20 movies like One Eight Seven, ordered by similarity : Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), The Class(2008), Her Twelve Men(1954), Aarakshan(2011), Detachment(2011), To Sir, With Love(1967), The Browning Version(1994), Words and Pictures(2013), Bright Road(1953), The Reunion(2013), Sarafina!(1992), The Road Home(1999) ...
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1997
119 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson John Heard Kelly Rowan Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Tony Plana Karina Arroyave Lobo Sebastian Jack Kehler Jonah Rooney Demetrius Navarro
school principal schoolteacher student gang member counselor gritty disheartening brooklyn, n.y. california high school inner city classroom troubled youth teaching education urban crime courage relocation underdog transformation
15 months after being stabbed 9 times by a student at work as a high school teacher in NYC, Mr. Garfield is working in LA as a substitute teacher come full-time. He refuses to be a victim anymore.
7.6/10
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.
7.5/10
Drama
France
2008
129 Minutes
François Bégaudeau Esmeralda Ouertani Rachel Regulier Franck Keita Wei Huang Agame Malembo-Emene Angélica Sancio Arthur Fogel
principal teacher student parent school principal engaging gripping profound spirited inspiring powerful school paris classroom playground education ethnic tension french language and literature connections leadership
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Greer Garson Robert Ryan Barry Sullivan Richard Haydn Barbara Lawrence James Arness Rex Thompson Tim Considine David Stollery Frances Bergen Ian Wolfe
teacher student father professor widow classmate cheery heartwarming inspiring boarding school classroom dormitory gym student-teacher relationship disapproval boarding-school life school teaching new life underdog
An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.
Drama
2011
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saif Ali Khan Deepika Padukone Manoj Bajpayee Prateik Babbar Gyanesh Pandey Gary Tantony
teacher mentor government official minister principal student engaging gripping powerful suspenseful india school government building government offices college caste system corruption education opposing ideals teaching
Dr Anand, a legendary principal, along with his disciples fights against the odds to abide by the Supreme Court's decision to reserve seats for the backward class students.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
2011
97 Minutes
Adrien Brody Marcia Gay Harden James Caan Christina Hendricks Lucy Liu Blythe Danner Tim Blake Nelson William Petersen Bryan Cranston Sami Gayle Betty Kaye
substitute teacher grandfather principal counselor runaway student gritty emotional touching high school inner city classroom teaching emotional involvement student-teacher relationship teen angst discovery transformation 2010s
A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
7.7/10
Drama
UK
1967
105 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Judy Geeson Christian Roberts Suzy Kendall Lulu Faith Brook Geoffrey Bayldon Edward Burnham Gareth Robinson Grahame Charles Roger Shepherd
teacher juvenile delinquent headmaster student teen boy teen girl uplifting inspiring london classroom school education coming of age teaching student-teacher relationship growing up rise 1960s
Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
7.2/10
Drama
UK
1994
97 Minutes
Albert Finney Greta Scacchi Matthew Modine Julian Sands Michael Gambon Ben Silverstone Maryam d'Abo Jim Sturgess
husband wife teacher lover student schoolboy schoolteacher gripping engaging school england boarding school marriage career failed marriage affair education retirement transformation discovery
On the verge of forced resignation, a strict old-fashioned teacher rethinks his life.
6.6/10
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada|Australia
2013
111 Minutes
Clive Owen Juliette Binoche Amy Brenneman Bruce Davison Keegan Connor Tracy Adam DiMarco Valerie Tian Eva Allan Janet Kidder David Lewis Josh Ssettuba
woman man teacher art teacher english teacher student brooding charming emotional intense moving quirky witty uplifting prep school school america competition love courtship
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1953
68 Minutes
Dorothy Dandridge Philip Hepburn Harry Belafonte Barbara Ann Sanders Robert Horton Maidie Norman Rene Beard Howard McNeely Robert McNeely Patti Marie Ellis Joy Jackson
teacher principal student classmate touching inspiring gutsy alabama small town school education troubled youth small-town life tragic death african-americans underdog growing up quest 1950s
Based on the story, See How They Run (The Ladies' Home Journal June 51), and subsequently won that year's Christopher award. The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation... See full summary »
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.
