55 Films/TV Shows with an Educator as the Protagonist

Abbott Elementary (2021-?)
Comedy series is about the lives of a group of dedicated teachers that work at Abbott Elementary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania one of the worst public schools in the country. 

Anne of Avonlea (1975/1987)
Based on the second book in the Anne of Green Gables series Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery [First Published in 1909] Anne Shirley is 16 and has graduated from high school. She starts her first job as a teacher facing the challenges of new career. 

A.P. Bio (2018-2021) 
Harvard Graduate Jack Griffen is a professor at Stanford College when he loses his job due to social media. Having few choices, he moves back to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. He takes a job as a teacher for A.P. Biology at his old high school. Hating his life, he seeks revenge on the people he blames for current situation with the help of his students. 

Bad Teacher (2011/2014)
Middle school teacher that hates her job, coworkers, and students is about to leave teaching when she dumped by her wealthy fiancé; Forcing her to return to the classroom. Not happy with this she sets out to find a husband and earn money. 

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945/1959)
Catholic Father Charles O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's an old inner city parochial school in in on the verge of being shut down. He is there to help run the school and church with a group of nuns lead by Sister Mary Benedict. They have different ideas on running the school, taking care of children, and saving the parish. 

Beyond The Blackboard (2011) 
Inspired by the book Nobody Don't Love Nobody by Stacey Bess [First Published in 1994] Stacey Bess is a 24-year-old teacher just out of college and her first job is at a school within a homeless shelter for families in Utah. She changes the life of the children she teaches. 

The Bionic Woman (1976-1978)
Spinoff of The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978) After Tennis Pro Jamie Sommers is injured in a freak skydiving accident, she is made into a cyborg by the US Government. Having to give up her sports career she becomes a schoolteacher and secret agent for the Office of Scientific Investigation battling spies, robots, aliens, and injustice. 

Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Based on the novel Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter [First Published in 1954]. Taking place in North Manual High School an all-boys school in New York City. Idealistic new English teacher Richard Dadier starts quickly clashes with the trouble making leaders in the school. As he tries to bring discipline to the school troubles escalate and he must decide to stay or take another job at a different school. 

Boston Public (2000-2004)
Set in a public high school in Boston, Massachusetts the series revolves around a group of teachers and their students as they try to get through the school year. 

Children of a Lesser God (1986)
James Leeds is hired to teach speech class for the school of the deaf. At the school he becomes interested in 25-year-old Sarah Norman former student and current custodian of the school. He peruses her and they start dating. They fall in love, but they have trouble with commutating and knowing what the other wants. After a breakup they reconcile and agree to find a way to make the relationship work. Based on the play Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff [First Published in 1980]. 

Christy (1994-1995)
Based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall [First Published in 1967] In 1912 nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves her well to do home in Ashville North Carolina to teach the children of Cutter Gap, Tennessee.  A place of impoverished people, Folk beliefs, and moonshiners that are not eager for changes she brings. 

Class of 1984 (1982)
Music teacher Andrew Norris is starting a new job at Lincoln High School. He clashes with Peter Stegman the leader of a criminal organization that operates within and out of the school resulting in a battle of wills that will only end when one of them is dead. 

Class of 1999 (1990)
In a high school that the police have given up on the new principal has decided to take part in a government experiment that uses reprogramed military robots as teachers. However, the robots malfunction and start using extreme methods to deal with problem students. 

Cooties (2014)
Chicken Nuggets that have been contaminated with a strange new virus are sent to an elementary school cafeteria in Illinois the children that eat them mutate into savage cannibals. A group of teachers discover what has happened and try to escape. 

Dangerous Minds (1995)/(1996-1997)
Based on the memoir My Posse Don't Do Homework by LouAnne Johnson [First Published in 1992] Former journalist and an officer in the US Marines LouAnne Johnson becomes a teacher for an inner-city school with a difficult class. She uses music, poetry, and other unconventional teaching methods to connect with her students and help them advance through the educational system. 

Dead Poets Society (1989)
Set in 1959 at a private all boys school in New England the new English professor John Keating encourages his students to find inspiration through poetry and to think for themselves rather than fall into conformity and group thinking. Changing his students lives. 

The Emperor's Club (2002)
Inspired by the short story The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin [First Published in 1994] Set in the 1970's History teacher William Hundert is a dedicated educator that that gets a Sedgewick Bell a rebel and non-conformer. William Hundert tries to install morals, ethics, and discipline into the boy even giving extra help and privileges only to fail in that goal. This leads him to regretting putting so much time and energy on the boy while other students did not get the time or extra help became men that he could be proud of. 

Fist Fight (2017) 
Roosevelt High School is going through a period of layoffs English Andy Campbell is on the short list to be laid off when he gets the history teacher Ron Strickland fired. Ron Challenges Andy to a schoolyard fist fight after school. Andy wanting to get out of it tries a lot of unsuccessful antics and has to go through with it. 

Front of the Class (2008)
Based on the memoir Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had by Brad Cohen [First Published in 2005]. Brad Cohen grows up with difficulties because of Tourette's. With the help of his mother, he is able to learn about his condition and reach his goal of becoming a teacher. 

Freedom Writers (2007)
Based on the book The Freedom Writers Dairy by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers [First Published in 1999].   Set in 1994 Erin Gruwell starts her first teaching job at Woodrow Willson High School in Long Beach, California. She learns about the students and uses unusual teaching techniques to help the students. 

