Movies and TvShows featuring "adult-education" theme.

Mind Your Language is a British sitcom that follows the story of an English teacher named Mr. Brown who is tasked with teaching English to a diverse group of adult students. The show revolves around the hilarious miscommunications, cultural clashes, and language-learning adventures that arise in the classroom.

Italian for Beginners follows a group of individuals in a small Danish town who decide to learn Italian. As they bond through language classes, they also experience personal growth, romance, and unexpected connections. This heartwarming film explores themes of love, friendship, and finding oneself.

Sophie, a Polish immigrant, must make a choice between her two children in order to save one of them from the horrors of the Holocaust. This heartbreaking decision haunts her for the rest of her life.

Educating Rita follows the story of Rita, a hairdresser in Liverpool who dreams of a better life through education. She enrolls in an Open University course taught by a literature professor who helps her navigate the challenges of class differences, alcoholism, and a troubled marriage. As Rita's knowledge and confidence grow, she begins to question the values and constraints of her working-class background.

An elderly Kenyan man, Maruge, enrolls in elementary school to learn how to read and write. His determination and resilience inspire others, while he faces challenges stemming from his past and the political climate of Kenya in the 1950s.

'Second Call' focuses on the resilience stories of teachers and students in a complex public education system. After some time off from teaching, Lúcia Helena returns to the classroom, now giving night classes to teenagers and adults. Along with other three teachers and the principal, she faces institutional adversities and the lack of appreciation without flinching. The conflicts involve both the faculty and the student body and, in this scenario, Education emerges as a hope, reminding everyone that it is never too late to have a second chance.

The French Teacher follows Cleo, a woman in her late-40s who is grappling with complicated personal dilemmas. Hesitantly, she begins an affair with Matthew, a student half her age. After the death of Cleo's father, her daughter Sophie returns home from New York to stay with her. The already fraught relationship between mother and daughter is intensified when a triangle emerges between Cleo, Sophie and Matthew. The present collides with the past, as long-buried family issues are unearthed in this complex, intergenerational drama.

After a medical experiment goes wrong, a man wakes up from a 30-year coma with the mental abilities of a child. As he navigates his new life, he must confront his past and the secrets of his condition.

The Chambermaid tells the story of a chambermaid named Eve who works in a luxury hotel in Mexico City. Despite the monotony and loneliness of her job, Eve is determined to improve her life and enters an adult education program. As she navigates the challenges of her job and personal life, Eve discovers her own strength and resilience.

NY-LON (2004) follows the story of a couple, Edie from New York and Michael from London, who meet in the middle of a crowded airport and embark on a long-distance relationship. The show explores the challenges they face in maintaining their connection while living in different cities.

After many dark years of depression Luca seeks to gain her high school diploma. Her little dog Mata helps her to find motivation and keep a positive attitude towards life...

Learn To Read is an adult educational TV series that consists of 30 programs, hosted by entrepreneur and literacy advocate Wally Amos. Co-instructors include Doris Biscoe and Charlotte Scot. Bruce Jenner guest-starred on the first episode. This was based on 27 million Americans having almost no reading skills. On Friday, there is a review of the week. The final program reviews the entire series. In every episode a "Getting Along" segment is used, with either Sylvia Glover or Jim Johnson as instructors. Aside, there was Les the Letter Man and Nancy the Word Woman. Finally, there was Billy Green, referred as the "Book Guy", telling viewers to get their workbook. Learn to Read was produced by Kentucky Educational Television in association with WXYZ-TV, and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The program was produced at WXYZ's studios in Southfield, Michigan, with additional production done by KET in Kentucky. The program was televised on many PBS member stations, as well as syndicated to commercial stations. The program was also seen locally on WXYZ-TV, generally weekday mornings at 5AM.

A short look at the world of artist Arthur Lismer.

A lesbian Don Juan, a suffragette and a 17th-century Italian painter are just two of ten remarkable women who speak to us in this drama documentary - an intimate portrait of their lives and a woman's view of history.