THEME EXPLORATION

school setting

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jeepers Creepers 2
Jeepers Creepers 2
2003 · Victor Salva
Sexy Battle Girls
Sexy Battle Girls
1986 · Mototsugu Watanabe
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Peter Weir
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Chris Columbus
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His semi-autobiographical films like 'The 400 Blows' and 'Small Change' capture the emotional complexity of childhood and school life with poetic tenderness.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'After the Storm' and 'Like Father, Like Son' explore education, growth, and formative moments with profound humanism and observational detail.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films such as 'Kes' and 'It's a Free World' examine how schools and institutions shape working-class youth with unflinching realism.