Here we've displayed a list of the best Principal films : Warrior(2011), Wonder(2017), The Children's Hour(1961), The Breakfast Club(1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986), Detachment(2011), The Class(2008), Freedom Writers(2007), McFarland, USA(2015), Blackboard Jungle(1955), Akeelah and the Bee(2006), Spare Parts(2015) ... ...
Action, Drama
USA
2011
139 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Tom Hardy Nick Nolte Jennifer Morrison Frank Grillo Kevin Dunn Maximiliano Hernandez Kurt Angle Erik Apple Denzel Whitaker Fernando Funan Chien
soldier teacher father wife principal fighter gripping melodramatic brutal inspiring house gym ring las vegas pittsburgh casino family dysfunction alcoholism iraq war tournament
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 with his estranged, older brother.
Drama
USA|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
113 Minutes
Julia Roberts Owen Wilson Jacob Tremblay Izabela Vidovic Noah Jupe Nadji Jeter Daveed Diggs Mandy Patinkin Ali Liebert Emma Tremblay Millie Davis
boy family member friend teacher principal neighbor engaging uplifting confident moving heartwarming house town school classroom office car deformity acceptance self-esteem
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1961
109 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Shirley MacLaine James Garner Miriam Hopkins Fay Bainter Karen Balkin Veronica Cartwright Mimi Gibson William Mims Hope Summers Jered Barclay
teacher principal aunt student grandmother fiancé powerful sad engaging shocking new england school teaching scandal lying friendship homosexuality fall forbidden love 1960s
A rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
92 Minutes
Emilio Estevez Molly Ringwald Judd Nelson Paul Gleason Anthony Michael Hall John Kapelos Ally Sheedy Perry Crawford
jock bad boy popular girl outcast nerd principal charming melodramatic engaging touching amusing library illinois gym storage closet football field street high school detention teen angst
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Comedy
USA
1986
103 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Alan Ruck Mia Sara Jennifer Grey Jeffrey Jones Edie McClurg Lyman Ward Cindy Pickett Charlie Sheen Ben Stein Del Close
teenager best friend girlfriend principal sister amusing charming chicago family home restaurant school rebellion siblings scams school escape rivalry 1980s
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Drama
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Glenn Ford Vic Morrow Anne Francis Louis Calhern Margaret Hayes John Hoyt Richard Kiley Emile Meyer Warner Anderson Basil Ruysdael Sidney Poitier
teacher student principal wife gritty fiery new york city boys school troubled youth inner-city life teaching race relations generational divide rock 'n' roll underdog quest rivalry 1950s
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
2006
112 Minutes
Laurence Fishburne Angela Bassett Keke Palmer Curtis Armstrong Tzi Ma Lee Thompson Young Dalia Phillips Craig Wasson J.R. Villarreal Sean Michael Sara Niemietz
young girl teacher bully principal single mother inspiring emotional los angeles school washington, d.c. inner city airplane friendship family birthdays competition education rivalry rise 2000s
A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2015
113 Minutes
George Lopez Jamie Lee Curtis Carlos PenaVega Marisa Tomei David Del Rio José Julián Alexa PenaVega Oscar Guitierrez Esai Morales Alessandra Rosaldo
teacher student robot mother principal judge charming creative emotional office school classroom pool apartment hardware store learning experience hope inner-city life hispanic neighborhood robotics
Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
Drama
USA
1974
107 Minutes
Jon Voight Paul Winfield Hume Cronyn Madge Sinclair Tina Andrews Antonio Fargas Ruth Attaway James O'Reare MacArthur Nelson William Hunter III Kathy Turner
teacher student principal superintendent profound inspiring south carolina island classroom illiteracy racism education poverty quest transformation 1970s
The true story of Pat Conroy, an idealistic beautiful white teacher who is a grade-school instructor for a group of poor black children in an isolated school.
