The History of Sound

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over their mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

2025

Drama·Romance·Music

2h 7min

TMDB watch IMDb Home page

Top Billed Cast

Paul Mescal
Lionel
Josh O'Connor
David
Molly Price
Lionel's Mother
Alison Bartlett
Samantha
Michael Schantz
Bob
Chris Cooper
Older Lionel
Raphael Sbarge
Lionel Sr.
Hadley Robinson
Belle
Peter Mark Kendall
Nathan
Emma Canning
Clarissa
Gary Raymond
William
Alessandro Bedetti
Vincent
Michael D. Xavier
Mr. Roux
Aidan Redmond
John Conway
Aedin Moloney
Mary Conway
Leo Cocovinis
Young Lionel
Tom Nelis
Grandfather
Brian Hutchison
Hal
Briana Middleton
Thankful Mary Swain

Similar movies

Brotherly Lies
Brotherly Lies
17 Jun 2022
Brotherly Lies
Lex is staying at his family's house with best friend Kenny. The former is recovering from a recent suicide attempt, while the latter is trying to spend a summer apart from his husband. Screenwriter Shane is staying in the summerhouse, while Lex's overbearing actor brother and his girlfriend are staying too. Add their neighbour into the mix, who is in love with Lex, who is in love with Shane, who is in love with Kenny... and the pressure cooker is primed and ready to blow, especially with Shane writing about a family secret that Lex would much rather keep hidden.
To Hear Your Banjo Play
To Hear Your Banjo Play
01 Jan 1947
To Hear Your Banjo Play
A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.
Closeting
Closeting
14 Aug 2022
Closeting
Ahmad, a closeted gay Muslim man, is having his 25th birthday party with his mother and friends when he finds out that his boyfriend had just passed away.
Wolf and Dog
Wolf and Dog
08 Dec 2022
Wolf and Dog
Ana was born in São Miguel, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ruled by religion and traditions. Growing up as the middle child of a family of three with her mother and grandmother. Early Ana realized that girls and boys were given different tasks. Through her friendship with Luis, her queer best friend who loves dresses as much as pants, Ana questions the world that is promised to her. When her friend Cloé arrives from Canada, bringing with her the glowing days of youth, Ana embarks on a journey that will take her beyond the horizon.
The Cheese Sisters
The Cheese Sisters
24 Nov 2022
The Cheese Sisters
A family-themed film, drama and comedy that tells a story about a family that has had a long cheese-making ritual.
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
12 Sep 2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Fisher Willow is the disliked Memphis débutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. After returning from studies overseas, Fisher falls in love with Jimmy, the down-and-out son of an alcoholic father and an insane mother who works at a store on her family's plantation.
Fat People
Fat People
11 Sep 2009
Fat People
Due to many reasons, ranging from insecurity to trauma, a group of people have gained a lot of weight in recent times.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy
18 Mar 1999
The Winslow Boy
Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine's prospects to pursue justice.
The Boy
The Boy
14 Aug 2015
The Boy
An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.
Provo
Provo
07 Oct 2022
Provo
A self-destructive ex-Mormon finds out her estranged, abusive father is on his deathbed in Provo, Utah – so she road trips across the country to reckon with her past, current friend-with-benefits in tow.
Bones of Crows
Bones of Crows
02 Jun 2023
Bones of Crows
Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Valerka, Remka + ...
Valerka, Remka + ...
02 Sep 1970
Valerka, Remka + ...
A story about first love of two boys and a neighbor girl...
Sweet Track
Sweet Track
14 Aug 1997
Sweet Track
In search of kicks in Reykjavik in the year 2000, a pretty teenager, Stella, teams up with a handsome alcoholic, Robbi, and in a stolen car careers through Iceland with unexpected and bizarre consequences.
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
19 Jun 2006
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002.
Villain
Villain
26 May 1971
Villain
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
30 Apr 2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled teens.
Another Love Story
Another Love Story
12 Jun 1986
Another Love Story
A dynamic young man falls in love with his own boss, a married businessman, with two children.
As Is
As Is
27 Jul 1986
As Is
Story of a homosexual man who finds out he has AIDS and how people react. Ex-lovers are brought together when the former is stricken with AIDS. Often humorous and never morose, author William Hoffman doesn't pull his punches with either his portrayal of a gay lifestyle or of the emotional toll the disease takes.
Foreign Body
Foreign Body
30 Aug 2018
Foreign Body
Willing to prove his manhood to his handsome buddies, Marko tries to find a girl. In the encounter with a victim of a past sexual trauma he discovers an aggressive part of himself.
This Place
This Place
09 Sep 2022
This Place
Living in the liminal space between worlds, two young women find themselves falling in love for the first time, while also being forced to unexpectedly confront their families, each complicated by legacies of love and loss.