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Publisher
Paramount Television
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story is told through the eyes of teenager Miles 'Pudge' Halter, as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends attempt to make sense of what they've been through.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Alice, a strait-laced Catholic student, discovers more than she bargained for after an innocent AOL chat turns racy. Seeking redemption, she attends a mysterious religious retreat to try to suppress her urges, only to come face to face with everything she's been trying so desperately to avoid.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Slaughterhouse is an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness, and they're about to meet their match. This ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations, literally. When a controversial frack site on prize school woodland causes seismic tremors, a mysterious sinkhole and an unspeakable horror is unleashed. Soon a new pecking order will be established as pupils, teachers and the school matron...
Publisher
CBS Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Rafe, an imaginative teenager, is tired of his school's obsession with rules at the expense of any and all creativity. Desperate to shake things up, he and his best friends have come up with a plan to break every single rule in the school and let the students run wild.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Two mischievous students turn convent school upside down with their pranks. During Christmas break, Mary remains at the school and is touched by the Sisters' celebration of the Yule. Their graduation is both a relief and a celebration for the Mother Superior.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The complex, interwoven narrative charts the subsequent investigation and the event's far-reaching impact on the students, families, and staff of Appleyard College and on the nearby township. Theories abound, long-held secrets are exposed, and paranoia and hysteria set in, as in vastly differing ways their lives are changed forever.
10) Freak show
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Billy bloom is one-of-a-kind: a fabulous, glitter-bedecked, gender-bending teenager whose razor-sharp wit is matched only his by his outrageous, anything-goes fashion sense. When his glamorous mother is forced to send him to live with his straight-laced father, Billy finds himself a diva-out-of-water at his new ultra-conservative high school. Undaunted by the bullies who don₂t understand him, the fearless Billy sets out to make a big statement in...
11) A monster calls
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
13) Bad education
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
14) Choo-choo school
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Follow seven adorable train cars on their first day of school as they learn some math, sing some songs, climb a hill, and learn the entire alphabet!
16) The history boys
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success.
Publisher
Sesame Street Workshop
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this brand-new update of Elmo's World, Elmo explores kindness, sharing, counting, bees, dress-up, and much more! He is joined by his new friend Smartie, his old pal Mr.Noodle, and Mr.Noodle's dog Schmoodle! Preschoolers will love to learn along with Elmo!
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Join your favorite ghoulfriends in an all-new aquatic adventure! When the ghouls get pulled into the school pool, they're transported to the gore-geous underwater world of the Great Scarrier Reef. Lagoona realizes she's come home and, in a fintastic mission of the heart, decides to come to terms with her own freaky flaws. Of course she'll need some help from the most creeperiffic friends ever as she confronts a frenemy from her past, competes in a...
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