Drama
USA
1963
102 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Judy Garland Gena Rowlands Steven Hill Bruce Ritchey Gloria McGehee Paul Stewart Lawrence Tierney Elizabeth Wilson Barbara Pepper John Marley
teacher principal mentally challenged son mother father melodramatic emotional mental institution family home mental retardation parenthood education growing up transformation 1960s
Psychologist Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of the Crawthorne State Training Institute, one of the first boarding schools for developmentally challenged children. Dr. Clark is sympathetic ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Kaitlyn Dever Beanie Feldstein Jessica Williams Jason Sudeikis Lisa Kudrow Will Forte Victoria Ruesga Mason Gooding Skyler Gisondo Diana Silvers Molly Gordon
teenager best friend overachiever classmate teacher principal offbeat unrestrained hilarious amusing emotional touching high school party house classroom graduation family home teenage rebellion overcoming fears
On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
Comedy
USA|Germany
2003
108 Minutes
Jack Black Joan Cusack Mike White Sarah Silverman Jordan-Claire Green Veronica Afflerbach Miranda Cosgrove Robert L. Tsai Angelo Massagli Kevin Clark Maryam Hassan
guitarist music teacher prodigy principal student roommate charming cheery offbeat spirited amusing heartwarming school upstate new york apartment music competition classroom redemption elementary school rock 'n' roll
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Drama
USA
1963
84 Minutes
Jane Connell William Daniels Alice Playten James Frawley Richard Hamilton Kathryn Hays Jane Hoffman Elena Karam Judith Lowry Nancy Marchand Estelle Parsons
student teacher girl principal boy bleak sad school dump united states bomb shelter nuclear attack survival childhood fear war escape 1960s
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or a mistake.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2018
116 Minutes
Barry Keoghan Evan Peters Jared Abrahamson Blake Jenner Ann Dowd Udo Kier Gary Basaraba Lara Grice Jane McNeill Wayne Duvall
friend student thief principal parent classmate amusing wild unrestrained outlandish thrilling incredible kentucky university museum school van bar heist friendship
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1971
102 Minutes
teacher student wife principal dark creepy suspenseful intricate united kingdom school classroom murder extortion education career fear fall mystery 1950s
A new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
97 Minutes
Barbara Barrie Bob Dishy Edie Falco Carlin Glynn Aaron Harnick Bette Henritze Madeline Kahn Julie Kavner Anne Meara Novella Nelson
teacher principal wife son daughter mellow tender long island, n.y. house train station school middle age young love aspirations filmmaking temptation discovery 1990s
A lonely, but talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with the (married) principal of the school, who returns her affections, but is hampered by his family members. Whilst the teacher and ... See full summary »
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.
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
France
2008
95 Minutes
Louis Garrel Léa Seydoux Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Agathe Bonitzer Simon Truxillo Anaïs Demoustier Valérie Lang Martin Siméon
teenager classmate teacher principal cousin intricate intense brooding family home paris classroom park movie theater france high school grief young love student-teacher relationship fitting in forbidden love
Cute Junie starts at her cousin Matthias' high school and class after her mom's death. She meets his friends. The boys want to date her - even her handsome, young Italian teacher.
Comedy
USA
1987
96 Minutes
Mark Harmon Kirstie Alley Robin Thomas Patrick Labyorteaux Courtney Thorne-Smith Dean Cameron Gary Riley Kelly Jo Minter Ken Olandt Shawnee Smith Richard Steven Horvitz
gym teacher history teacher principal surfer student jock amusing lighthearted playful california classroom beach library teaching summer school learning experience mentorship rise 1980s
Freddy the gym teacher has to teach remedial English in summer (high) school, if he wants tenure. As he can only teach gym and his students want fun, emphasis is on "field trips" - until he's fired unless all his students pass the test.
Comedy
USA
1966
95 Minutes
teen girl waitress principal genius counselor dark quirky jail high school suburbia los angeles beach obsession murder ambition fame social standing hypnosis rise transformation
A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies.
Comedy
USA
2009
102 Minutes
Zac Efron Leslie Mann Thomas Lennon Matthew Perry Tyler Steelman Allison Miller Sterling Knight Michelle Trachtenberg Adam Gregory Hunter Parrish Mario Cassem
man wife teenager janitor friend principal amusing cheeky lighthearted high school dreams marriage youth life lessons love winning metamorphosis growing up love 2000s
Mike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.
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
USA
1982
108 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Martin Sheen Stacy Keach Bruce Dern Paul Sorvino Arthur Franz Michael Bernosky James Langan Joseph Kelly Tony Santaniello
mayor coach principal drifter alcoholic miner dark bleak profound park train station house reunion life lessons rivalry midlife crisis friendship basketball discovery rivalry
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2008
94 Minutes
Steve Coogan Catherine Keener David Arquette Marshall Bell Melonie Diaz Joseph Julian Soria Skylar Astin Phoebe Strole Amy Poehler
teacher student actor wife boarder principal cheeky offbeat family home tucson, ariz. school stage controversy acting high school religion alcoholism marriage growing up transformation
In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Australia|UK
2006
109 Minutes
Eddie Redmayne Tom Sturridge Toni Collette Richard Roxburgh Patrick Malahide Kate Maberly Jonathan Overton Amit Shah David Threlfall Cathryn Bradshaw Hugh Sachs
student principal roommate love interest detective psychologist creepy chilling dark engaging brooding disturbing boarding school england boarding-school life secret society psychological profiling murder mind control obsession
A forensic psychologist (Collette) is tasked with determining whether or not a minor should face murder charges for killing his schoolmate.