Movies like High School Teacher, But I'm a Student... (2002)
The best movies like High School Teacher, But I'm a Student... (2002) are All Day and a Night (2020), Hounddog (2008) and Home Run (2013). If High School Teacher, But I'm a Student... hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAbove the Rim (1994)7.1/10 from 251 votes
- NewestThe Good Neighbor (2022)Released 2022
- In JapaneseTokyo Fist (1995)Also in Japanese
All Day and a Night (2020)
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHome Run (2013)
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHome (2021)
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLorelei (2020)
A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Dry White Season (1989)
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPimp (2018)
An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl in the Book (2015)
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisTigertail (2020)
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTokyo Fist (1995)
A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Dinner with Hervé (2018)
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBurning Sands (2017)
Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Truth About Emanuel (2013)
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbove the Rim (1994)
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Good Neighbor (2022)
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTalhotBlond (2012)
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImperial Dreams (2014)
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWon't Back Down (2012)
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Chips (1994)
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNew Molester Diary (1999)
The sexy female pickpocket and the army of perverts are in a gorgeous finger fight! A tranquil downtown of Tokyo. A town full of humanity. The residents of Hanakisou, a dilapidated apartment building, are all perverts. One day, they got off the train and were surprised to find their wallets had been slashed. But when they caught the pickpocket, they were even more surprised. It was a cute female office worker....
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
A Female Teacher's Dangerous Lust (1996)
Yuko becomes a teacher at an all-boys school. She just spends her days going back and forth between her home and school in vain. And then there was her 30th birthday, which she celebrated alone. At a boutique she stops at to relieve her loneliness, she meets Seiichi, a young clerk. Coincidentally, she is revealed to be the lover of Hideko's younger sister, and before she knows it, they begin to spend sweet nights together.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Swallowtail: Queens of the Night (2011)
The struggle to become number one in a Roppongi hostess club. Based on a story by Akira Eshima. In Roppongi's "Papillon," a popular cabaret club among many, there were two number one hostesses. One was Ayame, rumored to be a virgin, who meticulously attends to each customer. The other was Tsubaki, who was willing to engage in intimate business dealings, thereby attracting high-spending clients. Into such a "Papillon," Yuri has just joined.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Zakennayo! (1998)
Tatsuo Hara (Ryosuke Yabe) arrives at Hailaku High School, a hangout for dropouts. He immediately wins the position of the first-year gang leader, but ends up making enemies with the third-year gang leader Ando (Gunji Masato) and the Ishin-gumi, who control the town!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Spirit of the Dead (2000)
Anyone who touches the doll will be cursed by the "corpse spirit". Will you be slaughtered? Or will you be released from the haunting? The game of survival for life begins!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Take Off Your Uniform: Schoolgirl Highlights (2004)
A compilation of 4 stories depicting the lewd behavior of high school girls.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Miran, The Revenger (1996)
Miran, a daughter who can't speak because of the shock of witnessing her father's murder, vows revenge on the international drug organization Yongdeng faction. She is reunited with her estranged sister Mishuku, and they part ways. The Black Dragon Society led by Lee of the Yongdeng Faction vs. the runaway group Night Raid led by Mishukul. The killing machine, Maya vs. Miran. What is going through Miran's mind as she takes revenge despite the loss of her friends?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance (2003)
Kiryu Mamoru, a subordinate boss of the Tomogashira Group, earns a living through the shady business of "yamikin" or underground lending. He preys on desperate customers who cannot get loans from legitimate lenders, charging exorbitant interest rates of 30% in 10 days or even 90% in some cases, in violation of the law. With the backing of his yakuza group, he employs extremely vicious and unethical methods...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stranger (1991)
After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless stalker in a Land Cruiser.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Female Teacher in Black Lingerie (1996)
From the sensual novel series of "France Shoin Bunko", the same masterpiece based on Kaoru Kosuga is visualized. Mariko had a physical relationship with her student, Ikuo, who died in an accident and was wearing black lingerie in her mourning, but she met Ikuo with two students...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like High School Teacher, But I'm a Student...?
The closest matches to High School Teacher, But I'm a Student... are All Day and a Night (2020), Hounddog (2008) and Home Run (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after High School Teacher, But I'm a Student...?
Start with All Day and a Night (2020), the closest match to High School Teacher, But I'm a Student....
What is the highest-rated movie like High School Teacher, But I'm a Student...?
Above the Rim (1994), rated 7.1/10 by 251 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like High School Teacher, But I'm a Student...?
The Good Neighbor (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like High School Teacher, But I'm a Student...?
Yes: Tokyo Fist (1995), New Molester Diary (1999) and A Female Teacher's Dangerous Lust (1996).
How are movies similar to High School Teacher, But I'm a Student... chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside High School Teacher, But I'm a Student..., then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.