Gods Not Dead 2 (2016)
Sequel to Gods Not Dead (2014) High school history teacher Grace Wesley (A Christian) is asked by a about Jesus Christ she answers the question. When the students' parents hear of this, they get an ACLU lawyer seek to have the teacher punished. Grace Wesley fights back in court and setting things up for the sequel. 

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939/1969/1984/2003)
Based on the book Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton [First Published in1934] A schoolteacher near his retirement reflects on his life teaching at the Brookfield School a public boarding for boys, his brief marriage that ended in tragedy and his fulfillment in being a teacher.

Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
Based on the novel Good Morning, Miss Dove by Frances Grey Patton [First Published in 1947]. Miss Dove is a Geography teacher for Ceder Grove School one day she feels debilitating pain and sends for the Doctor and is hospitalized. s she is being treated she thinks back on her life with taking a teaching position to repay her father's debts and the students she taught that became successful productive members of society. 

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998) (1999-2000) (2012) GTO: The Movie (1999)
Former juvenal delinquent and biker gang leader becomes a high school teacher with the goal of becoming the greatest teacher ever and make school fun. His first assignment is to a class of students that were as bad as him. Through some wild antics and sincerity, he gets his students to trust him as he helps them with their problems. 

Hangin’ With Mr. Copper (1992-1997)
Teacher and Basketball Coach Mark Cooper works at an Oakland High School where he lives with two female roommates helps his students and tries to renter professional basketball. 

Head of the Class (1986-1991) (2021)
A teacher is hired to head a class of gifted prodigy students that are to win awards, raise the prestige and GPA of the school. The teacher helps the students with academic and personal problems. 

High School High (1996)
Spoof of the high school movies with somebody coming in and making things better. Richard Clark leaves his wealthy school to teach at a poor inner-city school where he can make a difference. By reaching some of the students, helping them graduate and fighting a dangerous criminal organization he really makes a difference. 

Hoosiers (1986)
Based on a true story Coach Norman Dale is hired by a small rural town in Indiana and takes the team to the state championships. 

Kindergarten Cop (1990)
LAPD Detective John Kimble is after dangerous criminal Cullen Crisp. Believing that he can find him through his ex-wife and son he goes undercover as a Kindergarten teacher. Out of his element he struggles with handling a class of five- and six-year old's. And when Cullen Crisp comes can he keep everybody safe.  

Lean On Me (1989)
Based on a true story East Side High has become a failing school full of violence, gangs, and drug use former teacher Joe Clark is brought back as the principal. With a combination of orthodox and unorthodox policies he turns the school around. However, when city officials object to how he has been running the school, they hold an investigation and may destroy the progress he has made.   

The Legend of Sleepy Hallow (1922, 1954, 1980, 1999) 
Based on The Legend of Sleepy Hallow and Other Stories by Washington Irving [First Published in 1820]. Ichabod Crane a schoolteacher in the town of Sleepy Hallow is in a courtship battle with the local blacksmith Abraham Brom Bones Van Brunt for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel the only daughter of a wealthy landowner.  On Halloween night at a party Ichabod is attending the town’s ghost stories are told including the Tale of the Headless Horseman. After the party has ended runs into the horseman and tries to escape only to never be heard from again.  

Mr. Hollands Opus (1995)
Mr. Holland is a musician and composer whose dream is to create a symphony. Not making much with music he takes a temporary job as a music teacher at a high school. Finding that the students are engaging with classic music he incorporates modern and pop music into his class to the annoyance of the administration. As the years pass comes to love teaching and does create his masterpiece. 

Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996-1998)
Teacher Nick Freno works at Gerald R Ford Middle School while trying to get his big break as an actor. After the first season the middle school is turned into a high school by the district. 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) (1978) 
Based on the novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark [First Published in 1961]. Set in the 1930's Jean Brodie is a teacher at Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland.  At the school she teaches her students her ideas/ideals about romance, art, culture, politics, and philosophy rather than the official conservative syllabus. When her mistakes catch up to her, she loses her position while one of her top students loses the idealized image Jean Brodie works to create. 

The Principal (1987) 
When teacher Rick Latimer is arrested for vandalism and fighting, he is punished incentivized to resign by being appointed the principal of Brandel High School a school where the teens from other schools do not want, a place of violence, and drugs. Rick Latimer unwilling to quit makes changes to the school and enters into a battle to the death with the high school drug lord.  

Rachel, Rachel (1968)
Inspired the novel A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence [First Published in 1966]    A schoolteacher in Connecticut reunites with a friend from her younger days and decides to make changes to her before it is too late. 

Rita (2012-2020)
TV series from Denmark; Rita Madsen is a good teach that has problems when it comes to her personal life. 

The Ron Clark Story (2006)
Based on the true story Ron Clark goes to teach at an inner-city elementary school with a difficult class in New York where his innovative teaching methods change the kids' lives. 

School of Life (2005)
History teacher Norman Warner has won the teacher of the year award for 43 years at Fallbrook Middle School when he passes. His less popular but dedicated son Biology teacher Matt Warner dreams of winning this award when new history teacher Michael D'Angelo becomes the new favorite of the school, he tries to sabotage the new teacher. Until he learns that winning the award will not help him surpass father, he works on changing his teaching style and being more flexible.  

School of Rock (2003) (2016-2018) 
After Musician Dewey Finn gets kicked out of his rock band, he pretends to be a substitute teacher where he is hired for teach a class of high achieving students at a private school. Learning how musically talented his students are he teaches then to love and play rock and roll with the goal of winning a battle of the bands contest.

