Preparatory school movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant preparatory school movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, humorous, sentimental and sexy films and TV shows about / with preparatory school, school, youth, friendship, coming of age, high school, teenager, boarding school, teenage life and teenage boy plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as preparatory school: Restless Virgins (2013), School Ties (1992), Dead Poets Society (1989), The Princess Diaries (2001), The Circle (2002), Scent of a Woman (1992), Prep School (2015), Class (1983), The Browning Version (1994), Coming Soon (1999).
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List of preparatory school movies
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A sex scandal that shook Massachusetts prep school, Milton Academy in 2004-05 school year.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, sexual, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
preparatory school, high school, scandal, teenage life, social relations, high school life, youth, friendship, family relations, love and romance, couples, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man ...
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, preparatory school, anti semitism, american football, justice, boarding school life, prejudice, judaism, working class, youth ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1992, 80s
Place:
israel, massachusetts, harvard university, usa, boston
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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, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of ...
Style:
feel good, touching, fairy tale, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
teenager, high school, princess, coming of age, royalty, royal family, teenage life, teenage girl, cinderella story, best friend, fish out of water, queen ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, europe, usa, pacific ocean
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some students at Runcie prep school form an elite club. The group is implicated in a cheating scandal and one of the club members dies mysteriously. Another member decides to try and discover the dangerous truth about Runcie.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
high school, murder, investigation, uncover truth, rebellion, youth, idealism, rebelliousness, dedicated educator, life is a bitch, college life, friendship ...
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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, 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: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby ...
Style:
sex comedy, teen sex comedy, erotic, sexy, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
age difference, high school, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, sex scene, dysfunctional family, preparatory school, coming of age, depression, lust, male bonding, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Courtney Snow, an author with writer's block, still haunted by the suicide of her best friend while they were in prep school, finds herself teaching at the very same school while trying to get back on her feet. She encounters a young student, ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, mind bending
Plot:
teacher, best friend, supernatural, preparatory school, youth, family relations, boarding school, reincarnation, fraud, ghost, power relations, school ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire on the pretext of his health, and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The ...
Style:
talky, touching, colorful, grim, anamorphic ...
Plot:
teacher, boarding school, coming of age, preparatory school, education, marriage, drinking, science, male nudity, bookstore, dysfunctional marriage, retirement ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
england, europe, new jersey, tokyo
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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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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a run in with a hot exotic dancer one wintry night straight-laced prep school student James will find himself on the ride of his life. Risking his future he follows this mysterious woman to New York City - ditching school dodging cops and ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, light, sex comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exotic dancer, older woman younger man relationship, teenage love, infatuation, bare butt, dancer, love and romance, social differences, lifestyle, teenage life, hopes, society ...
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
Style:
hood, captivating, teen, social, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
racism, ghetto, african american, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, loss of friend, black, coming of age, black lives matter, private school, black history, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic, "Othello." O is Odin James (Mekhi Phifer), the ...
Style:
suspense, teen, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, high school, shakespeare, manipulation, interracial relations, friends, teenage life, father son relationship, love and romance, youth, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, bloody, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
terrorism, violence, boarding school, preparatory school, terrorist, high school, hostage, childhood, swat team, student, father son relationship, military ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, future, 90s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, colombia, virginia, florida, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Rhodes is an American television situation comedy which was aired by NBC as part of its 1996-97 lineup.
Mr. Rhodes starred comedian Tom Rhodes as an eponymous character who taught at a small-town preparatory school after having failed as a ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, light hearted, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
school, writers, preparatory school, fish out of water, dating, small town, irreverent, self discovery, counselor, nostalgia, high school teacher, power relations ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Takakura Yuko (Eikura Nana) is an ordinary chemistry teacher at a famous government-run preparatory school by day. But at night, she is a super teacher who solves a variety of difficult problems rampant on the school grounds that require more than ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, crime drama, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
school, female teacher, vigilante, relationships, japanese teenager, relationship problems, schoolgirl, japanese schoolgirl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, teenager, japanese girl ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
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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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father means 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called Goat Man. So when Ellis decides to leave the alternative ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, teenage life, fall in love, youth, parents and children, eccentric family, roommate, father son relationship, divorced parents, boy girl relationship, preparatory school ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, tucson arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Strait-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised ...
Style:
humorous, teen, cute, funny, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
relationships, adoption, happy ending, mentor, life philosophy, female protagonist, parents and children, parenthood, singleness, love and romance, single father, college ...
Time:
year 1995, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boarding school, dedicated educator, tragic hero, society, idealism, social differences, friendship, family relations, youth, teachers and students, boys' school, teacher ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, year 1914, edwardian era, 90s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, preparatory school, gay interest, high school friend, schoolboy, buddy, teenage boy, roommate, little boy, boy, gay ...
Time:
1940s, year 1972
Place:
new england
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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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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: 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, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law ...
Style:
humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school life, teenager, father son relationship, american football, adaptation, high school, family relations, prank, honest, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, y2k, year 1999
Place:
usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, new england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Style:
dark comedy, depressing, cynical, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, mental illness, dark humor, addiction, fall in love, depression, existentialism, youth, teenage life, eccentric family, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, dedicated educator, coming of age, boarding school life, ethics, school teacher, schoolboy, boarding school, teachers and students, youth, hardcase students, boys' school ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 70s, 2000s, future
Place:
washington d.c., pennsylvania, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and its hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychotronic, sinister, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boys' school, chocolate, boy, teenager, coming of age, preparatory school, high school football, peer pressure, schoolboy, american football, teenage boy, school bullying ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In December of 1941, five teenage boys at a New England prep school hear the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and realize their lives are going to be changed forever. Released in 1991.
Style:
independent film, talky, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, preparatory school, world war, friendship, school, profanity, cons and scams, boarding school life, battles, boarding school, friends ...
Time:
year 1991, year 1938, year 1941
Place:
new england, england, london, pearl harbor
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