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AMC
89
IMDb 50
9.3
/3153488/
91
/52592/
87
/29667/
4.6
/2523308/
89
/146/
98
/53482/
82
/22/
cc age 15+

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
poster
88
8.1
/87947/
78
/1614/
78
/1251/
4.3
/87928/
95
/56/
92
/1200/
94
/10/

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.2
/8861/
79
/206/
77
/90/
3.9
/2441/
96
/97/
94
/1228/
89
/28/

No End in Sight (2007)
Chronological look at the fiasco in Iraq, especially decisions made in the spring of 2003 - and the backgrounds of those making decisions - immediately following the overthrow of Saddam: no occupation plan, an inadequate team to run the country, insufficient troops to keep order, and three edicts from the White House announced by Bremmer when he took over.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.1
/22319/
81
/594/
79
/421/
4.4
/121055/
100
/12/
91
/88/

Where Is The Friend's House? (1987)
An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/11649/
79
/265/
74
/199/
4.0
/28376/
100
/13/
89
/128/

The Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
7.8
/7520/
79
/516/
83
/486/
4.0
/30789/
96
/75/
99
/113/
70
/17/
cc age 13+

Radical (2023)
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries an unorthodox new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential... and perhaps even their genius.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.6
/3817/
74
/121/
74
/67/
3.9
/2769/
100
/56/
87
/213/
86
/18/

Last Train Home (2009)
A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 130 million other peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.
poster
84
8.4
/476553/
83
/5343/
79
/2631/
4.1
/178844/
100
/15/
93
/2218/
67
/4/
cc age 13+

3 Idiots (2009)
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.
poster
MGM Plus
83
7.4
/9451/
72
/189/
70
/299/
3.6
/13667/
100
/27/
81
/104/
94
/15/

The Wild Child (1970)
In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.
poster
Netflix
82
7.6
/2997/
75
/129/
75
/35/
3.9
/9189/
100
/23/
87
/16/
cc age 15+

To Kill a Tiger (2023)
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
poster
fuboTV
82
7.5
/3285/
76
/210/
69
/42/
3.8
/8497/
100
/56/
87
/17/
87
/11/

Attica (2021)
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.6
/35761/
77
/1555/
78
/720/
4.0
/157246/
96
/71/
91
/55/
78
/11/
cc age 14+

Argentina 1985 (2022)
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.2
/12020/
81
/243/
78
/241/
4.4
/40688/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.8
/81967/
79
/3510/
79
/2212/
4.2
/412595/
95
/21/
90
/1522/
75
/4/
8.2
/226890/
cc age 10+

Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/216794/
78
/7344/
76
/2796/
3.8
/133446/
100
/5/
85
/2348/

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
81
7.6
/2936/
75
/107/
75
/27/
3.8
/10192/
100
/25/
80
/11/

Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
poster
Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
81
7.4
/4030/
75
/246/
80
/85/
3.9
/27862/
92
/74/
93
/13/
85
/19/

The Eternal Memory (2023)
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
poster
81
7.3
/1109/
73
/29/
67
/35/
3.8
/2146/
100
/41/
80
/36/

Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
Martinique, in the early 1930s. Young José and his grandmother live in a small village. Nearly everyone works cutting cane and barely earning a living. The overseer can fine a worker for the smallest infraction. The way to advance is to do well in school. José studies hard and succeeds in an exam allowing him to attend school in the capital. With only a partial scholarship, the tuition is very costly. José and his grandmother move to Fort-de-France to make José's studies easier...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/5260/
74
/86/
75
/53/
3.7
/3854/
91
/22/
79
/70/
80
/6/
cc age 12+

Sounder (1972)
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
poster
81
7.7
/11922/
75
/121/
73
/111/
3.7
/2831/
92
/26/
92
/121/

Character (1997)
In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.
poster
81
7.4
/27051/
73
/566/
72
/460/
3.8
/37735/
93
/132/
80
/421/
81
/36/

No (2012)
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.8
/30720/
77
/947/
76
/776/
4.2
/62115/
86
/102/
89
/162/
73
/33/

Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
poster
80
7.3
/540/
75
/33/
86
/9/
3.7
/1926/
97
/39/
85
/6/
75
/4/
cc age 13+

