6 back-to-school movies to watch as a new academic year begins

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the peak of our athleticism; it was the height of our awkwardness. We knew everything; we couldn’t remember the name Charles Dickens on an English test.

School is a world of contradictions everyone experiences and remembers in their own special way. Whether your school was a nightmare of unequal power dynamics or a comedy of unequal power dynamics, filmmakers have tried to bottle these disparate journeys since the beginning of cinema.

Although the decisions of face-to-face instruction and virtual learning are a new hurdle in an already complicated process, we thought we would offer up some of their favorite scholastic movies for getting in the school spirit.