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The Movie Guide Blog

Discover movies worth showing in your classroom, with practical insights on the themes, learning opportunities, and educational value of each one.

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ELASocial Studies

Lord of the Flies (1990): The Movie That Makes Students Think About Power, Survival, and Human Nature

Lord of the Flies (1990) drops a group of boys onto a deserted island and strips away every rule they have ever lived by. What happens next is the kind of story that stays with students long after the lesson ends. This free guide gives teachers a structured way to use the movie in the classroom, whether as a standalone text or alongside William Golding's novel.

2 June 2026Read more →

ELAScience

Hidden Figures (2016): The True Story That Brings History, Maths, and the Civil Rights Era to Life

Hidden Figures tells the true story of three African American women whose mathematical brilliance helped NASA win the Space Race, all while navigating the segregation and discrimination of 1960s Virginia. Students who think history class means memorising dates will find themselves gripped by a story where the stakes are as high as orbit. It is the kind of movie that sparks genuine conversation long after the credits roll.

2 June 2026Read more →

ELAESL

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008): Teaching the Holocaust Through a Child's Eyes

A quietly devastating drama that tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of a German officer's young son who befriends a Jewish boy on the other side of a concentration camp fence. Sensitively made and deeply affecting, it is serious classroom material for older students.

1 June 2026Read more →