is the only hearing member of a deaf family, balancing life as their interpreter and the backbone of their struggling fishing business while secretly pursuing a love for singing. When the family's livelihood is jeopardized, she faces an impossible choice between following a chance at a musical future and staying to support the parents who rely on her.

With Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant and Amy Forsyth

2005 · James Mangold

Following Johnny Cash's rise from a childhood spent laboring on an Arkansas cotton farm to his breakthrough at Sun Records in Memphis, the film traces his personal and professional journey as he makes music alongside contemporaries like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller and Larry Bagby

2009 ·

A former military fighter pilot, traveling as a passenger, is forced to take the controls when a sudden outbreak of food poisoning incapacitates the flight crew, leaving him to navigate a crippled airliner and protect everyone on board.

With Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Locklear, Ahnaise Christmas, Arabella Field, Mo Collins, Sidney Franklin and Robert Gossett

2004 ·

Born into a sharecropping family in northern Florida, Ray Charles lost his sight at seven. Encouraged by a determined, fiercely independent mother to make his own way, he discovered his calling at the piano. Touring the South’s lively music circuit, his soul-stirring performances earned him a growing reputation, and his daring fusion of gospel and country propelled him to global stardom.

With Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix, Clifton Powell, Bokeem Woodbine and Sharon Warren

2000 · Greg Harrison

An immersive, after-hours portrait that follows a single night through San Francisco’s clandestine rave scene, tracing the music, the crowd and the electric atmosphere behind its hidden doors.

With Hamish Linklater, Denny Kirkwood, Mackenzie Firgens, Lola Glaudini, Steve Van Wormer, Rachel True and Vincent Riverside

1978 · Martin Scorsese

Facing imminent execution for the killing of a young couple, a condemned man on death row seeks spiritual counsel from a local nun during the last days before his sentence is carried out.

With Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Eric Clapton and Neil Diamond

2013 · John Carney

A runaway heiress fleeing her privileged life strikes a bargain with a rogue reporter tailing her, but when their bus leaves without them the unlikely duo are forced to depend on each other as they journey forward.

With Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Adam Levine, Hailee Steinfeld, Catherine Keener, James Corden and Yasiin Bey

2000 · Stephen Frears

When his girlfriend of several years leaves him, a thirty-year-old vinyl-shop owner sets out to understand his romantic bad luck by revisiting the five breakups that have shaped his heart.

With John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joan Cusack

2011 · Ron Fricke

Captured on 70mm over nearly five years and filmed across twenty-five countries on five continents, Samsara presents a visual odyssey through consecrated sites, regions marked by catastrophe, vast industrial landscapes, and the planet’s most awe-inspiring natural scenes.

With Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika, Marcos Luna, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Olivier De Sagazan and Ladyboys of Cascade Bar

2024 · James Mangold

A nineteen-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village in the early 1960s with nothing but a battered guitar and a fiercely original voice. Against a backdrop of smoky coffeehouses, restless artists and sweeping social change, his songs and presence crack open the scene, inspiring a generation and altering the course of American music.

With Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Joe Tippett, Eriko Hatsune and Peter Gray Lewis

1996 · Scott Hicks

David Helfgott, a gifted pianist relentlessly pressured by his father and teachers, suffers a mental breakdown. Years later he returns to performing, winning popular adoration even if critical approval is mixed.

With Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Googie Withers, Sonia Todd and Nicholas Bell

2003 · Richard Linklater

A down-on-his-luck guitarist and singer, recently kicked out of his band and desperate for money, talks his way into a job as a substitute teacher for a fifth-grade class at an upscale school. Secretly, he turns his high-achieving pupils into a rock-ready crew, coaching them in guitar riffs, stage presence, and the idea that music can be a form of rebellion and self-expression. As the strict headmistress closes in and a high-stakes Battle of the Bands draws near, he risks his position—and his future—to prove that rock can change their lives.

With Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Lee Wilkof, Kate McGregor-Stewart and Adam Pascal

2015 · Carlos Saura

A richly layered portrait of the football world, where intense cross-border rivalries and private disappointments collide, and friendships persist despite national divides.

With Mía Maestro, Pedro Aznar, Juan Falú, Marian Farías Gómez, Gabo Ferro, Liliana Herrero and Jairo

2014 · Eric Lartigau

A man turns up claiming to be the family's long-lost Uncle Fester after twenty-five years gone, and the household throws a macabre reunion to "wake the dead." The children barely have time to warm the electric chair when Morticia grows suspicious—he can't recall any of the private memories that would prove he's truly Fester.

With Karin Viard, François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino, Louane Emera, Roxane Duran, Ilian Bergala and Luca Gelberg

2009 · Emily Dell

After a violent encounter with her ex nearly ends her ability to dance, Angel leaves for Los Angeles to start again. The film follows her physical and emotional recovery as she struggles to reclaim her body and her art, pushing into the male-dominated world of underground hip‑hop. Through grit, new alliances, and daring performances, she finds a renewed sense of purpose and belonging on the dance floor.

With Julie 'Jules' Urich, Missy Yager, Wesley Jonathan, Drew Sidora, Aimee Garcia, James Martinez and Richard Yniguez

2007 · John Carney

A writer who uses a wheelchair moves to a quiet country town hoping to reclaim his lost voice. He forms a tender, unexpected bond with a single mother and her three children, whose warmth, struggles, and small joys pull him out of solitude and rekindle his creative fire. Immersed in their everyday lives, he rediscovers why he writes and finds new stories worth telling.

With Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alaistair Foley, Geoff Minogue and Bill Hodnett

1992 · Penelope Spheeris

Two easygoing heavy-metal fans, Wayne and Garth, run a low-budget talk show out of Wayne’s basement. When a slick network executive wants to turn their modest program into a glossy, big-budget franchise—and sets his sights on Wayne’s singer girlfriend, Cassandra—the duo must confront him to protect their show and Cassandra.

With Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Donna Dixon and Chris Farley

2010 ·

Pinnacle Records, desperate to pull the failing label back from the brink, pins its hopes on a Los Angeles comeback show for Aldous Snow — a once-iconic rocker who has vanished from the spotlight. Young intern Aaron Green is given the daunting assignment of tracking down his idol, a wildly erratic and self-destructive star, and convincing him to return to LA in time for the big revival performance.

With Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Elisabeth Moss, Tyler McKinney, Zöe Salmon and Lino Facioli