Servant of the People (2015-2019)
Ukrainian High School history teacher Vasiliy Petrovich Goloborodko is elected the President of Ukrainian after he is seen venting his frustrations about the government on social media. The main actor actually became the President of Ukrainian in 2019. 

Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
Based on the short story; Sometimes They Come Back by Steven King [First Published in 1974]. Jim Norman takes a job teaching at the high school in his hometown where he witnessed his brother getting killed by a local gang and then the gang in a train accident. When students start dying in his class only to be replaced with teens that look like his brothers' killers, he must face the traumas of his past and send the ghosts back to where they belong. 

Stand and Deliver (1989)
Based on a true story Math teacher Jamie Escalante who used a variety of teaching techniques to prepare a bunch of poor, unmotivated students at Garfield High School in California to take and pass an advanced placement Calculus Exam.

The Steve Harvey Show (1996-2002)
Musician turned music teacher Steve Hightower works at the Booker T Washington high school in Chicago, Illinois. At the school he tries to win his long-lost love Regina Grier, help his friend get out of trouble because of his schemes, and help his students. 

The Substitute (1996)
When Mercenary Shale fiancé is attacked and injured by gang members connected to her students at Columbus High School in Miami, Florida. He goes in as a substitute teacher to investigate. He finds a drug distribution network run by a drug kingpin that he vows to take down with the help of his squad. 

Summer School (1987)
Freddy Shoop a PE teacher is forced to teach high school remedial English if he wants to gain tenure. Not taking it seriously both he and the student's goof off most of the summer. Until he is threatened with being fired unless his students pass the final exam. 

Teachers (1984)
John F. Kennedy High School in Columbus, Ohio is facing various lawsuits. So, the administration is removing problem facility. Social studies teacher Alex Jurel a frustrated burned-out teacher is on their list. They set him up to be fired when he starts to overcome his burnout by trying to help his students and new love interest with a fellow teacher and by taking on the school administration.  

Teachers (2001-2004)
British comedy series about a group of teachers going about their daily lives at a rundown public school.

This is My Land (1943)
Set during WWII in Europe the Nazi's invade and occupy a town where the people choose to cooperate or resist. Albert Lorey the school master is neutral until a resistor sabotages a train and kills two soldiers. When one of the resentence is caught and Lorey is implicated he put on trial where he calls for resistance and faces bravely faces what is to come. 

To Sir, with Love (1967)
Based on the novel To Sir, With Love by E.R, Braithwaite [First Published in 1959]. Engineer Mark Thackeray takes a temporary job as a teacher in a high school located in London's East End. He handles the class with strict discipline and teaches them how to behave, about art culture and life.  

Up The Down Staircase (1967)
Based on the novel Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman [First Published in 1964]. Sylvia Barrett is a new idealistic English teacher at Calvin College High school in New York. She quickly gets frustrated with the paperwork, the bureaucrats, and the burned-out teachers that disagree with teaching. By the end of the year, she will decide to stay or resign. 

The Wave (1981) (2008)
Based on a true story a history teacher starts a classroom experiment called the Wave.  He announces himself as the leader and instructs the students to follow his rules and philosophy. The experiment takes on a life of its own.
The 2008 version changes the setting to Germany and escalates on what actually happened. 

Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979)
Gabe Kotter is a high school teacher that returns to his old inner city New York City high school to teach a new generation of teens from a similar background. 

When Calls the Heart (2013) (2014-?)
When Calls the Heart by Janet Oke [First Published in 1983] Elizabeth Thatcher a teacher leaves her comfortable life with her wealthy family to teach in a rural coal mining town.  Elizabeth finds a community she treasures, a fulfilling career and falls in love with a Canadian Mountie.  

World's Greatest Dad (2009)
Lance Clayton is a writer and teacher with a life that is not going well. When his son dies in an embarrassing accident, he covers it up and writes a suicide journal. When it gets published and becomes a best seller. Lance finds keeping up with the lies and success difficult to handle.

Films about a Second US Civil War - Updated

There are a lot of articles about the US splitting and becoming two countries and how Democrats and or Republicans or some other group, faction, organization is dangerous, evil and must be delt with by any means possible. With the end result most likely resulting in a second Civil War. So, I created a list of movies that explore a Second Civil War within the US. - 2021

With the new Civil War movie, I updated a few things. With a civil war the other side is always scary while your side is the oppressed victims. - 2024.   

One day I expect somebody will create a film that really explores a Second US Civil War. Which is a subject that has a lot of interest. Until then this is what I could find which includes a few are kind of related or symbolic/metaphorical works with varied degrees of relevance. I hope that Hollywood creates a film or TV series that gives you what you really want. Until then this is what is available. 

Some things are symbolic or metaphorical 

The Second Civil War (1997)
After skirmish creates orphan refuges; an NGO decides to send them to Idaho however the Governor closes his state. The US President chooses to reopen the state by any means necessary. Resulting in a civil war. While this is happening the media feeds and helps escalate tensions.   

Civil War (2024) 
When 19 US States succeed from the US this sparks a new Civil War. A group of journalists from different parts of the country travel report and document what is happening with glimpses of the major urban battle fronts to the rural, and refugee areas. 

Barb Wire (1996) 
Inspired by Casablanca (1942) The basic plots of the story are the same. During a second US Civil War a woman going by the name Barb Wire owns and operates a politically natural night club in the last free city state in the US. While also operating as a soldier of fortune. One day her married ex comes to ask for help getting his wife and some plans and information out of the country. 

