Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "girls'-boarding-school"

1. The Facts of Life (1979–1988)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.

Stars: Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon

Votes: 8,544

2. Jane Eyre (2011)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot

Votes: 93,062 | Gross: $11.24M

3. Private School (1983)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and two friends visit the girls' school posing as girls.

Director: Noel Black | Stars: Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine, Michael Zorek

Votes: 7,264 | Gross: $14.05M

4. The Blackcoat's Daughter (I) (2015)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break.

Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar

Votes: 26,032 | Gross: $0.02M

5. A Little Princess (1995)

G | 97 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Sara is sent to a strict boarding school after her father enlists in WWI. When he is presumed dead, the headmistress, knowing she will not receive any more money, forces the girl to become a servant.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Rusty Schwimmer

Votes: 36,720 | Gross: $10.02M

6. The Beguiled (2017)

R | 93 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell

Votes: 61,778 | Gross: $10.58M

7. Lost and Delirious (2001)

R | 103 min | Drama, Romance

After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.

Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs

Votes: 22,347 | Gross: $0.30M

8. The Worst Witch (1986 TV Movie)

G | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Mildred Hubble (Fairuza Balk) is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry, Fairuza Balk

Votes: 3,137

9. Madeline (1998)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family

Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.

Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Stars: Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones, Ben Daniels

Votes: 8,046 | Gross: $29.77M

10. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Family

Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv

Votes: 5,780

11. Anna (VII) (2013)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man with the ability to enter people's memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

Directors: Jorge Dorado, Occultum Luciferus | Stars: Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox, Saskia Reeves

Votes: 25,123 | Gross: $0.00M

12. The Children's Hour (1961)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

A rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins

Votes: 18,413

13. Cracks (I) (2009)

R | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A look at the lives and relationships among girls at an elite boarding school.

Director: Jordan Scott | Stars: Eva Green, Juno Temple, María Valverde, Imogen Poots

Votes: 21,106 | Gross: $0.02M

14. The Worst Witch (1998–2001)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The adventures of Mildred Hubble, a witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.

Stars: Kate Duchêne, Georgina Sherrington, Emma Brown, Clare Coulter

Votes: 1,754

15. The Little Princess (1939)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, when her father fights in the Second Boer War. Later, when he is presumed dead she is forced to become a servant.

Directors: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter | Stars: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter

Votes: 6,740

16. Down a Dark Hall (2018)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A troubled teen named Kit Gordy is forced to join the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, just to find herself trapped by dark forces around its mysterious headmistress, Madame Duret.

Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, Victoria Moroles

Votes: 14,924

17. Flirting (1991)

R | 99 min | Drama, Romance

Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Noah Taylor, Thandiwe Newton, Nicole Kidman, Bartholomew Rose

Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $2.42M

18. Innocence (II) (2004)

R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery

A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.

Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Stars: Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, Marion Cotillard

Votes: 6,451

19. Tanner Hall (2009)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Tanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run-down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming-of-age stories of four teenage girls.

Directors: Francesca Gregorini, Tatiana von Fürstenberg | Stars: Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Brie Larson, Amy Ferguson

Votes: 4,013 | Gross: $0.01M

20. Princess Kaiulani (2009)

PG | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

The true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.

Director: Marc Forby | Stars: Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper, Shaun Evans, Jimmy Yuill

Votes: 1,903 | Gross: $0.88M

21. Boarding School (1978)

R | 98 min | Comedy

This film tells the story about a group of girls at an exclusive German girls boarding school. Across the lake is an exclusive boys boarding school...

Director: André Farwagi | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Gerry Sundquist, Stefano D'Amato, Gabriele Blum

Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.31M

22. Zombi Child (2019)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A man is brought back from the dead to work in the hell of sugar cane plantations. 55 years later, a Haitian teenager tells her friends her family secret - not suspecting that it will push one of them to commit the irreparable.

Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Louise Labèque, Wislanda Louimat, Katiana Milfort, Mackenson Bijou

Votes: 2,596

23. A Little Princess (1986–1987)

TV-G | 163 min | Drama, Family

Sara Crewe enters a London boarding school a wealthy lady when she bids her father farewell as he enters the British Army, but her lifestyle quickly vanishes when her father suddenly dies, and Sara must endure a life of servitude.

Stars: Maureen Lipman, Amelia Shankley, Miriam Margolyes, Annette Badland

Votes: 774

24. Blutjunge Verführerinnen 3. Teil (1972)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy

A hitchhiking runaway tells the man who picks her up about her friends' sexual escapades.

Director: Erwin C. Dietrich | Stars: Ingrid Steeger, Karin Hofmann, Nadine De Rangot, Chitta Coray

Votes: 278

25. Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU (2020–2021)

TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Horror

Keiichi Maebara is in his new home in the peaceful Hinamizawa village, making friends with girls from school. He's here for a big festival. But something about this town seems off, with that fear what dark secrets can this small town hide?

Stars: Sôichirô Hoshi, Yukari Tamura, Mai Nakahara, Emi Lo

Votes: 778

26. Love Like Poison (2010)

92 min | Drama

Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local ... See full summary »

Director: Katell Quillévéré | Stars: Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru, Péline Liberty

Votes: 822

27. How to Be a Good Wife (2020)

109 min | Comedy, Drama

Paulette and her husband have been running a housekeeping school. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to take her responsibilities.

