If You Liked The Student, Watch These Next
Finished The Student (2016) and want more of the same? These 17 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Student, most of them are drama.
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17 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.God's Not Dead(2014)
6.0DramaAlso drama
After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor will fail him.
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2.God's Not Dead: We The People(2021)
6.7DramaAlso drama
Reverend Dave has to defend himself and a group of Christian homeschooling families after an inspection by local government officials.
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3.Tyson's Run(2022)
7.7DramaAlso drama
When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning…
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4.The Unbreakable Boy(2025)
7.8FamilyDramaAlso drama
When Scott and Teresa LeRette learn that their son Austin is both autistic and has brittle bone disease, they initially worry for their son’s future. But with Scott’s growing faith and Austin’s incredible spirit, they become 'unbreakable', finding joy, gratitude, and courage even in the most trying times.
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5.The Ron Clark Story(2006)
7.6DramaAlso drama
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to help them reach their potential. Based on a true story.
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6.Come Sunday(2018)
5.8DramaAlso drama
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
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7.The Emperor's Club(2002)
7.1DramaAlso drama
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson…
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8.The Miracle Season(2018)
7.2DramaAlso drama
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship!
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9.The Browning Version(1994)
6.4DramaAlso drama
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health reasons', and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His unfaithful wife Laura…
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10.The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(1969)
7.0DramaAlso drama
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.
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11.Giant Little Ones(2019)
7.1DramaAlso drama
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
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12.Pay It Forward(2000)
7.4DramaAlso drama
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
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13.The River(1984)
6.4DramaAlso drama
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds…
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14.Do You Believe?(2015)
6.8DramaAlso drama
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
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15.On Fire(2023)
6.2DramaThrillerActionAlso drama
Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have any hope of surviving the rapid forces of mother nature.
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16.Women Talking(2022)
6.8DramaAlso drama
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
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17.Out of My Mind(2024)
7.8DramaFamilyAlso drama
Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as her classmates. When a young educator notices her student's untapped potential and Melody starts to participate in mainstream education,…
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