Scholarship movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant scholarship movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, feel good, humorous, captivating and semi serious films and TV shows about / with scholarship, friendship, youth, coming of age, high school, father son relationship, college, teenager, bare chested male and mother daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as scholarship: Saltburn (2023), Varsity Blues (1999), #SquadGoals (2018), Going for Gold (2018), Knowing Aaron (2010), Wolves (2016), Sweet Combat (2018), War Eagle, Arkansas (2007), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Starter for 10 (2006).

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 7.0
 184K
Saltburn (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never ...
Style: psychological thriller, dark comedy, psychological, psychosexual thriller, satirical ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: obsession, college, class differences, college student, student, country estate, university, drug use, murder, teenage boy, butler, male masturbation ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, oxford university, united kingdom
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 6.5
 49K
Varsity Blues (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup ...
Style: teen sex comedy, entertaining, inspirational, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: football, american football, coming of age, small town, cheerleader, teenager, high school, stripper, mentor, stereotypes, rivalry, ambition ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
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The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Bullied by her classmates, a teenage psychic moves to a new school, where she makes friends and joins a club dedicated to ESP research.
Style: anime, not serious, captivating, romantic, psychological
Plot: high school, psychic, absent mother, honesty, friendship, lie, teenage girl, hopes, self discovery, teen angst, youth, epiphany ...
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 4.2
 626
#SquadGoals (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ambitious high school senior Samantha Hodges is a serious journalist, both for the school paper and for the yearbook, but she's just as serious about her friends, Nate, Gillian, and Rudy, all of whom are vying with her for a full-ride local ...
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, friendship, amateur detective, murder, mother daughter relationship, teenager, high school principal, allergy, love triangle, photographer, danger, high school student ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.8
 640
Going for Gold (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Seventeen year old, Emma joins a high school cheerleading team when she moves to Australia with her dad who is a former Air Force Officer.
Style: captivating, feel good, light, sincere
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: cheerleading, gymnastics, cheerleader, female protagonist, champion, father, father daughter relationship, daughter, friendship, rivalry, gymnast, believe in yourself ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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Knowing Aaron (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: After witnessing a traumatic event as a child, Aaron is now haunted by hallucinations. He spends much of his time alone, endlessly drawing as a way to cope with these dark images. Though this has gone on for years, as he gets older it becomes harder ...
Style: bleak, psychological, stylized, thought provoking, suspenseful
Plot: schizophrenia, sanity, tragedy, murder, hopes, coming of age, drawing, craziness, society, artist, brother brother relationship, winter ...
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 5.7
 1K
Wolves (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot: basketball, coach, student athlete, father son relationship, coming of age, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, teenager, interracial relations, domineering father, sport team, basketball player ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver (2019)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: During her birthday celebration, Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world that isn't always what it seems when the headlining magician at the Magic Manor winds up dead.
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: amateur detective, murder mystery, murder, uncover truth, investigation, puzzle, escapades, danger, friendship, police, stubbornness, private investigation ...
Place: new york
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 6.5
 340
Sweet Combat (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: As the eldest daughter of the Fang Conglomerate, Fang Yu was raised to become the sole successor of the company, yet she goes against her family's objections to pursue boxing and won the championship title at the young age of 18. On the other ...
Style: disturbing, satirical, romantic, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: student, youth, tournament, boxing, martial arts, competition, kick-butt women, fight, female boxer, athlete's life, ambitious woman, in love ...
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War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on a True Story War Eagle, Arkansas is a character-driven drama about a young man’s choice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or stay and redeem his struggling community. The story takes place over a few ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological
Plot: friendship, wheelchair bound, baseball, high school, baseball coach, stutterer, stuttering, disabled child, life is a bitch, teenage life, relationship problems, physical disability ...
Place: arkansas
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leanne is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian to get her scholarship to Harvard. The only class she is worse than the leader in is history, taught by Mrs. Tingle, and the teacher hates her. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. ...
Style: suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, school, teachers and students, high school, teacher, malice, youth, teenage life, female psychopath, false accusation, fight, blackmail ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
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 6.7
 25K
Starter for 10 (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a ...
Style: feel good, witty, sweet, melancholic, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: university, coming of age, college, politics, social differences, unlikely friendships, happy ending, love triangle, student, buddies, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2000s, year 1985
Place: england, united kingdom, britain, europe, india
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 5.3
 9K
Soul Man (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Soul Man is a comedy film made in 1986 about a man who undergoes racial transformation with pills to qualify for an African-American-only scholarship at Harvard Law School. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, ...
