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Kanopy
86
8.1
/122932/
79
/1639/
81
/1748/
4.3
/158613/
94
/49/
94
/1308/
88
/17/

Wild Strawberries (1957)
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
poster
83
7.8
/62742/
75
/1025/
74
/920/
4.0
/52738/
92
/50/
91
/1184/
77
/10/
cc age 14+

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.1
/12332/
70
/595/
68
/147/
4.1
/190161/
97
/179/
85
/58/
90
/36/
cc age 15+

Sorry, Baby (2025)
Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house they once shared as graduate students, now working as a professor at her alma mater. A ‘bad thing’ happened to Agnes a few years ago and, since then, despite her best efforts, life hasn’t gotten back on track.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
8.2
/1040120/
81
/21261/
78
/10734/
3.9
/544188/
74
/214/
93
/20844/
72
/33/
cc age 14+

A Beautiful Mind (2001)
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.0
/83437/
76
/1177/
77
/873/
4.3
/80199/
96
/45/
90
/1438/
75
/11/
cc age 16+

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/215115/
78
/7180/
76
/2751/
3.8
/125138/
100
/5/
85
/2343/

The Man from Earth (2007)
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
poster
fuboTV
80
7.4
/3338/
68
/39/
64
/38/
3.7
/1923/
100
/10/
84
/32/

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/30785/
73
/463/
71
/383/
3.7
/11281/
81
/132/
88
/744/
70
/34/

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
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Kanopy
81
79
7.6
/17363/
73
/312/
72
/348/
3.8
/21214/
96
/47/
86
/264/
90
/9/

The Blue Angel (1930)
Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.
poster
Hulu
79
8.1
/624477/
82
/16055/
83
/12080/
4.3
/2700335/
85
/66/
92
/13615/
79
/15/
cc age 13+

Dead Poets Society (1989)
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
79
7.7
/15518/
76
/300/
73
/229/
4.0
/23801/
100
/29/
89
/226/
78
/12/

Ball of Fire (1941)
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
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Netflix
78
6.8
/124898/
69
/8213/
68
/1459/
3.3
/603569/
95
/301/
89
/11/
82
/55/
cc age 15+

Hit Man (2024)
A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.
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Fandor
79
78
7.4
/17028/
72
/389/
70
/297/
3.8
/21794/
100
/19/
85
/297/

Night of the Demon (1957)
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
poster
78
7.0
/156715/
69
/3533/
67
/2246/
3.9
/205056/
89
/221/
68
/4998/
88
/38/
cc age 17+

A Serious Man (2009)
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
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Kanopy
79
77
7.5
/23650/
73
/274/
70
/233/
3.8
/8791/
94
/143/
81
/3578/
88
/36/
cc age 14+

Away from Her (2007)
Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.
poster
79
77
7.5
/13970/
73
/296/
69
/237/
3.8
/11305/
97
/31/
86
/362/
83
/11/
cc age 8+

Horse Feathers (1932)
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/68526/
70
/1008/
68
/631/
3.6
/31987/
81
/123/
83
/1552/
74
/36/
cc age 16+

Wonder Boys (2000)
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
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Fandor
77
7.3
/30383/
72
/591/
72
/614/
3.7
/35768/
97
/31/
80
/357/
76
/9/

The Stranger (1946)
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
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Kanopy
77
7.0
/2957/
70
/82/
69
/82/
3.8
/10506/
91
/22/
70
/25/
83
/11/

The Day He Arrives (2011)
A film director who no longer makes films arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn't show up, he wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.1
/39569/
69
/532/
69
/415/
3.7
/19274/
89
/171/
75
/4966/
85
/37/
cc age 17+

The Savages (2007)
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
poster
Hoopla
77
7.0
/52314/
70
/656/
66
/501/
3.4
/15983/
90
/193/
75
/1513/
79
/40/
cc age 18+

Kinsey (2004)
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
poster
fuboTV
77
7.5
/121300/
74
/2386/
73
/1612/
3.9
/105662/
86
/196/
81
/3819/
77
/35/
cc age 17+

A Single Man (2009)
Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.
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Netflix
76
6.9
/205263/
72
/11947/
71
/3851/
3.5
/846899/
91
/373/
76
/2725/
74
/51/
cc age 13+

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.
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The Roku Channel
77
75
7.6
/19137/
73
/358/
74
/368/
3.7
/17647/
83
/29/
83
/178/

