Movies and TV series about teachers

The 34 best titles about teachers, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Tokyo Story
iRank90
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
MovieDrama
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a
Like Stars on Earth
iRank86
2007 · Aamir Khan
MovieDrama
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 intere
Soul
iRank85
2020 · Pete Docter
MovieAnimationDramaFamily
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is tra
The Glory
iRank85
2022 · Kim Young-kyu
SeriesDrama
Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.
3 Idiots
iRank84
2009 · Rajkumar Hirani
MovieComedyDrama
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus
Assassination Classroom
iRank84
2015
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedy
The students of Class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how
The Hunt
iRank84
2012 · Thomas Vinterberg
MovieDrama
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutal
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
iRank83
2017
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedy
The Alzano Imperial Magic Academy is located in the southern part of the Alzano Empire and is among most prominent magic schools in the world, where students can learn the highest forms of magic. All
Dead Poets Society
iRank82
1989 · Peter Weir
MovieDrama
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of
Carrie
iRank82
1976 · Brian De Palma
MovieHorrorThriller
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a
Another Round
iRank82
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
MovieComedyDrama
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
The Handmaid's Tale
iRank81
2017 · Kim Todd
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Weapons
iRank80
2025 · Zach Cregger
MovieHorrorMystery
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Warrior
iRank79
2011 · Gavin O'Connor
MovieActionDrama
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course wit
The School of Rock
iRank79
2003 · Richard Linklater
MovieComedyFamilyMusic
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his s
The Last Emperor
iRank79
1987 · Bernardo Bertolucci
MovieDramaHistory
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
iRank79
1971 · Mel Stuart
MovieFamilyFantasyComedy
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a
Possession
iRank77
1981 · Andrzej Żuławski
MovieHorror
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he fin
In the House
iRank77
2012 · François Ozon
MovieComedyDramaMystery
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, t
The Piano Teacher
iRank76
2001 · Michael Haneke
MovieDramaRomance
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Together
iRank75
2025 · Michael Shanks
MovieHorrorRomance
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flari
Dark Desire
iRank73
2020
SeriesDramaMystery
Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
iRank73
2005 · Tim Burton
MovieAdventureComedyFamily
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Fist of Fury
iRank71
1972 · Lo Wei
MovieActionDramaThriller
During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
iRank71
1982 · Amy Heckerling
MovieComedyDramaRomance
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for love
Coach Carter
iRank68
2005 · Thomas Carter
MovieDramaHistory
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Robin Hood
iRank67
1973 · Wolfgang Reitherman
MovieAdventureAnimationFamily
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wil
Lolita
iRank64
1997 · Adrian Lyne
MovieDrama
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon
The Faculty
iRank63
1998 · Robert Rodriguez
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
The Long Kiss Goodnight
iRank62
1996 · Renny Harlin
MovieActionCrimeMystery
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her pa
Shrek the Third
iRank55
2007 · Chris Miller
MovieAdventureAnimationComedy
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 he
Bad Teacher
iRank52
2011 · Jake Kasdan
MovieComedy
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
Along Came a Spider
iRank51
2001 · Lee Tamahori
MovieActionCrimeMystery
After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal ki
Drillbit Taylor
iRank46
2008 · Steven Brill
MovieComedy
Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.