Movies that might be useful at school
Mainly to 14yo-18yo pupils. Movies that may amuse them, but also may let them think.
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- DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsTaraji P. HensonOctavia SpencerJanelle MonáeThe story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
- DirectorPavel ParkhomenkoStarsYaroslav ZhalninMikhail FilippovVladimir SteklovOn April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket and he orbited Earth for 106 minutes. He was the cosmonaut who was selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
- DirectorAamir KhanAmole GupteStarsDarsheel SafaryAamir KhanTisca ChopraAn eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.Dislexya
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsJames WolkTreat WilliamsDominic Scott KayBrad Cohen who, despite being challenged by Tourette's Syndrome at a very young age, defies all odds to become a gifted teacher.Tourette Syndrome
- DirectorCarys WatfordStarsBella PaddenHelena AlbrightAnika SelvarajahFour space-obsessed 9-year-old girls embark on a secret mission in their cardboard rocket.YouTube. English.
- DirectorKate TsangStarsSimon PearlMadeleine ConnerJake MillerAn off-beat comedy about Ex, an imaginary friend, who is forced to consider retirement when his creator, Izzy, starts to grow up.YouTube. English.
- DirectorAlbert GonzalezStarsMary DarlingAlex R. GonzalezGreg GonzalezThe new boy in the high school catches the eye of a beautiful girl. Out of loneliness and boredom, he starts writing notes on a his desk during his English class only to start mysteriously receiving replies.YouTube. English (few words).
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsJürgen VogelFrederick LauMax RiemeltA high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
- DirectorNino AldiStarsGalen HowardAdam WaheedJason StuartThemes of identity and discrimination unfold during a train ride between two stations as an African American, an Arab-American and a white man try to rob a train. However, no one wants to rob their own race.YouTube. English. Racism.
- DirectorDoug RolandStarsSteven PrescodRobert TarangoFrancisco BurgosA late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen-in-need and a DeafBlind man.YouTube. English. Blindness.
- DirectorChris OvertonStarsRachel FieldingPhilip YorkRachel ShentonA deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.YouTube. English. Deafness.
- DirectorPaolo GenoveseLuca MinieroStarsGianni FerreriFabrizia SacchiA sergeant of the Carabinieri records an unusual deposition from a young woman, namely that all her dreams have been stolen.YouTube. Italian. Women rights.
- DirectorIsabella SalvettiStarsMaria Elena SchiorlinGabriele SgrignuoliFrancesco De MirandaIn a neighborhood of Rome, Mirko is playing soccer with his friends. He meets Luana, sitting nearby. The two twelve years olds hit it off but an awful surprise leaves Mirko breathless. Luana instead smiles happily for the first time in her life.YouTube. Italian.
- DirectorMatteo PianezziStarsMartino ApollonioFabio RaimondiSara SartiniYouTube. Italian (few words).
- DirectorVito PalmieriStarsMatilde Da SilvaLuca Di CostanzoAlessandra FantiniDespite a shy nature, Matilde is a child with a dynamic intelligence and a strong spirit. In her classroom, however, something is upsetting her. Combining the suggestions received from her teacher, the interest in the tools of a hairdresser mother and her passion for tennis, Matilde looks for a drastic and original solution to find the serenityYouTube. Italian. Deafness.
- DirectorFrancesco FelliStarsCarlo Delle PianeStefania SandrelliGiordana MoscatiTells the story of Carlo, a man affected by Alzheimer, who falls in love every day for the same woman, Elena, without remembering she has been his wife for ages.YouTube. Italian.
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsDenise ElveticiAnna BellatoGeno DianaYouTube. Italian.
- DirectorJames KennedyStarsKatie BeresfordEdward EastonNatalie FerrignoA hopeless romantic invents a device allowing him an infinite amount of attempts to impress the girl of his dreams...but he must die each time.YouTube. English.
- DirectorMarie NoëlleStarsKarolina GruszkaArieh WorthalterCharles BerlingFollows the famous physicist and chemist Marie Curie and her struggle for recognition in the male-dominated science community in early 20th century France.
- DirectorRory UpholdStarsRory UpholdAhmed BharoochaBaron Vaughn'How do you know that Adam and Eve weren't black?...' An awkward comedy about first dates, race, and racism.YouTube. English. Racism.
- DirectorChristian ElliottNeal JohnsonStarsEvelin KostovaHarry AnichkinGergana ArnaudovaEvery year millions of people are trafficked across international borders illegally. Many die on the perilous journey in pursuit of a better life.Vimeo.
- 2014–2016TV EpisodeDirectorMatteo KefferMaurizio MontesiStarsCaterina GuzzantiEdoardo FerrarioLeonardo MalteseYouTube. Italian. Arts.
