THEME EXPLORATION

private school

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Sexy Battle Girls

Sexy Battle Girls
1986 · Mototsugu Watanabe

A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang

Hammett
1982 · Wim Wenders

Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Peter Weir

The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Chris Columbus

Guru
2026 · Yann Gozlan

Baisers volés
1968 · François Truffaut

Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me
1981 · J. Lee Thompson

if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson

I Am a Cat
1975 · Kon Ichikawa

Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong

The Getting of Wisdom

The Getting of Wisdom
1977 · Bruce Beresford

Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?

Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
1987 · Abbas Kiarostami

Aenigma
1987 · Lucio Fulci

Martial Club
1981 · Kar-leung Lau

School Girl Killer

School Girl Killer
1968 · Antonio Margheriti

Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine
2002 · Michael Moore

Just Friends
2005 · Roger Kumble

Agent Cody Banks

Agent Cody Banks
2003 · Harald Zwart

Fist of Fury
1972 · Lo Wei

Fist of Legend
1994 · Gordon Chan

Vanguard
2020 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai

3 A.M. Part 2
2014 · Isara Nadee & Putipong Saisikaew

4th Period Mystery

4th Period Mystery
2009 · Sang-yong Lee

Art of the Devil 2

Art of the Devil 2
2005 · Art Thamthrakul & Isara Nadee & Kongkiat Khomsiri & Pasith Buranajan & Putipong Saisikaew & Seree Phongnithi

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films critique class systems and educational inequality, exploring how institutions fail working-class students.

Cristian Mungiu Romania

His work examines systemic corruption and moral compromise within educational institutions and society's hierarchies.

François Truffaut France

His seminal film 'The 400 Blows' and others deeply explore adolescence, institutional authority, and the formative struggles within schooling.