Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "disciplinarian"

1. The Girl Next Door (2007)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.

Director: Gregory Wilson | Stars: William Atherton, Blythe Auffarth, Blanche Baker, Kevin Chamberlin

Votes: 29,518

2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.

Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell

Votes: 216,240 | Gross: $184.93M

3. The Pacifier (2005)

PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Having recovered from wounds received in a failed rescue operation, Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Brad Garrett

Votes: 101,239 | Gross: $113.09M

4. Three Identical Strangers (2018)

PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.

Director: Tim Wardle | Stars: Robert Shafran, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone

Votes: 40,319 | Gross: $12.32M

5. Like Stars on Earth (2007)

PG | 162 min | Drama, Family

An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.

Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma

Votes: 207,539 | Gross: $1.22M

6. This Boy's Life (1993)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama

The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Barkin, Jonah Blechman

Votes: 58,523 | Gross: $4.10M

7. Level 16 (2018)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.

Director: Danishka Esterhazy | Stars: Katie Douglas, Celina Martin, Sara Canning, Peter Outerbridge

Votes: 16,386

8. David Copperfield (1999–2000)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Eve, Pauline Quirke, Laura Harling

Votes: 5,056

9. Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.

Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey, Ted de Corsia

Votes: 428

10. Custer of the West (1967)

G | 143 min | Biography, Drama, History

George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter

Votes: 1,626

11. The Frogmen (1951)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, War

The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter

Votes: 1,561

12. Standing Tall (2015)

R | 120 min | Drama

A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways.

Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier

Votes: 3,863 | Gross: $0.02M

13. Killing Mr. Griffin (1997 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Thriller, Drama

A hated teacher is kidnapped by high school students as a prank. He's killed - but by whom?

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Scott Bairstow, Amy Jo Johnson, Mario Lopez, Chris Young

Votes: 1,073

14. Professor (1962)

166 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A college grad in need of money must disguise himself as an old man to tutor two young women who are under the watchful eye of their strict aunt.

Director: Lekh Tandon | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Lalita Pawar, Parveen Choudhary, Salim

Votes: 351

15. Bhuvan Shome (1969)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

A lonely bureaucrat goes on holiday to a Gujarat village where a young peasant woman helps him see beyond his job and develop a newfound empathy for people.

Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Sadhu Meher

Votes: 583

16. Join Us (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary

Award winning filmmaker, Ondi Timoner, follows four families as they leave an abusive church in South Carolina and realize they have been in a cult. The film documents them as they enter ... See full summary »

Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Raymund Melz, Deborah Melz, Joaquin Sullivan, Liz Shaw

Votes: 148

17. The Mighty Pawns (1987 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 57 min | Drama, Family, Sport

Caring and tough: That's how you could describe the principal, teacher, and parent who combined their efforts to transform a struggling bunch of misfits, otherwise known as D Class, into a united team of national chess contenders.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Paul Winfield, Alfonso Ribeiro, Terence Knox, Rosalind Cash

Votes: 55

18. Knave of Hearts (1954)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Margaret Johnston

Votes: 511

19. Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success (2015 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Documentary about Sir Alex Ferguson's development of Manchester United into a multi-million-pound global business whilst attaining countless trophies along the way.

Director: Mike Christie | Stars: Tony Blair, Anita Elberse, Liverpool F.C., Manchester United F.C.

Votes: 281

20. Boy of Mine (1923)

70 min | Family, Drama

A wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes when neither Bill nor his mother can put up any more with the father's relentlessness and ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Ben Alexander, Rockliffe Fellowes, Henry B. Walthall, Irene Rich

21. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Episode #7.11 (2005)

TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Drama

Fenner's murder investigation gets underway. The new no-nonsense governor is quick to make a number of unpopular changes. Phyl is far from happy to be back on G Wing.

Director: Declan O'Dwyer | Stars: Jack Ellis, Tony Slattery, Lucy O'Connell, Dannielle Brent

Votes: 30

22. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Episode #7.12 (2005)

TV-14 | 68 min | Crime, Drama

Buxton finally gets her day release in the custody of Spiers. After being charged with Jim's murder, Di finds herself on G Wing as an inmate. Julie J suffers a mental breakdown.

