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Plot Summary:
Follow Helene, who is in her mid-twenties and who is not nicknamed “Hell” for nothing. Her life is anything but relaxed, Helen jumps from one job to the next and privately she keeps stumbling into big and small blunders. Sometimes she wishes she were like her best friend Maike, who travels the world and has already had some success professionally. When she meets the cello teacher Oskar, something like consistency seems to develop for the first time. But can "Hell" lead a quiet and happy life - and does she even want it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 30 min
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According to Plan (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three different sisters, Iris, Anne and Marianne, get together to celebrate the birthday of their alcoholic mother Silvia.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
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The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
Plot Summary:
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
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Hearts of Citizens (2010)
Plot Summary:
It is an autobiography of Qi Junzao, the legendary politician, writer, calligraphist, from the age 17 to 70. It depicted his politicals fights in the late Qing dynasty as the politician for three generations of Qing Emperors. Qi Junzao dared to execute his trusted fellow who was a corrupted official, to protect the innocent friend who framed in the endless political fights.
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Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Lucky Hank (2023)
Plot Summary:
A mid-life crisis tale about the unlikely chairman of the English department in a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Crash Course in Romance (2023)
Plot Summary:
A mother with a heart of gold navigates the cutthroat world of private education when her daughter tries to join a celebrity math instructor's class.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, romantic drama
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Painted Horses (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young teacher with a storied past must win over an impossible collection of kids and become a balm in a troubled town in need of healing.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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100% Teacher Pascal (2017)
Plot Summary:
Pascal-sensei is an elementary school teacher who is so stupid, he cannot even write his own name. He does whatever he likes in his classroom. Plus, by all appearances, he is not human.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, absurd
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Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012)
Plot Summary:
Follows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the horror inherent in daily life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
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Grave Decisions (2006)
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In this black comedy set in small-town Bavaria, 11-year-old Sebastian thinks you can never be too young to be a murderer. He's convinced that he killed his mother on the day he was born and is certain he's already been condemned to purgatory. Deciding he might be able to knock off a few years of his sentence by doing good deeds, Sebastian sets out to find a wife for his father Lorenz. When Lorenz and Sebastian's schoolteacher Veronika fall madly in love with each other, it seems the heavens must be smiling. There's just one hitch: Veronika is married.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, psychological, realistic, dark comedy, offbeat
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Palermo, 1979. The Giammarresi are a normal family — father, mother, a ten year old son and a daughter of sixteen — struggling with the problems of everyday life. Seemingly ordinary problems, oh, and the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia. Inspired by Pierfrancesco “Pif” Diliberto's film.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, dark comedy
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Tokusatsu GaGaGa (2019)
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The series is based on the manga Tokusatsu Gagaga, a comedy manga by Tanba Niwa. Tokusatsu Gagaga series follows Kano Nakamura, an office lady played by Fuka Koshiba, who is secretly a tokusatsu otaku, a toku-ota. She lives her life by the code of tokusatsu heroes and often envisions herself as one as a means to make it through her daily struggles.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, sweet, entertaining, humorous, realistic, manga
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The Big C (2010)
Plot Summary:
A suburban mother faces her cancer diagnosis while trying to find humor and happiness as well.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, sincere, medical drama, sitcom, crying, dark comedy, comedy drama, independent film
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For You in Full Blossom: Ikemen Paradise (2007)
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Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise, also known as Ike-para, is a Japanese drama produced by Fuji Television and first aired on July 3, 2007. It is based on the comic by Hisaya Nakajo, published in English as Hana-Kimi. Filming locations include the Ryutsu Keizai University. A TV Special has already aired with the regular cast reprising their roles. The story starts off half a year after Mizuki's secret of being a girl has revealed. It is near Valentine's Day, and Sano and Nakatsu are talking about the last week of Summer vacation. This is when the story gets back to the last week of Summer holidays, which is between episode 7 and 8. The shooting started on March 19, 2008. A conference was held on September 18, 2008 announcing the completion of the special, subtitled Sotsugyoshiki & 7 to 1/2 wa Special. A remake of this drama with an entirely different cast was aired on Fuji Television during the 2011 summer season.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: light, dorama, inspirational, emotional, humorous, talky, novela
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Merli: Dare to Know (2019)
Plot Summary:
The series is a sequel and spin-off of the Merlí series broadcast by Catalan channel TV3, and revolves around Pol Rubio (Carlos Cuevas), who enters university to follow in the footsteps of his idolized professor at high school, Merlí.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema
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Social Distance (2020)
Plot Summary:
Shot in isolation, this tragicomic anthology series features both dark and funny takes on how people strive to stay connected while staying apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, funny, light, feel good, captivating, social, satirical
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The Queen's Classroom (2013)
Plot Summary:
Drama series depicts the conflicts and struggles between a cold-hearted female teacher and her students over a one school year period.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Sakura (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sakura is a Japanese serialized morning television drama that aired on NHK from April 1 to September 28 of 2002. The series totalled 156 episodes. It chronicles the life of Matsushita Sakura, a Sansei Japanese-American living in Hawaii. She moves to a small town in Japan to be an assistant language teacher for Japanese middle-school students. The show, lasting only 15 minutes long, is on every morning except Sunday, every week. Sakura first comes to Japan living with her grandparents; later, she moves because she has to teach English to the Japanese students. There she learns many valuable lessons and makes new friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, asadora
