Movies Like The Perfect Teacher

If you liked The Perfect Teacher (2010), a tv movie and thriller movie directed by Jim Donovan, 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
Miller's Girl (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.
2
Dirty Teacher (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and tv movie
When a high school senior discovers her teacher is seducing her boyfriend, events turn deadly after the teacher tries to cover it up.
3
Abducted by My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and thriller
The story of Elizabeth Thomas, a 15-year-old high school student who was groomed and abducted by teacher Tad Cummins.
4
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and tv movie
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…
5
Bad Sister (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and tv movie
As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…
6
Infidelity in Suburbia (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and tv movie
With her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.
7
Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also thriller
An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
8
Wicked Minds (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and tv movie
Holden returns home from college and is surprised to find his overpowering competitive father married to a much younger woman Lana. Holden quickly falls for the beauty and charisma of his step mother. A passionate…
9
Match Point (2005)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and…
10
The Crush (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
11
Strung (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
A talented violinist's prestigious new role as a music tutor for an enigmatic, elite family spirals into a psychological battle for her safety and sanity.
12
The Bad Seed Returns (2022)
★ 7/10Also thriller and tv movie
Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent…
13
In Secret (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…
14
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and tv movie
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a…
15
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
16
The Protégé (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she…
17
Bad Apples (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
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…
18
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and tv movie
Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his…
19
Do Revenge (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.
20
Earthquake Bird (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.