- DirectorZulena Segarra-BerríosStarsPaulina SofiaDenise MartinezChelsea CookA teenage girl discusses her latest sexual encounter with a schoolmate and learns how easy it is to contract a sexually-transmitted illness (STI) and get tested for it.YouTube. English. Std.
- DirectorMino LoyAdriano BaraccoA documentary that follows the life of Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, from his early years to his death by using historical footage.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsLuigi DibertiRenzo MontagnaniGian Maria VolontèYouTube. Italian.
- DirectorClaudia CiprianiStarsOlimpia LanzoAlessandra PasiItaly 1969. Human and family side of Pino Pinelli, the man after a very strange case of "suicide".
- DirectorMarco RisiStarsLibero De RienzoValentina LodoviniMichele RiondinoThe story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
- DirectorGustavo Mosquera R.StarsGuillermo AngelelliRoberto CarnaghiAnnabella LevyA train on the Buenos Aires subway system suddenly vanishes.YouTube.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsGian Maria VolontèFabio GarribaCarla TatòA populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsAdrien BrodyChristina HendricksMarcia Gay HardenA substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
- DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsLuigi Lo CascioLuigi Maria BurruanoLucia Sardo"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young left-wing activist who in the late seventies (when almost nobody dared to speak about the Mafia, and several politicians maintained that the Mafia did not even exist) repeatedly denounced Badalamenti's criminal activities and the whole Mafia system, by using a small local radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour. In 1978 Peppino (30 years old) was killed by an explosion. The police archived the case as an accident or a suicide, but his friends never accepted this conclusion. Note: This is a true story. More than twenty years after Peppino's death, the case has been re-opened. Tano Badalamenti, meanwhile, has been convicted in the USA for drug trafficking.
- DirectorPaul EmersonStarsDanny GutierrezDane HansonMike HeimDane only has one chance to make a stellar first impression. Good thing there's a lie detector present at his job interview! *BEEP* He's screwed. And he's going to find out just how much the truth really hurts.YouTube. English.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsJacob TremblayOwen WilsonIzabela VidovicBased 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.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsRob MorrowDavid KrumholtzJudd HirschWhen a rapist proves a little too difficult to find for the FBI, Agent Eppes and Agent Lake utilize Agent Eppes' genius mathematician brother, Charlie, to discover the rapist's point of origin.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsRachel WeiszMax MinghellaOscar IsaacA historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
- DirectorMichele EmmerYouTube. Italian. Geometry.
- DirectorGiuseppe Maria ScoteseStarsDario Penne
- DirectorClaudia MorgadoStarsMatreya FedorApollonia VanovaChristine LippaRobin takes us back to that glorious time when she was seven years old and shows us how it defined her for the rest of her life.YouTube. English.
- DirectorPedro Solís GarcíaStarsMiriam MartínBelén RuedaMaría TempradoMaría's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.
- DirectorRafa Cano MéndezDaniel Martínez LaraIn a busy life, Copi is a father who tries to teach the right way to his son, Paste. But - What is the correct path?YouTube. No words.
- DirectorJade YusiStarsArash AiinehsazianJonah DuheAndreas NorbergA homeless musician comes across a violin and decides to make some extra cash for a friend.YouTube. English.
- DirectorJimmy DeanStarsSydney WadeRik GarradSarah Jayne ButlerEleven-year-old Kirsty struggles to accept her looming womanhood as she learns that she will soon lose her position on the local boy's football team, threatening her relationship with her single father, Mick.
- DirectorBrandon SantiagoStarsCecilia NegronDerek KoleckiYouTube. English. Creepy.
- DirectorEric KissackStarsShawn ParsonsScott BeehnerBrace HarrisIn the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.
- DirectorTravis BibleStarsChris O'SheaRichard KohnkeDarnell TrotterA man in a time loop must work with his brother to prevent a catastrophic fire.YouTube. English.
- DirectorMarieke BlaauwJoris OprinsJob RoggeveenWhen Pia plays a mysterious vinyl record single, she suddenly knows how to travel through time.YouTube. English.
- DirectorDaan van 't EindeStarsMarloes BloklandFloris BooneBabette EngelgeerIt's 2618 and humans are extinct. Four aliens travel to Earth to visit the museum of humanity. There they find the story of the last heroes of humanity, setting out to find help. Welcome to Earth is a short science fiction film created in the Netherlands. It was made with a large group of both professional and amateur filmmakers. To bring the world to life it was filmed on both unique locations and inside sets build specifically for this film. It contains unique designs in both props and costumes. Viewers have described this as a beautiful film with an emotional story. The strong script was one of the driving forces behind the creation of this film. Many crew members and cast members found themselves drawn to the script. The interesting story line was also one of the reasons for director Daan van 't Einde to The strong and emotional story was one of the most important reasons for director Daan van 't Einde to work on this film.YouTube. English.
