Private school movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant private school movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, serious, sexy, independent film and teen films and TV shows about / with private school, school, high school, youth, teenager, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, boarding school and teenage girl plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as private school: Crown Lake (2019), The Private School (2011), Coming Soon (1999), Elite (2018), Poison Ivy (1992), Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008), The Mangler 2 (2002), Evil (2003), Prep School (2015), The River King (2005).
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List of private school movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When Eleanor "Nellie" Chambers shows up at Crown Lake Academy, a fancy all-girls boarding school, she knows this school is her ticket to a new & better life. But she also knows fitting in and learning the ropes isn’t going to be ...
Style:
enigmatic, mystical, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
private school, boarding school, lifestyle, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret room, popularity, friends, high school life, adolescence, society, unspoken love ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
in this TV series there is a school and in that school have been many secrets, students from this school find out that a teacher has gone missing so they start to look for him this then leads into a long journey which gets into a difficult situation ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, mysterious
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, private school, youth, danger, boarding school, investigation, high school, fall in love, rivalry, twists and turns, secret, family problems ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The trials and tribulations of wealthy young Manhattanites and their sexual coming of age, a romantic comedy set at an Upper East Side prep school.
Style:
independent film, sexual, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
female sexuality, private school, coming of age, ecstasy the drug, high school, loss of virginity, preparatory school, friendship, sexuality, casual sex, sex scene, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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101K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.
Style:
sexy, captivating, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, classmate, jealousy, lgbt, youth, murder, love and romance, society, school, infidelity, new school, seduction ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, lesbian, older man younger woman relationship, obsession, dangerous attraction, nymphet, teenage girl, adultery, teenage life, seduction, fatal attraction, high school ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mysterious death of a young college student occurs late one night at a prestigious New England college...
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
erotica, making love, blackmail, nudity, secret society, college, femme fatale, sexual attraction, manipulation, rivalry, danger, destructive relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A teenager girl mistakenly downloads the Mangler 2.0 computer virus into her highschool's new state of the art computer system and all hell breaks loose.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, computer, stephen king, youth, technophobia, technology gone awry, teenage life, science runs amok, human versus computer, college, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
21st century
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44K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Stockholm, the fifties. Though academically bright, violent pupil Erik Ponti is expelled from his state school with the headmaster’s words “there’s only one word for people like you – evil… what you need is a good thrashing, and more”. ...
Style:
touching, emotional, rough, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
private school, coming of age, violence, rebelliousness, rebellion, bullying, humiliation, bully, corporal punishment, friendship, abuse, high school ...
Time:
1950s, year 2003, 20th century, 50s
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Upon learning of his girlfriend's infidelity, Greg, the star player of his elite private school’s rugby team, suffers an emotional breakdown, leaving his friends and teammates to pick up the pieces and deal with the crisis in their own ways, ...
Style:
surprise ending, independent film, ambiguous ending
Plot:
rugby, school, private school, revenge, high school, preparatory school, racism, fight, loyalty, conspiracy, student, friendship ...
Place:
california, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school insists it was suicide. But after discovering from the boy's girlfriend, Carlin, that he was ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
private school, uncover truth, murder, bullying, school, winter, teenager, dishonesty, danger, police officer, boarding school, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins. Maintaining his moral code while surviving a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques, and his own adolescent uncertainties may prove fatal.
Style:
atmospheric, brutal, sadistic, bloody, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
danger, boarding school, youth, death, smoking, disciple, gang, teenager, murder, school, training, private school ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only other four female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame ...
Style:
scary, demonic, gothic, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boarding school, trance, haunted house, black magic, private school, troubled teen, possessed, ghost, talent, boarding house, schoolgirl, hearing voices ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are friends because they are both outsiders in their own ways. Bennett is openly gay, Judd is a Marxist. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, boys' school, gays and lesbians, gender, gay lead character, youth, homosexuality, boarding school, homosexual, homosexual love, lgbtq ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, year 1983, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
england, moscow russia, ussr, russia, britain ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A bad boy and a socialite girl hook-up.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
first love, teenage love, forbidden love, teen romance, opposites attract, youth, friendship, best friend, fistfight, blackmail, love, virgin ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Is relevant?
213K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, soap opera, teen, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, teenager, youth, high school life, teenage love, adolescence, friends, lifestyle, coming of age, love triangle ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This takes place several years before Cruel Intentions, back to when Kathryn first meets Sebastian, their sexual attraction to each other and their enjoyment in destroying the lives of their peers.
Style:
sexy, sensual, erotic, sexual, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
sexual relations, female nudity, manipulation, teenager, incest, high school, sexual awakening, identical twins, bare breasts, infidelity, nudity, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, europe, england, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, romantic, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama ...
Plot:
seduction, manipulation, teenager, femme fatale, bet, incest, sex, bad girl, teenage life, virginity, sexual activity, teenage girl ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 18th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, canada
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26K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The film is a caustic portrait of a traditional English boys’ boarding school, where social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three ...
Style:
controversial, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revolution, boarding school life, boarding school, sex, private school, social satire, homosexuality, school shooting, boys' school, violence, coming of age, corporal punishment ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, california, britain, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in ...
Style:
feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, anime, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, multiverse, teenager, peter parker character, superheroine, teenage life, teenage girl, spider man, alternate universe, love, teenage superhero, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, usa
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4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, sexual, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, beach party, friends, private school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage crush, best friend, teenage life, teenage love, high school life, schoolgirl ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
Style:
biting, erotic, dark comedy, independent film, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, adolescence, sex, lesbian sex, teenager, dysfunctional family, school, sexual harassment, coming of age, false accusation, high school, revenge ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, beverly hills
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5K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
15 year-old Molly is top of her high school class. But nobody suspects that the model pupil earns her money at night: as a prostitute on Sunset Blvd. The well-organized separation of her two lives is shattered when two of her friends are slain by a ...
Style:
independent film, erotic, detective, slasher, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prostitution, serial killer, cheerleader, psychopath, teenage girl, child prostitute, vigilante, double life, private school, making love, high school, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, southern california
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Danny Kelly is a talented swimmer attends a prestigious Melbourne private school on a sporting scholarship. Working class, half Greek and half Scottish, he cops his fair share of harassment from the privileged students. Danny yearns to win swimming ...
Style:
queer cinema, masterpiece
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, male male relationship, gay teenager, gay interest, lgbt, swimming, lgbtq, private school, swimmer, homoerotic friendship, high school student, gay couple ...
Time:
90s
Place:
melbourne
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the ...
Style:
funny, teen, dark comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, depression, jealousy, teacher, mentor, love triangle, teen angst, adolescence, preparatory school, student ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, y2k, year 1998
Place:
midwest, texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ji-woo, an outcast in a prestigious private high school, does not fit in due to different social backgrounds than his well-to-do classmates. One day, he meets Hak-sung, the school’s security guard who is actually a mathematical genius defected ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
mathematics, school, math teacher, mathematician, secret past, security guard, private school, mentor, friendship, student, genius, unlikely friendships ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, touching, dramatic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, blindness, mentor, blind character, tango, human spirit, human nature, life philosophy, coming of age, thanksgiving, loneliness, preparatory school ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new england, new hampshire, usa, seattle
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aoi, a young teacher with striking good looks, has just learned that his newest student Sora is the alluring teen prostitute he once hired. Here the nightmare begins. As the walls of the prestigious academy become a percolating hotbed of sexual ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, semi serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, high school, teacher student relationship, teachers and students, transsexual, student life, couples, power relations, teenage life, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style:
philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
teacher, suicide, poetry, coming of age, poet, mentor, teenager, literature, teachers and students, friendship, philosophy, dedicated educator ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1959
Place:
vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
No sooner has 15-year-old Lee Keegan been expelled from his private school than an apocalyptic event wipes out most of the world's population. With his father dead and mother trapped abroad, Lee is given one instruction: go back to school. But ...
Style:
scary, psychotronic, suspense, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, escape, pandemic, teenager, school, dystopia, killing, panic, family relations, murder, death, youth ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
172K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, witty, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, teenager, friends, boyfriend, looking for love, female protagonist, small town life, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
yale university, connecticut, usa, new england
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