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51. Going In (2023)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Toronto, 1989. Leslie and Reuben were inseparable best friends until a toxic lifestyle tore them apart. Now, when their city is overrun by a wild new drug, they're forced to reunite and infiltrate a deadly underground game to stay alive.
Director: Evan Rissi | Stars: Ira Goldman, Evan Rissi, Victor D.S. Man, Chanelle Luu
Votes: 100
52. Mrs. Hyde (2017)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Mrs. Géquil is a teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained?
Director: Serge Bozon | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Romain Duris, José Garcia, Adda Senani
Votes: 1,660 | Gross: $0.02M
53. Pan profesor (2021– )
60 min | Comedy
In an ordinary part of the city sits an unremarkable high school. It is attended by children of wealthier parents, but also students from poorer circumstances. Most of the time it's a perfectly normal high school. Except for one professor.
Stars: Vojtech Dyk, Beata Kanokova, Antonio Soposki, Ondrej Bauer
Votes: 15
54. Class of 3000 (2006–2008)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Animated series about an Atlanta performing arts school grad who ditches a successful music career to become a music teacher.
Stars: Small Fire, André 3000, Phil LaMarr, Jennifer Hale
Votes: 1,249
55. Love Lesson (1975)
85 min | Drama
A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead.
Director: Eduardo Escorel | Stars: Lilian Lemmertz, Rogério Fróes, Irene Ravache, Marcos Taquechel
Votes: 186
56. Forever Mary (1989)
102 min | Drama, Crime
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Francesco Benigno, Alessandra Di Sanzo
Votes: 1,229
57. Setkání v cervenci (1978)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A high school student named Jakub falls in love with his English teacher Klára, who is a divorced mother of a five-year-old son and who is also Jakub's friend. The film explores the themes of love, friendship, revenge, and maturity.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Daniela Kolárová, Oldrich Kaiser, Tomás Holý, Svatopluk Matyás
Votes: 152
58. Beauregard (2009– )
185 min | Drama
Stars: Jean-François Balmer, Pierre Boulanger, Anne Jacquemin, Joyce Bibring
Votes: 25
59. Second Call (2019–2021)
40 min | Drama
'Second Call' focuses on the resilience stories of teachers and students in a complex public education system.
Stars: Débora Bloch, Thalita Carauta, Paulo Gorgulho, Hermila Guedes
Votes: 370
60. Pán profesor (2020– )
Comedy, Romance
Stars: Roman Luknár, Tomas Mastalir, Gabriela Marcinková, Samuel Trnka
Votes: 42
61. Tessa (2015–2016)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Single mother and teacher in a high school Tessa struggles with life after her son turns out to be gay.
Stars: Thekla Reuten, Niels Gomperts, Stefanie van Leersum, Joes Brauers
Votes: 157
62. Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht (1992–1999)
90 min | Drama, Family
German television program about Dr. Specht, a man trying to balance his personal life with his job as a high-school teacher.
Stars: Robert Atzorn, Gisela Trowe, Claudia Wenzel, Charles Brauer
Votes: 173
63. Hjørdis (2015)
26 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
This miniseries spinoff of "Rita" follows teacher Hjørdis as she plans a school play on bullying featuring a cast of socially awkward students.
Stars: Lise Baastrup, Martin Brygmann, Ellen Hillingsø, Nicky Andersen
Votes: 700
64. Night of Terror (1972 TV Movie)
Unrated | 73 min | Thriller
A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Martin Balsam, Catherine Burns, Chuck Connors, Donna Mills
Votes: 310
65. The School Teacher (1993–2005)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Gérard Klein, Daniel Briquet, Lionnel Astier, Sylvie Jacob
Votes: 131
66. Making the Grade (1982)
30 min | Comedy
St. Louis Franklin High has a diverse staff deal with typical students. Harry Barnes is dean who's assistant Felspar is an inept dullard. Sara the pretty drama teacher discourages romance ... See full summary »
Stars: James Naughton, Graham Jarvis, Alley Mills, Steven Peterman
Votes: 29
67. Escolinha do Professor Raimundo (2015– )
Comedy
A reinvention of the "Escolinha" with a new crew is comedians playing the same characters invented by Chico Anysio and the same formula: every student has a punchline and a joke when the professor asks a question.
