Charlie è un uomo obeso di una cinquantina d'anni. Vive solo, passa le giornate seduto sul divano tenendo corsi di scrittura online, guardando la tv e mangiando compulsivamente. Nella sua vita ci sono Liz, amica infermiera che si prende cura del suo stato di salute sempre più precario, e la figlia Ellie, diciassettenne che ha abbandonato quando era bambina per seguire l'amore della sua vita, Adam, il cui successivo suicidio è alla causa della sua obesità. Sentendo la morte avvicinarsi Charlie decide di spendere il tempo che gli resta per riconciliarsi con Ellie, la quale non gli ha mai perdonato la sua scelta...
A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him.
1966. Antonio insegna inglese in una scuola retta da religiosi. Per favorire il loro apprendimento (e anche perché è un fan dei Beatles) utilizza le canzoni dei Fab Four per invogliarli a tradurre. Quando viene a sapere che John Lennon si trova in Almeria per girare un film decide di cercare di incontrarlo perché le canzoni che ha registrato da Radio Lussemburgo hanno dei versi che gli suscitano delle perplessità. John sarà in grado di dirgli se ha commesso errori nelle traduzioni. Lungo la strada il professore incontra due giovani autostoppisti. Prima si imbatte in Belen, una ragazza incinta che è scappata dall'istituto in cui era stata rinchiusa e poi in Juanjo, un sedicenne che si è allontanato dall'abitazione in cui vive con i genitori e con cinque fratelli perché non sopporta più la rigidità educativa del padre poliziotto. Sarà insieme a loro che il professor Antonio cercherà di coronare il suo sogno.
Una giovane insegnante di una scuola superiore di New York deve affrontare grosse difficoltà con i colleghi, i superiori che non approvano il suo idealismo, e con gli studenti, di tutte le razze, teppistelli, drogati. Trova la forza di non dimettersi e di andare avanti.
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home escalates and Meg struggles to find a way to get to the poetry finals in Florida, Auster's role in her life becomes increasingly complex.
The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher Philip Boynton (Robert Rockwell).
Prepare for Six of the Best as the Carry On team cause chaos in the school yard. When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power and bombs!
Young James struggles as the outsider kid at his school. His teacher, Mr. Sutherland, the only person he feels he can connect with. When James finally puts a voice to his feelings, Mr. Sutherland's response isn't what James had hoped for.
A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched after Masuo sells his pigeons to her. However, after his scam is revealed, can these feelings truly remain the same?
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
Eight-grader Petya Kopeikin, despite his short stature and nondescript appearance, is constantly in the spotlight. Petya is noble, witty, well versed in literature, he writes wonderful poems. Kopeikin has long been secretly in love with his classmate Masha Goroshkina, and she is passionate about the new student from 9 "A" Kolya Kristallov. Masha tells Petya about her feelings and asks him to hand over a note to Kolya. Deeply worried from unrequited love, Petya not only doesn't stand in the way of a happier rival, but even helps him win Masha's heart. He wants to prove that courage and honor were not only inherent in the times of “musketeer” novels, but exist in our time. Petya chooses to follow the example of the hero of the famous play Edmond Rostan and in his actions copies Cyrano de Bergerac.
A romantic comedy about Amira, an English tutor, and Juki, a hot-tempered Betawi guy. It begins when Suchin, a Thailand girl who is also Juki girlfriend, asks Amira, her English tutor, to tell Juki that they brakes up because she gets a job in America. During this time she and Juki communicate through gestures. When Amira tells Suchin message, Juki does not accept it and forces Amira to teach him English, to follow Suchin. For fear of Juki, Amira tutors him privately. At the same time, another guy, Taufan, is approaching Amira.
Penniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?
Chris is an English teacher in South Korea who is lazy at work and lazy in life - an expat looking for a good time, trying to run away from the shame and responsibilities of his life back home.