The 16 Best Movies About A Teacher And A Student Right Now:
This is a strange subject, but strangely enough, movies have dealt with it before. A connection between a teacher and a student is a good starting point for a story because it creates a clear sense of stress, secrets, and awkwardness.
All the feelings are there, and there’s a good chance that the characters will grow as the relationship does. But if you don’t use this within a smart way, it can cause problems, which are often caused by how people respond.
Below is a list of movies that have dealt with this story in new and interesting ways, which has helped them connect with their audiences even though they are taking a risk that could go wrong.
These tales and the characters are moving and interesting, and they leave watchers with the same wise and good lessons that the teachers taught their students.
A Teacher:
‘A Teacher’ starred Lindsay Burdge, Will Brittain, Jennifer Prediger, as well as Chris Doubek. It was directed by Hannah Fidell. In it, we learn that English teacher Diana Watts as well as her student Eric Tull are having an affair.
She had this affair because she was looking for a way to get rid of the stress she was feeling from having problems with her mom.
But as she tries to keep up her good name and fixate on Eric, she starts to fall apart because she is afraid of what could occur if the relationship was found out. You can watch the movie here to find out what happens in the end.
Stand And Deliver:
This movie about a frustrated composer who becomes a high school music teacher is the clear favorite among teachers within the TLN community. It was praised for showing how important passion is in teaching and for Richard Dreyfuss’s performance as the teacher as “a real human alongside all the quirks and bad judgment calls that make ourselves part of a single species.”
What the movie does for Barbara is tell her that “our students are indeed our magnum opus.” Nancy, who has been a music teacher for 30 years, also thinks Mr. Holland is the best movie ever, yet for a different reason: “It’s one of just a few movies regarding school that really hits home for me.”
In the end, the ironic twist is my favorite. You give up what you think was your life’s passion to teach kids to have the identical passion, but after 30 years, you get fired because lawmakers don’t value your life passion.
Dead Poets Society:
The 1989 drama Dead Poets Society is one of the most moving movies ever made. Robin Williams, who is loved by many, plays the passionate English teacher John Keating at a top private school in Vermont in the year 1959.
The moving story also follows Todd Anderson, who is extremely shy, and Neil Perry, who is very popular. They and their friends become enamored with Keating’s thoughts and lessons.
It is one of the most beloved and moving scenes in movie history when the students enthusiastically repeat “O Captain! My Captain” to the teacher. This scene would go upon to inspire future generations as well as become a part of pop culture.
Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance, and it was without a doubt one of his favorite parts. Fans honored Williams on social media through reenacting the powerful last scene from “O Captain” after he died in 2014.
Dirty Teacher:
“Dirty Teacher,” which stars Josie Davis, Kelcie Stranahan, Cameron Deane Stewart, as well as Marc Raducci, is a mystery film directed by Doug Campbell. A student in high school named Jamie Hall loses her boyfriend when it looks like a car hits him.
What’s the catch? He was seeing their teacher, Ms. Molly Matson, who was obviously crazy about him, while cheating on Jamie. Thus, when she sees signs that point to Jamie, she chooses to talk to Matson within her search for the truth regarding how and who killed her boyfriend.
October Sky:
This is another great TLN movie. It’s based on the real-life tale of Homer Hickam, a miner’s son who followed his interest within rocketry even though other people made fun of him, with the assistance of an inspiring teacher.
Marsha wrote that the movie is always a part of her middle school science unit and that she shows it to her kids. “Well, that’s saying something since I paid for the rights to watch it myself.”
Patty also said, “We usually think about how great the problem-solving was in that movie, but the teacher was definitely what drove them.”
Georgian found it “exciting to see how the interest in science turned into a job.” “The rocket boys” also made me think of students who get really excited about a subject and don’t give up.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark:
You can’t leave out the first Indiana Jones movie from any list of the best movies about teachers. Raiders of the Lost Ark isn’t a movie about a teacher who helps his children learn about themselves through the lessons he gives them every day.
His female friends think he’s cute. In it, there is an exciting archeologist who loves studying the world’s most important historical items and keeping them away from his most dangerous enemies.
In Raiders, which takes place in 1936, Indiana Jones learns that the Nazis have found the old city of Tanis within Egypt. One place where the Ark of the Covenant could rest is in Tanis.
Their plan is to use the Ark to take over the world, which is what the Nazis want to do. Jones needs to discover the Ark before they do. Fans met what might be the best action hero of all time in this movie, which came out more than 40 years ago.
Bloomington:
This story about coming of age stars Allison McAtee, Sarah Stouffer, Ray Zupp, as well as Katherine Ann McGregor. It was directed by Fernanda Cardoso. In it, Jackie Kirk, now 19 years old, goes to college to get away from the attention she used to get as a child actor. But there, she falls in love with Catherine Stark, who is a womanizer.
For some reason, the chance of being seen hurts the bond here too, just like it did in “A Teacher.” What’s already tough gets even worse when Jackie receives a call for a fresh show.
Dangerous Minds:
Michelle Pfeiffer acts a former marine teacher who has a hard time connecting with her kids and ends up using “unconventional” ways to teach. Based on a true story, the movie got mixed reviews from our group, but it has a lot of fans.
Ellen B. wrote, “I hate how Hollywood makes great teachers look like martyrs who give up everything for their students.” “But LouAnne Johnson’s love for her students caught my attention.”
Ellen states that Johnson’s story “helped me connect alongside the idea that “those kids” were, in fact, just kids whose lives were much harder than mine.” In fact, she was one of those outstanding educators who works hard and doesn’t look for praise. Instead, she wants her students to do well.