Stars: Rodrigo Sant'anna, Bruno Mazzeo, Fernanda Souza, Otaviano Costa
Votes: 112
68. My Scary Girl (2006)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young man in love for the first time discovers his girlfriend has a nasty secret in her refrigerator.
Director: Jae-gon Son | Stars: Park Yong-woo, Choi Kang-hee, Jo Eun-ji, Jung Kyung-ho
Votes: 726
69. The Lady Terrorist (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An elderly woman decides to act on her own with a rifle as she gets fed up with injustice.
Director: Radek Bajgar | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Martin Hofmann, Tatiana Dyková, Pavel Liska
Votes: 486
70. Karla (1965)
128 min | Drama, Romance
An idealistic teacher is shocked to discover her pupils are already cynical and opportunistic. Her colleague soon grows resentful when she uses new and challenging techniques to help her students overcome obstacles.
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Jutta Hoffmann, Klaus-Peter Pleßow, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff, Inge Keller
Votes: 195
71. 'Ctyri vrazdy stací, drahousku' (1971)
103 min | Comedy, Crime
Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Lubomír Lipský, Jirina Bohdalová, Iva Janzurová, Marie Rosulková
Votes: 791
72. Get Ready with Me (2019)
30 min | Short, Thriller
Aspiring YouTuber Vendela decides to get up in front of her high school class and show a disturbing video that disrupts the lesson and causes her teacher Lukas to fear for her life.
Director: Jonatan Etzler | Stars: Shanti Roney, Miriam Ingrid, Lisa Agby, Jenna Chaaraoui
Votes: 179
73. Sex Ed (2018)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Ed loves his job teaching Sex Education in schools. But today, it's the last thing he wants to do.
Director: Alice Seabright | Stars: Mark Weinman, Isabella Ainslie, Harry Bailey, Nathan Collins
Votes: 33
74. Der Tote bin ich (1979 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
A teacher about to start his first position moves into a well-worn apartment with a mysterious, locked room. He realizes someone else is using the place: A young woman claiming the previous... See full summary »
Director: Alexander von Eschwege | Stars: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Christiane Lemm, Anne Bennent, Joachim Dietmar Mues
Votes: 44
75. Stuck with a Perfect Woman (2016)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
Eliska's husband has left her for a younger woman. She is childless, in her early forties, yet still attractive. Till then she had taken care of her successful husband, but now she has to ... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Hoffman | Stars: Petra Hrebícková, Ondrej Vetchý, Miroslav Táborský, Jirí Langmajer
Votes: 454
76. Jen ho nechte, at se bojí (1978)
89 min | Comedy, Musical
The song "Ribwort and Rosemary" by Ales Brabec (Ludek Sobota), a shy supply teacher of musical school, wins the music festival in Krumlov. The song interpreter Marcela (Helena Vondrácková) ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Ludek Sobota, Helena Vondrácková, Petr Nározný, Miloslav Simek
Votes: 132
77. Atoms (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama, News
Hugo, 34, an educator at the boarding school, finds is daily life disrupted by Jules, a provocative teenager.
Director: Arnaud Dufeys | Stars: Benoît Cosaert, Vincent Lecuyer, Philippe Massart, Antonin Vandorslaer
Votes: 71
78. Paradise (2015)
100 min | Drama
The 25 years old Hanieh lives in the household of her married sister in Tehran. Every day Hanieh travels long and tedious hours to get to the suburbs where she works as a teacher at a girls... See full summary »
Director: Sina Ataeian Dena | Stars: Roya Afshar, Dorna Dibaj, Hooshang Ghovanloo, Neda Jebraeili
Votes: 133
79. Liebmann (2016)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The teacher Antek Liebmann moves to the French countryside to leave his former life in Germany behind. He soon gets a job and finds himself in a new relationship. But the strange energy of ... See full summary »
Director: Jules Herrmann | Stars: Godehard Giese, Adeline Moreau, Fabien Ara, Bettina Grahs
Votes: 193
80. Konglish (2020)
67 min | Drama
Chris is an English teacher in South Korea who is lazy at work and lazy in life - an expat looking for a good time, trying to run away from the shame and responsibilities of his life back home.