Style: humorous, controversial, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, college, high school, mentor, teenager, culture clash, happy ending, coming of age, black, teenage sex, black man, interracial ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, los angeles, usa, hawaii, harvard university
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 6.9
 681
The Conductor (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: musician, renaissance, envy, marriage crisis, travel, opportunism, performer's life, politics, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, couple relations, musician's life ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe
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 5.9
 2K
Run the Race (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and ...
Style: christian film, psychological, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, christian, brother brother relationship, teenage boy, party, high school football, family bonds, friendship, coming of age, society, rivalry, riding in the back of a pickup truck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, florida
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 5.3
 30K
Loser (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty ...
Style: feel good, funny, teen, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: college, college student, loser, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, small town, teenager, friendship, opposites attract, naivete, nerd, coming of age, adaptation ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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 5.6
 47K
The House (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for ...
Style: thought provoking, humorous, funny, captivating, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: gambling, farce, college, neighbor, casino, middle class, bet, gambler, kickass, nerd, party, love ...
Time: year 2017
Place: las vegas
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 4.2
 659
Night Screams (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A football star throws a party for his friends. Two insane killers escape from a nearby asylum on that same night, and in their efforts to elude authorities, wind up at the party.
Style: slasher, surprise ending, slasher horror, splatter
Plot: american football, underage drinking, serial killer, murder, student athlete, teenager, sex, television, two killers, house party, boy strangling, nudity ...
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 7.6
 129K
Gifted (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, school, friendship, happiness, teacher, girl, children, child custody, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place: persia, boston, florida
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Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008)
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: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: erotica, secret society, nudity, college, female nudity, femme fatale, blackmail, manipulation, destructive relationship, youth, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, usa
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New Best Friend (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Alicia is a poor girl starting college. Hadley, Julianne and Sydney are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into ...
Style: intense, stylized, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, college, murder, betrayal, lesbian, teenage life, wealth, manipulation, youth, college student, divorce, menage a trois ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The film "Looking for Alibrandi" begins light-heartedly, and the viewer gets a very quick understanding of Josie's character through her interactions with her friends and family.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: coming of age, teenage love, high school, love triangle, social differences, love and romance, society, youth, parents and children, fish out of water, teenage life, suicide ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
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My Mother's Castle (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: My Mother's Castle (Le chateau de ma mere) is a sequel and companion piece to My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere), both based on the childhood recollections of Marcel Pagnol. Like its predecessor, the movie explores the adventures ...
Style: talky, sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: countryside, teacher, childhood, coming of age, friendship, memories, school, family relations, weekend, couples, apprentice, little girl ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 1990, 20th century, 1910s
Place: provence, france, europe, marseille
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All the Right Moves (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could ...
Style: realistic, talky, melancholic, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: american football, high school, friendship, football, college, coach, small town, father son relationship, coming of age, student athlete, high school football, cheerleader ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
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War of the Buttons (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.
Style: realistic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mischievous children, countryside, children, rivalry, friends, friendship, village, village life, betrayal, humiliation, uninhibited rivalry, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: europe, france
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 6.9
 27K
School Ties (1992)
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, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: high school, coming of age, anti semitism, preparatory school, justice, friendship, american football, judaism, working class, youth, football, school ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: israel, massachusetts, harvard university, usa
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 4.6
 262
Taken Too Far (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A jealous dance mom takes extreme measures to ensure her daughter wins a scholarship to an exclusive dance academy. But the victim's mother will do whatever necessary to protect her own daughter from the rival mom's evil scheme.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: strong female lead, jealousy, police, police officer, female police officer, gym, kidnapping, vandalism, disguise, father son relationship, sabotage, bully ...
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Finding Forrester (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Gus van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help ...
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: mentor, friendship, dedicated educator, prejudice, literature, basketball, teacher, african american, prodigy, writers, coming of age, writer's life ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, scotland, usa, bronx new york city
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D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.
Style: epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, competition, high school, olympics, childhood, college, school, coming of age, underdog, winter, happy ending ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: minnesota, usa
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Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style: romantic, teen, inspirational, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, youth, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, music, dance contest, street dance, contests and competitions, competition ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: maryland, usa, baltimore
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