Captain America: Civil War (2016)
After a series of tragic disasters as seen in the earlier movies. The US, and other Government have creating laws to oversee and control The Avengers, superhumans/superheroes. This splits the team into two groups one that believes that government oversite and control is for the public good while the other group believes that personal freedom less government involvement is for the greater good. 

Jerrico (2006-2008) 
After 23 major cities in the US are destroyed the town of Jericho, Kansas is largely unaffected due to it isolated location, small size and its location near natural resources. The series mainly focus on the town and the people that live there. Various groups, and factions are fighting over who is in control of the country. 

Bushwick (2017)
Texas along with several other states decide to succeed from the union. In doing this a war breaks out with New York becoming a battlefield.  The story is told from the point of view of a college student and a janitor/former military veteran try to survive and make it so safety. 

The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016), The First Purge (2018), The Purge (TV series) (2018-2019), The Forever Purge (2021) 
Set in the future has the US has been taken over by a group called The New Founding Fathers. To cut down on crime, poverty and those that need/use social services. All crime is legal for 12 hours. The movies and TV series show various people of different backgrounds, status, and classes deal with and are affected by the events of that night.  

Hoover Vs The Kennedy’s: The Second Civil War (1987) Miniseries on the feud between FBI Director J Edgar Hoover and the Kennedy Family. Starting at the 1960 Democratic Convention and ending with the death of Robert Kennedy in 1968. 

The Patriot (1998) 
Inspired by the novel The Last Canadian by William C. Heine [First Published in 1974]. A leader of a militia group is put on trial by the US government. Wanting revenge, he infects the judge presiding over the case with a manmade virus. The virus ends up spreading quickly causing the town to be quarantined. A local immunologist races to find the cure.

The Park is Mine (1985)
Based on the novel The Park is Mine by Stephen Peters [First Published in 1981] Before Veterans Day Mitch Garnett a Vietnam Veteran takes control of Central Park in New York City, New York with mines, guns and booby traps. He has done this to call attention to Veterans Issues. In his demonstration a hostage reporter taken along to document his side of the standoff.

The Chocolate War (1988)
Based on The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier [First published in 1974]. One boy takes on a secret society at a Catholic School by not selling chocolate in the annual chocolate sale. A secret society of students seeks to punish and put the boy back into his place.

Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
A Soviet backed group start to attack and terrorize the US to turn is against each other. However, they failed to kill Chuck Norris and just pissed him off instead. 

Messiah of Evil (1977)
After receiving a letter from her artist father to stay away and that the town of Point Doom, California and that there is a spreading evil in the town. Arletty travels to his house only to find it empty with strange paintings of grey people. She searches for information about her father's whereabouts. While searching she meets other people from out of town that have also heard warnings of a spreading evil. After being kicked out of the hotel they were at they stay at the house as well. The group starts seeing more strange things until the affected people over run the town. Arletty is spared and told to tell the world that they are coming from the small town to the large cities. She does as she is told only to be locked up waiting for them to reach her. 

1984 (1956/1984)                                                     
Based on the novel 1984 by George Orwell [First Published in 1949]. In a future the Earth has been split into Empires. In Oceania one of these three Empires, Winston Smith a man that works for the Ministry of Truth rewriting history, and news to fit the government narrative. One day he meets Julia a woman and falls in love an act of rebellion in itself.  This leads him to become an enemy of the State. 

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) (2018)

Based on Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury [First published in 1953]. Set in the future where books are outlawed a fireman one who sets fire to books and houses that they are hidden in. Rebels and joins a resentence groups who memorize and share the world’s great literature. 

Films and TV about Americans leaving and living outside of the United States (updated and expanded)

This is a list of films and TV shows about leaving, gaining education, living and working outside of the USA. 

Vacations and military service have been excluded. 

I covered a range of motivations/reasons why as well as including as including many different countries. All of the titles have the protagonists living, getting education or working outside of the US. 

(Several of these take place in a fictional country, island etc... the ones that take place in the real world are listed here: Canada, Australia, France, Thailand, Singapore, Morocco, The Caribbean,  Mexico, Hong Kong, French Polynesia, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Central America,  Africa, Egypt, South America, India, Great Brittian, UK, Ireland, Germany, Marivella Islands, Moldova, Italy and Sweden. 

Due to the unexpected interest in the subject, I have updated and expanded the original list. There are 47 titles on this list if I find more titles, this article will be updated again. 

The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
The Robertson family is living in Los Angles when they decide to leave their urban life for the rural outdoors hundreds of miles from another living person (They family maybe in the US or Canada). The family faces many dangers from the wildlife, the elements, but by pulling together if they survive it all. Followed by 2 sequel The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978), Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 (1979)

Archer: Danger Island: Season 9 (2018)
Inspired by Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982) Season 9 of Archer (2009-2023) Is set in 1938 where Archer is a pilot living in the Mitimotu Island chain. Archer along with his copilot and a parrot side kick along with other residents of the islands. Band together to battle Nazi's and seek a mysterious treasure that is not a Golden Monkey. 

Bad Medicine (1985) 
Based on the book Calling Dr. Horowitz by Steven Horowitz, MD and Neil Offen [First Published in 1978] Young Americans that cannot get in anywhere else go to a rundown Medical College in a fictional third world country. 

