Movie

Music of the Heart

She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.

1999★ 6.7 · 2292h 4mDramaMusic

Overview

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

Trailer

Trailer · Music of the Heart | Official Trailer (HD) - Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett | MIRAMAX

Watch on YouTube ↗

Images

Backdrops & posters from TMDB

7 images

Cast

Meryl Streep
as Roberta

Angela Bassett
as Janet

Kieran Culkin
as Lexi at 15

Cloris Leachman
as Assunta

Jane Leeves
as Dorothea

Aidan Quinn
as Brian

Michael Angarano
as Nick at 7

Jay O. Sanders
as Dan Paxton

Josh Pais
as Dennis

Gloria Estefan
as Isabel

Scott Cumberbatch
as Lawrence at 15

Adam LeFevre
as Mr. Klein

Information

Community

6.7/ 10

229 TMDB votes

6.7

Your rating

Saved in this browser · counts toward collection progress

Release date: 1999-10-29

Budget: $27,000,000

Revenue: $14,859,394

Runtime: 2h 4m

Genres

DramaMusic

Where to watch

Availability via TMDB / JustWatch

Country

Logos show where this title is listed (stream, rent, or buy). TMDB does not provide direct links into Netflix or other apps — use the button below to open TMDB’s watch page (JustWatch data) for this country.

Open watch options on TMDB

FreeAd-supported or free tier

Hoopla

RentTransactional rental

Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home

BuyDigital purchase

Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home

Availability via TMDB / JustWatch. The button opens TMDB’s watch page for this title — not the streaming app itself.