14 Best Movies About Education That You Should Watching Update 04/2024

Movies About Education

Watching movies is one of the biggest joys in life for a large percentage of the population. Turn off the lights, grab a bowl of salty, hot popcorn, and prepare to be transported to another world without ever leaving your couch. You’ll be laughing and crying for a few hours. If it’s a good movie, you leave the theater with a new understanding of yourself, the world, or both by the time the lights come back on and the popcorn is gone. Movies on education are among the greatest. It’s clear to us at University of the People that education has the power to transform the world.

14 Educational Films You Should See Immediately

You’re all set to begin watching? Here are thirteen great films that get you motivated to succeed in school.

1. Freedom Writers (2007)

Freedom Writers (2007)

Erin Gruwell, a young teacher who motivates a class of at-risk pupils to learn tolerance, diligence, and a desire to continue their education after high school, is the inspiration for this film. Hilary Swank is among the cast.

2. School of Rock (2003)

One of the members of the band is kicked out of the group, but he receives a teaching position at a private school thanks to his roommate. Using the students in his class, he decides to form a new band and take on his previous band in a competition. Jack Black is the star of the film.

3. The Ron Clark Story (2006)

The Ron Clark Story (2006)

Aspiring New York City schoolteacher leaves his hometown for a new opportunity in the Big Apple. As a result of his dedication to enforcing a strict set of classroom rules, he has made an enormous impact on his students. He offers an opportunity for a young girl to overcome her difficult situation and become the best student in the class for herself and her three siblings. Matthew Perry is among the cast.

4. Precious (2009)

Even if she’s already pregnant with her second child, an African-American adolescent who can’t even read or write has a difficult time succeeding. However, after she is admitted into an alternative school, a teacher and a nurse set out to assist her change her life for the better..

5. Music of the Hearts (1999)

A violin instructor who has difficulty finding a job sets up a music program in an inner-city Harlem school for herself. This is a fictionalized account of a true event.

6. Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

To make ends meet, a composer takes a job as a music instructor and falls up in love with it. Can he, on the other hand, have the same impact on his deaf kid that he does on his hearing students?

7. Dangerous Minds (1995)

An ex-marine is hired to teach at a low-income school for a short period of time. Because the pupils are apprehensive about her coming, she resorts to unconventional means of gaining their confidence. Michelle Pfeiffer is the star.

8. Stand and Deliver (1988)

A hard-nosed teacher is determined to keep his low-income kids from dropping out of school. His advanced math classes transform their life. This is a fictionalized account of a true event.

9. Lean on Me (1989)

Lean on Me (1989)

A new tyrannical principal has taken over at New Jersey’s worst school. Drug dealing students’ exam scores must be raised so that local schools don’t lose control to the state. How much will he get if the plan works out? Fame that lasts a lifetime and the assurance that you will never lose your job.

10. Dead Poets Society (1989)

In 1959, a teacher at a prep school tries to instill a love of poetry in his students by tearing out pages from books. Students’ lives are profoundly impacted by his upbeat demeanor and innovative outlook.

11. To Sir with Love (1967)

To Sir with Love (1967)

As a result of being out of work, an engineer decides to accept a job teaching in the poorer areas of East London. That doesn’t stop his students from plotting their revenge on him, like they did with their last teacher.

12. The Breakfast Club (1985)

They’d always been in different groups until today. As a result, they’re able to get to know each other better as they’re locked in detention together over the weekend with a harsh principle keeping a close eye on them.

13. Summer School (1987)

The vice principal of a school forces a teacher to cancel his summer vacation and teach summer school to a group of teenagers who aren’t interested in learning. When bribing pupils doesn’t work, he begins to get to know and connect with them.

14. The Miracle Worker (1962)

The Miracle Worker (1962)

Deaf-blind Helen Keller was the first to acquire a bachelor’s degree. It wasn’t just writing that she did; she was an author, lecturer, and politician as well. But it wasn’t an easy route to get there. During the course of the film, we learn how Anne Sullivan was able to teach her how to communicate.