Movies Like Educating Rita

Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American drama film starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The story follows Katherine...

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American psychological drama film that follows the story of Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT with a genius-level IQ....

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American coming-of-age drama film about an English teacher who inspires his students through poetry at a prestigious...

The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. It follows the story of King George VI, who...

The Graduate is a 1967 American independent romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Webb....

Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film about an 11-year-old working-class boy in County Durham, England who discovers a...

A Room with a View is a 1985 British romance film that follows the story of Lucy Honeychurch and her encounters with the free-spirited George Emerson...

Half Nelson is a 2006 American drama film about a middle-school teacher, Dan Dunne, who forms a unique friendship with a student after she uncovers...

The Soloist is a 2009 drama film directed by Joe Wright, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The plot is centered around a Los Angeles...

Freedom Writers is a 2007 American drama film based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary. It follows the story of a teacher, Erin Gruwell, who...

An Education is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on the memoir of British journalist Lynn Barber. It follows the story of Jenny, a bright and...

Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 British psychological drama film directed by Richard Eyre, adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Zoë Heller....

Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. The plot follows Jamal Wallace, a talented African American teenager from...

Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film about a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women from the Women's Institute who make headlines by posing...

Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film that follows a bored 42-year-old housewife as she rediscovers herself during a holiday...

The English Teacher is a 2013 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Craig Zisk. It stars Julianne Moore, Michael Angarano, Greg Kinnear,...

I Capture the Castle is a British romantic comedy film directed by Tim Fywell, based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Dodie Smith. The story...