20 movies like Hoosier Schoolboy, ordered by similarity : Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), The Champ(1931), The Reunion(2013), South Central(1992), Welcome Stranger(1947), World's Greatest Dad(2009), Torment(1944), Life Is Beautiful(1997), Woodpeckers(2017), In a Better World(2010), American Wrestler: The Wizard(2016), Good Morning, Miss Dove(1955) ...
Drama
USA
1937
68 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Anne Nagel Frank Shields Edward Pawley William Gould Dorothy Vaughan Harry Hayden Bradley Metcalfe Anita Deniston
son schoolteacher veteran dairy owner bully father moving melodramatic indiana ainsley small town school dairy adolescence veterans alcoholism strike accidental death second chance underdog
A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Drama
2013
88 Minutes
Anna Odell Sandra Andreis Kamila Benhamza Anders Berg Erik Ehn Niklas Engdahl Per Fenger-Krog Robert Fransson Sara Karlsdotter Sanna Krepper Andreas Kundler
artist classmate bully filmmaker confident raw striking school film set sweden bullying school adolescence friendship discovery underdog revenge transformation 2010s
Anna is not invited to her class reunion and makes a film about what would have happened if she confronted her former bullies.
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
99 Minutes
Robin Williams Alexie Gilmore Daryl Sabara Tom Kenny Lorraine Nicholson Geoff Pierson Evan Martin Henry Simmons Jermaine Williams Toby Huss Mitzi McCall
son schoolteacher girlfriend colleague brash dark offbeat school house united states suicide subconscious father/son relationship writing deception transformation underdog rise 2000s
When his son's body is found in a humiliating accident, a lonely high school teacher inadvertently attracts an overwhelming amount of community and media attention after covering up the truth with a phony suicide note.
Drama
Sweden
1944
100 Minutes
Stig Järrel Alf Kjellin Mai Zetterling Olof Winnerstrand Gösta Cederlund Hugo Björne Olav Riégo Märta Arbin
teen boy young woman teacher headmaster father mother bleak dreamy disturbing melodramatic school apartment shop household sweden love triangle alcoholism jealousy school rivalry
An idealistic adolescent, suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster, falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1997
122 Minutes
Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Giorgio Cantarini Giustino Durano Sergio Bustric Marisa Paredes Amerigo Fontani Horst Buchholz Lidia Alfonsi Giuliana Lojodice Pietro De Silva
father mother son waiter schoolteacher nazi moving playful emotional sad bleak frightening italy concentration camp hotel household bookstore big city holocaust concentration camp
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2010
113 Minutes
Mikael Persbrandt Trine Dyrholm Ulrich Thomsen Markus Rygaard William Jøhnk Nielsen Bodil Jørgensen Elsebeth Steentoft Martin Buch Anette Støvelbæk Kim Bodnia
bully friend father doctor son wife tense dark emotional engaging kenya denmark school father/son relationship marital problems bullying absence friendship loss revenge
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Drama
USA
2016
117 Minutes
Jon Voight William Fichtner Lia Marie Johnson George Kosturos Kevin G. Schmidt Gabriel Basso Shannon Collis Courtney Hope Turner Nicholas Guilak
high-school student wrestler hero school principal team member coach emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring moving touching small town california high school gym school bus wrestling new school new town
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
Drama
USA
1955
107 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Robert Stack Kipp Hamilton Robert Douglas Peggy Knudsen Marshall Thompson Chuck Connors Biff Elliot Jerry Paris Mary Wickes
schoolteacher doctor police officer playwright banker convict melodramatic endearing small town school hospital school love respect memory illness growing up sacrifice 1950s
After her admission to the hospital, town-famous stern teacher Miss Dove nostalgically reminisces about her youth and about the pupils she taught over the years.
Drama
USA
1948
90 Minutes
young man schoolteacher bully father sheriff deaf mute dark uneasy sad melodramatic small town virginia carnival wilderness family history accidental murder self-defense guilt outsider's life small-town life
Danny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Drama
India
2007
180 Minutes
father terminally ill person mother precocious child headmaster melodramatic endearing heartwarming moving mumbai, india village family home united states father/son relationship education mother/son relationship aspirations class struggle poverty sacrifice
Swami, Radha and their kid shift to Mumbai after selling off their ancestral home in a village. In Mumbai, they get their kid admitted to a school that's patronized by children belonging to... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Animation, Drama
France|USA
2007
95 Minutes
child friend teacher father veteran police officer intense dark witty france austria airport school iran family home tyrants marriage air raids father/daughter relationship justice
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Other, Drama
USA
2020
Minutes
Diane Ladd Lindsey McKeon Vernon Wells Richard Tyson Toni Hudson Aiden Turner Lindsay Bloom Charles Green Ian Covell Carolann Utley Walker Mintz
sergeant husband wife son baker caterer dog airy charming endearing united states small town christmas veterans house building metamorphosis quest underdog transformation 21st century
Charlie's Christmas Wish is Granted.