Director: Martin Provost | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Yolande Moreau, Noémie Lvovsky, Edouard Baer

Votes: 2,213

28. Poison (2000 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller

Traci is a devious teenage girl who befriends and kills anyone who comes between her and her mother, Dana, a failed movie actress who lies for and protects Traci.

Director: Dennis Berry | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jürgen Prochnow, Mandy Schaffer, Michael Des Barres

Votes: 393

29. A Monkey in Winter (1962)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war,... See full summary »

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat

Votes: 3,312

30. The Man in Grey (1943)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, History, Romance

After a brutish, hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow,' he begins an affair with her friend who plots to take her place.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger

Votes: 1,593

31. Olivia (1951)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal, the fascinating Miss Julie, sows confusion in the heart of the newcomer, Olivia.

Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray

Votes: 733 | Gross: $0.01M

32. The Flapper (1920)

88 min | Comedy, Romance

Ginger grows up in a slow town. Because of her wild attitude, her father decides to send her to a strict boarding school. Despite the strictness, the girls have fun getting into flapper lifestyle trouble including flirting.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Olive Thomas, Theodore Westman Jr., William P. Carleton, Warren Cook

Votes: 431

33. The Butcher Boy (1917)

Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Comedy

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Josephine Stevens

Votes: 1,889

34. Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961)

Approved | 83 min | Horror, Mystery

At a girls' school, several students are murdered by a snarling, wolf/man-like creature. Suspicion falls upon a newly-arrived teacher.

Director: Paolo Heusch | Stars: Barbara Lass, Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Maurice Marsac

Votes: 1,313

35. Blood of Dracula (1957)

Approved | 69 min | Horror

Under hypnosis, a young woman turns into a vampire.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis, Gail Ganley, Jerry Blaine

Votes: 1,534

36. Secrets (1983)

R | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Teen girl in 1963 finds freemasonry items in her late fathers briefcase including condoms and a book of rites. The book is taken to school and the girls form their own club. The mother finds the condoms and makes wrong assumption.

Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Helen Lindsay, John Horsley, Anna Jones, Daisy Cockburn

Votes: 73

37. Mad About Music (1938)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about, and writes herself letters, from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father, and is eventually put in a position where ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 666

38. Loving Couples (1964)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

Three expectant mothers think back over their sex lives.

Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré, Anita Björk

Votes: 779

39. Going Hollywood (1933)

Passed | 78 min | Musical, Romance

A love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D'Orsay, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 1,912 | Gross: $0.96M

40. Secret Places (1984)

PG | 98 min | Drama

Secret Places follows the story of schoolgirls in England during World War II.

Director: Zelda Barron | Stars: Marie Theres Relin, Tara MacGowran, Claudine Auger, Jenny Agutter

Votes: 118

41. Pansion (2022)

Thriller

Early 20th century. Polina arrives at a girls' boarding school on a mysterious island to find her sister who disappeared under strange circumstances. Polina's investigation is complicated ... See full summary »

Stars: Stasya Miloslavskaya, Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Dmitriy Chebotaryov, Elizaveta Shakira

Votes: 38

42. Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)

Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed, Philip Dorn, Phil Brown

Votes: 470

43. Pytel blech (1962)

43 min | Short, Drama

Eva is a new member of a girl's boarding school and textile factory. She looks up to the free-spirited Jana who struggles against conformity and discipline. Jana's conflicts with the staff and other girls have consequences for all.

Director: Vera Chytilová | Star: Helga Cocková

Votes: 268

44. Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1936)

120 min

A ruined aristocrat becomes a steward for Nouveaux riches..

Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Marie Bell, Pierre Fresnay, André Baugé, Marcelle Praince

Votes: 67

45. Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos! (1959)

91 min | Comedy

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Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Helge Herala, Tommi Rinne, Marjatta Kallio, Elsa Turakainen

Votes: 117

46. Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy (2009 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover at a prestigious all-girls academy to investigate a series of accidents committed by someone known as the "Black Cat".

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Samara Lerman, Adrienne MacIain, Emilie Rommel Shimkus

Votes: 66

47. Pohlad kocce usi (1986)

89 min | Comedy

The girls' choir of the Ostrava House of Culture prepares for a competition. After realizing the competition is two months away, the girls began rehearsing in various places.

Director: Josef Pinkava | Stars: Jana Pálenícková, Marketa Zmozkova, Suzana Krupicová, Regina Randová

Votes: 23

48. Edita Staubertová: Dominiku (1964 Music Video)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Student of all-girls boarding school tells her schoolmates about a man she's platonically in love with.

Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Edita Staubertova, Ivana Pavlová

Votes: 27

49. La petite sauvage (1936)

100 min | Comedy

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Director: Jean de Limur | Stars: Valentine Camax, Claudie Clèves, Christiane Delyne, Paulette Dubost

50. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: Academy of Evil (1978)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty investigates an academy for girls where a series of accidents have injured instructors and students alike. What she finds is a vicious group of girls who dominate the school through fear and intimidation tactics.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Terri Nunn

Votes: 74