The Beach (2000)
Based on the novel The Beach by Alex Garland [First Published in 1996] Richard an American is traveling through Thailand when he obtains a map to an island beach paradise and cannabis patch. Joining together with a young French couple also traveling through the country. They follow the map and find a hidden community of people that dropped out of society and have created their own isolated community. With being welcomed the three decide to stay however problems arise from jealousy, isolation, injury, and not producing anything. 

Blue State (2007)
John Louge is a liberal that goes out drinking one night where he vows to leave the US if George W Bush wins the 2004 election. When this happens, John is unable to take back his vow immigrates to Canada. As he is going through this, he falls in love with a blogger Chloe Hamon who is documenting his journey. 

Bring Em Back Alive (1932) (1982)
Set before WWII American adventurer and trapper Frank Buck lives and operates out of Singapore catching live wildlife from nearby jungles for Zoo's, circuses, etc... with his crew while fighting criminals and helping his friends. 

Bush Doctor (1982)
After suffering from a personal tragedy Dr. Robert Maxwell retires from medicine and goes to Africa to get away from it all. After a school bus crashes Dr. Maxwell is pressed into service by the local understaffed mission hospital. 

Cafe Americain (1993-1994)
Sitcom about Holly Aldridge a girl from the US takes a job as a waitress at a small cafe in Paris and the regulars that like to hang out there. 

Casablanca (1942)
Rick an American runs a club in French, Morocco. One day Ilsa the one that got away comes back into his life. Ilsa and her husband need his help to get out of the country and to safety. 

Club Paradise (1986)
A Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker is injured on the job and receives a huge settlement. He uses that settlement to immigrate to a Caribbean Island where he invests in and transforms a club into a resort for affluent tourists.

Coyote (2021)
After US Customs and Boarder Agent Ben Clemens is forced into retirement, he goes to a coastal town in Mexico to work on some property he owns. While there he runs into trouble with a power criminal organization and becomes involved with people needing to cross the US, Mexico Border. 

Daktari (1966-1969)
Veterinarian Dr. Marsh Tracy and his daughter Paula and their team run an animal research center in Africa while battling criminals and other dangers.  

Donovan's Reef (1963)
After WWII three US Navy veterans have decided to live on an island paradise French Polynesia. They are living the good life when Doctor William Dedham inherits a controlling interest in his families shipping company. His daughter Miss Ameila Dedham who he has never meet comes to the island to see if her father has violated a morality clause. If he has then the shares would go to other family members. While William is away preforming his work as a Doctor his friends try to hide any hints of the moral clause being broken while Amelia is on the island. 

Emily in Paris (2020-2026)
Emily Cooper is an up-and-coming midlevel manager is about to take over her mentors as she is going to take a position in Paris Trance. However, she becomes pregnant and is unable to go so she sends Emily in her place. When Emily arrives in Paris, she gets a social media following, romantic challenges and various misadventures. 

The Family (2013)
Based on the Book Malavita by Tonino Benacquista [First Published in 2004] The Manzoni Family are relocated to Normandy after Frank Manzoni the patriarch of the family cooperates with the US Government. Unfortunately, they are discovered, and the Mafia seeks to settle the score.

Girls of The White Orchid AKA Death Ride to Osaka (1983)
Carol Heath is a waitress and an aspiring singer living in Los Angles. One day Carol responds to a job ad to be an entertainer in Tokyo, Japan. The job includes regular work at a night club The White Orchid as well as a place to stay. Once there she learns that she has been charged various fees and building debts that take away almost all of her pay and that she cannot leave the country. The only ways out presented to her are to pay the debts, or to go into prostitution for the club's owners the Yakuza, or death. While Carol is dealing with this her boyfriend Don Potter goes to Japan to find and rescue her. 

Going To Extremes (1992-1993)
Short lived series about American medical students going to the Caribbean for medical training and dealing with different cultural environment.

Hatari! (1962)
Hatari is the Swahili word for Danger. Sean Mercer runs the Momella Game Company which is an animal capturing business out of East Africa where he and his team capture wildlife for Zoo's and Circuses around the world. When a photographer Anna Marie Dallas D'Allesandro comes to document the work the lives and team dynamics are changed. 

Hot Resort (1985)
A group of poor American boys get jobs at a Caribbean resort. Where they try to get girls, fast money, have fun partying and defeating the (80's style) rich jerks next door.

Lilyhammer (2012-2014)
A former mobster is relocated to Lilyhammer, Norway after turning on his boss and various associates. 

The Long Haul (1957)
Based on the novel The Long Haul by Mervyn Mills [First Published in 1956]. After WWII ends Harry Miller American solider settles with his English wife in Liverpool, England. He takes a job as a long-distance trucker and runs into trouble with a criminal organization trying to take over the industry.

Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Based on Another Man's War by Sam Childers [First Published in 2009]. After being released from prison a former biker drug dealer turns his life straight, finds GOD, becomes a Christian, has a baptism and gets involved with his church. This includes a mission trip to Africa where he is called by GOD to build an orphanage and protect children from conscription into a child Army.

Mogambo (1953)
Professional Hunter and Guide Victor Marswell runs a safari and game catching business in Kenya, Africa. After being sought out different clients he becomes involved in a love triangle with two very different woman. 

Midnight In Paris (2011)
Gil a professional writer travels to Paris France with his girlfriend and her family. Gil loves the city fantasizes, about Paris in the 1920’s. One night he travels back in time to Paris in the 20’s. After meeting his heroes and learns about himself he has to decide to live in the past or be in the present.

