Movies About Teaching...Which Are Your Favorite? Least Favorite?

[Tappan Zee]

One of my favorites - School Ties with Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

Hoosiers- Gene Hackman as Norman Dale, a high school teacher and basketball coach

Breaking Away- Dennis Quaid, Dennis Christopher, Daniel Stern, not any teachers involve here but the dynamics between the preppy college kids vs. the local high school "cutters" was great

Lol, I also liked - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

[North Beach Person]

No one has mentioned a worst, here's mine:

Lean On Me,

Every Principal decided he was Joe Clark without understanding what exactly he was doing. Clark also had the mindset of "when everything else fails, blame the teacher".

[in_newengland]

FINDING FORRESTER is my favorite teaching movie by far.

A long time ago I saw Blackboard Jungle and thought, "Wow, how horrible." But now that's how it is everywhere. So I also love BLACKBOARD JUNGLE as a depiction of how it really is now and of what was once rare.

[DewDropInn]

Originally Posted by Tappan Zee

One of my favorites - School Ties with Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

Hoosiers- Gene Hackman as Norman Dale, a high school teacher and basketball coach

Breaking Away- Dennis Quaid, Dennis Christopher, Daniel Stern, not any teachers involve here but the dynamics between the preppy college kids vs. the local high school "cutters" was great

Lol, I also liked - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Great choices.

Breaking Away is also about the decisions people make about going to college (or nor) and how those decisions affect their lives. It's a wonderful film.

[phonelady61]

The one stand and deliver with edward james olmos who protrayed Jaime Escalantes (RIP) . That movie took my breath away . Also the dangerous minds with michelle pfieffer was great too .Yes to sir with love and the prime of miss jean brodie was excellent as well . I still say Sidney potier paved the way for the denzels of the movie world .

[Coney]

Entre Les Murs or it's English Title The Class, nominated for best foreign film Oscar.

Another French film, Les Choiristes, an exceptional film.

[MassVt]

To Sir, with Love would be the best film..

Now, if we want to include TV shows, I would go with Room 222, The White Shadow, and the original Bill Cosby Show, with Bill portraying Chet Kincaid, the phys ed teacher ( 1970-71)...