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My Little Princess (2011), Child's Play (1972), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Wild Child (2008), Cracks (2009), Flirting (1990) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

My Little Princess (2011)

My Little Princess (2011)

6.4/10 Drama

When Hanah re-emerges in the life of her pre-pubescent daughter, she comes with a strange, yet attractive proposition: she needs her own girl to pose for her in ways that would later take by surprise the Parisian art world of the 1970s.

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Child's Play (1972)

Child's Play (1972)

6.0/10 Drama

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

9.0/10 Mystery, Drama, Thriller

A teacher and three schoolgirls at Appleyard College disappear in 1900.

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

7.6/10 Drama

An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.

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Wild Child (2008)

Wild Child (2008)

6.1/10 Comedy, Drama, Romance

A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.

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Cracks (2009)

Cracks (2009)

4.5/10 Gay & Lesbian, Drama

Jealousy flares after the headmistress (Eva Green) of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student (María Valverde).

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Flirting (1990)

Flirting (1990)

9.6/10 Comedy, Drama

A white preppie (Noah Taylor) loves a Ugandan girl (Thandie Newton) in 1965 Australia in this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke."

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The Chorus (2004)

The Chorus (2004)

7.9/10 Drama, Music

The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively affect the students' lives through music.

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Ponette (1996)

Ponette (1996)

7.5/10 Comedy, Drama

A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.

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The Workshop (2017)

The Workshop (2017)

6.5/10 Mystery, Drama, Thriller

The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young people integrate into the world of work. Under the guidance of well-known nov...Read all

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Spud (2010)

Spud (2010)

6.7/10 Comedy

It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school.

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The Clay Bird (2002)

The Clay Bird (2002)

8.9/10 Drama

In East Pakistan a strict Muslim (Jayanto Chattopadhyay) enrolls his young son (Nurul Islam Bablu) in an Islamic school, where the boy befriends the class outcast (Russell Farazi).

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Private School (1983)

Private School (1983)

5.3/10 Comedy

Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and two friends visit the girls' school posing as girls.

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Man on Fire (2004)

Man on Fire (2004)

7.7/10 Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime

In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.

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Conrack (1974)

Conrack (1974)

7.3/10 Drama

The true story of Pat Conroy, an idealistic and handsome Caucasian teacher who is an elementary school instructor for a group of poor black children in an isolated school.

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Ladybug, Ladybug (1963)

Ladybug, Ladybug (1963)

7.1/10 Drama

Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or a mistake.

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Lost and Delirious (2001)

Lost and Delirious (2001)

6.9/10 Drama, Romance

A newcomer to a posh girls boarding school discovers that her two senior roommates are lovers.

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The Getting of Wisdom (1977)

The Getting of Wisdom (1977)

6.4/10 Drama

Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to the screen, Laura Tweedle Rambotham (Susannah Fowle).

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