Beyond the Blackboard

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 24 Apr 2011 · English

Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.

The Long Game

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 12 Apr 2024 · English

In a segregated Texas, five Mexican-American teenage caddies were prohibited from playing at the country club where they worked. Against all odds, they formed their own team, built a one-hole course in the fields, and won the 1957 Texas State championship. Based on a true story.

The Wave

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 4 Oct 1981 · English

A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany.

Peaceful Warrior

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 30 Mar 2006 · English

A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

Dead Poets Society

Movie · 8.3 / 10 · 2 Jun 1989 · English

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.

Good Will Hunting

Movie · 8.2 / 10 · 5 Dec 1997 · English

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.

The Emperor's Club

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 22 Nov 2002 · English

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

The Barefoot Contessa

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 29 Sept 1954 · English

A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.

Gigi & Nate

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 2 Sept 2022 · English

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

To Sir, with Love

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 14 Jun 1967 · English

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.

Friday Night Lights

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 8 Oct 2004 · English

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

Cry Macho

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 16 Sept 2021 · English

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.