Top 4 Inspirational Movies About Education must watch

Good Will Hunting

release : December 2, 1997 (Westwood)
Director :Gus Van Sant 
Screenplay: Matt Damon,Ben Affleck
Music Director : Eliott Smith , Danny Elfman

A great movie can stay with you long after you walk out of the movie theater or turn off the DVD player. Plenty of movies have been made about education that have inspired students and educators to achieve more than they thought they could. Literally hundreds of movies have been produced that have something to do with education. Below we break down our top 5 inspirational movies about education.

Will Hunting, played by Matt Damon, is a janitor at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Turns out that Will happens to be a mathematical genius, capable of solving just about any equation. Will’s genius is discovered by a professor, but he is torn between his working class Boston roots and the unfamiliar world of MIT. Eventually Will meets with a psychologist, played by Robin Williams, and begins to the difficult work of sorting through his personal issues.

 Rudy

release: October 13, 1993 (USA)
director : David Anspaugh  
Total time : 1h 56m 
Screenplay : Angelo pizzo
Music Director : Jerry Goldsmith

Rudy shows what the power of a dream, combined with grit and determination can do. He’s from a small working class town and wants to play football at Notre Dame. The only problem is, he’s small, not very fast and doesn’t have the money to afford it. That doesn’t matter to Rudy. He starts off his education at Holy Cross and eventually matriculates to Notre Dame after getting rejected multiple times. He spends his time on the practice team, but eventually reaches his dream of playing for Notre Dame. The movie is based on the true story of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger. The movie stars Sean Astin as Rudy.

 The Blindside

release: November 17, 2009
Director : John Lee Hancock
Total Time : 2h 9m
Adapted From : The Blind Side : Evolution of a Game  

The Blindside is a movie based on the book of the same name. The movie follows the life of Michael Oher and his evolution from shy, poverty stricken product of the ghetto to college graduate and first round NFL draft pick. Oher is taken in by the wealthy Touhy family and is nurtured like one of their own. The hard-nosed, but loving Leigh Anne Touhy takes Michael into her own and adopt him despite ridicule, suspicion and even an NCAA investigation. The story is based on the life of Baltimore Ravens football player Michael Oher. The motion picture garnered the Oscar for best actress for Sandra Bullock, and was also nominated for best picture.

Dead Poets Society

release : June 9, 1989 (USA)
Director :peter Weir
Total Time : 2h 9m
Screenplay : Tom Schulman 

Robin Williams shows up twice on the list. In Dead Poets Society he plays teacher John Keatings; a passionate instructor with a love for poetry. His teaching methods make a profound impact on the boys who take his course, but are not accepted by the school’s administrators.

Stand and Deliver

release: March 11, 1988 (USA)
Director : Ramon Menendez 
Total time: 1h 43m
Screenplay :Ramon Menendez ,Tom Musca

Stand and Deliver is the 1988 film starring Edward James Olmos as high school teacher Jaime Escalante. Escalante shows the impact a teacher can make in the life of any student, by teaching a group of troubled youth to become masters at calculus. His teaching, combined with the students’ efforts, results in every one of them passing the Advanced Placement test in calculus. The movie was a hit with fans and critics alike, and was nominated for several awards. The Library of Congress went on to name the film as culturally significant and important in 2011