Science
One of the most accurate depictions of space in film to this day, this movie is the absolute pinnacle of sci-fi cinema.
2001: A Space Odyssey
You're never too small to play football for Notre Dame...
Rudy
Statistics always finds it's way into sports, especially when you can form an entire baseball team using them.
Moneyball
Margaret Keane and her phenomenal success in creating art pieces in which the subject has abnormally large eyes is depicted in this 2014 drama starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz.
Big Eyes
Made in 2003, this movie celebrates the fact that school doesn't always have to be about math and science. Sometimes it can be about rock n' roll.
School of Rock
With science anything is possible, especially in this Disney movie about a professor who discovers a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.
Flubber
He's never coached. They've never won. Together they'll learn everything about winning!
The Mighty Ducks
Winning an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, this 2015 film about the housing crisis made us all realize that math is hard.
The Big Short
J.K. Simmons won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in this 2014 film that focuses one drummer's journey to greatness.
Whiplash
John Keating said the following to his class of young men... "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion."
Dead Poets Society
This 2016 film proves that it's more than possible for women to pave the future of space exploration at NASA.
Hidden Figures
Just 1 year after becoming the famed Ron Burgundy, Will Ferrell starred in this film as a coffee-addicted soccer coach.
Kicking and Screaming
Who knew that being a math whiz could potentially save your life from an impending death in a giant cube?
Cube
Banksy's directorial debut that premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Hilary Swank makes for an inspiring teacher in this 2007 movie that focuses around a class of at-risk students and their assignment of writing a daily journal.
Freedom Writers
This film is based on the life of the world's leading expert on black holes and his path from Cambridge onward.
The Theory of Everything
1993 sports movies were defined by a group of boys from the summer of 62 playing some adventurous baseball.
The Sandlot
"Winner, winner, chicken dinner! There it is. Thank you. God, I love this town. I love this game. And, Jim, I might even love you."
21
Based on the creation of one single painting, this film attempts to recreate the mystery surrounding the origin of the painting itself and the girl in it.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
My Hollywood crush, Ryan Gosling, stars as a teacher named Dan Dunne in this movie about his unique teaching style and his personal life that is in shambles.
Half Nelson
When a boy develops a disease so rare that no doctors are working on a cure, it's up to his parents to dive deep into the science of diseases to solve the problem themselves.
Lorenzo's Oil
Sports are life for some. But school grades always come first, especially in this 2005 basketball-centric movie.
Coach Carter
Darren Aronofsky's debut feature film followed the life of a number theorist who let math get the best of him.
Pi
Starring the likes of Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, and Diego Luna, this movie depicts the life and times of the most famous Mexican painter in history.
Frida
Not all those who teach are officially teachers, just like Sean, in this 1997 film that won Robin Williams an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Good Will Hunting