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The Holdovers 2023

8.1 /10

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.

Run Time: 133 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Oct 27, 2023

Director: Director: Alexander Payne,

Stars: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, DaVine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner,

Mona Lisa Smile 2003

6.6 /10

The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.

Run Time: . MMPA: 15 . Release: Dec 19, 2003

Director: Director: Mike Newell,

Stars: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin,

Notes on a Scandal 2006

7.4 /10

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Run Time: 92 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Dec 25, 2006

Director: Director: Richard Eyre,

Stars: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Phil Davis,

Indignation 2016

6.8 /10

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

Run Time: 110 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Jul 29, 2016

Director: Director: James Schamus,

Stars: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts, Linda Emond, Joanne Baron,

An Education 2009

7.3 /10

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.

Run Time: 100 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Oct 29, 2009

Director: Director: Lone Scherfig,

Stars: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams,

Emergency 2022

6.1 /10

Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.

Run Time: 105 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: May 20, 2022

Director: Director: Carey Williams,

Stars: Donald Watkins, RJ Cyler, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter, Maddie Nichols,

Cracks 2009

6.6 /10

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

Run Time: 104 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Dec 04, 2009

Director: Director: Jordan Scott,

Stars: Eva Green, Juno Temple, Mara Valverde, Imogen Poots, Ellie Nunn,

The Theory of Everything 2014

7.7 /10

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Run Time: 123 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Nov 26, 2014

Director: Director: James Marsh,

Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney,

Au Revoir les Enfants 1987

8 /10

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.

Run Time: 105 Min . MMPA: 12 . Release: Oct 07, 1987

Director: Director: Louis Malle,

Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejt, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carr de Malberg, Philippe MorierGenoud,