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.

Getting Into College/University films

 

Getting into College/University theme.

How I Got Into College (1989)
Marlon Brown is in love with Jessica Kailo, about to enter his last year of high school and does not know what to do about the future. So, his plan is to win the girl of his dreams by getting into the same elite college Jessica is going to attend. While this is the main story there are side stories about the college recruiters, administrators, others that want to attend college.

Risky Business (1983)
Joel Goodsen is a rich kid living in the Chicago North Shore area following his parents plans to do well in school and attend Princeton University. One weekend his parents need to go out of town and Joel starts a series of misadventures that result in his parent's belongings being damaged or stolen including his father's Porsche 928. To fix his problems he needs money fast so with the help of his friends and Lana a prostitute he has fallen in love with. He makes his house into a pop-up brothel. This is also the night the Princeton recruiter shows up for an interview.

Orange County (2002)
Shaun Brumder dreams of attending Stanford University, become a successful writer and to get away from his eccentric family. It appears that everything is set the guidance chancellor makes a mistake with the application. As a result, Shaun starts doing anything he can to change this. He joins forces with his girlfriend Ashley and his unproductive older brother Lance start a series of misadventures to get him accepted. 

Admission (2013)
Based on the novel Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz [First Published in 2009] Portia Nathan is an uptight admissions officer that is up for promotion to dean of Admissions at an Ivy League school. While on a recruitment trip to an alternative high school when an applicant maybe the child she put up for adoption puts her into a difficult position.

Acceptance (2009)
Based the novel Acceptance by Susan Coll [First Published in 2007] Several high school seniors and their parents take different approaches to getting into elite universities in their final year of high school. 

Accepted (2006)
Charming slacker con man Bartleby Gaines has been rejected from the eight colleges he applied to. Feeling out of options he invents the South Harmon Institute of Technology. He joins forces with his friends that also failed to get into college to create a web site and convert an abandoned mental hospital into the college. However, a mistake with the website accepts everybody that applied Bartleby attempts to create a college that gives the customer what they want.

College Road Trip (2008)
Melanie Porter is selecting a college to attend by taking a college road trip with her friends. Her dad James Porter is not ready for her to leave takes her on her trip and tries to redirect her to a closer college. As they set off the usual road trip problems happen, and lessons happen.

One Crazy Summer (1986)
Hoops McCann has graduated from Generic High School and wants to go to the Rhode Island School of Design. To do this he needs to create a love story however writing the story is a challenge for him. Taking a chance on a change of setting will help he joins his friends on a summer trip to Nantucket, Massachusetts. On the island he falls in love, helps the girl save her house, has some crazy adventures, sails in a regatta/ faces his fear of water, and finishes his love story. 

Honor Society (2022)
Honor Rose has a plan to be accepted to Harvard University. This includes taking down her top competitors, until she falls in love with one of them. 

The Perfect Score (2004)
Six high school with varied backgrounds and reasons along with getting into their chosen colleges/successful futures. Come together to break-in and steal the answers for the SATs from the company that makes these tests. 

Getting In (1994)
Gabriel Higgs is waitlisted for getting into John Hopkins there are 6 people ahead of him. He decided to bribe the other on the list so select different colleges. However, somebody is killing the wait list Gabriel is number six on that list is he also in danger? 

The College Admissions Scandal (2019)
Inspired by true events a few very wealthy parents conspire and perform various acts to get their children admitted to prestigious ivy league colleges in the US. 

Johnny Be Good (1988)
Johnny Walker is a star football player at his high school and is the top pick for several recruiters all offering him luxuries, special deals, money, and other perks. As he is being wined and dined his girlfriend, best friend, and coach advise him on where to attend for different personal reasons. 

PCU (1994) 
High School Senior Tom Laurence is on a weekend recruit tour of Port Charles University Also known as Politically Correct University. Where hi is sent to the Un-PC James Droz Andrews a professional student at the wildest party house on campus. Over the weekend Droz and explains college life, early PC culture, while disrupting, offending, and mocking various groups, frustrating the dean and throwing the biggest party the campus has ever seen. 

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 kind of related or symbolic 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.   

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. 

What I am Watching 2022

 This will be the same set up as the past years. 