Mr. Baseball (1992)
Baseball player Jack Elliot has made some poor choices it traded by the New York Yankees to a Japanese Team The Chunichi Dragons. Unhappy with the trade and wanting to do things his way he clashes with his teammates, coaches and others until he accepts his situation and learns about Japanese culture.

The Mosquito Coast (1986) (2021) 
Based on the novel The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux [First Published in 1981] Allis Fox an idealist inventor moves takes his family from the US to Central America to build a utopia that he will be the leader of.  In his pursuit of his dream, he puts himself and his family in danger.  

The Mummy (1999)
An American adventurer Rick O'Connell leads a few archeologist and treasure hunters to the lost city of Hamunaptra, Egypt. There they awaken a cursed mummy that threatens to destroy the world. 

The Naked Jungle (1954)
Based on the short story Leiningen Versus The Ants by Carl Stephenson [First Published in 1938]. Set in 1901 Joanna Selby a woman from New Orlans agrees to become a mail order bride to Christopher Leiningen the owner of a cocoa plantation in South America. As the couple struggle with the new relationship a colony of army ants are on a raid that is headed for the plantation. 

Off The Map (2011) 
Three US Doctors just out of residency go to work at a free medical clinic (200 miles away from any other medical facility) in rural South America to gain experience and learn from the established Doctors that run the clinic. 

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
During the pirate age Black Jack Savage was a successful wealthy pirate until he is caught and hanged in the courtyard of his own castle on a Caribbean Island, here he is stuck as a ghost unless he atones for his crimes by saving 100 lives and then he can go to heaven. In 1991 the new owner multimillionaire Barry Tarberry criminal stockbroker buys the castle to hide from the US Government. As the owner Barry is the only person that can see and hear Black Jack and help him save 100 lives along with avoiding a similar punishment himself. The two of them began their quest to save lives. 

Our Lips Are Sealed (2000)
Twins Abby and Maddie Parker witness/stop a crime and are put into the Witness Protection Program with their family and relocated to Sydney, Australia. While the girls work to become popular Members of a crime family search for the girls. 

Out Sourced (2006) (2010-2011)
The Movie and TV series have the same basic plot. A call center the sells novelty toys has been outsourced to India. A Manager from America goes there to set up and train the new employees.

Oxford Blues (1984) 
American Nick De Alango from Las Vegas enrolls in Oxford University to win his dream girl. In pursuit of that goal, he joins the rowing crew and grows as a man. 

Pair of Kings (2010-2013)
Twins Brady and Duke Boomer Parker living in Chicago, Illinois learn that their parents were royalty of an island. Now that the two of them have come of age they are now the Kings of The Kingdom of Kinkow. 

The Quiet Man (1952) 
Based on the Quiet Man and Other Stories by Maurice Walsh [First Published in 1935]. Retired American Boxer Sean Thorton immigrates to Ireland to reconnect with his heritage and to start a new life. He buys a cottage and romances and marries a local girl. 

Quigley Down Under (1990)
Matthew Quigley a sharpshooter and gun fighter from Wyoming is hired by a wealthy Australian rancher for mysterious a special job.

Skyscraper (2018)
A former FBI agent Will Sawyer becomes a security expert and is living and working in Hong Kong after a life changing injury. When a group of criminals set fire to the skyscraper his family is in, he does everything he can to get to and save his family. 

Straw Dogs (1971) 
Based on the novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm by Gordon M. Williams [First Published in 1969] An American David Sumner and his English wife Amy Sumner move to rural England for a more peaceful life. Unfortunately, a disagreement with a crew of local laborers turns deadly. (The remake Straw Dogs (2011) has the same plot but takes place in the US). 

Suspiria (1977) 
Suzi Bannion a young American enrolls is a prestigious Ballet School in Germany. At the school strange things happen, people die in mysterious ways, and the school has a history of witchcraft.

Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982)
Set in the 1930's former fighter piolet Jack Cutter lives as a bush piolet, adventurer, and treasure hunter and operates out of the Marivella Islands. Having regular adventures with his dog, mechanic, love interest/American spy together they seek treasure, fun and foil Nazi plans in that part of the world.  

They're Watching (2016)
The crew of a realty home improvement TV show head to Moldova on a segment about an American homeowner transforming a rundown house into an artist's haven. The crew ends up having problems with the villagers and a dangerous witch. 

The Undefeated (1969) 
After the Civil War Carpet Baggers and corrupt politicos start stealing the homes and lands of the former Confederates. Former Confederate Colonel James Langdon his family along with other former Confererate families travel to Mexico as refugees. As this is happening a businessman, and former Union Officer Colonel John Henry Tomas is also going to Mexico to sell wild horses for higher prices than he can get in the US. The two groups meet while traveling and later join forces when Mexican revolutionaries attack them.

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)
Based on the memoir Under The Tuscan Sun: At Home In Italy, by Frances Mayes [First Published in 1996]. A recently divorced writer, professor, and critic takes a trip to Italy where she impulsively buys a villa and begins an expensive and extensive restoration.

Volunteers (1985) 
Set in 1962 Lawerance Bourne the third is an upper class, gambler, and womanizer is on the run from a gambling debt. He escapes this by joining The Peace Core on a mission to Southeast Asia. Where several groups have an interest in a bridge the Peace Core plans to build. 

Welcome To Sweden (2014-2015)
New York City account Bruce is in love with his Swedish girlfriend Emma. When she gets an important prestigious job with a bank in Stockholm, Sweden he quits his job and goes with her. Bruce finds adjusting to living in Sweden more challenging than expected. 