- DirectorLiam ConnorStarsNicholas HamiltonAlix BidstrupEvan McGarrityTime (2013) is about one young boy's exploration of the foolish idea of time travel might actually be possible. The 12-year-old James already endures a dysfunctional upbringing But now has to deal with the consequences of his own beliefs and the reactions of others from his school.
- DirectorDavid MaddoxStarsAllyn CarrellCole WhitakerMykle McCoslinA well meaning math teacher finds herself trumped by a post-fact America.YouTube. English. Math.
- DirectorEric Law AndersonStarsSamuel HeryJoe CappellettiCindy RobinsonDuring the construction of the universe, a young member of the Cosmos Corps of Engineers decides to break some fundamental laws in the name of self-expression.YouTube. English.
- DirectorAlessandro BelliRosalba VitellaroStarsAlessandra CannavaleLoretta GoggiChiara GristinaThe story of two sisters, Andra e Tatiana Bucci, who at the age of 4 and 6 respectively, were taken to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Second World War.YouTube. Italian.
- DirectorDaniele LuchettiStarsSilvio OrlandoNanni MorettiGiulio BrogiCesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (Silvio Orlando). Sandulli is a very good and polite person, he is positive and full of hopes, but unluckily his economic position is disastrous. So he immediately accepts the new job. He has to write all the speeches of the minister, and soon became a sort of mentor. In fact his first impact with Rome and his politician world is positive, Sandulli is really convinced the young minister want really change the situation working for the common interest. But step by step, nevertheless his economic and familiar situation gets a lot of benefits by his new job, he enters in a world in which intrigues and corruption are the only laws. The honest Sandulli will react trying to resist to the cynic world of Botero. He will come back to his students.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
- DirectorDaniel CalparsoroStarsRaúl ArévaloAura GarridoHugo ArbuesTen-year-old Nico receives a threatening letter and now his life is in danger. No one seems to believe him except one person that he doesn't know who has come to believe that fate itself wants the boy dead and tries to prevent it.
- DirectorHazel McKibbinStarsAngela Wong CarboneTony CostaTricia MerrickA young woman grapples with the aftermath of reporting sexual harassment in the workplace.YouTube. English. Women rights.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsLogan LermanEmma WatsonEzra MillerCharlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTilda SwintonJohn C. ReillyEzra MillerKevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
- DirectorGiuseppe De SantisStarsArthur KennedyZhanna ProkhorenkoRaffaele PisuChronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.
- DirectorNevan DoveStarsBrad McNamaraDavid John ClarkTari MoonlightA mysterious man who is unable to be harmed is discovered, and the SCP Foundation must discover the true nature of his ability.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsViggo MortensenJason IsaacsJodie WhittakerJohn Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, his mother, his mistress, and a Jewish friend.YouTube. Italian.
- DirectorNeel KolhatkarStarsNeel KolhatkarCaitlin BurleyRomy BartzModern Educayshun is digging into the potential dangers of a hypersensitive culture followed by social media and political correctness.YouTube. English.
- DirectorLowe HaakStarsKarim TheilgaardDavid BatesonGary AustineWhile striving for the top digital messenger spot Flash makes a fatal error putting young love in jeopardy. Now he must risk everything he has worked for in order to make it right or save his reputation.YouTube.
- DirectorDaniel Everitt-LockStarsSean MeldrumJacob HoganNeil PatersonWhen three Canadian soldiers encounter a lone German scout, their sense of morality is weighed against their sense of duty.YouTube. English. War.
- DirectorAlyce TzueStarsShira AbergelMason WelchA precocious young girl makes a new friend when a tiny boy pilot drops out of the sky on a broken flying machine. Now she must race against time to return him home, before her new friend becomes stranded on Earth forever.YouTube. English.
- DirectorMark CendrowskiStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoRaj talks Sheldon into being his wingman at a university mixer. Leonard has trouble dealing with Penny consulting a psychic.
- DirectorSeth PodowitzStarsLiz AndersonKhamara PettusPatrick RussellA quick-witted princess more interested in math than marriage, uses her unusual super power and her superior brain, to make great discoveries in the field of mathematics, all while staying a hair length ahead of her pursuing prince.
- DirectorCharles EamesRay EamesThe Greek mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of the earth.YouTube. English.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFernando Garcia MarinGuadalupe Del ToroNapoA boy is tired of failing geometry, so he summons a demon.YouTube. Spanish.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsRobert MorleyA simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.YouTube. English.
