Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "teacher-pupil-relationship"

1. The Hunt (2012)

R | 115 min | Drama

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm

Votes: 364,271 | Gross: $0.69M

2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Gellert Grindelwald plans to raise an army of wizards to rule over non-magical beings. In response, Newt Scamander's former professor, Albus Dumbledore, seeks his help to stop him.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp

Votes: 308,725 | Gross: $159.56M

3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.

Stars: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell

Votes: 9,619

4. The Turning (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Votes: 16,147

5. Kes (1969)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Family

A working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: David Bradley, Brian Glover, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie

Votes: 22,930

6. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)

110 min | Drama, Family

An aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.

Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji | Stars: Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam

Votes: 6,579

7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

M/PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Maggie Smith, Gordon Jackson, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin

Votes: 9,861

8. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)

R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

The sixth and final pupil of a dying martial arts teacher is instructed to find the teacher's five former pupils and defeat any evil ones that are among them.

Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo

Votes: 7,976

9. My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020)

96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A schoolteacher crashes her married lover's family vacation and befriends a donkey named Patrick.

Director: Caroline Vignal | Stars: Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Olivia Côte, Marc Fraize

Votes: 3,766

10. Softie (2021)

93 min | Drama

Follows ten year-old Johnny who stands out in different aspects way beyond his age. Things change when his new teacher sees his potential, believes in him and wants to open a new world to him.

Director: Samuel Theis | Stars: Aliocha Reinert, Mélissa Olexa, Antoine Reinartz, Izïa Higelin

Votes: 1,351

11. A Song to Remember (1945)

Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Biography of Frederic Chopin.

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde, Nina Foch

Votes: 1,619

12. The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders (2020)

95 min | Drama, Sport

Four drama-fueled shorts from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion.

Directors: Fabien Cavacas, Ron Jäger, Laurent Lunetta, Camille Melvil, Peter Lee Scott | Stars: Harry Jarvis, Matthieu Lucci, Samuel Theis, Pierre Prieur

Votes: 94

13. The American Boys (2020)

92 min | Drama

At elementary school, a child struggles to come to terms with his feelings for a teacher. In high school, the lead singer in a local band has admirers in both the girls and the boys. ... See full summary »

Directors: Matt Chupack, Antoine Dupont-Guerra, Anders Helde, Michael Hyman, Jerell Rosales, Prash Sampathkumaran | Stars: Wilson Cruz, Zackary Arthur, Miles Tagtmeyer, Jason Heymann

Votes: 29

14. I've Always Loved You (1946)

Approved | 117 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, Bill Carter, Maria Ouspenskaya

Votes: 369

15. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance

A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake

Votes: 620

16. A Peck o' Trouble (1953)

TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Lazy Dodsworth the Cat wants to catch a woodpecker for his breakfast. The woodpecker has built its home inside the upper trunk of a very tall tree, and Dodsworth puts on a professor's cap, ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard

Votes: 274

17. Aogeba tôtoshi (1966)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

Add a Plot

Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Akiko Nomura, Etsuko Ichihara, Kei Tani

18. Tatort (1970– )
Episode: Reifezeugnis (1977)

TV-14 | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sixteen year old pupil Sina Wolf has a love affair with her married teacher Fichte. Also pupil Michael Harms, her ex-boyfriend, cannot resist her beauty. One day Michael follows Sina by the... See full summary »

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Christian Quadflieg, Nastassja Kinski, Judy Winter, Klaus Schwarzkopf

Votes: 684

19. ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode: The Trouble with Miss Switch (1980)

TV-Y | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Rupert and his friend Amelia find the new substitute teacher doing odd things, they discover that she is actually a witch with a magical talking cat who sought them out in order to stop an evil coven of witches from destroying her.

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Janet Waldo, Eric Taslitz, Nancy McKeon, June Foray

Votes: 128

20. Bless This House (1971–1976)
Episode: It's All in the Mind (1972)

23 min | Comedy

After getting the wrong idea about the relationship Sally has with a teacher, Sid and Jean get one particular 'fact' wrong, and it results in unpleasant consequences. Meanwhile, Mike produces an interesting painting.

Director: William G. Stewart | Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Robin Stewart, Sally Geeson

Votes: 31

21. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Jim Nabors (1973)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: "Yung Fool" (spoof of "Kung Fu" TV series); Jim Nabors performs "And I Love You So"; Carol performs "Come Back to Me"; 1920's production number "True Blue Lou."

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 37

22. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Draw Me a Pear (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Laura regrets hauling Rob into taking art lessons with her after the lady teacher appears to show an above-average interest in him.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 264

23. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Teacher's Petrie (1964)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Laura takes a creative writing course, and the teacher extols Laura's writing abilities. Rob infers from this unwarranted attention that Mr. Caldwell is using Laura to meet him. In fact, Mr. Caldwell's interest is only in Laura.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 235

24. The Nightmare Room (2001–2002)
Episode: Tangled Web (2001)

TV-Y7 | Drama, Family, Fantasy

When Josh tells the substitute math teacher unfamiliar with his excuses that his homework was stolen by unique robbers along with his entertainment system, Mr. Farber seems to believe him. ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Justin Berfield, David Naughton, David Carradine, Steve Borden

Votes: 72

25. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999)
Episode: The Substitute (1996)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A trio of Catholic students steal a severed hand and perform an incantation that resurrects an evil force from the past. Father Philip and Nick are sent to investigate what is going on at the school.

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins, Robbi Chong, Patrick Fitzgerald

Votes: 62

26. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Now Museum, Now You Don't (2020)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Lisa stays home from school and fantasizes about the history of Western art.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Timothy Bailey | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 930

27. Private Eyes (2016–2021)
Episode: Kissing the Canvas (2018)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a boxer asks Shade to prove a match fixed, Shade and Angie bring Nora in as a gambling advisor.

Director: James Genn | Stars: Jason Priestley, Cindy Sampson, Barry Flatman, Jordyn Negri

Votes: 142