The Best MET Orchestra Movies, Ranked
91 credits from 1977 to 2023, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess (2020) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is La traviata (1982) with $3.78M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest MET Orchestra Box Office Hits
MET Orchestra's films have made $8.96M worldwide in total. La traviata (1982) is the biggest hit at $3.78M, ahead of The Magic Flute (2006) ($2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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La traviata 1982 · Music $3.78M $3.78M dom. - 2
The Magic Flute 2006 · Comedy $2M - 3
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites 2019 · Drama $512K - 4
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin 2013 · Music $245K $129K dom. - 5
Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann 2009 · Music $137K - 6
Bizet: Carmen 2010 · Drama $137K - 7
Puccini: Turandot 2009 · Music $105K - 8
Verdi: Falstaff 2013 · Music $104K - 9
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers 2016 · Music $69.4K - 10
Wagner: Das Rheingold 2010 · Music $68.3K
The Best MET Orchestra Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre MET Orchestra has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Music leads with 63 films, and The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess (2020) is the pick of them.
The Best MET Orchestra Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of MET Orchestra's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest MET Orchestra Movies
The most recent films MET Orchestra is credited on, newest first — starting with The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman (2020). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman 2020 · Music -
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina 2020 · Comedy -
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess 2020 · Music -
The Metropolitan Opera: Wozzeck 2020 · Music -
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten 2019 · History -
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot 2019 · Music - Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites 2019 · Drama
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment 2019 · Music -
The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen 2019 · Drama -
The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur 2019 · Drama -
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata 2018 -
The Metropolitan Opera: Marnie 2018 · Music
The Best MET Orchestra Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest MET Orchestra films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best MET Orchestra movie?
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess (2020) is the best-rated MET Orchestra film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing MET Orchestra movie?
La traviata (1982) made the most at the box office, with $3.78M worldwide, followed by The Magic Flute (2006) with $2M. Together, MET Orchestra's films with box office figures have made $8.96M.
What is the best MET Orchestra music movie?
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess (2020) is the best-rated of MET Orchestra's music films, with a score of 90. In other genres: Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (drama) and The Magic Flute (comedy).
What is the newest MET Orchestra movie?
The newest film on MET Orchestra's filmography is The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni (2023), with MET Orchestra as Themselves - Orchestra.
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