6.4/10
Musical, Drama
South Africa|UK|France|USA
1992
98 Minutes
Leleti Khumalo Whoopi Goldberg Miriam Makeba John Kani Mbongeni Ngema Dumisani Dlamini Tertius Meintjes Nhlanhla Ngema
student teacher mother racist principal police officer uplifting rousing profound south africa school street apartheid protest school struggle race relations growing up sacrifice discovery
South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.
Drama
1999
90 Minutes
Zhang Ziyi Honglei Sun Yulian Zhao Bin Li Guifa Chang Wencheng Sung Qi Liu Bo Ji Zhongxi Zhang
businessman father teacher mother student communist passionate gripping melodramatic china city rural community road school funeral family teaching reunion tradition father/son relationship
A Chinese businessman (Honglei Sun) recalls the story of the courtship of his mother (Ziyi Zhang) and father (Yulian Zhao), on the occasion of the old man's death.
6.8/10
Drama
Russia
2016
118 Minutes
Pyotr Skvortsov Viktoriya Isakova Aleksandra Revenko Yuliya Aug Aleksandr Gorchilin Irina Rudniktskaya Svetlana Bragarnik Nikolay Roshchin
student young man christian friend teacher moralist bleak suspenseful emotional thrilling intense melodramatic russia school university classroom bible relationships evil fanaticism
Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Katee Sackhoff Jade Pettyjohn Heather Matarazzo Jeremy Sisto Judy Reyes Diego Josef Isaiah Mustafa Jonah Beres
young girl mother sister classmate friend young boy cheeky amusing emotional california school house classroom bathroom bedroom menstruation growing up immaturity friendship self-esteem
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1989
128 Minutes
Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke Josh Charles Gale Hansen Dylan Kussman Allelon Ruggiero James Waterston Norman Lloyd Kurtwood Smith Carla Belver
teacher student headmaster father best friend girlfriend cheery emotional inspiring moving sad school cave dorm classroom education friendship male bonding rebellion empowerment
Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2015
129 Minutes
Kevin Costner Maria Bello Morgan Saylor Michael Aguero Sergio Avelar Hector Duran Rafael Martinez Martha Higareda Johnny Ortiz Carlos Pratts Ramiro Rodriguez
coach student runner teacher principal parent confident cool uplifting tense emotional california high school track gym car house track and field school winning
Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
7.5/10
Drama
Germany|USA
2007
123 Minutes
Hilary Swank Patrick Dempsey Scott Glenn Imelda Staunton April Lee Hernandez Deance Wyatt Mario Vanetta Smith John Benjamin Hickey Pat Carroll Jason Finn
teacher student teenager principal mother inspiring uplifting los angeles school education empowerment poverty race relations growing up transformation 2000s
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
France
1959
93 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Claire Maurier Albert Remy Guy Decomble Patrick Auffray Georges Flamant Yvonne Claudie Robert Beauvais
son mother father friend teacher bleak disheartening france paris apartment school childhood child custody troubled youth rebellion growing up underdog 1950s
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
7.3/10
Drama
Afghanistan|Ireland|Japan|Iran|Netherlands
2003
82 Minutes
Marina Golbahari Arif Herati Zubaida Sahar Khwaja Nader Hamida Refah Gul Rahman Ghorbandi
nurse daughter soldier student disheartening suspenseful moving hospital house school afghanistan gender bias deception taliban coming of age gender identity oppression underdog transformation growing up
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2020
117 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Rachel Bay Jones Michael Kenneth Williams Corwin C. Tuggles Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Angel Bismark Curiel Will Hochman Zora Casebere
teacher student friend drug dealer parent african-american confident emotional passionate uplifting intense moving school chess tournament family home inner city united states city apartment chess inner-city life
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
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