2022 Theater count 21

January 

1. Kingsman (2021)*                                                                         Theater 
2. Lady Jane (1986)                                                                            Kanopy
3. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)                                             DVD 
4. Redeeming Love (2022)*                                                               Theater 
5. Ski Patrol (1990)                                                                            Tubi TV
6. Ski School (1991)                                                                           Tubi TV 

TV

1. Cobra Kai (2018-?) Season 4                                                        Netflix 
2. Emily In Paris (2020-?) Season 2                                                 Netflix 
3. Ghosts (2021-?) Season 1                                                              Paramount+
4. Lower Decks (2020-?) Season 2                                                    Paramount+ 
5. South Park: Post Covid (2021)                                                      Paramount+
6. South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid (2021)                   Paramount+

February 

1. The Accountant (2016)                                                                Digital-Rental 
2. Belle Starr (1941)                                                                         TUBI TV
3. Enemy Mine (1985)                                                                     Starz 
4. I Capture The Castle (2003)                                                         Kanopy
5. Jojo Rabbit (2019)                                                                       Digital-Rent 
6. Marry Me (2021)*                                                                       Theater 

TV

1. The Eighth Son? Are You Kidding Me? (2020) Season 1           Anime-Planet
2. Space Force (2021-2022) Season 2                                             Netflix 

March

1. Blacklight (2022)*                                                                     Theater 
2. The Cursed (2022)*                                                                   Theater 
3. The Outfit (2022)*                                                                     Theater
4. Vibes (1988)                                                                               Amazon Prime 

TV 

1. Good Girls (2018-2022) Seasons 1-2                                       Netflix 
2. Heels (2021-?) Season 1                                                           Starz 

April

1. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)                                                  Amazon Prime  
2. The Big Sick (2017)                                                                  Amazon Prime
3. Dr. Cabbie (2014)                                                                      Amazon Prime  
4. Eat, Brains, Love (2020)                                                           Amazon Prime 
5. Fantastic Beasts 3: Secrets of D (2022)*                                  Theater 
6. Father Stu (2022)*                                                                     Theater 
7. Morbius (2022)*                                                                        Theater 
8. Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage (2021)                                    Starz 

TV

1. Ghosts (2019-2022) Seasons 1-3                                                Digital-Own 
2. Good Girls (2018-2022) Seasons 3-4                                         Netflix 

May

1. Because I Said So (2007)                                                           Starz
2. Bob's Burgers: The Movie (2022)*                                            Theater  
3. Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)                                                 Tubi TV
4. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (2022)*           Theater
5. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)                                                   Paramount+ 
6. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)*                                                      Theater
7. Virtuosity (1995)                                                                        Paramount+

TV

1. Doctor Doctor (1989-1991) Season 1                                        Plex 
2. The Good Doctor (2013-?) Season 5                                         HULU
3. Hit Monkey (2021) Season 1                                                     HULU
4. New Amsterdam (2018-2021) Season 4                                    HULU 
5. The Resident (2018-?) Season 5                                                HULU

June

1. Arena (2013)                                                                            Starz 
2. Around The World In 80 Days (1956)                                     DVD-Rent 
3. Elysium (2013)                                                                        Starz 
4. Nightmare Weekend (1986)                                                     Plex

TV

1. The Bureau of Magical Things (2018-2021) Season 2          Netflix 
2. Jewel In the Palace (2003)                                                     Rakuten Viki 
3. Mirror of the Witch (2016)                                                     Rakuten Viki 
4. Wiseguy (1987-1990) Season 1                                              Roku 

July 

1. Firehouse (1987)                                                                  VUDU
2. Hysteria (2011)                                                                     HULU
3. Land of the Lost (2009)                                                        Starz
4. Your Highness (2011)                                                           HULU

TV

1. The Boys (2019) Season 3                                                   Amazon Prime
2. The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019-Present) Season 2     HULU  

August

1. Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)                                      Digital-Rent 
2. Day Shift (2022)                                                                 Netflix  
3. Half Moon (2009)                                                               Tubi TV
4. Samaritan (2022)                                                                 Amazon Prime 
5. This Is Our Land (2018)                                                     Digital-Rent 
6. Vengeance (2022)*                                                             Theater 

TV

1. Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)                                   Netflix 
2. Garth Marenghi's Dark Place (2004) Season 1                   Amazon Prime 
3. London Hospital (2006-2009) Seasons 1-2                        Digital-Own 
4. The Orville: New Horizons (2017-2022) Season 3            HULU 