Try Harder! (2021)
In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for the top prize: admission to the college of their dreams.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.3
/9849/
72
/136/
70
/126/
3.7
/4873/
96
/101/
87
/459/
83
/35/

Osama (2004)
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
poster
80
7.4
/4088/
73
/80/
72
/101/
3.8
/2941/
80
/10/
84
/52/
83
/23/

Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.5
/6617/
77
/322/
74
/138/
3.8
/6811/
93
/72/
85
/96/
77
/29/
cc age 15+

The Hunting Ground (2015)
A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
poster
80
7.2
/140758/
71
/2244/
69
/1398/
3.5
/84123/
94
/200/
80
/4686/
85
/34/
cc age 15+

An Education (2009)
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
poster
81
79
8.1
/13063/
79
/375/
76
/223/
4.0
/14310/
Popcorn
90
/47/

Day of the Wacko (2002)
It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.
poster
79
7.6
/2977/
66
/23/
62
/28/
3.7
/1039/
88
/26/
91
/48/

Men with Guns (1998)
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.4
/86933/
72
/1994/
69
/939/
3.5
/24009/
93
/164/
79
/8249/
75
/32/
cc age 13+

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
poster
79
8.1
/639142/
82
/16713/
83
/12266/
4.3
/3192888/
85
/66/
92
/13620/
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.
poster
79
7.7
/9773/
74
/151/
74
/188/
3.9
/5435/
96
/46/
90
/269/
73
/22/

Not One Less (1999)
Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.
poster
79
7.7
/25391/
75
/472/
72
/415/
3.9
/21137/
94
/35/
85
/269/
78
/10/
cc age 14+

Missing (1982)
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
poster
Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/6513/
76
/217/
73
/162/
4.0
/15418/
100
/49/
84
/108/
91
/19/

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
poster
The Roku Channel
78
7.4
/6826/
71
/258/
63
/144/
3.8
/3061/
97
/65/
82
/71/
77
/20/
cc age 15+

The Dark Horse (2014)
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/11757/
74
/352/
69
/143/
3.3
/4640/
89
/122/
84
/1315/
81
/31/
cc age 12+

Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.0
/42433/
67
/676/
66
/493/
3.9
/37069/
93
/161/
67
/3499/
84
/34/
cc age 15+

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
poster
Curiosity Stream
78
7.5
/66095/
74
/1262/
72
/677/
3.6
/23904/
80
/132/
86
/4778/
65
/32/
cc age 13+

The Great Debaters (2007)
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
poster
Netflix
83
77
7.8
/3394/
80
/261/
78
/77/
4.2
/26387/
100
/15/
98
/30/
71
/4/
8.3
/17068/
cc age 10+

Blue Giant (2023)
High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.5
/2992/
75
/140/
73
/45/
3.6
/4991/
87
/30/
94
/61/
69
/4/
cc age 15+

The Grizzlies (2019)
In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.
poster
78
77
7.4
/26341/
72
/449/
70
/400/
3.8
/32017/
90
/49/
87
/887/

if.... (1968)
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/760/
75
/24/
67
/27/
4.0
/2188/
87
/54/
72
/541/
81
/20/

At Berkeley (2013)
Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous debate taking place over tuition hikes, budget cuts, and the future of higher education in the United States.
poster
80
77
7.7
/8279/
75
/247/
73
/195/
4.2
/25696/
92
/12/
86
/231/

Punishment Park (1971)
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.4
/2215/
74
/193/
70
/61/
3.8
/3988/
92
/65/
71
/28/
79
/20/

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/355190/
74
/13096/
70
/6028/
3.8
/1105286/
92
/199/
64
/1335862/
82
/41/
cc age 10+

School of Rock (2003)
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
poster
Hulu
76
6.7
/6211/
66
/224/
61
/197/
3.8
/33525/
95
/138/
57
/22/
91
/37/

Saint Omer (2022)
A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.
poster
76
7.6
/988/
68
/19/
60
/8/
3.5
/240/
87
/98/
84
/245/
cc age 12+

The Heart of the Game (2005)
The Heart of the Game captures the passion and energy of a Seattle high school girls' basketball team as they strive to win the state championship, the eccentricity of their unorthodox coach, and the incredible true story of one player's fight to play the game she loves.
poster
76
7.3
/2689/
76
/33/
71
/25/
3.5
/1181/
78
/41/
69
/23/
6.0
/1251/

Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.


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