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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (2012)
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Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji, Onizuka Eikichi, the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru, a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s president and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko, overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2-4.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, dorama, anime
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Yowis Ben: The Series (2020)
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Set before their band was formed, and before Susan came to Bayu's Highschool, Bayu and Doni are close friends living in Malang. They feel their lives are unlucky and hopeless, especially when they compare themselves with Nando.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 30 min
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Mr. Corman (2021)
Plot Summary:
With better luck, better choices, better posture...Josh Corman could’ve been a rock star. Now he teaches fifth grade, and though he loves his students, he still struggles to find happiness and meaning in a world that sometimes feels short on both.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 285 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Outnumbered (2007)
Plot Summary:
Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, light, sincere, feel good, melancholic
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Mister Eleven (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mister Eleven is an ITV romantic drama starring Michelle Ryan and Sean Maguire. The two-part series was broadcast on 11 and 18 December 2009. It also stars Adam Garcia, Lynda Bellingham, Olivia Colman and Denis Lawson. It is written by Shameless writer Amanda Coe. Mister Eleven was released on DVD in February 2010.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sentimental, feel good, humorous, sex comedy, realistic
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Gokusen (2002)
Plot Summary:
Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that she'll be teaching the class 3-D the hardest class to take care of. Class 3-D is a bunch of students who looks more like delinquents and trouble makers. The students show no respect to teachers nor a little kindness. Each and every student doesn't like teacher for almost everyone has no good memories of them. The leader of the class is Sawada Shin. He is well respected for there are rumors that he beat a teacher to death. The students try there hardest to bully and make fun of her so she'll quit but all there efforts went to waste because Yamaguchi ain't an ordinary Teacher. Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to Oedo group, a yakuza clan. Even though everyone in there clan wants her to the next leader, she made up her mind and so everyone accepted it. Eventually in the story, the students found out that she is different from other teacher and earned their respects. They called her Yankumi.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, dorama, anime, josei
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Ed (2000)
Plot Summary:
After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, funny, realistic, telenovela, fun, nostalgic
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Rita (2012)
Plot Summary:
Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: funny, cynical, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, satirical, not serious, light hearted, telenovela
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Teachers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Teachers is a British television comedy-drama series, created by Tim Loane and originally shown on Channel 4. The series follows a group of secondary school teachers in their daily lives. While the first series centers heavily around probationary teacher Simon Casey, later series have a more balanced ensemble approach. The cast changes dramatically over time, with few original characters remaining by the fourth series. While some of these disappearances are explained, others happen between series without explanation. The first three series are set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive, which merges with another school in the fourth series to form Wattkins School. The first three series were filmed at the former Merrywood school, while the fourth was filmed at the former Lockleaze school in Bristol, England. Teachers was nominated for six BAFTA awards between 2002 and 2004, and was nominated for Best Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards in 2003. In January 2005, after a muted reception to the fourth series, Channel 4 announced that Teachers would not continue for a fifth series. A short-lived U.S. version was aired in 2006.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sitcom, soap opera, witty, sexual, sexy, learning
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Physics or Chemistry (2008)
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Física o Química was a Spanish television series made by Antena 3. The first episode premiered on 4 February 2008. Before its televised broadcast, Física o Química was released on cell phones in Vodafone live! and on the official website of Antena 3. After the success of the first season, which ended on 31 March 2008, Antena 3 announced the filming of a new season which would feature more episodes and few cast changes. The second season premiered on 8 September 2008, with guest appearances by Michel Brown and María Casal, among others; it ended on 8 December 2008. The third season premiered on 13 April 2009 and included new characters portrayed by Óscar Sinela, Sandra Blázquez, Miriam Giovanelli, Adrián Rodríguez, Irene Sánchez and José Manuel Seda, and the entry of character actor Álex Barahona who had already appeared on the show, thus compensating for the departure of Michel Brown, Andrés Cheung, Karim El-Kerem and Xavi Mira. Antena 3 confirmed the filming of the fourth season with Adrián Rodríguez as a regular character and the return of Leonor Martín. Física o Química started its seventh season with the departure of Nuria González, Úrsula Corberó, Angy Fernández and José Manuel Seda. Filming began on 28 February 2011. In May 2011 the series was cancelled due to a fall in viewing figures. On 1 June 2011, the death of a main character caused considerable outcry on the Antena 3 website.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: realistic, erotic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, sensual, queer cinema
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Boston Public (2000)
Plot Summary:
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place. It featured a large ensemble cast and focused on the work and private lives of the various teachers, students, and administrators at the school. It aired from October 2000 to January 2004. Its slogan was "Every day is a fight. For respect. For dignity. For sanity.".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, realistic, sitcom, clever, offbeat, semi serious
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Those Who Can't (2016)
Plot Summary:
There are teachers who inspire, enlighten, and challenge us. These are not those teachers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom
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Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Plot Summary:
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, semi serious, sitcom, dark comedy, teen, captivating, retro, cliffhanger, funny