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Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/38063/
78
/666/
75
/700/
4.2
/49189/
97
/36/
93
/731/
88
/18/
cc age 12+

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
poster
85
7.9
/109610/
77
/2036/
78
/1716/
4.2
/134889/
93
/219/
82
/1472/
95
/45/
cc age 16+

Amour (2012)
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
poster
Fandor
84
7.7
/60577/
75
/1265/
74
/988/
3.9
/63627/
98
/52/
88
/958/
98
/17/
cc age 12+

The Lady Vanishes (1938)
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/56235/
75
/992/
74
/860/
4.1
/118738/
86
/36/
91
/959/
86
/10/

The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.3
/33390/
77
/2105/
76
/1096/
3.9
/157752/
93
/170/
84
/114/
82
/27/

Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
poster
Disney Plus
82
8.0
/420618/
79
/21378/
81
/11042/
3.9
/2039827/
95
/361/
88
/2047/
83
/55/
cc age 8+

Soul (2020)
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
poster
Netflix
81
7.6
/23017/
76
/1124/
72
/220/
4.1
/200834/
96
/143/
95
/27/
76
/33/
cc age 16+

Kneecap (2024)
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.7
/220363/
76
/7168/
76
/3585/
4.1
/611369/
93
/232/
90
/213/
79
/34/
cc age 14+

Another Round (2020)
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
poster
The Roku Channel
83
81
7.8
/14632/
76
/317/
77
/325/
4.1
/22033/
100
/25/
85
/171/

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
poster
80
7.6
/22958/
73
/469/
71
/336/
3.9
/27441/
91
/33/
87
/469/
87
/10/

The Awful Truth (1937)
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
poster
79
7.5
/4036/
71
/42/
67
/56/
3.8
/1536/
100
/5/
94
/26/

Close to Eden (1991)
A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control. He comes upon a Russian truck driver who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.
poster
79
7.6
/13552/
75
/347/
74
/263/
4.2
/37668/
80
/389/
80
/22/

Tokyo Sonata (2008)
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.2
/20323/
71
/856/
69
/381/
3.8
/84567/
94
/153/
84
/78/
77
/30/
cc age 15+

Babyteeth (2020)
A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/1230/
72
/40/
73
/20/
3.6
/1318/
100
/68/
79
/46/
83
/27/

Seymour: An Introduction (2015)
Ethan Hawke directs this intimate documentary portrait of classical pianist, composer, author, teacher and sage Seymour Bernstein.
poster
78
7.4
/6531/
69
/94/
71
/107/
3.8
/2339/
94
/101/
87
/386/
81
/30/

The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/8339/
74
/161/
71
/184/
3.8
/5920/
91
/11/
89
/187/

All the Mornings of the World (1991)
Following the death of his wife, a renowned musician ostracises himself from the outer world and dedicates his life to music. However, his life changes when a young man approaches him to learn music.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/9121/
74
/294/
75
/203/
4.0
/19830/
81
/73/
86
/359/
70
/20/
cc age 9+

A Town Called Panic (2009)
Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/143629/
73
/2761/
72
/1822/
4.0
/110321/
79
/220/
78
/10453/
68
/36/
cc age 17+

Doubt (2008)
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.5
/78946/
74
/1503/
71
/1232/
3.8
/57203/
94
/34/
83
/1783/
74
/17/

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
poster
76
7.3
/11141/
70
/127/
65
/108/
3.5
/3174/
88
/60/
83
/259/
78
/21/

Hilary and Jackie (1998)
The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
poster
Hulu
76
6.7
/13654/
65
/420/
63
/301/
3.6
/10982/
93
/170/
66
/312/
82
/42/
cc age 16+

Love Is Strange (2014)
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
poster
76
7.5
/119377/
73
/2114/
75
/1682/
3.9
/85701/
81
/159/
85
/1750/
73
/33/
cc age 16+

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
poster
Hulu
74
7.4
/43730/
75
/1000/
69
/435/
3.5
/22728/
75
/28/
84
/2208/
59
/21/
cc age 10+

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.4
/35244/
75
/702/
74
/491/
3.8
/34333/
67
/33/
87
/1943/
71
/14/
cc age 12+

An Affair to Remember (1957)
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
poster
74
7.4
/4562/
70
/30/
69
/61/
3.7
/1480/
73
/77/
89
/203/
60
/24/

Together (2002)
When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But when Xiaochun is "adopted" by a famous music tutor, success finally seems within reach - until a shocking discovery begins to unravel his entire world, and the boy must make the most difficult choice of his life. Can he achieve the fame his father had always hoped for without losing the extraordinary passion that sets him apart?
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/17601/
65
/571/
66
/355/
3.5
/16269/
87
/113/
71
/192/
80
/29/

