THEME EXPLORATION

professor-student relationships

44 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Spanish Apartment
The Spanish Apartment
2002 · Cédric Klapisch
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
Class of 1984
Class of 1984
1982 · Mark L. Lester
Kiss The Bride
Kiss The Bride
2002 · Vanessa Parise
The Chops
The Chops
2003 · Bertrand Blier
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Volver
Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
León and Olvido
León and Olvido
2004 · Xavier Bermúdez
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Hayao Miyazaki
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
Show Me Love
Show Me Love
1999 · Fernando H. Uribe
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
A Confucian Confusion
A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Edward Yang
Bandar
Bandar
2026 · Anurag Kashyap
A Man and A Woman
A Man and A Woman
2026 · Guan Hu
Fleak
Fleak
2026 · Jens Møller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Ozon France

His films like 'Potiche' and '8 Femmes' explore complex power dynamics and forbidden relationships with psychological depth and nuance.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His unflinching examinations of institutional power imbalances and moral corruption in 'Beyond the Hills' and 'Graduation' probe professor-student dynamics with devastating realism.