Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "primary-school"

1. Gifted (2017)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer

Votes: 130,396 | Gross: $24.80M

2. Belfast (2021)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan

Votes: 92,444

3. Vivarium (2019)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.

Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg

Votes: 73,984

4. Yi Yi (2000)

Not Rated | 173 min | Drama, Romance

Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.

Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee

Votes: 28,423 | Gross: $1.14M

5. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin, Elliot Cowan

Votes: 41,063 | Gross: $3.49M

6. Martin Eden (2019)

TV-PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance

Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.

Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi

Votes: 7,662

7. Nativity! (2009)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family

An uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher's little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class' nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton, Jason Watkins, Ashley Jensen

Votes: 12,460

8. The Butcher (1970)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone

Votes: 9,391 | Gross: $0.47M

9. Neds (2010)

TV-14 | 124 min | Drama

Encompassed by violent street gangs, neglectful parents, bullying teachers and a dearth of positive role models, a studious but emotionally abandoned kid turns thug.

Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Conor McCarron, Greg Forrest, Joe Szula, Mhairi Anderson

Votes: 8,778

10. Killing Cabos (2004)

R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A dark, offbeat comedy about a group of Mexico City teens embroiled in a kidnapping involving a retired wrestling legend and a parrot.

Director: Alejandro Lozano | Stars: Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancón, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Kristoff Raczynski

Votes: 5,763 | Gross: $0.13M

11. Celia (1989)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An imaginative and somewhat disturbed young girl fantasizes about evil creatures and other oddities to mask her insecurities while growing up in rural Australia.

Director: Ann Turner | Stars: Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Victoria Longley, Mary-Anne Fahey

Votes: 1,504

12. Not One Less (1999)

G | 106 min | Drama

13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao

Votes: 9,361 | Gross: $0.59M

13. Storm Boy (1976)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

Directors: Henri Safran, Ian Goddard | Stars: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick

Votes: 1,517

14. Scottish Mussel (2015)

96 min | Comedy

Ritchie is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city life, he goes undercover at a Highland conservation centre to make his fortune as an illegal pearl ... See full summary »

Director: Talulah Riley | Stars: Martin Compston, Talulah Riley, Morgan Watkins, Joe Thomas

Votes: 826

15. The First Grader (2010)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau veteran who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Tony Kgoroge, Alfred Munyua

Votes: 4,894 | Gross: $0.33M

16. One Man and His Cow (2016)

G | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.

Director: Mohamed Hamidi | Stars: Fatsah Bouyahmed, Lambert Wilson, Jamel Debbouze, Hajar Masdouki

Votes: 2,791

17. Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Family

A worried new teacher has to juggle a pregnant wife and a class of children on a road trip to the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: David Tennant, Marc Wootton, Jason Watkins, Joanna Page

Votes: 4,393

18. Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014)

109 min | Comedy, Family

The pupils of St Bernadette's and the madcap Mr Poppy are back. When their new teacher Mr Shepherd loses his memory as well as Archie the Donkey, it's up to them to save the day and reunite him with his fiancée Sophie in New York.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Clunes, Marc Wootton, Catherine Tate, Adam Garcia

Votes: 2,122

19. Nativity Rocks! (2018)

100 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

The staff and students of St Bernadette's Primary School in Coventry audition for a place in a rock-musical competition.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Simon Lipkin, Craig Revel Horwood, Daniel Boys, Anna Chancellor

Votes: 795

20. Vinegar Hill (2005 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama

A family story about how a daughter-in-law withstands the pressure from her husband's parents.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Tom Skerritt, Tim Guinee, Larissa Laskin

Votes: 270

21. Honey (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

The quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.

Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen, Ayse Altay

Votes: 7,482

22. Ogre (2021)

103 min | Drama, Fantasy

Terrible events are worrying the inhabitants of the Morvan: a child has disappeared and a wild beast is attacking the livestock. Jules, a child who has recently arrived in the village, senses something sinister near his house.

Director: Arnaud Malherbe | Stars: Ana Girardot, Giovanni Pucci, Samuel Jouy, Albertine Rivière

Votes: 380

23. Cicatrices (2005)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of a dysfunctional couple, whose problems will inevitably deteriorate their marriage and their son's life.

