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10 Best Movies Like Mr Kennedy

If you loved Mr Kennedy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Summer School

Summer School

1987★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr Kennedy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconvention...

#2
Steve

Steve

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr Kennedy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own....

#3
Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

1989★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr Kennedy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, cour...

#4
Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

1999★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr Kennedy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem....

#5
Fist Fight

Fist Fight

2017★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr Kennedy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight....

#6
The Penguin Lessons

The Penguin Lessons

2025★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr Kennedy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin....

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