White God (2014)
13 year old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen, and is devastated when her father sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to save her dog. Failing in his desperate efforts to find his beloved owner, Hagen joins a canine revolt leading a revolution against their human abusers.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
73
7.2
/6470/
72
/215/
71
/185/
3.8
/22680/
100
/5/
77
/58/

The Housemaid (1960)
A piano composer's family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.1
/43807/
71
/1306/
69
/692/
3.6
/59717/
85
/26/
79
/1090/
70
/9/

The Changeling (1980)
After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.0
/34933/
71
/666/
70
/620/
3.2
/8755/
85
/2109/

If Only (2004)
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stricken British businessman living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.
poster
Netflix
72
7.1
/36703/
70
/546/
70
/274/
3.4
/17527/
81
/329/

Mohabbatein (2000)
At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.
poster
MGM Plus
77
71
7.3
/7037/
71
/133/
70
/119/
3.7
/9171/
92
/12/
71
/86/
91
/8/

Love Affair (1939)
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
poster
70
6.6
/25973/
69
/684/
64
/483/
3.5
/23490/
81
/37/
69
/1115/
58
/12/
cc age 16+

Fame (1980)
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.7
/3185/
67
/84/
61
/147/
3.3
/2065/
88
/89/
76
/11/
66
/24/

The Midwife (2017)
Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on the scene. Béatrice is a capricious and selfish woman, Claire's exact opposite.
poster
Netflix
69
6.2
/3397/
61
/166/
55
/46/
3.5
/23047/
84
/120/
42
/95/
83
/30/

Between the Temples (2024)
A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.
poster
76
69
7.6
/11038/
72
/143/
68
/121/
3.8
/6989/
81
/21/
84
/230/

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.
poster
Hoopla
69
6.6
/17460/
68
/415/
65
/326/
3.3
/9136/
69
/29/
66
/252/
71
/5/
cc age 13+

Little Man Tate (1991)
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.
poster
MGM Plus
69
6.8
/69913/
69
/3706/
64
/1919/
3.3
/33052/
88
/183/
70
/897/
67
/35/
cc age 11+

Mr. Holmes (2015)
In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.
poster
68
6.5
/1059/
63
/16/
61
/15/
3.4
/378/
81
/78/
64
/206/
67
/27/
cc age 14+

Rock School (2005)
It is about a music school in Philadelphia, The Paul Green School of Rock Music, run by Paul Green that teaches kids ages 9 to 17 how to play rock music and be rock stars. Paul Green teaches his students how to play music such as Black Sabbath and Frank Zappa better than anyone expects them to by using a unique style of teaching that includes getting very angry and acting childish.
poster
68
6.6
/83135/
68
/2388/
65
/1508/
3.3
/106471/
67
/95/
62
/1566/
67
/11/
cc age 16+

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
poster
Hoopla
67
6.4
/1653/
60
/37/
63
/36/
3.3
/546/
74
/62/
54
/64/
71
/22/

Mozart's Sister (2010)
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
poster
67
6.8
/13118/
70
/496/
66
/586/
3.5
/10182/
72
/60/
71
/144/
58
/25/

Populaire (2012)
An insurance agent and his new secretary become locked in the grip of romance and competition as they train together for a speed-typing contest.
poster
74
66
7.3
/7648/
70
/120/
68
/139/
3.6
/3117/
77
/26/
86
/317/

Four Minutes (2006)
Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.
poster
71
66
7.4
/20812/
68
/210/
63
/116/
3.3
/5883/
86
/300/

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
A newly-wed man discovers that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. Ignoring the ridicule he might have to face for this, he takes his wife to Italy in search of her love.
poster
81
66
7.7
/4243/
81
/369/
83
/420/
4.1
/70522/
83
/2/
8.2
/155721/

Dou kyu sei – Classmates (2016)
Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus festival. After school, the two meet regularly, as Hikaru helps Rihito to improve his singing skills. While they listen to each other’s voice and harmonize, their hearts start to beat together.
poster
Hoopla
66
6.7
/13749/
67
/265/
67
/217/
3.2
/5582/
64
/89/
72
/454/
54
/33/
cc age 10+

Music of the Heart (1999)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
66
6.6
/14474/
69
/326/
62
/205/
3.2
/5355/
80
/5/
66
/233/

Clockwise (1986)
School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.5
/14518/
65
/531/
64
/387/
3.3
/17920/
68
/19/
66
/335/
49
/11/

Class of 1984 (1982)
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
poster
65
7.2
/136812/
74
/3176/
73
/1721/
3.6
/212790/
32
/167/
84
/26715/
40
/39/
cc age 13+

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.


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