September 

1. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)                                                  HULU
2. Don't Worry Darling (2022)*                                             Theater
3. Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)                                Digital-Rent 
4. Medieval (2022)*                                                               Theater 
5. RoboCop (2014)                                                                 Amazon Prime 
6. Scary Movie 4 (2006)                                                         Netflix 
7. That's My Boy (2012)                                                         Netflix 

TV 

1. Transplant (2020-2022) Season 2                                       HULU
2. The Good Karma Hospital (2017-2022) Sason 4               Acorn TV 

October

Halloween Films

1. Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018)                                  DVD-Rent 
2. Children of the Corn (1984)                                             Amazon Prime 
3. Children of the Corn: Runaway (2017)                           VUDU
4. Headless Horseman (2007)                                              Kanopy 
5. Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect (2021)                    HULU
6. Never Cry Werewolf (2008)                                             DVD-Own
7. Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss (1990)                                DVD-Rent 
8. R.L. Stiens Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015)          DVD-Own 
9. Salem's Lot (1979)                                                           DVD
10. Salem's Lot (2004)                                                           DVD-Rent 
11. Steven King's: Children of the Corn (2009)                     DVD-Rent 

Halloween TV

1. Hotel Transylvania: the series (2017-2020) Season 1     Netflix 
2. Surreal Estate (2021) Season 1                                        HULU 

Halloween Episodes

1. Bob's Burgers 
2. Bizaardvark 
3. Futurama 
4. Ghosts 
5. The Good Doctor 
6. The Great North 
7. Rick and Morty 
8. The Simpsons 
9. Solar Opposites
10. South Park 
11. Villains of Valley View  

Non-Halloween Films

1. Black Adam (2022)*                                                         Theater 
2. Doctor G (2022)*                                                              Theater 
3. Jexi (2019)                                                                         DVD-Rent 
4. Memory (2022)                                                                  Amazon Prime 
5. Parkland (2013)                                                                 Amazon Prime 
6. The School for Good and Evil (2022)                               Netflix 
7. Samaritan (2022)                                                               Amazon Prime  

TV

1.  Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-?) Season 3                     Paramount+ 
2. Star Wars: Andor (2022-2023) Season 1                           Disney Plus 

November

1. Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)                                          HULU 
2. Crown For Christmas (2015)                                                Digital-Rent
3. Dear Dictator (2018)                                                             VUDU 
4. Eloise (2016)                                                                         Tubi TV 
5. The Fabelmans (2022)*                                                         Theater 
6. The Menu (2022)*                                                                 Theater
7. Mr. Poppers Penguins (2011)                                                 HULU  
8. The Preacher's Wife (1996)                                                   Tubi TV
9. Turistas (2006)                                                                       DVD-Rent 

TV

1. Inside Job (2021-?) Seasons 1-2                                           Netflix 
2. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014-2020) Seasons 1-4                 Tubi TV
3. Sky Med (2022-?) Season 1                                                 Amazon Prime  
4. Yellowstone (2018-?) Season 1                                            DVD 

December

Christmas Films

1. Arthur Christmas (2011)                                                  Amazon Prime 
2. Christmas Do-Over (2006)                                              Amazon Prime 
3. Christmas Is Canceled (2021)                                          Amazon Prime
4. Christmas Movie Magic (2021)                                       HULU  
5. Christmas With a Prince (2018)                                       Netflix 
6. Copper Mountain (1983)                                                 Digital-Rental 
7. I Heard the Bells (2022)*                                                Theater 
8. Klaus (2019)                                                                    Netflix 
9. Spirited (2022)*                                                               Theater 

Christmas Episodes

1. Bobs Burgers
2. Glen Martin DDS 
3. Ghosts 
4. The Great North
5. Hill Street Blues 
6. Rick and Morty
7. The Simpsons
8. South Park
9. The Villains of Valley View 

Non-Christmas Films

1. Battle For Saipan (2022)                                                   Digital-Own 
2. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)                     Blue-Ray-Own 
3. Listen To Me (1989)                                                         Digital-Rent 
4. Supervised (2019)                                                             Amazon Prime 

TV

1. Emily In Paris (2020-2022) Season 3                               Netflix 
2. Farzar (2022) Season 1                                                      Netflix
3. Glen Martin DDS (2009-2011) Season 1                          Tubi TV
4. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022-?)             Amazon Prime 
5. The Recruit (2022-?) Season 1                                         Netflix 

I watched about the usual number of seeing movies at the theater as before 2020.  However, 2022 was a tough year for finding things I really wanted to watch. 

