Here we've displayed a list of the best Boarding School films : Citizen Kane(1941), The Browning Version(1951), The Happy Years(1950), Au Revoir, les enfants(1987), Diabolique(1955), Captains Courageous(1937), The Chorus(2004), Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1939), Evil(2003), A Little Princess(1995), Machuca(2004), A Man and a Woman(1966) ... ...
Drama
USA
1941
119 Minutes
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Ruth Warrick Everett Sloane Agnes Moorehead Dorothy Comingore Ray Collins George Coulouris William Alland Paul Stewart Erskine Sanford
news reporter billionaire journalist singer intricate profound gripping dark new york city boarding school college opera house office mansion newspapers investigative journalism recluses wealth quest rise
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.
Drama
UK
1951
90 Minutes
Michael Redgrave Jean Kent Nigel Patrick Wilfrid Hyde-White Ronald Howard Bill Travers
teacher student wife heartwarming emotional boarding school england family home education infidelity aging school transformation 1950s
Forced to retire from an English public school, an unpopular professor must confront his failure as a teacher and husband.
Comedy
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Dean Stockwell Darryl Hickman Scotty Beckett Leon Ames Margalo Gillmore Leo G. Carroll Donn Gift Peter Thompson Jerry Mickelsen Alan Dinehart David Bair
schoolboy headmaster bully father uplifting heartwarming boarding school new jersey father/son relationship coming of age boarding-school life friendship education growing up rivalry transformation 1950s
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
Drama
France|West Germany|Italy
1987
104 Minutes
Gaspard Manesse Raphael Fejto Francine Racette Stanislas Carré de Malberg Philippe Morier-Genoud François Berléand Irène Jacob François Négret
student priest nazi headmaster dark emotional profound france boarding school world war ii holocaust friendship secret nazism trauma discovery growing up 1940s
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
1955
116 Minutes
Simone Signoret Vera Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel Jean Brochard Noel Roquebert Thérèse Dorny Pierre Larquey Michel Serrault Yves Marie Maurin Georges Poujouly
teacher headmaster detective wife mistress suspenseful tense dark frightening france boarding school apartment murder adultery revenge deception revenge mystery 1950s
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
Drama
France|Switzerland|Germany
2004
97 Minutes
Gérard Jugnot François Berléand Kad Merad Jacques Perrin Jean-Baptiste Maunier Marie Bunel Jean-Paul Bonnaire Philippe du Janerand Maxence Perrin Didier Flamand Grégory Gatignol
boy single mother music teacher musical prodigy headmaster student uplifting amusing passionate france countryside boarding school music school coming of age childhood teaching choir discovery transformation
The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively affect the students' lives through music.
Drama
UK
1939
114 Minutes
Robert Donat Greer Garson Terry Kilburn John Mills Paul Henreid Judith Furse Lyn Harding Milton Rosmer Frederick Leister Louise Hampton Austin Trevor
teacher suffragette friend student heartwarming boarding school classroom england austria school love war transformation growing up 1930s
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Drama
Sweden|Denmark
2003
113 Minutes
Andreas Wilson Henrik Lundström Gustaf Skarsgård Linda Zilliacus Marie Richardson Johan Rabaeus Kjell Bergqvist Magnus Roosmann Jesper Salén Martin Svane Richard Danielsson
teenager mother stepfather bully brutal brooding household boarding school sweden abuse violence family dysfunction friendship rivalry 2000s
A teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1995
97 Minutes
Eleanor Bron Liam Cunningham Liesel Matthews Rusty Schwimmer Arthur Malet Vanessa Lee Chester Errol Sitahal Heather DeLoach Taylor Fry
daughter father headmistress endearing fascinating emotional new york city boarding school friendship world war i school family growing up rescue 1910s
A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.
Drama
Chile|Spain|UK|France
2004
121 Minutes
Matías Quer Ariel Mateluna Manuela Martelli Aline Küppenheim Federico Luppi Ernesto Malbran Tamara Acosta Francisco Reyes Alejandro Trejo
schoolboy best friend father mother priest uncle intense moving chile boarding school street friendship growing up political unrest class distinctions politics education discovery growing up 1970s
Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other's world as political tensions in their country increase.
Romance
France
1966
102 Minutes
Anouk Aimée Jean-Louis Trintignant Pierre Barouh Valerie Lagrange Simone Paris Antoine Sire Souad Amidou Yane Barry Paul Le Person Henri Chemin Gerard Sire
widower widow child race car driver emotional tender touching france boarding school train love grief death parenthood love transformation 1960s
A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.
Biography, Drama
France
2014
95 Minutes
Isabelle Carré Brigitte Catillon Laure Duthilleul Martine Gautier Sonia Laroze Patricia Legrand Ariana Rivoire Christophe Tourrette
deaf mute woman nun gripping boarding school blindness growing up 19th century
Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
Drama
UK
1968
111 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell David Wood Richard Warwick Robert Swann Christine Noonan Arthur Lowe Mona Washbourne Graham Crowden Simon Ward
anti-hero teenager headmaster prefect girlfriend boyfriend intense shocking england boarding school school disillusionment sex growing up wretched excess 1960s
In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1977
92 Minutes
Jessica Harper Stefania Casini Joan Bennett Eva Axén Flavio Bucci Udo Kier Alida Valli Susanna Javicoli
schoolgirl ballerina teacher witch student suspenseful disturbing frightening boarding school dorm dressing room germany apartment building forest witchcraft murder mystery conspiracy ballet discovery
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.
