10 Amazing Movies That Will Make You Think About Education

From the funny ones to the tear-jerkers, documentaries to dramas, there's no shortage of incredible movies about education.

1. Dead Poets Society

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

2. Stand and Deliver

Math is the great equalizer... When you go for a job, the person giving you that job will not want to hear your problems; ergo, neither do I. You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing I ask from you is ganas. Desire.

3. Waiting for Superman

One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what do you mean he's not real. and She thought I was crying because it's like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.

4. School of Rock

I believe... That the children are the future. Now listen, you can teach them well, but buddy, you have got to let them lead the way. And let the children's laughter...just remind us of how we used to be. That's what I decided long ago.

5. Mr Holland's Opus

There is not a life in this room that you have not touched, and each of us is a better person because of you. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life.

6. Good Will Hunting

Most people never get to see how brilliant they can be. They don't find teachers that believe in them. They get convinced they're stupid. I hope you appreciate what he's doing. Because I've seen how much he enjoys working with you. Not against you.

7. The History Boys

The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.

8. Girl Rising

I will read. I will study. I will learn. If you try to stop me, I will just try harder.

9. Lean on Me

Sit down with your kids and make them study at night. Give our children some pride! Tell them to get their priorities straight!

10. The Breakfast Club

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did was wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed