Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Good Teacher

If you loved The Good Teacher, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

1961★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Good Teacher for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship....

#2
Reinventing Marvin

Reinventing Marvin

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Good Teacher for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Telling the true story of Marvin Bijou, a young boy from a working-class family in a small village, who suffers constant bullying at school and home for being ‘different’ – too sen...

#3
Colette

Colette

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Good Teacher for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artis...

#4
Detachment

Detachment

2011★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Good Teacher for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school ...

#5
White Bird

White Bird

2023★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Good Teacher for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's g...

#6
Things to Come

Things to Come

2016★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Good Teacher for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she d...

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