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85
8.3
/228106/
81
/2443/
79
/1264/
4.0
/88511/
93
/14/
96
/2312/
cc age 13+

Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
poster
84
IMDb 70
7.9
/227608/
78
/9200/
76
/2253/
4.2
/1346951/
97
/366/
92
/536/
82
/61/
cc age 15+

The Holdovers (2023)
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.
poster
82
7.5
/4944/
77
/64/
74
/56/
3.9
/4639/
92
/24/
91
/226/

Ponette (1996)
After losing her mother in a car accident that leaves her with a broken arm, 4-year-old Ponette struggles with anguish and fear. Left by her father with a caring aunt and her children, Ponette grieves, secretly hoping her mother will somehow come back. Confused by the religious explanations provided by adults, and challenged by the cruel taunts of a few children at school, little Ponette must make her way through her emotional turmoil.
poster
82
7.6
/38680/
77
/1096/
76
/1016/
3.8
/61835/
97
/38/
88
/5530/
83
/19/
cc age 7+

A Little Princess (1995)
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.
poster
80
7.4
/65525/
73
/1123/
73
/1021/
4.0
/106424/
88
/147/
86
/2062/
81
/34/
cc age 18+

Bad Education (2004)
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
poster
Peacock Premium
80
7.7
/737721/
79
/43037/
78
/21660/
3.9
/2013868/
88
/259/
74
/1869818/
81
/38/
cc age 12+

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.3
/114831/
73
/3779/
74
/3103/
3.9
/517054/
94
/64/
83
/3124/
79
/11/

Suspiria (1977)
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
poster
79
8.0
/362463/
80
/6216/
77
/3754/
3.9
/373271/
82
/50/
92
/5058/
57
/14/
cc age 16+

Scent of a Woman (1992)
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
poster
Peacock Premium
79
IMDb 99
7.7
/931498/
80
/55525/
79
/28900/
3.8
/2446867/
80
/202/
82
/38780/
65
/37/
cc age 7+

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
poster
78
7.1
/6709/
69
/91/
67
/78/
3.6
/3429/
96
/25/
76
/131/

Flirting (1991)
Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.3
/8673/
73
/190/
73
/145/
3.7
/8370/
97
/31/
85
/12/
79
/7/

Sami Blood (2016)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/32405/
75
/1019/
74
/1134/
3.9
/74982/
87
/23/
81
/248/
77
/9/

I Killed My Mother (2009)
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
poster
76
6.8
/4189/
76
/39/
66
/43/
3.3
/1527/
100
/6/
72
/53/
61
/7/

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
poster
74
7.9
/70886/
80
/2137/
77
/2527/
4.0
/144283/
68
/105/
92
/1910/
56
/32/
cc age 14+

The Chorus (2004)
In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.7
/44217/
74
/596/
73
/380/
3.8
/16147/
68
/37/
87
/542/
61
/15/

Evil (2003)
Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
7.1
/158813/
71
/3661/
68
/2395/
3.5
/155258/
71
/186/
70
/3350/
69
/37/
cc age 17+

Never Let Me Go (2010)
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
poster
73
72
7.4
/19168/
73
/428/
70
/350/
3.9
/23836/
67
/39/
84
/209/
65
/18/

Before the Fall (2004)
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.0
/18340/
72
/1114/
70
/686/
3.2
/67032/
83
/48/
79
/71/
60
/6/

Handsome Devil (2017)
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
poster
77
71
7.5
/13243/
73
/189/
73
/294/
4.0
/24240/
75
/16/
87
/214/

A Man and a Woman (1966)
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
71
7.2
/9905/
69
/215/
68
/253/
3.7
/16642/
94
/17/
79
/122/

Zero for Conduct (1933)
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
poster
71
7.1
/8322/
70
/69/
69
/69/
3.5
/2752/
74
/31/
84
/50/
57
/24/

Mifune (1999)
Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.
poster
Hoopla
71
7.1
/11922/
70
/173/
68
/120/
3.6
/5639/
79
/61/
81
/282/

The Butcher Boy (1998)
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.0
/12597/
68
/436/
66
/307/
3.6
/15591/
87
/127/
69
/96/
78
/27/

The Tribe (2014)
Deaf-mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for the deaf. In navigating through the school's hierarchy, he encounters a corrupt underbelly of criminality, known as The Tribe. By participating in several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization, when he meets one of the Chief’s concubines Anya, and unwittingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the group."
poster
The Roku Channel
67
6.7
/32621/
67
/970/
68
/884/
3.6
/76986/
76
/25/
67
/584/
57
/5/

Phenomena (1985)
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
poster
Kanopy
72
67
7.1
/28452/
73
/1238/
70
/672/
3.5
/10205/
92
/12/
69
/18/
61
/6/

