Up the Down Staircase (1967)
• June 28th, 1967 • 2h 4min
Drama
Overview
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
8½
Released on: 1963-02-14
Drama
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by ...
Maria Full of Grace
Released on: 2004-01-18
Drama, Thriller, Crime
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her fami...
A Beautiful Mind
Released on: 2001-12-14
Drama, Romance
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. A...
Stranger Than Paradise
Released on: 1984-10-01
Comedy, Drama
New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays ...
21 Grams
Released on: 2003-09-06
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upp...
Pi
Released on: 1998-07-10
Mystery, Drama, Thriller
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict...
7 Virgins
Released on: 2005-10-14
Drama, Crime
Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedd...
Ghetto-Kids
Released on: 2002-07-04
Drama, TV Movie
Two trouble-causing brothers, who in the second generation after World War II Germany live, are in t...
Fail Safe
Released on: 1964-10-07
Thriller, Drama, War
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. T...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Released on: 1975-11-19
Drama
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon f...
The Promised Land
Released on: 1975-02-21
Drama, History
In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and invest...
Casino
Released on: 1995-11-22
Crime, Drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empi...
Once Were Warriors
Released on: 1994-09-02
Drama
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth H...
Juliet, Naked
Released on: 2018-08-16
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker C...
Don't Look Up
Released on: 2021-12-08
Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth...
Miriam
Released on: 1957-10-18
Drama
After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. M...
1918
Released on: 1957-09-20
Drama
Pastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is reject...
Revenge
Released on: 1980-06-06
Drama, Family
A teenager gets into a difficult situation due to several causes and tries to hide. His relations to...
The Lost Bus
Released on: 2025-09-19
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wi...
Suddenly
Released on: 2023-12-06
Thriller, Drama, Adventure
Ben and Laura are a passionate but volatile couple who embark on a round-the-world sailing adventure...