Most Similar Movies to Small Wonders (1995)


If you are looking for movies like Small Wonders (1995), you might like movies tagged with keyword : teacher, student, violinist, inspiring, charming, harlem, n.y., school, carnegie hall, madison square garden, music education, classical music, underdog, sacrifice, 1990s .


Two Trains Runnin' (2016), Music of the Heart (1999), Making the Grade (2017), Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007), Waiting for Superman (2010), Mad Hot Ballroom (2005), Night School (2016) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Two Trains Runnin' (2016)

Two Trains Runnin' (2016)

10.0/10 Documentary

In June of 1964, two groups of young men travel to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.

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Music of the Heart (1999)

Music of the Heart (1999)

6.8/10 Drama, Music

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

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Making the Grade (2017)

Making the Grade (2017)

10.0/10 Documentary

The musical educational system in Ireland is explored, where over 30,000 students prepare for graded piano exams each year.

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Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007)

Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007)

7.5/10 Documentary

This British documentary goes inside Mulberry Bush School, which is home to some 40 children with various types of behavioral disorders. For these kids, many of whom have suffered emotional trauma and all of whom have been dropped from the public school system, Mulberry Bush is a last option. Following five students over the course of a year, the film explores how the patience and determination of a small group of instructors can transform even the most damaged child.

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Waiting for Superman (2010)

Waiting for Superman (2010)

7.5/10 Documentary

An examination of the current state of education in America today.

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Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)

Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)

7.3/10 Documentary

The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.

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Night School (2016)

Night School (2016)

6.7/10 Documentary

A documentary about three students determined to graduate from their high school in Indianapolis, despite the fact that the institution has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country.

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Speak (2004)

Speak (2004)

7.3/10 Drama

After a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.

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The Browning Version (1994)

The Browning Version (1994)

7.2/10 Drama

On the verge of forced resignation, a strict old-fashioned teacher rethinks his life.

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Words and Pictures (2013)

Words and Pictures (2013)

6.6/10 Romance, Comedy, Drama

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

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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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From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1980)

From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1980)

8.1/10 Documentary

In 1979, Ukrainian-American violinist Isaac Stern made an unprecedented tour of China, the first such tour by a Western musician in a country still reeling from the effects of the Cultural Revolution. On hand to document the historic event was filmmaker Murray Lerner, who gathered footage of Stern's encounters with both traditional Chinese musicians and conservatory students versed in Brahms and Mozart -- encounters that, only a few years prior, would have been politically controversial.

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The Children of Chabannes (1999)

The Children of Chabannes (1999)

8.0/10 Documentary

In the spirit of Louis Malle's "Au Revoir les Enfants" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the Emmy® Award-winning film "The Children of Chabannes" (93 minutes), has been praised as "splendid, informative and emotionally involving" (Los Angeles Times) and called "a seamless memoir of courage and a tribute to the human spirit." (New York Daily News). A magical W...Read all

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Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams (2018)

Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams (2018)

7.9/10 Documentary, Music

The band Coldplay discuss their band, music, and rise to fame.

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Undefeated (2011)

Undefeated (2011)

7.7/10 Documentary

Chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field.

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Spellbound (2002)

Spellbound (2002)

7.5/10 Mystery, Documentary, Comedy, Thriller

Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.

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Whiplash (2014)

Whiplash (2014)

8.5/10 Drama, Music

A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.

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Music for Mandela (2013)

Music for Mandela (2013)

6.0/10 Documentary, Biography

Music for Mandela explores the role music played in the remarkable life of one of the world's most important icons. The effects of this relationship continue to ripple through the poorest South African townships as well as the world stage.

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