Movies and TvShows featuring "failing-in-school" theme.

During a secret live fire exercise of a nuclear attack, many personnel prove unwilling to launch a missile strike. To solve this issue, a supercomputer named WOPR is given control. David Lightman, a high school student and hacker, unknowingly connects to WOPR and starts a game of Global Thermonuclear War. The computer simulates an attack, causing panic at NORAD. Lightman realizes his mistake and tries to convince the authorities. With the help of his friends, Lightman manages to stop the impending nuclear war.

Private Lessons (2008) is a provocative and controversial drama that explores the story of a teenage boy who experiences his first sexual awakening and initiates a relationship with an older woman. As he explores his sexuality, he also faces challenges such as failing in school and dealing with his divorced parents. The movie delves into themes of abuse, critical thinking, and existentialism.

Set in the 19th century, 'Down to the Sea in Ships' tells the story of a young boy who embarks on a journey aboard a whaling ship in the Pacific Ocean. He learns important life lessons from the sea captain, his grandfather, and the ship's first mate. The film explores themes of honesty, fairness, and courage, as well as the dangers of whaling and the close relationship between man and nature.

The film is based on a novel by Anna Gavalda, and adapted for the small screen by M. Langlois and Veronique Lecharpy. The idea that a formal academic school program is traditionally seen as the way for young minds to be formed and molded, yet how many children that are deemed failures by the same system go on to make names for themselves as they discover fields and subjects not taught by the educational establishment world-wide.

Somewhat autobiographical, the film opens right after the 6 day war, when Israelis euphoric with victory and the kids dress up as the captured Western Wall in Jerusalem. Now it is 1972. The film centers on a young boy, who is failing in school, and grounded from going on Passover trips with his classmates. Instead he must visit private academies (including military school) with his parents, who want him to do better in school. Foreshadowing to the coming war in 1973 and the defeat of euphoria.