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

1. A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

R | 119 min | Drama

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

Director: Shainee Gabel | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, John Travolta, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 27,248 | Gross: $0.16M

2. Lucky Hank (2023)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama

An English department chairman at an underfunded college, Professor Hank Devereaux toes the line between midlife crisis and full-blown meltdown, navigating the offbeat chaos in his personal and professional life.

Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Cedric Yarbrough, Diedrich Bader

Votes: 6,844

3. The Gambler (1974)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky

Votes: 6,587 | Gross: $1.31M

4. Carrie Pilby (2016)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

A person of high intelligence struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex, and leaving her apartment.

Director: Susan Johnson | Stars: Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, William Moseley, Vanessa Bayer

Votes: 13,809 | Gross: $0.02M

5. D.O.A. (1988)

R | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller

A college professor's day: his top student allegedly commits suicide, his wife presents him with divorce papers and he overnights in a freshman girl's dorm. The next day: more murders around him. Will he find the killer in time?

Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern

Votes: 10,983 | Gross: $12.71M

6. Wit (2001 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald

Votes: 11,424

7. Go Ask Alice (1973 TV Movie)

74 min | Drama

A 15-year-old girl in late-1960s America is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs and eventually seeks help.

Director: John Korty | Stars: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton, Julie Adams

Votes: 1,103

8. Killer Party (1986)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

In order to join a sorority, three friends go to a hazing party in an old house where a sadistic bloodthirsty demonic spirit is lying in wait.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes, Paul Bartel

Votes: 2,661 | Gross: $0.68M

9. Tenure (2008)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Professor Thurber loves to teach, but can't stand all the politicking. So when his opportunity for tenure is announced, he goes out on a limb to prove his worth, but unexpectedly falls in love with the girl who might replace him.

Director: Mike Million | Stars: Luke Wilson, Gretchen Mol, David Koechner, Sasha Alexander

Votes: 2,804

10. Without a Trace (1983)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Mystery

Estranged New Yorker (Kate Nelligan) turns to the police after her son disappears.

Director: Stanley R. Jaffe | Stars: Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes, Stockard Channing

Votes: 2,354

11. Howl (2010)

R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit

Votes: 13,420 | Gross: $0.62M

12. Wolves (I) (2016)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Anthony hopes his basketball skills will get him into Cornell after high school. His only obstacle is his dad's gambling.

Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Taylor John Smith, Michael Shannon, Carla Gugino, Zazie Beetz

Votes: 1,355

13. Easy Six (2003)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Packard Schmidt is a burnt-out, middle-aged college English professor. In a desperate attempt to restore some sense of vitality to his lonely existence he embarks on a series of impulsive ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Iovenko | Stars: Julian Sands, Alex Sol, Ruth Williamson, John Savage

Votes: 518

14. The Male Animal (1942)

Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A college English teacher suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus.

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson

Votes: 1,442

15. Butley (1974)

R | 129 min | Drama, Romance

An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.

Director: Harold Pinter | Stars: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Georgina Hale

Votes: 881

16. Threebound (2019)

103 min | Comedy, Romance

Breakups happen. Boy meets girl. Boy likes girl; girl likes boy. Boy and girl decide to sleep with 3 other people first, to avoid the rebound relationship.

Directors: Daryl Ferrara, Kate Forsatz | Stars: Kate Forsatz, Jason Griffith, Walter Hoffman, Laura Gilreath

Votes: 108

17. The Scarlet Letters (2007)

14 min | Short, Drama

A young couple's first encounter in a pick-up bar takes a sinister turn. This ain't boy meets girl.

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Barry James, Sarah Ellis, Kendra Scattergood, David Anis

Votes: 35

18. I Is Proper (2017)

4 min | Short

Jbless dives into the world of language and emphasizes how culture influences the twang of language, and how to stop the negative connotations that come with speaking a language.

Directors: Jesse Camper, Chris Kennedy | Stars: Jesse Camper, Chris Kennedy

19. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: The Bullet (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-con college professor takes a bullet to the shoulder when a hit-man murders a blackmailer. But the professor refuses to have the bullet removed, and the hit-man is hot on his trail to recover the incriminating bullet.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Carl Betz, Geraldine Brooks

Votes: 178

20. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #2.2 (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sidney and Geordie investigate a Cambridge lecturer's fatal fall from the college spires.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 459