The UFO Movie They Don't Want You to See

In an age when misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories have become mainstream, UFOs have risen to become one of the most-talked about pop culture phenomena. With all of this noise, how can we expect anyone to know how much of this is true? What is in our skies? What do we know, and how do we know it? And most importantly: Are we being visited?

Error 503

♡ 1

Francois-Xavier Freland Director

The story of a pioneer, Germaine Le Goff (1891-1986). After World War I, the Breton teacher left Douarnenez for adventure, with a journey that led her to Senegal. In 1938, she founded and directed a teacher training college in Rufisque, near Dakar, the first for primary school teachers in Africa.

À l'école de l'universel: Germaine Le Goff, l'histoire d'une pionnière

2024

French

7.0

♡ 1

Francois-Xavier Freland Director

The story of a pioneer, Germaine Le Goff (1891-1986). After World War I, the Breton teacher left Douarnenez for adventure, with a journey that led her to Senegal. In 1938, she founded and directed a teacher training college in Rufisque, near Dakar, the first for primary school teachers in Africa.

The Beautician and the Beast

1997

English

5.5

♡ 14

23%

parent child relationship

Romance

Ken Kwapis Director

Timothy Dalton as Boris Pochenko

Ed Cambridge as Elderly Man

Billy Brown as Fireman

Ian McNeice as Ira Grushinsky

A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

A Kid Like Jake

2018

English

5.6

♡ 33

52%

46%

Action

based on play or musical

brooklyn, new york city

Silas Howard Director

Claire Danes as Alex Wheeler

Cindy Cheung as Corinne

Aasif Mandvi as Darren

Lee Aaron Rosen as Tom Hedwall

On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake's preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake's gender expansive behavior to help him stand out. As Alex and Greg navigate their roles as parents, a rift grows between them, one that forces them to confront their own concerns about what's best for Jake, and each other.

School Town King

8.0

Wattanapume Laisuwanchai Director

Rattana Kalakate as

Sorod Naayutthaya as

Thanayuth Naayutthaya as

Mookarin Timdee as

It follows two teenage rappers in Bangkok who use their musical talent to navigate their difficult circumstances.

Dying Young

1991

English

6.0

♡ 23

25%

Joel Schumacher Director

Vincent D'Onofrio as Gordon

Julia Roberts as Hilary O'Neil

Howard Morris as Jetsons Character

David Selby as Richard Geddes

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

2008

English

6.5

♡ 2

38%

Morgan Spurlock Director

George Bush as Self

Donald Rumsfeld as Self

Dick Cheney as Self

Morgan Spurlock as Self

Morgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.

El analfabeto

1961

Spanish

7.1

♡ 3

Miguel M. Delgado Director

Cantinflas as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as Jesús López, notario público

Enrique García Álvarez as Sacerdote

María Teresa Rivas as Señora Refugio González

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

One Child Left Behind: The APS Teaching Scandal

2020

English

6.3

♡ 2

Action

Documentary

documentary filmmaking

education

scandal

social documentary

Jodi Gomes Director

Diane Ravitch as

Lamar Waldron as

Gerald Griggs as Self

In 2009, 1,176 Atlanta teachers were investigated for test cheating; 35 were indicted, 12 went to trial and 11 were found guilty on RICO charges, which are typically reserved for the mafia and drug lords. The guilty, serving 30-year sentences, finally break their silence in this tell-all, controversial film that takes a closer look at the legislations called No Child Left Behind, the politics behind it, and a race and power struggle that spawned one of the most complex scandals in American history.

Reach for the SKY

2015

Korean

7.3

♡ 1

78%

Wooyoung Choi Director

Can one day shape the rest of your life? A feature documentary on the South-Korean education system.

The Miracle Worker

1962

English

8.1

♡ 35

96%

blindness and impaired vision

Arthur Penn Director

William F. Haddock as 2nd Crone

Victor Jory as Captain Arthur Keller

Patty Duke as Helen Keller

Beah Richards as Viney - Keller Maid

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

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.

To Sir, with Love II

1996

English

6.4

♡ 10

60%

Peter Bogdanovich Director

Neil Flynn as Detective Dennis

Daniel J. Travanti as Horace Weaver

Sidney Poitier as Mark Thackeray

Judy Geeson as Pamela Dare

After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.

First Graders

1984

Persian

7.3

♡ 6

Abbas Kiarostami Director

Mohammad Dadras as Nazem

A documentary film about a boys school in Iran. The film shows numerous, funny and moving interviews of many different young pupils of this school summoned by their superintendent for questions of discipline. The man is not severe, but clever and fair. He teaches loyalty, fellowship and righteousness to these boys. Besides these interviews, we see scenes of this school’s quotidian life.

To Be and to Have

2002

French

7.8

♡ 1

97%

Nicolas Philibert Director Alizé

Alizé as Les enfants de la classe

Axel Thouvenin as Les enfants de la classe

Guillaume as Les enfants de la classe

Georges Lopez as L'institueur

The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.

Birthright

1938

English

5.8

♡ 2

Oscar Micheaux Director

C.R. Chase as

Columbus Jackson as

Harry Moses as

Alice B. Russell as Nan Berry Deldine

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

Waiting for Superman

2010

English

7.4

♡ 9

89%

Davis Guggenheim Director

Bill Strickland as Himself

Jonathan Alter as Himself

Charles Adam as Himself

Charles Adams as Himself

Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.

If You Build It

2013

English

7.2

♡ 1

78%

Patrick Creadon Director

Jamesha Thompson as Self

Eric Wandmacher as Self

Ron Wesson as Self

Cj Robertson as Self

A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina.

The Better Angels

2014

English

6.0

♡ 3

44%

A.J. Edwards Director

Wes Bentley as Mr. Crawford

Diane Kruger as Sarah Lincoln

Jason Clarke as Tom Lincoln

Jamie Harrold as Vagabond

At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our nation’s greatest heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Abe is a thoughtful and quiet boy who spends his days at the side of his beloved mother while learning to work the land from his stern father. When illness takes his mother, Abe's new guardian angel comes in the form of his new stepmother, who sees the potential in the boy and pushes for his further education.

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The UFO Movie They Don't Want You to See

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À l'école de l'universel: Germaine Le Goff, l'histoire d'une pionnière

The Beautician and the Beast

A Kid Like Jake

School Town King

Dying Young

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

El analfabeto

One Child Left Behind: The APS Teaching Scandal

Reach for the SKY

The Miracle Worker

Stanley & Iris

To Sir, with Love II

First Graders

To Be and to Have

Birthright

Waiting for Superman

If You Build It

The Better Angels