The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Based on the novel The World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason [First Published in 1957]. American architect Robert Lomax decides to change his life and pursue dream of being an artist. He does by moving to Hong Kong and living off his savings in a poor part of the city. There he hires a local prostitute to be model and muse. They fall in love and face tragedy's and decide to get married. 

Tokyo Pop (1988) 
Rocker Wendy Reed impulsively goes to Japan with little money, no local friends, or knowledge of the language of the culture. Discovers ways to adjust to different world, finds fleeting fame, and contemplates her future. 

 Youngblood (1986)
17-year-old Farm boy Dean Youngblood leaves his home in upstate New York to become a professional hockey player in Hamilton, Canada.

The most frequently challenged (banned) books in the US, that have a screen adaption, 2010-2019

This is a companion piece to The most frequently challenged (banned) books, that have a screen adaption. 1990-2009, and Frequently Challenged (banned) books in Canada that have a Screen Adaption.

Every 10 years The American Library Association releases a top 100 list of books that are most challenged/requested by people and organizations to be banned from libraries and schools.

"A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. As such, they are a threat to freedom of speech and choice." - ALA Website. - 2017 

The full lists are at ALA.org. 

At the time of writing this 40 of the 100 titles have a screen adaption. 

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher; [First Published in 2007]: 13 Reasons Why (2017-2020)            
Hannah Baker committed suicide before her death she sends 13 tapes of the 13 people/ reasons why and sent it to a classmate to listen and to give a copy of the tape to each person she talks about. The TV series continues the story after the events of the book.

1984 by George Orwell; [First Published in 1949]: 1984 (1956/1984)                                                     In a future the Earth has been split into Empires. In Oceania one of these three Empires, Winston Smith a man that works for the Ministry of Truth rewriting history, and news to fit the government narrative. One day he meets Julia a woman and falls in love an act of rebellion in itself.  This leads him to become an enemy of the State. 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain; [First published in 1884]: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939/1955/1960), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Huckleberry Finn (1974/1975) 
 The sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain [First Published in 1875].  Huckleberry Finn runs away from home and joins a runaway slave traveling on the Mississippi River having many adventures along the way. 

Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; [First Published in 1985]: Alice Upside Down (2007) 
The series has 25 books, and 3 prequels Alice McKinley is entering her teenage years and has various misadventures with growing up, dating/relationships, friendships, finding role models and family issues.  

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; [First Published in 1947] Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1980); The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988); Anne Frank the Whole Story (2001); The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)                
 The Diary of Anne Frank a young Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazi’s during WWII. 

Beloved, by Toni Morrison; [First published in 1987]: Beloved (1998)
Set during and after the American Civil War a runaway slave escapes from Kentucky to the free state of Ohio. After escaping she does the best for her family while dealing with the ghosts of the past.

Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo A. Anaya; [First published in 1972]: Bless Me, Ultima (2013) 
A coming-of-age story about a young Chicano, that is growing up in New Mexico and being mentored by a curandera that he is related to.

(A curandera is a female healer that uses folk medicine and mysticism for healing). 

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; [First Published in 1932] Brave New World (1980/1998) Brave New World Series (2020)
Set in the future a totalitarian utopia exists through genetic engineering, drugs, sex and brain washing. However, one-man longs to be free.

Burned by Ellen Hopkins; [First Published in 2006] Burned (2019)                                                
Pattyn is a 17-year-old girl that is struggling with Mormon teachings and lifestyle. After getting into trouble, she goes to live with her Aunt Jeanette that gives her a new perspective on the world and religion. 

Captain Underpants (series), by Author & Illustrator Dav Pilkey; [First Published in 1997]: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018-?) 
A 12-book series about a 2 fourth grade boys who hypnotize their principle into becoming a superhero called Captain Underpants. 

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; [First Published in 1951]                                                    
After getting expelled from Holden Caulfield spends a few days in New York dealing with depression, looking for love and or sex and reflecting on his view of the world.                         

While there is no adaption to the book by J.D. Salinger however there is a Biopic about the author’s life titled Rebel In The Rye (2017)

A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess;[First published in 1962]: A Clockwork Orange (1971) 
Set in a future England a sociopathic gang leader Alex is caught for attempted robbery and murder. Once in prison Alex is chosen for an experimental behavior-modification treatment that makes him severely ill at the mere thought of violence. After treatment and being released from prison society takes advantage of his conditioned state. 

The Color Purple, by Alice Walker; [First published in 1982]: The Color Purple (1985)                    
Set in Georgia during the 1930’s the story is about a black woman of low social status, suffers abuse from her father and other people in her life over four decades. 

CRANK, by Ellen Hopkins; [First Published in 2004] CRANK: Flirting with the Monster (2015)  Kristina Snow a well-behaved nice girl goes to New Mexico to visit her Father. While on the trip she tries crystal meth aka crank and enjoys it. Kristina soon becomes addicted getting her into trouble and struggles with her addiction. 

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card; [First Published in 1985]: Enders Game (2013) 
After barley defeat the Formics an alien race that want to take over the Earth. The Earth government starts training children to be future military leaders. The protagonist Ender Wiggin is a genius at tactics, games, and strategy quickly rises in the ranks to the point of being the perfect General. 

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer; [First Published in 2005] Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) 
Oskar is a 9-year-old boy that lost his father during the 9/11 attacks on 9/11/2001. One day he finds a key in his father’s belongs and sets out to find the lock it goes to helping the boy learn about himself and to find closure.

