Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "boys'-boarding-school"

1. The Holdovers (2023)

R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama

A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston

Votes: 138,754

2. Private School (1983)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and two friends visit the girls' school posing as girls.

Director: Noel Black | Stars: Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine, Michael Zorek

Votes: 7,263 | Gross: $14.05M

3. Magpie Murders (2022– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Editor Susan Ryeland gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives Alan Conway's unfinished manuscript of an Atticus Pünd mystery.

Stars: Conleth Hill, Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan, Ian Lloyd Anderson

Votes: 6,990

4. The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.

Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi

Votes: 22,422

5. The Turning (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Votes: 16,155

6. Bad Education (2004)

NC-17 | 106 min | Crime, Drama

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho

Votes: 63,424 | Gross: $5.21M

7. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.

Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 13,672 | Gross: $1.59M

8. The Awakening (I) (2011)

R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.

Director: Nick Murphy | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Lucy Cohu

Votes: 68,907

9. Flirting (1991)

R | 99 min | Drama, Romance

Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Noah Taylor, Thandiwe Newton, Nicole Kidman, Bartholomew Rose

Votes: 6,413 | Gross: $2.42M

10. Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

Director: Kuang-Hui Liu | Stars: Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng, Leon Dai, Shih-Sian Wang

Votes: 7,904

11. Young Americans (2000)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

Portrays life at Rawley Summer Academy, an elite school in Connecticut where boys with a bright Ivy League future spend the summer industriously in classes and rowing training on the lake.

Stars: Mark Famiglietti, Kate Bosworth, Rodney Scott, Kate Moennig

Votes: 1,643

12. Boarding School (1978)

R | 98 min | Comedy

This film tells the story about a group of girls at an exclusive German girls boarding school. Across the lake is an exclusive boys boarding school...

Director: André Farwagi | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Gerry Sundquist, Stefano D'Amato, Gabriele Blum

Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.31M

13. Little Men (1998–1999)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family

The recently widowed Jo March Behr continues to run the school she and her late husband founded, a school for boys called "Plumfield." Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic book, "Little Men."

Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas

Votes: 393

14. Rektor på sengekanten (1972)

90 min | Comedy

The young headmaster of a boys' boarding school has decided that his young charges are a sort of national treasure, owing to their virility. He believes that his school should become ... See full summary »

Directors: John Hilbard, Finn Henriksen | Stars: Ole Søltoft, Birte Tove, Annie Birgit Garde, Axel Strøbye

Votes: 178

15. Absolution (1978)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two boys try to drive a strict priest mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England.

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly

Votes: 1,898

16. Zero for Conduct (1933)

Not Rated | 47 min | Drama

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.

Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Louis Lefebvre, Du Verron

Votes: 9,365

17. Beauty and the Beast (1977)

98 min | Drama

Decameron-style collection of entertaining short stories with such diverse themes as nymphomania, bestiality, and masochism.

Director: Luigi Russo | Stars: Lisbeth Hummel, Robert Hundar, Philippe Hersent, Brigitte Petronio

Votes: 114

18. I Could Go on Singing (1963)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Music

Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Aline MacMahon

Votes: 1,713

19. Lamb of God (2020)

114 min | Drama

Only a few priests and interns remain in a secluded run-down boys religious boarding school in North Argentina in 1961. Arrives Father Martin, who's intentions are not as clear as he claims they are.

Director: Iván Noel | Stars: Santiago Acevedo, Tino Leunda, Matias Benedetti, Emanuel Renzini

Votes: 106

20. Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen (1987)

99 min | Drama, War

Follows the 15-year-old, Heinz Stilke, a member of the Hitler Youth. Heinz is proud of his father, who died bravely for his fatherland, but suddenly learns that he himself is half Jewish. ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Kann | Stars: Marc Lubosch, Jens Müller, Gert Gütschow, Berthold Schulze

Votes: 59

21. The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy

Chaos ensues for staff and students alike after an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.

Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull, Richard Wattis

Votes: 1,886

22. Le grand Meaulnes (2006)

97 min | Drama

When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when he disappears for several days, and returns with tales of... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Clémence Poésy, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Votes: 421

23. Summer Vacation 1999 (1988)

90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys' school of all but three boys: the junior Norio & the seniors Kazuhiko & Naoto. They have no families to return to for the summer, so they spend ... See full summary »

Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Eri Miyajima, Tomoko Ôtakara, Miyuki Nakano, Eri Fukatsu

Votes: 293

24. Devil in the Brain (1972)

106 min | Mystery, Thriller

A child suspected of killing his father is imprisoned in a mental hospital. A doctor finds him mentally healthy and begins to suspect another explanation.

Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Keir Dullea, Micheline Presle, Tino Buazzelli

Votes: 295

25. Mumu (2010)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. ... See full summary »

Director: Joël Séria | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Jean-François Balmer, Bruno Lochet, Michel Galabru

Votes: 243

26. A Cage of Nightingales (1945)

89 min | Drama, Music

In France, in 1930, the supervisor of a reformatory for young offenders seeks to awaken in them the love of music by forming a choir, despite the skepticism of the institution's director.

Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Noël-Noël, Micheline Francey, René Génin, René Blancard

Votes: 252

27. Little Men (1940)

Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon

Votes: 413

28. The Student Connection (1974)

PG | 86 min | Thriller

A man hires a contract killer to snuff the husband of the woman he loves. When the job is done recklessly, and innocent lives are taken, he opts to exterminate the hit-man himself. ... See full summary »

Director: Rafael Romero Marchent | Stars: Ray Milland, Sylva Koscina, Ramiro Oliveros, Franco Giacobini

Votes: 134

29. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983 Music Video)

G | 6 min | Fantasy, Music

Bonnie Tyler's official music video for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Star: Bonnie Tyler

Votes: 772

30. Lost Years (2016)

Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Based on the repercussions that sexual abuse can have in teenagers and long- term effects.

Director: Alejandro Beltrán | Stars: Samuel Garcia, Jack O'Neill, Vicente Guillot, John Maher

Votes: 83

31. Sacred Hearts, Holy Souls (2014)

39 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Two teenage misfits at an all-boys Catholic boarding school become unlikely comrades in a struggle against hormonal bullies and dinosaur-aged priests.

Director: Mark Thiedeman | Stars: Harrison Tanner Dean, Quinn Gasaway, Schafer Bourne, Tucker Steinmetz

Votes: 30

32. School of Fear (1969)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

At a boarding school for boys in Northern Germany, one student named Kurrat vanishes one night without informing anybody after having had a fight with one of the teachers. Soon, the Police ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Konrad Georg, Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner

Votes: 164

33. Tréfa (2009)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

It is 1912 and war looms on the horizon. The school year begins in a boarding school run by priests. Zoltán's father, is one of the masters and struggling with questions that challenge ... See full summary »

Director: Péter Gárdos | Stars: Lóránd Váta, Tamás Lengyel, Mihály Kovács, Zsolt Kovács

Votes: 174

34. Der schönste tag meines lebens (1957)

95 min | Drama, Music

Tony, a young orphan, is accused of stealing a bank note belonging to his mistress. Annoyed, he runs away from school .

Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Michael Ande, Joseph Egger, Paul Hörbiger, Paul Bösiger

Votes: 67

35. An Orphan Boy of Vienna (1936)

90 min | Drama

A new member of the Vienna Boys Choir shoulders the blame for a theft.

Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Hans Olden, Ferdinand Mayerhofer, Otto Hartmann, Franz Schafheitlin

Votes: 30

36. Flo's Discipline (1912)

12 min | Short, Comedy

Headmistress Flo disciplines unruly boys at her father's school. Her innovative methods include hosing the boys down and locking them inside an ice house. Nothing like stranding the assistant principal on a hoist to make love bloom.

Director: Harry Solter | Stars: Florence Lawrence, Owen Moore

Votes: 22

37. Atoms (2012)

19 min | Short, Drama, News

Hugo, 34, an educator at the boarding school, finds is daily life disrupted by Jules, a provocative teenager.

Director: Arnaud Dufeys | Stars: Benoît Cosaert, Vincent Lecuyer, Philippe Massart, Antonin Vandorslaer

Votes: 72

38. Les allumettes suédoises (1996– )
Episode: Trois Sucettes à la menthe (1996)

Drama

Given Oliver's insistence on knowing the truth about this man and his mother, his search proved endless since some were reluctant to discuss it. Having problems trying to find a place to live, Oliver was sent to a boarding school.

Director: Jacques Ertaud | Stars: Adriana Asti, Dora Doll, Jean-François Garreaud, Anne Jacquemin