Director: Jim Loach | Stars: Graham Christopher, Antony Gabriel, Tracey Wilkinson, Patrick Pearson

Votes: 28

23. Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
Episode: Lock-Up (1994)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A disgraced fanatical warder of Arkham Asylum sets himself as a vigilante jailer.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Robert Costanzo, Bob Hastings

Votes: 1,433

24. Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode: Queeg (1988)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Red Dwarf's back-up computer Queeg 500 takes command of Red Dwarf when Holly allows a meteorite to damage the ship and Rimmer to malfunction. The crew encourages Holly to challenge Queeg to... See full summary »

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Norman Lovett

Votes: 1,048

25. Anna Pihl (2006–2008)
Episode: Den fede dame (2006)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama

Anna thinks that her local coroner are wrong about the cause of death of a extremely overweight women. And in her eagerness to prove it so can she not stay inside her normal authorities.

Director: Carsten Myllerup | Stars: Charlotte Munck, Iben Hjejle, Paw Henriksen, Tammi Øst

Votes: 24

26. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Rosaryo (2007)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista (John Prats) is sure one tough cookie. The country's recent pride in the field boxing, he has proven himself locally and even abroad, bringing honor to the ... See full summary »

Director: Nuel C. Naval | Stars: John Prats, Jaclyn Jose, Bembol Roco, Mico Aytona

27. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Maong (2007)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

A family struggles to overcome a tragedy when their father suffers from a third-degree burn.

Director: Mae Czarina Cruz | Stars: Carlo Aquino, Dick Israel, Gina Alajar, Nikka Valencia

28. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: Darkness on Umbara (2011)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

During an assault on the shadowy world of Umbara, General Skywalker is called back to Coruscant. He has to relinquish command of the 501st legion to legendary Jedi Master Krell, who turns out to have a low opinion of clones.

Director: Steward Lee | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Fennoy, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor

Votes: 4,190

29. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: The General (2011)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Krell sends Captain Rex and his troopers on an impossible mission: to conquer a heavily fortified Umbaran airbase.

Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Fennoy, James Arnold Taylor, Tom Kane

Votes: 4,129

30. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: Carnage of Krell (2011)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rex and the 501st troopers refuse to execute Fives and Jesse for their insubordination. They are in for even bigger shock when General Krell orders another offensive.

Director: Kyle Dunlevy | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Fennoy, Tom Kane

Votes: 5,174

31. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: Plan of Dissent (2011)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

ARC Trooper Fives disagrees with General Krell's strategies and comes up with his own unauthorized plan using captured Umbaran star fighters.

Director: Kyle Dunlevy | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Fennoy, James Arnold Taylor, Matthew Wood

Votes: 4,134

32. My Cat from Hell (2011–2018)
Episode: Cat Escape! (2012)

TV-PG | 43 min | Reality-TV

While Khrys and Michael have a good-cop-bad-cop routine that prompts their cat, Kitty, towards frequent bids for freedom, Don and Joy have stopped having company over due to the ferocity of their cat, Addie.

Star: Jackson Galaxy

Votes: 25

33. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Donald Neilson: The Black Panther (2013)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

Folks rightfully fear the worst when evidence links the kidnapper of a young heiress in 1975 to The Black Panther, Britain's foremost public enemy.

Director: Greg Goff | Stars: Christopher Slade, Tony Bishop, Barrington Black, Bob Booth

Votes: 22

34. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Dream House (2013)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Minda (Irma Adlawan) tries to rebuild their family that was shattered by her ill-mannered husband, Paeng (Bembol Roco). So when fortune knocks at their door, Minda immediately decides to ... See full summary »

Director: Garry Fernando | Stars: Irma Adlawan, Bembol Roco, Ina Feleo, Alex Castro

35. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
Episode: Reign Fall (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Sam reflects on his own upbringing and relationship with his father when the team investigates the murders of marines who have sons in military academies.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa

Votes: 324

36. Iron Fist (2017–2018)
Episode: Heart of the Dragon (2018)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

There's a new Iron Fist in town, and he's itching to make his presence felt. Meanwhile, Ward calls in a favor, and Joy considers her options.

Director: Mairzee Almas | Stars: Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, Tom Pelphrey, Jessica Stroup

Votes: 1,989