Drama
USA
1936
92 Minutes
student teacher wealthy woman doctor engaging melodramatic boarding school massachusetts affair lie school scandal love fall revenge 1930s
Two school teachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Mexico|Spain
2001
106 Minutes
Marisa Paredes Eduardo Noriega Federico Luppi Fernando Tielve Irene Visedo Iñigo Garcés José Manuel Lorenzo Francisco Maestre
boy professor headmistress caretaker eerie emotional spain boarding school spanish civil war orphanage boarding-school life ghosts fate discovery adventure mystery 1930s
After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
Drama
France
1994
110 Minutes
Élodie Bouchez Gaël Morel Stéphane Rideau Frédéric Gorny Michela Moretti Jacques Nolot Eric Kreikenmayer Nathalie Vignes Michel Ruhl Fatia Maite Elodie Soulinhac
student farmer communist teacher friend brooding emotional france boarding school homosexuality awakening love triangle discovery growing up 1960s
The fates of two homosexual partners are divided.
Comedy
USA
1966
112 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Hayley Mills June Harding Binnie Barnes Mary Wickes Louise Hovick Camilla Sparv
student nun mother superior prankster friend classmate amusing cheeky tender boarding school catholic school pennsylvania boarding-school life boredom religion teenage rebellion coming of age growing up 1960s
Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy For Girls keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) and her staff of bewildered Sisters.
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.
Musical, Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Herbert Marshall Gail Patrick Arthur Treacher William Frawley Jackie Moran Helen Parrish Marcia Mae Jones Christian Rub Charles Peck Elisabeth Risdon
schoolgirl celebrity composer valet mother classmate amusing lighthearted uplifting switzerland paris boarding school train station press conference father figure mother/daughter relationship impersonation deception imagination jealousy
A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK
2010
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Andrew Garfield Keira Knightley Isobel Meikle-Small Ella Purnell Charlie Rowe Charlotte Rampling Sally Hawkins Nathalie Richard Andrea Riseborough Domhnall Gleeson
friend teen boy teen girl nurse classmate bleak dark intricate boarding school cottage england friendship cloning sexual awakening death organ donation fall metamorphosis love growing up
The lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking.
Biography
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Charles Bickford Steve Cochran Phyllis Thaxter Dick Wesson Jack Big Head Suni Warcloud Al Mejia Hubert Jay Kerns Nestor Paiva Jim Moss
athlete coach wife spirited touching pennsylvania boarding school football field aspirations ambition olympic games love sports football underdog rise fall 1930s
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Denmark|Germany|Sweden|Norway
2016
119 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Johanne Louise Schmidt Søren Pilmark Jakob Oftebro Pål Sverre Hagen Lotte Andersen Signe Anastassia Mannov Laura Bro Divya Das Amanda Collin
detective investigator murder suspect murder victim criminal thrilling gripping suspenseful shocking boarding school crime scene police station denmark crime investigation murder cold case serial murders discovery mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
66 Minutes
Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Dorothy Jordan Marjorie Rambeau Don Dillaway DeWitt Jennings Russell Hopton Frank McGlynn Greta Gould Jack Pennick Hank Bell
hotel manager sweetheart daughter mother principal boyfriend bleak melodramatic intense hotel waterfront house boarding school ship adoption poverty mother/child relationship business murder jealousy
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
Comedy
UK
1954
91 Minutes
Alastair Sim George Cole Joyce Grenfell Hermione Baddeley Betty Ann Davies Beryl Reid Renee Houston
headmistress bookie student juvenile delinquents petty criminal teacher amusing witty lighthearted cheeky madcap spirited boarding school england spying boarding-school life horse racing education delinquency deception
The schoolgirls of St. Trinian's are more interested in racing forms than books as they try to get-rich-quick. They are abetted by the headmistress' brother.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action
USA
1985
109 Minutes
Nicholas Rowe Alan Cox Sophie Ward Anthony Higgins Susan Fleetwood Freddie Jones Nigel Stock
detective friend professor cult leader inventor granddaughter frenetic fascinating amusing suspenseful boarding school pyramid england sherlock holmes murder investigation cult high school friendship discovery mystery
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
Comedy
South Africa
2010
104 Minutes
John Cleese Troye Sivan Jamie Royal Sven Ruygrok Blessing Xaba Tom Burne Josh Goddard Travis Hornsby
teacher young boy teen boy amusing charming lighthearted boarding school south africa boarding-school life new life change teen culture growing up transformation 2010s
It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school.
Musical, Romance
USA
1955
126 Minutes
Fred Astaire Leslie Caron Terry Moore Thelma Ritter Fred Clark Charlotte Austin Larry Keating Kathryn Givney Kelly Brown Sara Shane Numa Lapeyre
millionaire orphan secretary lighthearted cheery winsome france paris new york city boarding school wealth may-december romance secret philanthropy discovery love 1950s
A wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.
Drama
Ireland
2001
93 Minutes
Elaine Cassidy Cillian Murphy Geraldine O'Rawe Eleanor Methven Brian F. O'Byrne Darren Healy Tara Lynne O'Neill Michael Rawley
teen boy teen girl twin disturbing passionate striking hospital disco high school boarding school coming of age sexual awakening twins telepathy exploration jealousy love growing up pursuit 1990s
Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are also partners in crime, with ... See full summary »