Here we've displayed a list of the best Reform School films : Diary of a Lost Girl(1929), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner(1962), The Godless Girl(1929), The Butcher Boy(1997), The Mayor of Hell(1933), Midnight Mary(1933), Hold Your Man(1933), Borstal Boy(2000), Men of Boys Town(1941), Lady of the Night(1925), So Young, So Bad(1950), Little Red Schoolhouse(1936) ... ...
Drama
Germany
1929
96 Minutes
Louise Brooks Fritz Rasp Josef Rovenský Sybille Schmitz Valeska Gert Edith Meinhard
young woman chemist assistant mother director friend dark tense profound germany pharmacy apartment reform school brothel mansion rape prostitution father/daughter relationship friendship redemption
After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
Drama
UK
1962
103 Minutes
Tom Courtenay Michael Redgrave Avis Bunnage Peter Madden James Bolam Julia Foster Dervis Ward Raymond Dyer Alec McCowen Joe Robinson John Thaw
rebel athlete headmaster juvenile delinquent bully intense powerful brooding spirited reform school nottingham, england track anger rehabilitation rebellion running reform rivalry growing up revenge
A juvenile offender (Sir Tom Courtenay) at a tough reform school impresses its Governor (Sir Michael Redgrave) with his running ability and is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
Drama
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Lina Basquette Marie Prevost Tom Keene Eddie Quillan Noah Beery
atheist christian best friend prison guard teen girl love interest unrestrained emotional united states high school countryside reform school faith jailbreak christianity riots redemption atheism love transformation
Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school.
Drama
USA|Ireland
1997
106 Minutes
Eamonn Owens Alan Boyle Stephen Rea Fiona Shaw Andrew Fullerton Aisling O'Sullivan Ian Hart Sinéad O'Connor
boy mother father woman priest amusing cheeky shocking ireland reform school trauma sexual abuse dysfunction behavioral disorder self-destruction pop culture growing up metamorphosis revenge underdog
The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
James Cagney Madge Evans Allen Jenkins Dudley Digges Frankie Darro Dorothy Peterson John Marston Charles Wilson Hobart Cavanaugh Raymond Borzage Robert Barrat
corrupt businessman reformed criminal nurse boy gangster guard dark gritty shocking reform school court barn redemption reform political corruption new job rebellion juvenile crime transformation sacrifice
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Loretta Young Ricardo Cortez Franchot Tone Andy Devine Una Merkel Warren Hymer Ivan F. Simpson Harold Huber
young woman criminal lawyer socialite friend clerk melodramatic gutsy gripping tense courtroom reform school jail gambling house law office apartment murder case poverty bad luck crime
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Romance
USA
1933
86 Minutes
Jean Harlow Clark Gable Stuart Erwin Elizabeth Patterson Blanche Frederici Dorothy Burgess Muriel Kirkland Garry Owen Barbara Barondess Paul Hurst Theresa Harris
con artist woman partner ex-girlfriend minister criminal thrilling amusing tender apartment prison reform school love crime accident blackmail infidelity responsibility love discovery
A woman is sent to a reformatory when her con artist lover flees after killing a man during a botched blackmail scheme.
Drama
UK|Ireland
2000
93 Minutes
Shawn Hatosy Danny Dyer Michael York Lee Ingleby Robin Laing Eva Birthistle
militant teen boy prisoner warden daughter friend brutal emotional creative inspiring boat liverpool, england prison courtroom reform school beach brendan behan irish republican army self-discovery imprisonment
Irish writer and political activist Brendan Behan, is befriended as a teenager in a British labor camp by a liberal warden.
Drama
USA
1941
106 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney Bobs Watson Larry Nunn Darryl Hickman Henry O'Neill Mary Nash Lee J. Cobb Sidney Miller Addison Richards Lloyd Corrigan
priest paraplegic young man parent delinquent friend intense emotional moving boys town, neb. reform school office household gas station courtroom juvenile crime reform self-sacrifice adoption violence
Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy return in this sequel to the original Boys Town. This time the school faces financial trouble as Father Flanagan tries to help every little boy he meets. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1925
58 Minutes
Norma Shearer Malcolm McGregor George K. Arthur Fred Esmelton Dale Fuller Lew Harvey Betty Morrissey
street urchin daughter friend inventor judge girl melodramatic heartwarming dance hall office reform school bank love triangle inventions unrequited love relationships class distinctions love transformation 1920s
A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Paul Henreid Catherine McLeod Grace Coppin Cecil Clovelly Anne Francis Rita Moreno Anne Jackson Enid Pulver
warden psychiatrist assistant matron teen girl juvenile delinquent emotional disturbing reform school classroom solitary confinement institutionalization abuse prison life rehabilitation delinquency escape transformation discovery 1950s
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the "unfortunate" young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Drama
USA
1936
59 Minutes
teenager sister brother dog juvenile delinquent homeless person melodramatic gritty powerful new york city reform school ohio street orphans troubled youth running away siblings false accusations murder adventure
A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2015
83 Minutes
Ronen Rubinstein Grace Phipps Maestro Harrell Lexi Atkins Sierra McCormick Noah Segan Brando Eaton Spencer Breslin Michael Polish Jasper Polish
young man young woman student bully spirit intense gripping frightening desert reform school united states school bullying revenge reform transformation new school discovery growing up pursuit
A bullied teenager is sent to a reform school where he accidentally summons the spirit of a girl, herself a victim of bullying, who takes vengeance on his tormentors.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2006
95 Minutes
Ron Perlman Jennifer Miller Jordan Madley Terra Vnesa Barbara Mamabolo Amy Lalonde Krysta Carter James Kidnie Richard Alan Campbell
teenager teen boy teen girl monster demon thrilling suspenseful engaging shocking brutal bleak reform school horror danger demons fear friendship adventure discovery rivalry
Five wayward teenage girls are sent to a reformatory and discover they possess unique powers to battle the ancient demon, Legion, which holds thrall over the sinister institution.
Drama
1938
86 Minutes
The Dead End Kids Humphrey Bogart Gale Page George Offerman Jr. Weldon Heyburn Cyrus W. Kendall Charles Trowbridge Milburn Stone Harry Cording Spencer Charters Donald Briggs
juvenile delinquent commissioner sister guard judge friend brash bleak tense slum courtroom reform school office reformation crime duplicity loyalty siblings corruption fall
A deputy corrections commissioner (Humphrey Bogart) fires the warden of a reform school where bitter inmates (The Dead End Kids) study crime.