Movies like The Class
If The Class's mix of immigrant, class society and literature stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Class's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Dead Poets Society
1989 · Directed by Peter Weir · 129 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: literature, teacher, teenager
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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The Good Teacher
2024 · Directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste · 92 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: teacher, teachers and students · Also a French drama
Julien, a young teacher, is wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct by a teenage girl from his class. As he faces mounting pressures from the girl’s older brother and her classmates, the situation spirals out of…
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My Father's Glory
1990 · Directed by Yves Robert · 105 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: teacher · Also a French drama
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad.
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La Cérémonie
1995 · Directed by Claude Chabrol · 112 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: class society · Also a French drama
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
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Code Unknown
2000 · Directed by Michael Haneke · 118 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: immigrant · Also a French drama · From the same decade (2000s)
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in…
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Army of Shadows
1969 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 145 min7.9
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant,…
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Le Samouraï
1967 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 105 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of…
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Au Revoir les Enfants
1987 · Directed by Louis Malle · 105 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France.
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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
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.
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Glory Road
2006 · Directed by James Gartner · 118 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: teachers and students · From the same decade (2000s)
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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Pickpocket
1959 · Directed by Robert Bresson · 75 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up…
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The Past
2013 · Directed by Asghar Farhadi · 130 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie.