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1) South Riding
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When Sarah Burton returns to her hometown as headmistress, she is full of ambition, determined to create a great school and to inspire her girls to take all they can from life. But in the aftermath of the First World War, the country is in depression and ideals are hard won. Lydia Holly, the scholarship girl from the shacks, is the most brilliant student Sarah has ever taught, but when her mother's health fails, her education must be sacrificed -...
3) Lovesick
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A semi-biographical tale, this relatable film tells the story of Charlie Darby, a seemingly normal elementary school principal with everything going for him except love. When he meets the perfect girl, Charlie will have to overcome his diagnosed psychosis once and for all in order to finally claim his chance at true love.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock depicts the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and their governess on Valentine's Day, 1900. The complex, interwoven narrative charts the subsequent investigation and the event's far-reaching impact on the students, families, and staff of Appleyard College and on the nearby township. Theories abound, long-held secrets are exposed, and paranoia and hysteria set in, as in vastly differing ways their lives are changed...
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When Casper, the world's friendliest ghost, befriends a local boy, his uncles send him to the only place that can cure his friendliness once and for all: Scare School! In this chilling academy, where studying comes second to spooking, students have been perfecting the art of haunting humans for over 10,000 years. Includes the first 12 episodes.
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky a number of times. But this time he has the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane to join him in his day of fun. Ferris talks Cameron into borrowing his father's precious Ferrari for the day's transportation. All the while, Principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness. Jeanie is Ferris's...
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Intertwines four tales together. A high school principal moonlights as a vicious serial killer; the quest for that special someone by a young virgin takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.
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"Jaime Escalante [is] a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante cajoles, pushes, threatens and inspires 18 kids who who were struggling with fractions to become math whizzes"--Container.
11) Doubt
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1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that...
12) Clockwise
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John Cleese stars as Stimpson, the compulsively punctual headmaster of a British high school. On the day he is to give a major speech at a posh teachers conference, he finds himself in a frantic cross-country chase filled with missed trains, confused cops, strange monks odd old ladies and stolen clothes. Can Stimpson make up for precious lost time or is the entire world conspiring to make him late for the most important appointment of his life?
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David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
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Archie is the brains of a society of thugs in sport coats called the Vigils. The Vigils have gained power over their fellow students and faculty by using intimidation. They meet their match in new student, Jerry Renault. Jerry refuses to participate in the school's annual fund-raising chocolate sale event. Brother Leon, the school's sadistic headmaster, makes a pact with the Vigils to sell 20,000 boxes of chocolates so he can be promoted to head of...
15) Lean on me
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Based on the true story of New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark, who wins the support and respect of his students for his controversial methods in ridding the school of violent students and drug dealers.
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Max, a seventh grader, is mercilessly picked on by his school's bullies and by his principal. When his parents inform Max that they're moving at the end of the week, he takes the opportunity to exact several forms of creative revenge on his many tormenters. When it subsequently turns out that the Keebles aren't leaving town after all, little Max is left to the mercy of those he's just humiliated.
17) Charlie Bartlett
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Wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett is failing miserably at fitting in at his new public high school. The school is run by the world-weary Principal Gardner. As he begins to better understand the social hierarchy, Charlie's honest charm and likability gives him the position as the resident 'psychiatrist.' Along with his partner and fellow student, Murphy Bivens, Charlie dishes out advice and the occasional prescription to other students in need. Along...
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Carry on schoolteacher: A group of scheming pupils conspires to prevent a popular schoolmaster from leaving via various pranks.
Carry on constable: Three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills and create their own style of slap-and-tickle law and order.
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Jefferson Pierce, respected educator and father of two, is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. And he doesn't fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa, aka Thunder, and Jennifer, aka Lightning, as well as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn. Together, the Pierce family combats the ills eroding their city, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale.
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Charlie is a troubled, hot-headed teen who is offered an ultimatum by his school principal, Mr. Dewitt - either be suspended from school or work for the town "crazy lady". Charlie decides to work for Mrs. Ritchie and he spends the harvest season in her backyard. The troubled teen learns about love and forgiveness from the eccentric, elderly widow and from his high school principal.