20 movies like Election, ordered by similarity : Words and Pictures(2013), 1981(2009), Night School(2018), College Coach(1933), Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989), Gregory's Two Girls(1999), C'est la vie !(2017), Instant Family(2018), Your Friends & Neighbors(1998), Bart Got a Room(2008), 10 Things I Hate About You(1999), Her Twelve Men(1954) ...
Comedy
USA
1999
103 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Reese Witherspoon Chris Klein Jessica Campbell Mark Harelik Phil Reeves Molly Hagan Delaney Driscoll Colleen Camp Frankie Ingrassia Matt Malloy
teacher student wife football player sister witty emotional high school omaha new york city campaigning ethics adultery teen angst rivalry revenge quest forbidden love 1990s
A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
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.
Comedy
Canada
2009
102 Minutes
Jean-Carl Boucher Claudio Colangelo Sandrine Bisson Gabriel Maillé Dany Bouchard Léo Caron Marjolaine Lemieux Élizabeth Adam Simone Chevalot Pierre Mailloux
young boy family parent student teacher narrator amusing charming endearing moving playful quirky school home city love growing up moving childhood school
Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.
Comedy
USA
2018
111 Minutes
Kevin Hart Tiffany Haddish Rob Riggle Taran Killam Romany Malco Keith David Megalyn Euchikunwoke Yvonne Orji Mary Lynn Rajskub Ben Schwartz Anne Winters
salesman fiancé principal high school drop-out student teacher amusing hilarious lighthearted outlandish brash high school store office classroom restaurant club school high school starting over
A group of high school dropouts are forced to attend night school in hope that they'll pass the GED exam to finish high school.
Comedy
USA
1933
75 Minutes
football player college student football coach wife college president husband rousing inspiring emotional university football field household classroom restaurant ethics college athletics college life marital problems infidelity football
Coach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Comedy
UK|Germany
1999
116 Minutes
Gordon John Sinclair Carly McKinnon Dougray Scott Maria Doyle Kennedy Kevin Anderson Martin Schwab Fiona Bell Hugh McCue John Murtagh Matt Costello Jane Stabler
teacher student young girl businessman love interest friend amusing engaging witty playful lighthearted heartwarming school relationships love sexual fantasy heist adventure growing up forbidden love
Bill Forsyth returns to the romantic comedy of Gregory's Girl. Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When ... See full summary »
Comedy
Belgium|Canada|France
2017
117 Minutes
Olivier Nakache Jean-Pierre Bacri Jean-Paul Rouve Gilles Lellouche Vincent Macaigne Eye Haidara Suzanne Clément Alban Ivanov Hélène Vincent Benjamin Lavernhe Judith Chemla
wedding planner cook bride-to-be groom bridesmaid girlfriend airy amusing hilarious emotional heartwarming charming church france paris castle wedding wedding planning trouble emotion
A hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Rose Byrne Octavia Spencer Isabela Moner Tig Notaro Gustavo Quiroz Julianna Gamiz Margo Martindale Julie Hagerty Michael O'Keefe Tom Segura
wife husband adopted daughter brother sister airy amusing hilarious emotional melodramatic heartwarming united states orphanage school adoption orphanage new experiences trust lie sibling relationship
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1998
99 Minutes
Amy Brenneman Aaron Eckhart Catherine Keener Nastassja Kinski Jason Patric Ben Stiller Josh Dotson Lola Glaudini
husband wife writer professor lover doctor witty disturbing emotional raw united states city household art gallery hotel adultery marital problems love triangle bad behavior sex
Unhappy couples fall apart and hop into other beds with other people.
Comedy
USA
2008
80 Minutes
William H. Macy Cheryl Hines Steven Kaplan Alia Shawkat Brandon Hardesty Ashley Benson Chad Jamian Williams Jennifer Tilly
student nerd parent rival cheerleader endearing offbeat high school household florida dating teen angst love prom quest rivalry transformation 2000s
While Danny's father and mother independently search for love, Danny is on his own desperate quest to find a prom date. Danny's search becomes progressively more pathetic once he and his family learn that Bart, the school's biggest dweeb, not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well.
Comedy
USA
1999
97 Minutes
Heath Ledger Julia Stiles Joseph Gordon-Levitt Larisa Oleynik David Krumholtz Andrew Keegan Susan May Pratt Gabrielle Union Larry Miller Daryl Mitchell Allison Janney
teen boy teen girl friend counselor teacher love interest witty charming quirky seattle washington, d.c. high school family home party romance love-hate relationship teen angst dating schemes sister relationship
A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.
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.
Comedy
UK
1959
86 Minutes
Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Ted Ray Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Kenneth Williams Hattie Jacques Rosalind Knight
headmaster student inspector child psychologist english teacher music teacher amusing cheeky witty lighthearted madcap crafty england sabotage education teaching humor job hunting student-teacher relationship discovery
Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Jack Oakie George Murphy Linda Darnell Walter Brennan Milton Berle Sheldon Leonard Donald Meek Ruth Donnelly
gangster professor college president college student football player daughter amusing lighthearted tender college household football field classroom kidnapping final exams student-teacher relationship college athletics football sports betting rise
Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1933
81 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Laurence Olivier John Halliday Michael Farmer Genevieve Tobin Nora Swinburne Charles Collum Peter Gawthorne Rosalinde Fuller O.B. Clarence Mary Jerrold
husband wife newlywed mistress lord lady melodramatic emotional engaging passionate amusing witty cannes, france london france newlyweds troubled marriage agreement divorce jealousy
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1996
93 Minutes
Mara Wilson Danny DeVito Rhea Perlman Embeth Davidtz Pam Ferris Paul Reubens Tracey Walter Brian Levinson Kira Spencer Hesser Kiami Davael
young girl father mother headmistress teacher friend winsome witty school family home telekinesis children vs. adults student-teacher relationship family dysfunction underdog adventure discovery 1990s
This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
108 Minutes
Julia Stiles Sean Patrick Thomas Kerry Washington Fredro Starr Terry Kinney Bianca Lawson Vince Green Garland Whitt Mekdes Bruk
teen girl father teacher sister dancer boyfriend inspiring gritty emotional moving chicago high school street store rehearsal space dance death interracial romance teen angst jealousy
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
105 Minutes
Jack Benny Eleanor Powell Robert Taylor Una Merkel Sid Silvers Buddy Ebsen June Knight Vilma Ebsen Nick Long Jr. Robert Wildhack Paul Harvey
singer dancer producer widow columnist secretary amusing witty new york city broadway theater dance show business love deception quest rise love rivalry 1930s
Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show. He gets an offer of money by Lillian, if she can dance in his show. Gordon's old class mate Irene, tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lillian insists in getting this part herself.
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
140 Minutes
Vidya Balan Neha Dhupia Manav Kaul Vijay Maurya Santanu Ghatak Trupti Khamkar Malishka Mendonsa Sindhu Shekharan Uday Lagoo Abhishek Sharma Seema Taneja
wife husband son friend boss confident spirited passionate emotional inspiring lighthearted india city house restaurant school love chasing dreams couples love
Sulu is an ambitious housewife with a loving husband and a happy family. Things start changing for her when she accidentally lands a job as a radio jockey and her show becomes an instant hit.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
USA|UK|Canada
1995
103 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Matt Dillon Joaquin Phoenix Casey Affleck Illeana Douglas Alison Folland Dan Hedaya Wayne Knight Kurtwood Smith Holland Taylor Maria Tucci
reporter wife teen boy husband hit man detective dark witty amusing new hampshire newsroom high school murder betrayal fame seduction ambition fall love revenge
A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.