Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Casts Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Gael García Bernal, Michael Chernus, Rosa Salazar, Ajay Naidu, Anna Baryshnikov, Daisy Tahan, Sam Jules, Samrat Chakrabarti
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The Solution
Mangalya Balam
Kandahar
The Unholy Three
He Who Gets Slapped
Fame
Spectrum
Chloe
Staatsanwalt Jordan
Close Range Love
Husbands and Wives
Shehzada
According to Plan
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The Wedding Banquet
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2025
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.A Woman's Face
IMDB 6.8 | May , 1941
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.Dakshina
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1994
A story about the life of a teacher who always preaches his students to be a good person in life.Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 1997
Tara and Maya are inseparable, with the same tastes, habits, and hobbies. Years later, the two have matured but have maintained their friendship. Tara marries local prince Raj Singh, who succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj seeks another female to satisfy his sexual desires, with his sights settling on Maya, putting a perhaps unforgivable strain on a longtime friendship.The Velveteen Rabbit
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 2009
A lonely boy wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one wish is to become a real rabbit someday.Blackboards
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2000
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?The Solution
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
A math professor, rejected over and over again for publication, finds herself supplanted by her genius-level teaching assistant, and resorts to drastic measures to re-assert her authority.Mangalya Balam
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1959
1959 Indian film starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Savitri and S.V. Ranga RaoKandahar
IMDB 6.3 | May , 2001
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.The Unholy Three
IMDB 5.6 | Jul , 1930
A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.He Who Gets Slapped
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1924
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.Fame
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2009
At New York's High School of Performing Arts, students from all walks of life get the chance to hone their skills as singers, actors, dancers, and more. Over four years, these young men and women will see if they truly have the dedication and talent to achieve success, while still juggling regular schoolwork, feelings of self-doubt, and budding romances.Spectrum
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2022
Filmmaker Tegan Pearce combines autobiographical spoken word and expressive visual direction to present a cinematic interpretation of autism.Chloe
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 2010
A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.Staatsanwalt Jordan
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1926
Close Range Love
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2014
A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.Husbands and Wives
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1992
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.Shehzada
IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 2023
Bantu has grown up suffering his father Valmiki’s vitriolic tongue until he discovers that he’s actually an heir to an influential family, who was exchanged at birth. He moves into their mansion to protect them from a criminal drug lord’s attack and helps the family sort their issues.According to Plan
IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 2007
It's mom's birthday and her three daughters want to throw a big party. But everything turns out differently. It's not just because the divorced dad arrives a few days early and brings his much-too-young new girlfriend with him, or because the birthday girl has to stage the end of the world with her village theater group.Split
IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 1974
When his father runs off and his mother hooks up with a mustachioed new beau, eleven-year-old Mark becomes convinced that an uninvited talkative space alien, going by the name "Split," has taken up telepathic residence in his mind, and is leading him to question the norms of planet Earth. Only one teacher is willing to entertain the possibility that Mark just might be telling the truth.