The Woman in the Window (1944)
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
poster
75
7.1
/7028/
69
/181/
67
/121/
3.7
/13079/
82
/11/
77
/51/
65
/6/

The Gambler (1974)
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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Netflix
75
7.5
/149285/
75
/4569/
74
/3190/
3.7
/151191/
85
/204/
85
/1385/
72
/41/
cc age 13+

Still Alice (2014)
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
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Kanopy
75
7.5
/243431/
75
/6387/
72
/2428/
3.6
/163676/
73
/176/
85
/29389/
67
/35/
cc age 13+

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
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Peacock Premium
74
7.5
/684093/
78
/40566/
76
/20332/
3.7
/1764125/
78
/257/
81
/165091/
71
/37/
cc age 12+

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Returning for his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of motivated students to defend themselves against the Dark Arts.
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Kanopy
74
6.8
/387861/
68
/24428/
64
/9100/
3.6
/868684/
88
/333/
67
/3056/
79
/51/

Annihilation (2018)
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
poster
74
7.2
/44724/
72
/1713/
70
/1099/
3.5
/42898/
85
/234/
77
/311/
77
/36/
cc age 15+

The Wife (2018)
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
poster
81
73
7.7
/6651/
74
/135/
72
/89/
3.9
/5541/
100
/15/
85
/67/

The Mortal Storm (1940)
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
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Kanopy
79
73
7.7
/10329/
73
/156/
69
/153/
3.7
/8812/
100
/17/
84
/183/

Pygmalion (1938)
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
73
7.9
/11969/
77
/161/
73
/120/
3.8
/6306/
83
/12/
91
/551/

Wit (2001)
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
poster
72
6.8
/90692/
66
/5078/
66
/1179/
3.4
/456719/
91
/241/
69
/60/
74
/47/
cc age 15+

Dream Scenario (2023)
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
poster
Hulu
72
7.3
/92516/
75
/1981/
71
/1159/
3.5
/30838/
74
/127/
79
/2685/
62
/27/
cc age 14+

Finding Forrester (2000)
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.
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Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5089/
82
/113/
75
/92/
3.9
/2644/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.8
/5329/
65
/96/
63
/114/
3.6
/6740/
76
/29/
71
/30/

Accident (1967)
Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.
poster
72
71
7.0
/12422/
69
/359/
66
/263/
3.5
/9994/
88
/16/
74
/232/

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
poster
71
7.0
/20948/
71
/777/
69
/495/
3.4
/10486/
84
/32/
69
/377/
cc age 9+

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.7
/109316/
76
/2870/
76
/1886/
3.9
/191200/
59
/69/
74
/667/
52
/20/
cc age 17+

Detachment (2011)
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.4
/6694/
65
/317/
67
/207/
3.5
/21855/
91
/53/
57
/35/
76
/13/

Creepy (2016)
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.
poster
84
69
7.5
/3343/
78
/458/
77
/126/
3.9
/27846/
100
/5/
97
/6/

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea (2023)
Ariadna discovers that her grandfather has been searching for the remains of his father, who disappeared during the Civil War. Determined to help him, she travels to Burgos, where a mass grave is being excavated, and where he could be buried. During her stay there, she will learn the story of Antoni Benaiges, a young teacher from Tarragona who was her grandfather's teacher before the war. Through an innovative pedagogical method, Antoni inspired his students and made them a promise: to take them to see the sea.
poster
78
69
7.1
/4798/
73
/103/
70
/63/
3.7
/8045/
100
/7/
81
/59/

Vivacious Lady (1938)
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
poster
MGM Plus
69
6.6
/20353/
68
/657/
65
/448/
3.3
/14818/
83
/29/
67
/617/
cc age 8+

The Nutty Professor (1963)
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.
poster
Disney Plus
69
68
6.7
/9919/
70
/332/
64
/190/
3.2
/6207/
83
/23/
63
/190/
75
/5/
cc age 6+

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
poster
Starz
67
6.7
/64255/
70
/1718/
68
/928/
3.4
/80087/
62
/152/
78
/3151/
52
/35/
cc age 15+

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes has unexpected ways of giving her everything she wanted.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
67
6.9
/233651/
67
/8555/
68
/6213/
3.6
/514167/
73
/119/
64
/1549/
61
/30/
cc age 18+

Enemy (2014)
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
poster
Fandor
73
66
7.0
/6456/
65
/150/
66
/157/
3.4
/6586/
100
/19/
69
/144/

The Lost World (1925)
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.


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