Top 10 Detective Films with Pianists

Description: Although focused on a violin, the film's narrative structure involves a detective-like search for the instrument's history, which includes a pianist's story.

Fact: The film spans several centuries, with each segment shot in the language of the period, making it a multilingual masterpiece.

Description: Tom Ripley, a character with a knack for impersonation, uses his piano skills to infiltrate high society, leading to a series of criminal acts and detective work to uncover his true identity.

Fact: The film was shot in Italy, providing a beautiful backdrop to the unfolding drama.

Description: While primarily a biographical drama, the film includes elements of survival and investigation as the protagonist, a pianist, navigates through the horrors of the Holocaust.

Fact: Adrien Brody won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role, and he learned to play the piano for the film.

Description: Similar to "The Prestige," this film involves a magician with piano skills, whose performances lead to a detective-like investigation into his methods and motives.

Fact: The film was inspired by a short story by Steven Millhauser titled "Eisenheim the Illusionist."

Description: This film features a magician who uses his piano skills to create illusions, but it's the underlying detective work to uncover the secrets behind the magic that makes it fit into this list.

Fact: The film was inspired by real historical events and figures in the world of magic.

Description: While not directly about a pianist, the film's protagonist, a ghostwriter, uncovers political intrigue, and the film features scenes with piano music, adding to the suspense.

Fact: Roman Polanski directed this film, and it was his first English-language film in over a decade.

Description: The film features a journalist and a hacker solving a decades-old murder mystery, with piano music enhancing the film's mood and tension.

Fact: The film's score was composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who also won an Academy Award for their work on "The Social Network."

Description: While not a traditional detective film, the story involves a mute woman who communicates through her piano, leading to a series of events that could be seen as a personal investigation into her own life and relationships.

Fact: The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Description: This film follows a piano tuner who is drawn into a web of intrigue when he is tasked with tuning a piano for a reclusive opera singer. The film's surreal narrative and visual style make it a unique entry in the detective genre.

Fact: The film was shot entirely on location in a 19th-century opera house in Portugal, which adds to its atmospheric setting.

Description: This Argentine film involves a retired legal counselor who writes a novel about an unresolved case, with piano music playing a significant role in the narrative.

Fact: The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.