My top 5 - Teacher Movies

 Sorry for the very late post!

Labor day means many things to us theses days. Summers unofficial last weekend, the start of college football, the preparation for autumn and winter, but to all school children it means it's time to load up the big yellow buses. Hollywood has brought us many movies based inside the hallways of a school, some emotional and dramatic and others more light hearted and humorous spectrum. Here is a quick top five of my favorite films based in the classroom.

5 - Dangerous Minds - Michelle Pfeiffer stars in this dramatic movie about struggling to teach inner city teenagers. The strength of the film is Pfeiffer's portrayal of her character Louanne Johnson. Teaching people who for the most part have no desire to be educated proves to be no easy task and you grow a strong connection with Louanne during the time of the film.

4 - Music of the Heart - a much more inspirational tale of a teacher making a difference in young students lives. Meryl Streep plays real life violin teacher Roberta Guaspari who brought her passion for music to her students in Harlem. The story follows Roberta's struggle to inspire her students and to keep her schools music program funded. This true life tale of one woman's passion for teaching music is really a wonderful movie.

3 - Bad Teacher - a comedic tale of the worlds worst teacher, Elisabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz). It's a movie that sometimes pushes to the more extreme side of comedy with some crude and vulgar moments. Still, Bad Teacher does it's job by making a movie that's sole purpose is to make you laugh.

2 - Kindergarten Cop - Arnold Schwarzenegger as an undercover kindergarten teacher - enough said. This 1990 classic if filled with classic lines and is my favorite comedic performance by Schwarzenegger. 

1 - Mr. Holland's Opus - Richard Dreyfuss plays the frustrated music composer Glenn Holland. He takes on a teaching job to pay his rent while he devotes his free time to his true desire - composing the first great American Symphony. Mr. Holland's Opus is filled with heart felt moments and laughs as Glenn deals with the struggles of life. Out of all the movies about inspirational teachers, this is the one that really stuck with me most of all.