- DirectorYann PineillAn ingenious and revealing illustration of how the many forces at play in the world around us can be distilled into mathematical expressions.YouTube. No words.
- DirectorLes ClarkJoshua MeadorWolfgang ReithermanStarsJane FowlerPaul FreesClarence NashDonald's goes on an adventure in which it is explained how mathematics can be useful in real life. Through this journey it is shown how numbers are more than graphs and charts, they are geometry, music and magical living things.YouTube. Italian.
- DirectorJun'ichi SatôTomotaka ShibayamaStarsMirai ShidaNatsuki HanaeJohnny Yong BoschMiyo Sasaki is in love with her classmate Kento Hinode and tries repeatedly to get Kento's attention by transforming into a cat, but at some point, the boundary between herself and the cat becomes ambiguous.
- DirectorMatthew Steele FinleyStarsLarry HerringAlicia KelleyAbigail WilliamsA woman travels in time to save another woman's life but the risk could be far reaching for her own reality.YouTube. English.
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsAitana Sánchez-GijónDino AbbresciaGiorgio CarecciaA young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.
- StarsHannah FryDr Hannah Fry explores the strange rules, natures' mysteries and mystical origins of mathematics.YouTube. English.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyStarsViggo MortensenMahershala AliLinda CardelliniA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine DeneuveDanilo MatteiBizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion in Venezia, and it's soon obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.Raiplay. Italian.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsElias McConnellAlex FrostEric DeulenSeveral ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
- DirectorAneesh ChagantyStarsSarah PaulsonKiera AllenSara SohnChloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
- DirectorBennett LasseterStarsTate HanyokKeely AloñaBill WattersonThe heartwarming story of a brave, transgender tween. Stealth is the recipient of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for science, 2 student Emmys, a student Academy Award, 20 festival awards, and it has played in over 50 festivals.
- DirectorMohammad BaigStarsJamie KesselAs humanity keeps on destroying the only place they can call home, we are reminded of its beauty by a powerful journey through images and words.YouTube. English. Pollution.
- DirectorFlorestano VanciniStarsIvo GarraniMariano RigilloIlija DzuvalekovskiThe revolt of the people of a Sicilian village further to the Expedition of the Thousand which, in 1860, enables Garibaldi to liberate Sicily.
- DirectorStefania SandrelliStarsAmanda SandrelliAlessio BoniAlessandro HaberThe life of medieval author Christine de Pizan (Amanda Sandrelli).
- DirectorAneesh ChagantyStarsJohn ChoDebra MessingJoseph LeeAfter his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
- StarsDanica McKellarJohn TartagliaBrian Tyler CohenA web series featuring the beautiful Danica McKellar showing you how to do complicated math - the cool way.YouTube. English.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsElliot PageMichael CeraJennifer GarnerFaced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.
- DirectorLauris BeinertsStarsEleanor ByrneOrion LeeAbdiel LeRoyA funny business meeting illustrating how hard it is for an engineer to fit into the corporate world.YouTube. English.
- DirectorFrancesca ArchibugiStarsStefania SandrelliJean-Pierre DuriezLeonardo RutaA French teenage girl is forced to move in with her less well off Italian relatives.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
- DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsSherab DorjiUgyen Norbu LhendupKelden Lhamo GurungAn aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.
- StarsBruno CirinoMassimo BoniniLuciano Del CroceA new teacher in a poor Rome suburb tries innovative methods to reach troubled students, but his efforts are opposed by the school administration.YouTube. English.
- DirectorLuigi MagniStarsMarcello MastroianniSilvana ManganoVittorio GassmanYears after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.
- DirectorWilma LabateStarsAlma NoceLuka ZunicLivia RossiIt is based on the tale of a teenager living within the climate of inertia which pervades our lives today.
- DirectorFrancesco BruniStarsFabrizio BentivoglioBarbora BobulovaStefano BrunoriThe life of a melancholy professor is turned upside down when he discovers that a rebellious teenager he is tutoring is actually his son.
- DirectorOsvaldo CiviraniStarsCarlo BoscoMarcello Di PaoloGiulio DiniBased on a real WW2 episode. In 1944 in a small village in the Italian Appenines several inhabitants are executed in reprisal for a partisan attack on the German occupying troops. The lieutenant responsible for the execution becomes a priest and then a bishop and several years later he is put on trial for the killings.
- DirectorEmanuele CrialeseStarsCharlotte GainsbourgVincenzo AmatoVincent SchiavelliA Sicilian peasant begins the journey to the promised land and meets a beautiful Englishwoman. But neither is prepared for the harsh realities of Ellis Island. Can they make it through the golden door to the America of their dreams?