School days movies focus on the experiences, relationships, and challenges of students in educational settings. 1. The Breakfast Club (1985) Five high school students from different cliques bond during Saturday detention. Why it’s great: 2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) A high school student skips school for a day of adventure in Chicago with his […]

Satire uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize contemporary politics, society, and human vices or follies. 1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Stanley Kubrick‘s satirical take on Cold War politics and nuclear annihilation. Why it’s great: 2. Network (1976) A TV network exploits a deranged […]