Films about Teachers and Education

Students in some education classes are required to watch a film about teachers, teaching, and/or education. Here is a list of some of the films the Gallaudet University Library has on those topics. Please check the ALADIN catalog for the call numbers, or ask a Librarian for assistance.

• Blackboard Jungle (DVD 791.4372 B532, 2005; VHS 791.4372 B532, 2005)
• Cheaters (DVD 791.4372 C435, 2000)
• Children of a Lesser God (Deaf DVD 791.4372 C55, 2000)
• The Children's Hour (DVD 791.4372 C453, 2002)
• Conrack (VHS 791.4372 C667, 1985)
• The Corn Is Green (DVD 791.4372 K38, 2007 -- disc 6 of Katharine Hepburn: 100th anniversary collection)
• Dangerous Minds (DVD 791.4372 D3642, 1999)
• Dead Poets Society (DVD 791.4372 D422, 2006; VHS 791.4372 D422, 1992)
• Dead Silence (Deaf DVD 791.4372 D4283, 2007; Deaf VHS 791.4372 D4283, 1997)
• Disney's The Miracle Worker (Deaf DVD 791.4372 D57, 2001)
• Election (DVD 791.4372 E44, 1999)
• The Emperor's Club (DVD 791.4372 E533, 2003)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (DVD 791.4372 F476, 2006)
• Finding Forrester (DVD 791.4372 F56, 2001)
• Freedom Writers (DVD 791.4372 F7393, 2007)
• Front of the Class (DVD 791.4372 F768, 2009)
• Good Will Hunting (DVD 791.4372 G66, 1997; VHS 791.4372 G66, 1997)
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939, Oscar-winning) (DVD 791.4372 G663, 2004)
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002, PBS) (DVD 791.4372 G6632, 2003)
• Half Nelson (DVD 791.4372 H343, 2007)
• Hoosiers (VHS 791.4372 H66, 1993)
• Lean on Me (DVD 791.4372 L435, 1998; VHS 791.4372 L435, 1989)
• A Lesson Before Dying (DVD 791.4372 L477, 1999)
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Deaf VHS 791.4272 L66 1997)
• Mean Girls (DVD 791.4372 M43, 2004)
• Miracle Worker (Deaf DVD 791.4372 M548, 2001) -- this is the 1962 film
• Mona Lisa Smile (DVD 791.4372 M66, 2004)
• Mr. Holland's Opus (Deaf DVD 791.438 M74, 1999; Deaf VHS 791.438 M74 1995)
• Pay It Forward (DVD 791.4372 P39, 2000)
• The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) (DVD 791.4372 P53, 2002)
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (DVD 791.4372 P75, 2004)
• Remember the Titans (DVD 791.4372 R463, 2006)
• Sarafina! (DVD 791.437 S27, 2002)
• The Sound and the Silence (Deaf VHS 920 B4so, 1993)
• Stand and Deliver (DVD 791.4372 S73, 1998; VHS 791.4372 S73, 1998)
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (Deaf VHS 920 B4sto 1996)
• The Substitute (DVD 791.4372 S8692, 1997)
• To Be and To Have (Etre et avoir) (DVD 371.1 E87, 2004)
• To Sir, With Love (DVD 791.4372 T67, 2004)
• Up the Down Staircase (DVD 791.4372 U67, 2007)
• Voices (Deaf 791.4372 V652, 1996)
• The Water is Wide (DVD 791.4572 W38, 2006)
• The Wild Child (L'enfant sauvage) (Deaf DVD 791.4372 W547, 2001; Deaf VHS 791.4372 W547, 1991)