Basketball Girlfriend

Tyron is one of the top college basketball stars in the country and is expected to be a top NBA draft pick, but as the pressure to perform well in school threatens his ability to perform on the court, things start to fall apart. Then, when his brother, Blak, is released from prison, he is pressured to rejoin the family business hustling drugs on the street. In a last ditch effort to save his star player, Tyron's coach introduces him to Carmen, a tutor who Tyron falls deeply in love with.

Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You!

♡ 5

In this campy throwback to 1950s monster films, a vicious monster, the Riverbeast, has arisen from its watery lair to terrorize a peaceful New England town. Local tutor Neil Stuart has seen the beast before, but nobody believed his story, making him the town laughingstock. Neil sets out to not only prove that the Riverbeast exists, but also, with the help of his beautiful pupil, scrappy tutor buddies, and a former professional athlete, to vanquish the aquatic menace!

Bad Tutor

2018

English

4.5

♡ 8

33%

Jeff Hare Director

Jason Paul Field as Dale

Ben Reed as Jared

Vanessa Marcil as Kelly

Jean St. James as Ms. Ayers

When a single mom hires a tutor to help her daughter graduate high school, the tutor becomes dangerously obsessed.

My Tutor

1983

English

5.2

♡ 25

37%

Action

Comedy

Drama

older woman younger man relationship

tutor

George Bowers Director

Marilyn Tokuda as Aerobics Instructor

Crispin Glover as Jack

Kevin McCarthy as Mr. Chrystal

Caren Kaye as Terry Green

High school senior Bobby Chrystal fails his French class, which will block him from entering Yale. His rich, authoritarian father hires an attractive 29-year-old to tutor Bobby over the summer and help him pass a make-up exam. While Bobby's friends lead him away into strange excursions aimed at losing their virginity, Bobby finds all the extracurricular activities he needs with his new tutor.

Words on Bathroom Walls

2020

English

7.2

♡ 69

89%

Thor Freudenthal Director

Molly Parker as Beth

Andy Garcia as Father Patrick

Devon Bostick as Joaquin

Walton Goggins as Paul

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

Madeline

1998

English

6.0

♡ 15

67%

43%

Action

based on children's book

Daisy von Scherler Mayer Director

Ben Daniels as Leopold the Tutor

Hatty Jones as Madeline

Frances McDormand as Miss Clavel

George Harris as Mr. Liberian Ambassador

Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.

Stanley & Iris

1990

English

6.3

♡ 17

29%

Martin Ritt Director

Zohra Lampert as Elaine

Stephen Root as Mr. Hentley

Robert De Niro as Stanley Cox

Jack Gill as The Pursesnatcher

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

The Family Game

1983

Japanese

7.1

♡ 3

75%

Yoshimitsu Morita Director

Kazuko Shirakawa as Mieko's mother

Yoneko Matsukane as Shigeyuki's English teacher

Yoshihiro Katô as Shigeyuki's gymnastic teacher

Ichirôta Miyakawa as Shigeyuki, the younger brother

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.

Back to School

1986

English

6.7

♡ 35

81%

Alan Metter Director

William Zabka as Chas

Robert Downey Jr. as Derek Lutz

Sally Kellerman as Dr. Diane Turner

Curtis Stone as Twist & Shout Band Member

Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.

The Tutor

2023

English

4.8

♡ 13

19%

Jordan Ross Director

Kamran Shaikh as Charles The Butler

Joseph Castillo-Midyett as Chris Butler

Garrett Hedlund as Ethan

Noah Schnapp as Jackson

When a professional tutor takes a job at a remote manor, he soon finds himself battling his disturbed student’s obsessions, which threaten to expose his darkest secrets and unravel his carefully crafted persona.

My Teacher's Wife

1999

English

5.5

♡ 7

Bruce Leddy Director

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Harvard Officer

Christopher McDonald as Roy Mueller

Jason London as Todd Boomer

Tia Carrere as Vicky Mueller

Todd Boomer is a college student aspiring to get into University. His chances are looking poor when his maths teacher, fails him in every maths test. Help arrives in the guise of the gorgeous Vicki, a mathematical genius who decides to tutor Todd. As the relationship develops,Todd finds himself in an affair with Vicki unknowing of her marriage to his math teacher.

The Miracle Worker

1979

English

7.2

♡ 3

71%

Paul Aaron Director

Patty Duke as Anne Sullivan

Anne Seymour as Aunt Ev

Charles Siebert as Captain Keller

Diana Muldaur as Kate Keller

The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.

Morris from America

2016

English

6.3

♡ 52

87%

Chad Hartigan Director

Craig Robinson as Curtis Gentry

Carla Juri as Inka

Eva Löbau as Katrin's Mother

Jakub Gierszal as Per

13-year-old Morris Gentry has just relocated with his single father, Curtis to Heidelberg, Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams.

The Lesson

2023

English

6.1

♡ 12

77%

70%

Action

independent film

psychological thriller

Alice Troughton Director

Stephen McMillan as Bertie Sinclair

Crispin Letts as Ellis

Julie Delpy as Hélène Sinclair

Richard E. Grant as J.M. Sinclair

Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Sinclair, his wife Hélène, and their son Bertie all guard a dark past, one that threatens Liam’s future as well as their own.