Director: Paco del Toro | Stars: Rodrigo Abed, Nora Salinas, Susana González, Marta Aura

Votes: 315

24. Young Plato (2021)

102 min | Documentary

School headmaster Kevin McArevey tries to change the fortunes of an inner-city Irish community plagued by urban decay, sectarian aggression, poverty and drugs.

Directors: Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin | Stars: Kevin McArevey, Jan-Marie Reel

Votes: 400

25. Behavior (2014)

108 min | Drama

Aging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and has severe home troubles.

Director: Ernesto Daranas | Stars: Alina Rodríguez, Yuliet Cruz, Armando Miguel Gómez, Miriel Cejas

Votes: 1,608

26. Take a Girl Like You (2000)

150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The novel opens with Jenny Bunn's arrival at her lodging-house. She's a young, strikingly beautiful, provincial Northern woman who has moved to a London suburb to take her first teaching ... See full summary »

Stars: Sienna Guillory, Rupert Graves, Robert Daws, Emma Chambers

Votes: 318

27. In My Blood It Runs (2019)

84 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An intimate and compassionate observational documentary from the perspective of a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy in Alice Springs, Australia, struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa upbringing with a state education.

Director: Maya Newell | Stars: Carol Turner, Dujuan Turner, Megan Turner

Votes: 460

28. Ginger Meggs (1982)

100 min | Comedy, History

The escapades of Ginger Meggs, local larrikin. He's trying to win the heart of Minnie Peters, but the pressures of school, his rival Eddie Coogan and bully Tiger Kelly make life tough for him. Besides, there's fishing to be done.

Director: Jonathan Dawson | Stars: Garry McDonald, Coral Drouyn, Paul Daniel, Rowan Hillard

Votes: 159

29. Crazy for Love (1952)

80 min | Comedy

To inheritate his oncle's hotel and restaurant Hyppolyte, a naive and simple man, must pass his primary school exam.

Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Bourvil, Pierre Larquey, Jane Marken, Georges Baconnet

Votes: 406

30. Primary! (2010)

107 min | Comedy

The very realistic life from deep inside the entrails of a Primary school, with explosive results.

Director: Iván Noel | Stars: Francisco Alfonsin, Maica Sánchez Caballero, Eva Rubio, Mercedes Suárez Aller

Votes: 87

31. Beep and Mort (2022– )

Adventure, Family

Beep and Mort are two best friends from different worlds learning to solve their daily dilemmas and unexpected challenges through invention, play and adventure.

Stars: Ren Williams, Mitchell Butel, Zoe Coelho, Gus Wesson

Votes: 20

32. The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long... See full summary »

Director: Michael Thornhill | Stars: Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell, Dennis Miller

Votes: 373

33. Terry on the Fence (1986)

70 min | Drama

A mixed-up, teenage runaway becomes involved with a tough teenage street gang and its lawless activities while trying to find a way to redeem himself.

Director: Frank Godwin | Stars: Jack McNicholl, Neville Watson, Tracey Ann-Morris, Jeff Ward

Votes: 48

34. Yo-Kai Watch (2014– )

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Keita frees Whisper, a yokai, from imprisonment. Whisper vows to protect Keita and gives him a watch to see yokai. With Jibanyan, they encounter and resolve yokai-related issues.

Stars: Sarah Hauser, Michael C. Pizzuto, Kate Hawkins, Suzie Steen

Votes: 270

35. Battle of the Classes (2019)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Children don't care about differences in social class, skin color, or religion, so why does Paul and Sofia's 9-year-old son Corentin only have friends like him? And what happens when all of his friends leave for a Parisian private school?

Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Edouard Baer, Ramzy Bedia, Tom Lévy

Votes: 1,250

36. Le maître d'école (1981)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Coluche, Josiane Balasko, Jacques Debary, Charlotte de Turckheim

Votes: 1,155

37. Mrs McCutcheon (2017)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Having always felt he was born in the wrong body, 10-year-old Tom chooses the name Mrs McCutcheon rather than the name he was given at birth; he also prefers the flow of a dress rather than... See full summary »

Director: John Sheedy | Stars: Alec Golinger, Wesley Patten, Nadine Garner, Virginia Gay

Votes: 241

38. A Good Thing Going (1978 TV Movie)

72 min | Drama

A housewife feels neglected by her family and walks out to start out a new life for herself.

Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: John Hargreaves, Veronica Lang, Chris Haywood, Miles Buchanan

Votes: 14

39. Perfect Parents (2006 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

This show is about a couple who pretend to be Catholic to get their daughter into a good school, but their lies turn into a mess of fraud, violence and murder.

Director: Joe Ahearne | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Susannah Harker, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Joseph

Votes: 154

40. Great, My Parents Are Divorcing! (1991)

95 min | Comedy, Family

Julien, a boy in the sixth grade, was badly depressed by the divorce of his parents. But he soon found that half of the class had come from broken families.

Director: Patrick Braoudé | Stars: Adrien Dirand, Volodia Serre, Gianni Giardinelli, Jennifer Lauret

Votes: 488

41. Abi (2008–2009)

70 min | Family

Abigail (Abi) is the most curious girl from the South East part of Amsterdam. She runs around from apartment to apartment seeking for new adventure. Because of her curiosity sometimes she ... See full summary »

Stars: Ghieslaine Guardiola, Seno Sever, Whitney Franker, Gustav Borreman

Votes: 13

42. Soldato semplice (2015)

99 min | Comedy, War

The film is set in 1917 and tells the story of a primary school teacher who because of his libertine and anti-war behavior is forced by his principal to enlist in the Great War in order to ... See full summary »

Directors: Paolo Cevoli, Alessio De Leonardis | Stars: Paolo Cevoli, Antonio Orefice, Luca Lionello, Massimo De Lorenzo

Votes: 164

43. Los silencios (2018)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama

Nuria, 12, Fabio, 9, and their mother arrive on a small island in the middle of the Amazon, bordering Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They fled the Colombian armed conflict, in which their ... See full summary »

Director: Beatriz Seigner | Stars: Marleyda Soto, Enrique Diaz, María Paula Tabares Peña, Adolfo Savilvino

Votes: 538

44. Miller's School Diary (2022–2024)

Comedy, Family

The series focuses on a third-grader, Mi Xiao Quan, as he navigates school and daily life with his two best friends.

Stars: Hexuan Guo, Zhiyan Chen, Zijian Wang, Jampa Tseten

45. Our Patriots (2017)

105 min | Biography, Drama, War

After the French defeat of summer 1940, Addi Ba, a young Senegalese rifleman escapes and hides in the Vosges. Aided by some villagers, he gets false documents that allow him to live openly.

Director: Gabriel Le Bomin | Stars: Marc Zinga, Alexandra Lamy, Pierre Deladonchamps, Louane Emera

Votes: 304

46. Joel (II) (2018)

99 min | Drama

Unable to have kids of their own, Cecilia and Diego get a call from the adoption agency they registered to some time ago. The sudden arrival of Joel, a nine-year-old with a troubled history, will change the course of their lives.

Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Victoria Almeida, Diego Gentile, Joel Noguera, Gustavo Daniele

Votes: 341

47. Kinderen van Waterland (1990)

Drama

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Stars: Bram Vermeulen, Kees Hulst, Olivier Tuinier, Victoria Osborn

Votes: 21

48. Senba-zuru (1989)

96 min | Drama, War

April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily... See full summary »

Director: Seijirô Kôyama | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Tamami Hirose, Mako Ishino, Kazuo Andô

Votes: 11

49. Viktoria: A Short Tale About Bullying (2018)

5 min | Short, Drama

The story: Viktoria is a 10 years old girl just arrived in Italy. She doesn't speak Italian. She would like to make friends with new classmates, but little girls make fun of her, make jokes and put her photos on a social network.

Director: Fabio Albanese | Stars: Arianna Zambon, Gaia Papi, Viola Vendramel, Valentina Rizzetto

Votes: 127

50. The Kid from Chaaba (1997)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

In the sixties, around twenty families fled their Algerian village of el-Ouricia, driven by poverty or war. Refugees in Chaâba, a French shantytown, they face the hard learning of integration.

Director: Christophe Ruggia | Stars: Bouzid Negnoug, Nabil Ghalem, Galamelah Lagra, Kenza Bouanika

Votes: 176