Most Similar Movies to Blackboard Jungle (1955)


If you are looking for movies like Blackboard Jungle (1955), you might like movies tagged with keyword : teacher, student, principal, wife, gritty, fiery, new york city, boys school, troubled youth, inner-city life, teaching, race relations, generational divide, rock 'n' roll, underdog, quest, rivalry, 1950s .


Up the Down Staircase (1967), Ip Man 2 (2010), Lean on Me (1989), Dangerous Minds (1995), Her Twelve Men (1954), The Ron Clark Story (2006), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Up the Down Staircase (1967)

8.0/10 Drama

A novice teacher (Sandy Dennis) finds hostile students and staff apathy at a tough New York high school.

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Ip Man 2 (2010)

Ip Man 2 (2010)

7.5/10 Action, Drama, Biography, History

Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.

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Lean on Me (1989)

Lean on Me (1989)

7.4/10 Drama

The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school and he is determined to improve by any and all means.

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Dangerous Minds (1995)

Dangerous Minds (1995)

6.5/10 Biography, Drama

An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school.

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Her Twelve Men (1954)

Her Twelve Men (1954)

6.4/10 Comedy, Drama

An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.

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The Ron Clark Story (2006)

The Ron Clark Story (2006)

8.5/10 Drama, Biography

A small-town teacher (Matthew Perry) moves to New York and makes a difference in the lives of his students.

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Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)

Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)

7.6/10 Drama

The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.

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Bright Road (1953)

Bright Road (1953)

6.7/10 Drama

Based on the story, See How They Run (The Ladies' Home Journal June 51), and subsequently won that year's Christopher award. The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation schoolteacher from the British West Indies. Jane Richards, a young 4th grade teacher in the South, faces a challenge in the form of 11 year-old C.T. Young, a backward boy, whose pr...Read all

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The Road Home (1999)

The Road Home (1999)

8.9/10 Drama

A Chinese businessman (Honglei Sun) recalls the story of the courtship of his mother (Ziyi Zhang) and father (Yulian Zhao), on the occasion of the old man's death.

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Yip Man (2008)

Yip Man (2008)

8.0/10 Action, Drama, Biography, History

During the Japanese invasion of 1937, when a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home and work to support his family, he reluctantly agrees to train others in the art of Wing Chun for self-defense.

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Detachment (2011)

Detachment (2011)

7.7/10 Drama

A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.

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Fehér isten (2014)

Fehér isten (2014)

6.9/10 Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.

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One Eight Seven (1997)

One Eight Seven (1997)

6.7/10 Drama, Thriller

15 months after being stabbed 9 times by a student at work as a high school teacher in NYC, Mr. Garfield is working in LA as a substitute teacher come full-time. He refuses to be a victim anymore.

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No Way Out (1950)

No Way Out (1950)

9.0/10 Drama

Robbers Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks (Sidney Poitier), the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray works to turn the white community of the city against Brooks, who finds an unlikely ally in the dead man's widow, Edie (Linda Darnell).

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Warrior (2011)

Warrior (2011)

8.2/10 Drama

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

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To Sir, with Love (1967)

To Sir, with Love (1967)

7.7/10 Drama

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.

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Stand and Deliver (1988)

Stand and Deliver (1988)

7.3/10 Biography, Drama

The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.

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The Enforcer (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)

7.3/10 Crime, Drama

A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.

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