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Netflix
86
8.0
/26331/
82
/1000/
81
/725/
4.2
/68971/
100
/5/
93
/77/

Silenced (2011)
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
poster
84
7.8
/39022/
79
/1899/
79
/791/
4.3
/361466/
97
/173/
90
/101/
79
/40/

Monster (2023)
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
84
IMDb 85
7.9
/214442/
78
/9128/
76
/2236/
4.2
/1325371/
97
/366/
92
/536/
82
/61/
cc age 15+

The Holdovers (2023)
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.4
/4270/
75
/195/
75
/111/
4.1
/30697/
98
/49/
74
/12/
82
/10/
cc age 14+

House of Hummingbird (2019)
14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.
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
MGM Plus
83
81
8.1
/21901/
79
/337/
79
/325/
3.9
/14490/
96
/27/
88
/400/
83
/7/
cc age 10+

The Miracle Worker (1962)
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
poster
80
7.5
/32635/
72
/551/
70
/479/
3.9
/28322/
93
/43/
87
/556/
84
/30/
cc age 17+

Husbands and Wives (1992)
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.3
/3936/
71
/76/
72
/51/
3.7
/11492/
100
/22/
86
/1/

Brother's Keeper (2021)
Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.3
/6601/
73
/110/
73
/127/
3.8
/6640/
88
/16/
81
/112/
79
/11/

Madadayo (1993)
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.
poster
Netflix
78
77
8.1
/37284/
78
/362/
77
/219/
3.7
/8327/
71
/7/
90
/574/

Black (2005)
Unable to see, hear, or speak after a childhood illness, a young woman grows up prone to violent outbursts until an eccentric tutor changes her life.
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.
poster
76
7.3
/2676/
76
/33/
70
/24/
3.5
/1091/
78
/41/
69
/23/

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.
poster
76
6.9
/4164/
77
/38/
66
/43/
3.3
/1527/
100
/6/
72
/53/
61
/7/

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.3
/35668/
73
/865/
72
/884/
3.8
/26408/
88
/82/
84
/242/
72
/25/

In the House (2012)
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.1
/3289/
72
/198/
66
/61/
3.7
/7260/
96
/96/
83
/24/
68
/19/
cc age 14+

Language Lessons (2021)
For his 45th birthday, wealthy Californian Adam receives a surprise gift from his choreographer partner: 100 weekly Spanish lessons with Cariño, a vivacious expat who teaches virtually from her home in Costa Rica. Adam's unconvinced at first; a self-described “creature-of-habit”, he’s unsure about where or how this new element will fit into his carefully-structured routine.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.5
/2150/
64
/104/
66
/36/
3.4
/3341/
96
/49/
57
/25/
90
/5/

The Swerve (2018)
The dark secrets of Holly's seemingly perfect life are exposed when an unwanted intruder spins her life out of control forever.
poster
75
7.6
/21663/
76
/525/
74
/333/
3.6
/15400/
90
/29/
88
/769/
55
/8/
cc age 13+

To Sir, with Love (1967)
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.
poster
75
7.0
/191156/
75
/9598/
72
/4661/
3.8
/881704/
92
/25/
73
/10655/
72
/21/
cc age 9+

Matilda (1996)
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is so different. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, she begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, she suddenly turns the tables to stand up to Harry and Zinnia and outwit the headmistress.
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
Kanopy
74
7.2
/19737/
70
/383/
69
/334/
3.5
/11448/
81
/37/
78
/375/
80
/13/
cc age 15+

Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/58879/
75
/3360/
75
/2139/
3.4
/156580/
7.8
/548605/

The Garden of Words (2013)
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
poster
73
7.3
/2458/
74
/53/
70
/45/
3.8
/20673/
90
/39/
81
/8/

Dreams (2024)
Johanne falls in love with her teacher and records her fantasies and feelings in writing. Together with her mother and grandmother, they debate the literary potential and whether to publish it.
poster
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
Kanopy
73
6.9
/6340/
70
/146/
64
/158/
3.5
/7616/
86
/37/
67
/7/
76
/11/

The Student (2016)
A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.8
/46484/
68
/1623/
66
/677/
3.5
/71832/
86
/165/
69
/924/
74
/33/
cc age 16+

The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.
poster
Netflix
72
6.7
/18676/
67
/879/
65
/369/
3.5
/40597/
90
/102/
68
/100/
75
/27/
cc age 16+

The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
poster
76
71
7.5
/9781/
75
/240/
75
/197/
3.5
/6532/
86
/711/

Secret (2007)
Ye Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu, a pretty girl playing a mysterious piece of music.
poster
71
7.5
/845/
67
/27/
63
/13/
3.6
/334/
81
/36/
88
/67/
66
/15/

Unmistaken Child (2009)
In Nepal, a venerable monk, Geshe Lama Konchog, dies and one of his disciples, a youthful monk named Tenzin Zopa, searches for his master's reincarnation. The film follows his search to the Tsum Valley where he finds a young boy of the right age who uncannily responds to Konchog's possessions. Is this the reincarnation of the master? After the boy passes several tests, Tenzin takes him to meet the Dali Lama. Will the parents agree to let the boy go to the monastery, and, if so, how will the child respond? Central to the film is the relationship the child develops with Tenzin.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.9
/5840/
67
/216/
64
/285/
3.4
/4151/
95
/111/
73
/46/
76
/25/

Marguerite (2015)
Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.2
/43813/
74
/1989/
73
/1132/
3.3
/14017/
74
/125/

The Physician (2013)
England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
poster
Hoopla
70
6.6
/3804/
65
/79/
62
/53/
3.2
/1960/
81
/89/
65
/102/
76
/31/

Blue Car (2003)
Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home escalates and Meg struggles to find a way to get to the poetry finals in Florida, Auster's role in her life becomes increasingly complex.
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
Kanopy
69
6.8
/1672/
66
/67/
63
/37/
3.3
/3203/
82
/22/
61
73
/9/

Wet Season (2019)
Wet Season revolves around the life of Ling, a schoolteacher who deals with infertility while having to take care of her infirm father-in-law at home. One of Ling's students, Kok Wei Lun, develops a crush on her during remedial Chinese classes. The two become closer as Wei Lun embraces Ling's extra tutoring.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
6.6
/4278/
66
/185/
67
/110/
3.3
/8178/
86
/43/
84
/4/
67
/4/

Detention (2019)
In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.
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
67
6.5
/1563/
69
/159/
63
/32/
3.0
/1951/
74
/42/
94
/220/
56
/5/
cc age 13+

Brave the Dark (2025)
When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate apart. What began as a good deed becomes a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons. As Nate spirals deeper into despair, Deen must decide how far he’s willing to go to save a kid on the brink of losing everything—even himself.
poster
78
67
7.8
/6840/
75
/678/
76
/574/
3.8
/22734/
90
/7/
7.8
/89291/

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a way to change this apocalyptic future
poster
72
66
7.1
/1955/
67
/74/
68
/21/
3.4
/3356/
88
/26/
89
/31/
54
/6/

Mr. Burton (2025)
In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent for drama catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.8
/18875/
67
/274/
65
/199/
3.7
/15690/
54
/91/
67
/537/
50
/31/

Storytelling (2001)
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
5.8
/3463/
64
/222/
65
/136/
3.0
/5190/
80
/30/
64
/40/
54
/10/
cc age 16+

Blame (2018)
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to "The Crucible".
poster
68
64
6.7
/6499/
68
/221/
66
/117/
3.4
/3999/
79
/14/
70
/287/
59
/4/

The Trotsky (2010)
Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
poster
Netflix
61
7.2
/656031/
69
/24830/
71
/8933/
3.0
/2152153/
56
/304/
78
/69/
49
/52/
cc age 16+

Don't Look Up (2021)
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
poster
70
61
6.7
/5208/
73
/497/
69
/907/
3.1
/17072/
80
/5/
73
/8/

Le Brio (2017)
After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.
poster
68
61
6.5
/4593/
68
/267/
64
/468/
3.3
/11480/
77
/30/

The Under-Gifted (1980)
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
6.6
/34362/
69
/1247/
70
/692/
2.8
/15090/
50
/20/
69
/1526/
cc age 13+

Powder (1995)
Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible things. This phenomenon changes the lives of all those around him in ways they never could have imagined.
poster
Disney Plus
61
6.1
/30903/
66
/1110/
64
/927/
3.2
/71952/
52
/106/
58
/3851/
55
/27/
cc age 7+

Ice Princess (2005)
With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni, nothing can stop Casey Carlyle from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
poster
74
60
6.5
/3562/
69
/429/
68
/793/
3.2
/26587/
100
/11/
79
/1/
cc age 15+

School Life (2019)
In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.
poster
Kanopy
76
60
7.2
/3965/
73
/166/
68
/101/
3.6
/2244/
91
/32/
82
/4/
77
/8/

The Teacher (2016)
The principal of an elementary school calls a special parents meeting after it’s alleged that the seemingly empathetic and kindly-looking teacher Mrs. Drazděchová uses her students to manipulate their parents.


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