The Absent One (2014)
Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.7
/32594/
69
/605/
65
/541/
3.2
/10162/
68
/25/
64
/694/
62
/20/

The Man Without a Face (1993)
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.
poster
Kanopy
66
5.9
/2799/
61
/126/
61
/135/
3.2
/9229/
85
/82/
52
/10/
75
/17/

Zombi Child (2019)
Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
poster
67
66
6.6
/9883/
65
/369/
67
/247/
3.3
/13494/
79
/19/
62
/184/
64
/4/

The Brides of Dracula (1960)
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.4
/189396/
68
/5091/
68
/3210/
3.5
/711809/
44
/113/
79
/41695/
45
/28/
cc age 12+

She's the Man (2006)
Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
5.6
/1851/
58
/181/
64
/121/
2.6
/2251/
52
/21/
82
/23/
cc age 9+

The Magic Flute (2022)
A seventeen year old travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a centuries-old forgotten passageway into the fantastic world of Mozart's "The Magic Flute".
poster
Kanopy
74
62
6.5
/4250/
71
/346/
77
/281/
3.4
/58555/
90
/16/

K-12 (2019)
Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets bullied by the other students whose brains are under control by the Principal and his wicked staff. With the help of the magical friends they meet along the way, as well as an Angelic Spirit Guide, they are able to gain the strength they need to fight off the school’s belligerent patriarchal conditioning.
poster
76
61
7.3
/1436/
73
/120/
70
/88/
3.7
/8002/
83
/272/
84
/14514/

Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation is an animated short based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" franchise.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
61
6.1
/67707/
67
/2058/
67
/1884/
3.5
/302052/
40
/25/
62
/1313/
cc age 14+

Wild Child (2008)
Sixteen-year-old Poppy has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness.
poster
60
6.2
/1887/
62
/53/
60
/52/
3.2
/1792/
50
/7/

Child's Play (1972)
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
poster
59
5.9
/31268/
60
/1886/
58
/746/
3.2
/86458/
77
/78/
52
/290/
68
/18/

The Blackcoat's Daughter (2017)
Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.
poster
Disney Plus
72
58
6.8
/4228/
68
/219/
70
/115/
3.6
/30570/
92
/13/
66
/5/

Le Pupille (2022)
During WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
57
7.2
/2851/
64
/46/
65
/55/
3.7
/2942/
82
/839/

Young Törless (1966)
At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
66
57
6.8
/4738/
64
/124/
65
/120/
3.5
/7614/
66
/39/

The House That Screamed (1969)
Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.
poster
YouTube Premium
68
56
6.9
/2181/
69
/142/
61
/48/
3.4
/9201/
63
/8/
83
/33/
cc age 15+

This Is Paris (2020)
Meet the real Paris Hilton for the very first time as she embarks on a journey of healing and reflection, reclaiming her true identity along the way.
poster
Peacock Premium
56
6.1
/355309/
65
/15822/
63
/9508/
2.9
/744048/
41
/210/
52
/202695/
58
/35/
cc age 6+

Shrek the Third (2007)
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
55
5.8
/87796/
62
/2976/
60
/1747/
2.8
/124420/
54
/69/
50
/3572/
52
/20/
cc age 16+

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.
poster
54
6.5
/15273/
71
/550/
64
/216/
3.1
/7320/
17
/24/
64
/322/
cc age 13+

Dutch (1991)
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
poster
64
53
6.6
/4590/
63
/90/
63
/93/
3.3
/2916/

Crazy (2000)
Benjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually reach grammar school. Adjusting to his new environment is difficult as he has to struggle with being a teen... specially when he falls in love to the school's dream girl, Malen.
poster
Disney Plus
58
53
5.6
/4307/
64
/232/
60
/137/
2.7
/7430/
56
/236/
cc age 10+

Go Figure (2005)
Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
52
5.9
/4283/
63
/382/
63
/231/
2.9
/2325/
33
/9/
62
/21/
45
/5/

Boarding School (2018)
When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except for six other teenage misfits and two menacing and mysterious teachers. As events become increasingly horrific, Jacob must conquer his fears to find the strength to survive.
poster
Criterion Channel
59
50
6.0
/3418/
58
/93/
57
/88/
2.9
/4418/
83
/6/
31
/20/
66
/6/

Downhill (1927)
When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.
poster
66
49
7.0
/1935/
65
/47/
61
/57/
3.7
/5577/
61
/63/

Girls in Uniform (1958)
A new student, Manuela, enters a strict girls' boarding school after her mother’s death, where she finds comfort in a kind teacher, stirring complex emotions within her.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.3
/16953/
60
/1338/
55
/483/
2.6
/18883/
38
/34/
50
/94/
39
/6/
cc age 17+

Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horror.


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