Movies like Elementary
If Elementary's mix of inspiration, teacher and school stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Elementary's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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A Little Princess
1995 · Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 97 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: school · Also drama and family
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended.
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Dead Poets Society
1989 · Directed by Peter Weir · 129 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: teacher
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…
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Once in a Lifetime
2014 · Directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar · 105 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2010s)
At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competition.