Post Office and Postal Workers in film.

With the Post Office being in the news I think it would be interesting to see the post office and postal workers in film. 

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office (2024)
When a new and malfunctioning computer system is integrated into the British postal system various problems arise. This results in the postmasters being held responsible with their personal and professional lives being ruined. Sub postmaster Alan Bates takes the post office to court to stop the injustice and fix the damage done. 

Klaus (2019)
Jasper a new postman is sent to a small island in the far north. There he befriends Klaus a woodsman, carpenter, and toy maker. Together they end a feud between two families. 

The Ideal Place (2018)
A rural postman meets a woman and becomes a father. He spends the rest of his life hand building a palace for them. 

Signed Sealed Delivered (2013)
Four postal workers track down the intended recipients of undeliverable mail. This is followed by several sequels.  

Going Postal (2010)
Based on the book Going Postal by Terry Pratchett [First Published in 2004]. Master con man Moist Von Lipwig is forced to become the Postmaster General of the defunct Ankh-Morpork Postal Service. The new postmaster revitalizes the postal service. 

Christmas Mail (2010)
When Kristi North is hired to answer Letters to Santa her boss has fellow co-worker Matt Sanders spy on her. While doing this he falls in love with her. Only for her to quit when she learns of the spying. However, she learns why he did what he did in time to reunite in time for Christmas. 

Letters To God (2010) 
Inspired by a true story Tyler Doherty is an eight-year-old boy with cancer. Tyler starts writing letters to God. As this is happening postal worker Brady McDaniel's is assigned to Tylers route; Brady is in a bad place in his life due to drinking and poor choices. Tyler and Brady get to know each other with Brady being inspired that with Gods help he can change his life. As Tyler reaches the end of his life Brady reads Tylers letters to God. 

Lark Rise To Candleford (2008-2011) 
Based on the Lark Rise to Candleford books by Flora Thompson [First Published in 1939]. A young girl in Victorian, England moves from Lark Rise to Candleford to begin an apprenticeship at the post office.

Dead Letter Office (1998)
Alice Walsh's father left her at a young age; now an adult she wants to reconnect with him. To find him she takes a job in the dead letter office in the Australian Postal Service. 

The Postman (1997)
Based on the book The Postman by David Brin [First Published in 1985]. In a future post-apocalyptic America, a drifter and performer finds a postman's uniform and a bag of undelivered mail. He starts delivering the mail starting a movement to rebuild the US. 

Dear God (1996)
Tom Turner a con man gets a job in the US dead letter office after he gets caught. While working he answers a letter to God. As Tom and his coworkers answer more of God's letters the US Government tries to put a stop to it. 

Second Best (1994)
Based on the book Second Best by Davis Cook [First Published in 1991]. A middle-aged postal worker in England has always wanted a son so he adopts a 10-year-old boy. The two face many challenges in becoming a family. 

Jacobs Latter (1990)
Set in 1975 a postal worker is having flashbacks to as his time as a solider in Vietnam, and haunting visions of daemons. As he tries to get on with his life, deal with the guilt of war, the death of his son, and questions he has about what happened in Vietnam.

The Young Riders (1989-1992)
A pony express station and group of young pony express riders operating out of the Nebraska territory before that start of the US Civil war.   

The Postman Fights Back (1982)
A dedicated postal worker is hired to deliver a set of special packages in seven days. While trying to do this he gets involved in a conflict in-between warring factions. 

Hardly Working (1980)
Bo Hooper (Jerry Lewis) is an unemployed circus clown moves in with his sister and has searches for a job with various challenges until he gets hired by the post office. 

Two Living, One Dead (1961) 
Based on the book Two Living, One Dead by Sigurd Christiansen [First Published in 1931]. One day three postal workers are held up. Two of employees fight back one is killed the other injured. The last employee Eric Berger cooperates and gets out uninjured. Resulting in his community seeing him as unmanly and a coward leaving him wondering if he did the right thing.  