Director: Christopher Beaulieu | Stars: Christopher Beaulieu, Will Jacobs, Erin Wuchte, Sooah Son
81. One Fine Day, a Hairdresser (2004)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
How would a young socially timid guy taking up Doctorate in Philosophy approach a cute guy who works as a hairdresser and express what he truly feels for him?
Director: Gilles Bindi | Stars: Julien Baumgartner, Clément Allanic, Colette Kraffe, Malvina Héraud
Votes: 148
82. The Pawn (1978)
88 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.
Director: Christian Gion | Stars: Henri Guybet, Claude Jade, Maureen Kerwin, Claude Piéplu
Votes: 378
83. Mrtvacima ulaz zabranjen (1965)
111 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
The main protagonist is a modest teacher who is getting involved in the clash of two criminal gangs.
Directors: Vladimir Carin, Svetislav Stetin | Stars: Mija Aleksic, Branka Petric, Aleksandar Stojkovic, Rahela Ferari
84. The Woman of Steel (2010– )
45 min | Drama
For the past year, the 4th grade 3rd class section at Aikawa Elementary School has changed teachers 3 different times. The latest teacher to arrive for Class 4/3 is Haga Ineko (Michiko ... See full summary »
Stars: Michiko Kichise, Kasumi Arimura, Ai Yoshikawa, Yuri Tsunematsu
Votes: 11
85. Eduard a Buh (1969)
25 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Jan David | Stars: Jirí Hrzán, Slávka Budínová, Jana Sulcová, Jirí Hálek
86. Ve skríni (2019)
8 min | Short, Comedy
A farcical skit about an unfaithful wife, her unfaithful husband and their respective unfaithful lovers.
Directors: David Lanka, Martin Müller | Stars: Ales Bílík, Radim Jíra, Miro Mráz, Denisa Pfauserová
87. Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Mr. Grothe, a German high school teacher tries to reach his problem kid Nico.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Sebastian Blomberg, Ludwig Trepte, Nina Kunzendorf, Mehmed-Azad Subasi
Votes: 148
88. Pan Jordán a Habada (1968 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Miloslav Zachata | Stars: Josef Bek, Vlastimil Brodský, Libuse Havelková, Ljuba Hermanová
Votes: 15
89. House Call (I) (2017)
10 min | Short, Drama
Artur is an older man just now coming to terms with his sexuality. He ventures outside of his comfort zone to determine if it's not to late to be something different. The only thing that stands in his way is an ex wife and son.
Director: Mansur K. Rashid | Stars: Patrik Plesinger, Michael Goldschmid, Klára Cibulková, Tomás Hraba
Votes: 23
91. Dejiny jednoho dne (1981 TV Movie)
55 min | Drama
Director: Frantisek Laurin | Stars: Vlasta Fabiánová, Jirí Klem, Josef Langmiler, Ivan Lutanský
92. Skola za skolou (1981)
20 min | Comedy
Stars: Michael Dufek, Jirí Hladky, Vladimír Hrubý, Jan Hrusínský
93. Pan Dodd má schuzku (1992 TV Movie)
80 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Zdenek Zák, Eduard Cupák, Jaromír Meduna, Valérie Zawadská
94. Pavel Horejs: Ucitel (2018 Music Video)
4 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Milan Balek | Stars: Pavel Horejs, Veronika Sasková
Votes: 17
95.
Jak si nepodelat zivot (2019)
Episode:
Az budou krávy lítat
(2019)
TV-MA | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
A chubby school teacher decides to free herself from the fear of not being like everyone else wants her to be. She takes burlesque dance classes and challenges the aesthetic rules imposed by society.
Director: Tereza Kopácová | Stars: Eva Hacurová, Sabina Remundová, Filip Král, Stanislav Majer
Votes: 104