Movies Like The School Teacher

If you liked The School Teacher (1981), a comedy movie directed by Claude Berri, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Fist Fight (2017)
★ 6/10Also comedy
When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight.
2
Bad Apples (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
A struggling primary school teacher is forced to take drastic action because of a foul-mouthed, violent student, and uncovers how her community will turn a blind eye to the most outrageous events to preserve harmony…
3
The Under-Gifted (1980)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole…
4
Jealous (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
A divorced teacher suddenly becomes jealous of everyone, including her daughter, friends and neighbors.
5
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting…
6
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
7
LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Lola is a striking teenaged girl who is on the cusp of adulthood and longs to rush into the adult world of independence, freedom and sexual exploits, but is tenaciously held back by her mother.
8
I'm Losing My Temper (1974)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actress and the paparazzi that follow her around.
9
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
10
P.R.O.F.S. (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
A clique of four young teachers at a high school looks critically at their colleagues. To avoid falling in the same routine, they bring new ideas into the school lessons and play little games and pranks in their spare…
11
Mon Oncle (1958)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot…
12
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against…
13
High Anxiety (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
14
Matilda (1996)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a…
15
The Nice Guys (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
16
Billy Madison (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2…
17
The Big Store (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big store taking over the business of smaller stores.
18
Old Boys (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.
19
We Are Family (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Thirteen-year-old Bastien is the center of a reconstructed family: six half-brothers and sisters, eight "parents," and as many houses. His tasks within the family are far more complex than what he has to do at school…
20
The African Doctor (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain…