Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "drama-teacher"

1. High School Musical (2006 TV Movie)

TV-G | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.

Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel

Votes: 96,448

2. Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence

Votes: 65,078 | Gross: $101.60M

3. The Substitute (1996)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 15,665 | Gross: $14.75M

4. Camp Nowhere (1994)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A group of junior high kids don't want to go to summer camps chosen by their parents. They make their own adult-free camp and "hire" an ex drama teacher to help.

Director: Jonathan Prince | Stars: Jonathan Jackson, Christopher Lloyd, John Putch, Peter Scolari

Votes: 10,669 | Gross: $10.47M

5. ParaNorman (2012)

PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.

Directors: Chris Butler, Sam Fell | Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Tucker Albrizzi

Votes: 109,899 | Gross: $56.00M

6. The Prom (2020)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.

Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington

Votes: 29,229

7. Blame (I) (2017)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.

Director: Quinn Shephard | Stars: Quinn Shephard, Marcia DeBonis, Elizabeth Howell, Carlyle Owens

Votes: 3,247

8. Summer Heights High (2007)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The life of a public school epitomized by disobedient student Jonah Takalua, self-absorbed private school exchange student Ja'mie King, and megalomaniac drama teacher Mr. G.

Stars: Chris Lilley, Asolima Tauati, Iro Utaifeau, Zach Fa'atoe

Votes: 15,096

9. Pretty Persuasion (2005)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods, David Wagner

Votes: 10,817 | Gross: $0.31M

10. Dare (2009)

R | 92 min | Drama, Romance

A drama centered around three high school seniors - an aspiring actress, her misfit best friend, and a loner - who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship.

Director: Adam Salky | Stars: Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Cady Huffman

Votes: 4,474

11. Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Ben Foster, Randy Harrison, Janel Moloney

Votes: 13,133

12. Another Me (2013)

PG-13 | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller

A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sophie Turner, Claire Forlani, Rhys Ifans, Eugenio Pérez

Votes: 6,068

13. Nasha (2013)

122 min | Drama, Thriller

A teenage boy becomes smitten with his new drama teacher and pursues her, despite the perilous risks of being found out.

Director: Amit Saxena | Stars: Poonam Pandey, Shivam Patil, Vishal Bhonsle, Mohit Chauhan

Votes: 1,376

14. The Oscar (1966)

Approved | 119 min | Drama

Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker

Votes: 1,462

15. All I Desire (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance

In 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson

Votes: 2,443

16. The Hollow (2004 TV Movie)

R | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

After the local ghost story is told to a pre-Halloween crowd, the eve's full of pranks and teenagers disappear at the graveyard. It continues on Halloween. Is the legend true?

Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter, Ben Scott

Votes: 2,194

17. Nowhere Safe (2014 TV Movie)

92 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A mother and daughter try to hide from a frightening past in a new town. Things go well until they learn, through painful experience, that you can't hide from your own history.

Director: Brian Brough | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Danielle C. Ryan, Jamie Kennedy, James Gaisford

Votes: 1,578

18. Adoration (2008)

R | 100 min | Drama, Romance

For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Devon Bostick, Rachel Blanchard, Louca Tassone, Kenneth Welsh

Votes: 3,478 | Gross: $0.29M

19. Hunky Dory (2011)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end-of-term version of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Minnie Driver, Kristian Gwilliam, Adam Byard, Aled Pugh

Votes: 1,329 | Gross: $0.02M

20. Julie's Greenroom (2017)

27 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Ms. Julie (Dame Julie Andrews) teaches performing arts workshops to a group of puppet children and a duck with the help of her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and celebrity guests at her Wellspring Center for the Performing Arts.

Stars: Julie Andrews, Giullian Yao Gioiello, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia

Votes: 353

21. The Marc Pease Experience (2009)

PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.

Director: Todd Louiso | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick, Jay Paulson

Votes: 2,337 | Gross: $0.00M

22. Sex, Lies & Obsession (2001 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

A high-school drama teacher struggles to keep her family together after she discovers her husband's sexual addiction.

Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Lisa Rinna, Kevin Zegers, Robert Clark

Votes: 395

23. I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)

91 min | Documentary, Biography

The ups and downs of Burt Reynolds' career and private life, especially with Loni Anderson and his adopted son.

Director: Adrian Buitenhuis | Stars: Adam Rifkin, Alfie Wise, Ann Scurry, Ariel Winter

Votes: 347

24. Mimesis Nosferatu (2018)

87 min | Horror

When the Harker Arts Academy drama club produces a play based on the silent horror film Nosferatu (1922), reality and fiction collide, and blood begins to spill.

Director: Douglas Schulze | Stars: Kristy Swanson, Lance Henriksen, Allen Maldonado, Calhoun Koenig

Votes: 136

25. Food of Love (1997)

105 min | Comedy, Romance

A group of ex-university students reunite to perform a Shakespeare play in a quaint English village.

Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Nathalie Baye, Joe McGann, Juliet Aubrey

Votes: 103

26. College Humor (1933)

Passed | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Music

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle

Votes: 241

27. Dramatic School (1938)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Aspiring actress Louise Mauban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way ... See full summary »

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, Lana Turner

Votes: 476

28. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems after he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden

Votes: 704

29. Center of the Web (1992)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An actor (John Phillips) is wrongly taken as a professional killer by a band planning to murder the Governor. Then he is hired by the Security Dept. to try to unmask and to catch the leaders.

Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Robert Davi, Charlene Tilton, Ted Prior, Bo Hopkins

Votes: 222

30. Fauve (2021)

31 min | Short, Drama

Léo, a drama student, sees his world turned upside down following the arrival of Mathis, a new student in his class, and an important family announcement, which will question his point of ... See full summary »

Director: Quentin Jabelot | Stars: Antoine Chassagny, Quentin Jabelot, Robin Monange, Lina ben Zekri

Votes: 69

31. Edict of Expulsion 1492

110 min | Adventure, Drama, History | Pre-production

The Edict of Expulsion of the Sephardic Jews in Spain went public with the Alhambra Decree in April 1492. The charter declared that no Jews were permitted to remain within the Spanish ... See full summary »

Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Robert Maillet, Kabir Bedi, Bill Oberst Jr., Harry Eden

32. Fit (I) (2010)

108 min | Drama, Romance

Takes a look at gay and straight love among the new millennials. Everything from secret crushes to homophobic attitudes are revealed by the rambunctious students taking Drama and Dance from... See full summary »

Director: Rikki Beadle Blair | Stars: Duncan MacInnes, Ludvig Bonin, Sasha Frost, Lydia Toumazou

Votes: 501

33. Rise and Shine (2007)

87 min | Documentary

A documentary about a High School Theater Arts Teacher, her talented students, and the challenges they face while competing at Speech and Debate tournaments in Texas.

Director: Justin Adler | Stars: Charlotte Brown, William Schuetz, Zech Leal, Elias Abdalla

34. Cikgu Terpaling A! (2023)

42 min | Comedy

Cikgu Wira is a teacher at Sri Gemilang school in a village. He is an excellent teacher who is often crowned with various awards and laudable titles in the school. Until a new teacher named... See full summary »

Stars: Izzue Islam, Zamarul Hisham, Scha Elinnea, Mark Adam

35. Wait it Out (2018)

19 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

When a self proclaimed 'anti-bully' is set up on a blind date with his recently out of the closet high-school bully, his notions of what it means to be a bully, a victim and a role model ... See full summary »

Director: Alexandra Seal | Stars: Dave Coleman, Armistead Johnson, Gary Leimkuhler, Gerrard Lobo

36. The Expressive Arts: Everyone Succeeds! (1975)

24 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Ron Saunders

37. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000)
Episode: Beach Blanket Brandon (1991)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Romance

With school out for the summer, Brandon decides to abruptly leave the Peach Pit and go work as a cabana boy at the posh Beverly Hills Beach Club which is run by the tough-minded Henry ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Braverman | Stars: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering

Votes: 259

38. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Bad Tidings (2004)

TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barnaby's new Sergeant arrives on the day after the murder of a local shrew occurs, and he is immediately put to work.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 871

39. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Written in Blood (1998)

TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a noted author speaks before a group of local Midsomer writers, the naked body of the event's host is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,619

40. Popular (1999–2001)
Episode: Are You There God? It's Me Ann-Margret (2000)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Brooke's in rehab and befriends Harrison there. He meets a doctor (played by Ann Margret), who might be God. Carmen joins a support group for teens with alcoholic parents and finds Nicole there. Josh and Lily must act naked in Equus.

Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham

Votes: 74

41. Popular (1999–2001)
Episode: The Phantom Menace (1999)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

It's the first day of a new school year. Brooke has self-image issues. Sam thinks Brooke is shallow. Josh tries out for a musical. Sugar raps. Nicole's picking a new cheerleader. Carmen and Mary Cherry apply. Lily won't dissect a frog.

Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham

Votes: 103

42. Saved by the Bell (1989–1992)
Episode: The Substitute (1989)

Unrated | 23 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

After the school's drama teacher falls ill, a handsome substitute arrives, and quickly captivates the girls, much to the chagrin of the boys.

Director: Don Barnhart | Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Lark Voorhies, Dustin Diamond, Tiffani Thiessen

Votes: 391

43. Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979)
Episode: The Great Debate (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Kotter arranges a debate between the Sweathogs and the debate team.

Director: Bob LaHendro | Stars: Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Sylvester White, Robert Hegyes

Votes: 140

44. The Ray Milland Show (1953–1955)
Episode: Call Me Dad (1955)

30 min | Comedy

The McNulty's hire a klutzy coed as a part-time housekeeper. The young student is so in love that she can't keep her mind on her work, so the professor decides to become her legal guardian to ease her way into matrimony.

Stars: Ray Milland, Phyllis Avery, Lloyd Corrigan, Fran Bennett

45. Skins (2007–2013)
Episode: Sketch (2008)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

Maxxie has a creepy feeling that someone is watching him. Someone close by. A hot boy maybe? No such luck. Sketch is Maxxie's stalker, a weird loner who spends most days shut up in a poky ... See full summary »

Director: Aysha Rafaele | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Mitch Hewer

Votes: 1,059

46. House of Anubis (2011–2023)
Episode: House of Lies (2011)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

The kids get a new history/drama teacher and Amber resolves to make Mick jealous by kissing Alfie.

Director: Angelo Abela | Stars: Nathalia Ramos, Brad Kavanagh, Jade Ramsey, Ana Mulvoy Ten

Votes: 56

47. Changing Ends (2023– )
Episode: Fowl Play (2023)

Biography, Comedy

Things are looking up for The Carrs - the Cobblers are in the quarter finals of the Milk Cup, Alan's got a part in the school play and Angela's marriage has taken a nose dive.

Stars: Alan Carr, Oliver Savell, Shaun Dooley, Nancy Sullivan

Votes: 27

48. Changing Ends (2023– )
Episode: Man On (2023)

Biography, Comedy

Graham's woes extend off the pitch and Alan gets the acting bug, but Christine is worried when he comes home from school with a black eye.

Stars: Alan Carr, Oliver Savell, Shaun Dooley, Nancy Sullivan

Votes: 22

49. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Fan Fiction (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean investigate a haunting at a theatre.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Sarife, Joy Regullano

Votes: 9,236