Election:
Matthew Broderick as well as Reese Witherspoon worked together on the 1999 black comedy Election, which was about a student body election and made fun of politics and high school life.
Broderick plays Jim McAllister, a popular high school social studies teacher who chooses to stop Tracy Flick, an overachiever he really doesn’t like, from running for president of the student government. This leads to a fight of minds and a power struggle.
Broderick and Witherspoon are great as the rivals, and Witherspoon got a lot of praise for her role as the sneaky and ruthless Flick. It won her her first Golden Globe nod, as well as the character has since become a cultural icon and been the basis for many other works.
Roger Ebert wrote this nice review of the dark comedy: “Here is a movie that is not only about an annoying student but additionally about an imperfect teacher, a closed-off administration, as well as a student body that is mostly just passing the time until it can go out into the world to take up valuable space.”
Loving Annabelle:
“Loving Annabelle” stars Diane Gaidry, Erin Kelly, Gustine Fudickar, as well as Michelle Horn. It was directed by Katherine Brooks. In “Loving Annabelle,” a 17-year-old girl named Annabelle Tillman goes to a Catholic high school. The story is a romance thriller.
For bad behavior, she was kicked out of her first two schools. This is her third school. Here, Annabelle’s teacher, Simone Bradley, learns to like her despite her bad behavior, and Annabelle feels the same way, falling in love with Simone’s kind and understanding personality. But in their setting, what they possess is also a sin.
Freedom Writers:
A lot of TLN readers already liked Erin Gruwell’s book The Freedom Writers Diary, which came out in 1999 and was about using writing as a useful way to learn.
According to the movie, Gruwell had a short but successful career. It shows how dedicated she was to social justice as well as seeing the promise in every student.
According to Carolann, who works with future teachers, it’s “the best education-based film I have ever seen,” in part because it shows “the struggles a beginning teacher meets as she joins her first classroom.”
It makes us think of Carolann’s words, “novice teachers often seem overconfident as well as brash, but they can bring a new energy as well as enthusiasm to a school and may reinvigorate those of us who have been teaching for a while.”
Good Will Hunting:
This is one of the most powerful movies of the last 30 years. It’s about a smart but unhappy boy from Boston named Will Hunting who gets the help he needs from a psychologist named Sean Maguire to reach his full potential.
Both of them were abused as children, and even though it’s hard for them to start talking to each other, they do so in the end. Maguire helps Hunting understand that he ends relationships to hide how hurt he really is.
It takes Maguire a few more steps toward getting over the death of his wife when he goes hunting. This movie was a real show thanks to Matt Damon as well as Robin Williams. The movie that won an Oscar ranks as one of the more moving psychological thrillers ever made.
Lolita:
This dark thriller, directed through Adrian Lyne, is based on Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 book of the same name. The story is about a middle-aged professor named Humbert Humbert who can’t stop thinking about young girls. It stars Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, as well as Melanie Griffith.
When he falls in love with Lolita, who is 14, he goes so far as to court and marry her mother, Charlotte, so he can be close to her. After Charlotte’s death, he is able to satisfy his sex desires with Lolita, yet for how long?
Lolita is growing as an individual, and her hopes, dreams, and desire to be on her own are changing too. After that, while on a cross-country road trip, Humbert’s love-hungry foe shows up.
Chalk:
This is a great title for a teacher movie: “Real Teaching Leaves a Mark.” Writing it from the point of view of past teachers, it is a “squirm-inducing yet very funny mock documentary that shows real empathy for its subjects.” “It deals with things that happen in actual schools,” Susan G. said she loved the movie.
Copiers always get stuck. There are “mindless faculty meetings as well as nasty little territorial tiffs” about things like tardy slips and hall chores. “The teachers aren’t always smart, helpful, or nice, and they don’t always love their students,” Susan says.
Not all of the kids get fixed; some of them love to learn, show appreciation, and respect their teachers. It leaves you guessing about how everything will turn out and whether the trouble or pain was worth it in the end.
School Of Rock:
Fun guy Jack Black’s best performance is in the 2003 comedy School of Rock, in which he plays Dewey Finn, a rock guitarist who is having trouble and gets fired from his band. He then chooses to work as a substitute teacher at a fancy prep school.
After hearing how talented his students are as musicians, Dewey puts together a band of fourth-graders to try to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands and utilize the money to pay his rent. Along the way, he becomes close with his students and teaches them to love themselves.
Mike White, who wrote and co-starred in the movie, wrote School of Rock just for Jack Black, who he worked with a lot and lived next door to for three years. White wanted Black to play the part so that he could play his favorite rock songs.
He told Glide Magazine, “Jack was a great performer, a terrific musician, as well as the perfect antihero.”
I had this thought that he was hanging out with a bunch of kids because he’s a little crazy in that fun Willy Wonka way. Both reviewers and fans loved School of Rock, and it was so popular that it was turned into a Broadway musical as well as a Nickelodeon TV show.
Elegy:
Elegy is a sexual drama about a teacher who pretends to be a student. The teacher is an expat Brit who is also a writer, and the relationship between the teacher and his student seems polite and respectful.
Since the professor is pretty mean to women, he is shocked to discover himself falling within affection for this girl and having sexual feelings for her like never before.
Both of the main actors in “Elegy” do great work, and the story is, to say the least, quite interesting. Even though the movie has problems with its direction and writing, it makes it to the end, where it has a touching and sad ending.