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James; [First Published in 2011]:  Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) 
A literature student meets billionaire Christian Grey a man with specific sexual and romantic tastes. Together they pursue a relationship.

The Glass Castle by Janet Wells; [First Published in 2005]: The Glass Castle (2017)                        
The Glass Castle is a memoir about unconventional parents with issues that create a difficult childhood for the author and her siblings. The siblings eventually leave home and become successful. 

The Giver, by Lois Lowry: [First published in 1993]: The Giver (2014)                                               
Set in the future a boy is given starts training for a special position with his society and government. This helps him to realize that his utopian society is really a highly controlled dystopia.

Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine: [First Published in 1992] Goosebumps (TV Series) (1995-1998), Goosebumps (2015), Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)                                  
Goosebumps is a series of horror novellas that follow child characters, who find themselves dealing with unusual situations; that usually involve the supernatural and or science fiction. There are 62 book are printed under the original umbrella title. With several spin offs. 

Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar: [First Published in 2002] Gossip Girl (2007-2012) 
A book series that follow the lives, and romances of privileged elite teens from the Upper East Side Manhattan.  

The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood: [First published in 1985]: The Handmaid’s Tale (1990) TV Series (2017-2022) 
Set in a dystopian future a totalitarian government runs a country called Gilead where all fertile women are stripped of rights and must serve as surrogates for infertile wives of the rich and powerful.

 The Hate U Give by Angie Tomas; [First Published in 2017] The Hate U Give (2018)                    
Star Carter is a 16-year-old black girl in a poor part of town. One night Star leaves a party with Khalil a childhood friend. They are pulled over for a traffic violation. The situation becomes tense, and Star witnesses the officer shooting Kahlil. After that night Star testifies in court and becomes activist. She and her family face the challenges of her activism. 

 The Holy Bible by GOD, [First Published Unknown]                                                                        
There are many screen adoptions of the Bible in whole or part for various ages, and dominations. 

The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende: [First published in1982]: The House of Spirits (1993)   
Three generations of the Trueba family are chronicle through personal and political upheaval in Latin America during the 20^th Century. 

The Hunger Games by, Suzanne Collins; [First Published in 2008] The Hunger Games (2012)
Set in a dystopian future, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister’s spot in the annual death game that sets 24 young people (between the ages of 12 -18) against each other for entertainment for the elite and to exert control over the lower castes. 

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou: [First published in 1969]: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
The autobiography is about the early years of poet, writer, singer, and activist Maya Angelou 1928 - 2014. 

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini: [First published in 2003]: The Kite Runner (2007)             
Tells the story of a friendship between two boys beginning in the final days of the Afghanistan Monarchy and into the rise of the Taliban Regime. 

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; [First Published in 1955]: Lolita (1962/1997) 
A man marries his landlady so he can be close to her underage daughter that he secretly desires.

Looking For Alaska by John Green; [First Published in 2005] Looking For Alaska (2019) 
Miles Halter goes to Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama where he forms friendships with three other students. When one of the friends ends up dead the group looks for answers and grow as people. 

Madeline and the Gypsies by Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline; [First Published in 1958]: Madline (1998) Madeline TV Series (1989-2001) 
Madeline and her friend Pepito visit a traveling Gypsie Carnival become lost and temporally join the carnival as performers. The Movie is about Madeline trying to save her beloved school and the TV series covers the series. 

Monster by Walter Dean Myers; [First Published in 1999]: All Rise (2018)                                      
Steve Harmon is a 17-year-old student that has been arrested for a robbery that resulted in a murder in the State New York. The rest of the story is legal battle he must go through to prove his guilt or innocence. 

Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck: [First published in 1937]: Of Mice and Men (1939, 1968, 1981, 1992)  
Two drifters working the fields during The Great Depression George and Lennie work to achieve their dream of having their own land. Until an accidental murder kills the shared dream they have about a better life. 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky: [First published in 1999]: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)                                                                                                                                  
A coming-of-age novel set in the early 1990’s about an introvert starting high school, dealing with death, drugs, sex, abortion and family and coming to terms with being molested as a child. 

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi; [First Published in 2000]: Persepolis (2007)                              
Memoir told by Marjane and her childhood during the Islamic Revolution in Iran beginning in the 1970’s. Marjane tells her story about growing up and witnessing the world changing. 

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (series) by Alvin Schwartz, Illustrator Stephen Gammell; [First Published in 1981]: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (2019) Scary Stories (2018)                       
The books series is a collection of short scary stories based on folklore, urban legends, and history. The 2019 film is set in the 1968 about a group of teens that experience several of their stories because of a ghostly curse. 

The Documentary Scary Stories (2018) is about the books, the author, becoming one of the most banned book series and the art it has inspired.

Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson: [First published in 1999]: Speak (2004) 
At the final party of the summer a high school freshman calls the police ending the party. Unable to say why she called the police due to a trauma that happened during the party she becomes a loner. Through art she is able to overcome what happened and speak up.

The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien; [First published in 1990]: A Soldier’s Sweetheart (1998)  
A set of connected short stories about US soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. 

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee: [First published in 1960]: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)        Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the depression era Deep South defends a black man accused of raping a white woman in a court of law. While teaching his children about predigest people have.

The Walking Dead (series) by Robert Kirkman & Illustrator Tony Moore; [First Published in 2004]:The Walking Dead (2010-2022); Fear The Walking Dead (2015-2023); The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020) 
Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes is injured in the line of duty and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he finds the hospital deserted and the world changed by the walking dead. Rick and other survivors fight to stay alive.