The tale of a ten-year-old boy in a Catholic school who, following the death of his beloved grandfather, embarks on a quest to discover the meaning of life.

Absolution

1978

English

6.5

♡ 10

48%

Anthony Page Director

David Bradley as Arthur

Sharon Duce as Louella

Hilary Mason as Miss Froggatt

Julian Firth as Other Boy

At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.

Child's Play

1972

English

6.2

♡ 5

50%

Sidney Lumet Director

James Mason as Jerome Malley

Robert Preston as Joseph Dobbs

Beau Bridges as Paul Reis

Tom Leopold as Shea

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

Full of Grace

2022

Spanish

6.6

♡ 1

Roberto Bueso Director

Carme Capdet as Hermana Lourdes

Carmen Machi as Hermana Marina

Pablo Chiapella as Rafa

Manolo Solo as Vicario

Sister Marina, a very unorthodox nun, is sent during the summer of 1994 to El Parral, a boarding school for boys threatened to be closed soon. Even though the kids welcome Marina with all kinds of pranks, they will, little by little, become something very close to the family they never had.

Brother's Keeper

2021

Turkish

7.3

♡ 23

100%

teacher student relationship

Thriller

tragedy

Ferit Karahan Director

Nedim Salman as Akif

Siddik Salaz as Mahmut

Ekin Koç as Teacher Selim

Dilan Parlak as Teacher Sevda

Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

2002

English

7.4

♡ 9

79%

1900s

19th century

based on novel or book

Stuart Orme Director

Christopher Fulford as Metcalf

Martin Clunes as Mr. Chipping

Henry Cavill as Soldier Colley

Harry Lloyd as Young Rivers

In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindly person but he is considered to be married to the job so that it is a surprise when, on a walking holiday, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie,who becomes his helpmate at the school but sadly pre-deceases him. Just before World War One insensitive new headmaster Ralston tries to edge Chipping out but the boys rally and Sir John Rivers, an old pupil of Chipping's and now head of the board of governors, invites him to stay and,when the war breaks out and Ralston joins up, Chipping becomes the new head.

G-Men

2023

Japanese

5.6

♡ 4

Tôichirô Rutô Director

Kengo Kôra as

Riho Yoshioka as

Yuri Tsunematsu as Reina Kamijô

Shôtarô Mamiya as Tsuyoshi Namba

Shota Kadomatsu, a first-year high school student who transferred to a private Takehana Boys' High School surrounded by four girls' high schools just because he wanted to have a girlfriend. However, the class he entered was a group of problem children, Class 1 G, who were isolated from the school building and feared by the teachers. Shota is surprised by the dilapidated classroom and his classmates with strong quirks, but he spends his days happily in love and friendship. However, the evil organization Tennokai, which was supposed to have been crushed by the urban legend of the delinquent group G-Men after a deadly battle, was closing in on them.

Heaven Help Us

1985

English

6.9

♡ 15

33%

75%

boston, massachusetts

Michael Dinner Director

Douglas Seale as Brother Domenic

John Heard as Brother Timothy

Wallace Shawn as Father Abruzzi

Mel Winkler as Willie

Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.

A Separate Peace

1972

English

5.5

♡ 1

based on novel or book

boys' school

Drama

Larry Peerce Director

Don Schultz as Dr. Stanpole

Parker Stevenson as Gene

William Roerick as Mr. Patchwithers, Headmaster

Elizabeth B. Brewster as Mrs. Patchwithers

Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to the fullest. The two boys attend the Devon School, which prepares them for military life that they will most likely be subjected to. The film begins with a narration by an older Gene, traveling back to Devon some years later. The thing he wishes most to see is the tree, which had a great effect on the boys' lives

Yentl

1983

English

6.6

♡ 17

69%

Barbra Streisand Director

Amy Irving as Hadass

Doreen Mantle as Mrs. Shaemen

David de Keyser as Rabbi Zalman

Bernard Spear as Tailor

In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.

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