The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Based on the book The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt [First Published in 1943]. A con man that owns a large area of swampland in Florida tries to con the local into buying the useless land while clashing with a local mailman that does not believe him.

Appointment With Danger (1950)
After a postal inspector is murdered, a fellow postal inspector Al Goddard is called in to investigate. After finding a witness a Sister Augustine. Al infiltrate's the gang responsible to protect the witness, stop a mail heist, and avenge his friend and coworker. 

Stage to Chino (1940)
A postal inspector goes undercover with a stage company to stop a theft of a gold shipment. 

Call a Messenger (1939) 
After getting caught while trying to steal from a post office Jimmy Hogan is given the choice between reform school and a job with postal service. Jimmy chooses the job, and things go well until his brother recently out of prison gets involved with a gangster that wants to use the brothers to rob post offices.   

An Anti-Valentines Day Movie List

There are people that do not like Valentine's Day. This is for those that want to be anti-Valentine here are 14 movies to watch. 

My Bloody Valentine (1981) (2009) 

In the town of Valentines Bluff, A deranged madman murders the citizens of town when they celebrate the holiday of Valentine's Day. The remake is slasher, murder mystery and deals with the reopening of the town mine and not just the Holiday.

Valentine (2001)

Based on the novel Valentine by Tom Savage [First Published in 1996]. In 1988 A socially awkward innocent boy is accused and is punished by a group of girls. Years later the girls are adults start to receive strange Valentine Day cards. While the girls are stalked and killed one by one by a killer in a Cupid Mask. The girls try to figure out who and why. 

The Break Up (2006)

A successful couple that have become dissatisfied with their relationship start to take their frustrations out on each other. Resulting the pair to get to the point of no return. 

 

500 Days of Summer (2009)

Upon breaking up for good a Tom Hansen a greeting card writer looks back on his relationship with Summer Finn. The girl of his dreams. During a morning period he looks back on the 500 days of their time together it is revealed that he was more invested and interested in the relationship and her than she ever was. 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Joel Barish discovers that his recent ex-girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him and their relationship from her memories. Making a rash decision to get back at her by doing the same procedure. However, once the process is underway, he regrets his decision and fights to save his memories. 

He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

Inspired by the He's Just Not That Into You books by Greg Behrendt [First Published in 2004]. The movie revolves around several couples as they try to have relationships, find love, etc... with only one of the pairs really being invested or interested. 

I Give It a Year (2013)

A couple in a passionate romance get married. However, they have different lifestyle desires and wants. Approaching their first-year anniversary the marriage is not doing so well and may not last. 

Fatal Attraction (1987)

A happily married man has a weekend fling with a business associate. After the weekend is over, he is ready to get back to his life. However, the woman becomes obsessed, angry, and will not accept his rejections. So, she stalks and makes life miserable for him and his family until a\it ends in a dramatic conclusion. 

Last American Virgin (1982) 

Two friends Gary and Rick fall for the same girl Karen. She chooses Rick while never showing any real interest in the Gary. When she gets into trouble and is dumped by her boyfriend. Gary steps up and helps her. Gary believes that have grown closed and are starting a romance. While Karen never sees him as a possible romantic partner and goes back to Rick. 

Holidays (2016)

This is an Anthology movie of popular holidays with a horror theme or twists. Valentine's Day is one of the holidays featured. 

Indecent Proposal (1993) 

Based on the novel Indecent Proposal by Jack Engelhard [First Published in 1988]. A happily married young couple are having finical difficulties. They put the last of their money on a hail marry gamble. They lose. When a stranger step in offering a million dollars for one night with the wife. These choices have dark consequences.  

Disclosure (1994)

Based on the novel Disclosure by Michael Crichton [First Published in 1994] A happily married man is on the verge of great success and riches when his female boss makes a move on him. He rejects her. So, she accuses him of sexual harassment. Destroying his life as he attempts to fight back and clear his name.  

Unfaithful (2002) 

A wife in a solid marriage becomes obsessed with a man she meets one fay while shopping. As she gets more involved with the man and her affair. Her marriage and family fall apart.   

The War of the Roses (1989)

Based on the novel The War Of The Roses by Warren Adler [First Published in 1981]. The Roses are getting a divorce. The big problem is that they both want the house. As they try to get the other to leave the hate, humiliation, and violence between them grows until everybody loses.