# Need suggestions for a high school (setting) movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-high-school-setting-movie/243274>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 3, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-high-school-setting-movie/243274 "2004-05-03T13:45:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-high-school-setting-movie/243274/21 "2004-05-04T20:57:53Z")

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**Blackboard Jungle** : Probably the inspiration for “Welcome Back, Kotter”, only with anger and agression.

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-high-school-setting-movie/243274/22 "2004-05-04T21:03:49Z")

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I haven’t seen it in 20 years, but _To Sir, With Love_ might be worth a shot. Sidney Poitier slowly wins over a group of surly teenagers when he takes over as their teacher.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-high-school-setting-movie/243274/23 "2004-05-05T05:18:08Z")

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[_Up the Down Staircase_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630315087X/104-4424709-3845540?v=glance). Since it was made in 1967, “[t]here is no sex, no bad language, no nudity – nothing that current films are so rife with.”

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**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-high-school-setting-movie/243274/24 "2004-05-05T14:50:15Z")

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_Bring It On_  
_Election_ and _Rushmore_ are both rated R, but are brilliant portrayals of societies within schools. I am pretty surprised to see that _Rushmore_ is rated R – there’s no sex or violence, but there are a couple of swear words.

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