The History Boys
2006 · 1h 49m · Drama · United Kingdom · Rated R (US)
History. It's just one bloody thing after another.
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
Directed by
Nicholas HytnerWritten by
Alan Bennett6.5Smart score
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1980sbased on play or musicalbecoming an adultboys' schoolcambridgecambridge universityeducationexamgay teenagergay themeheadmasterhigh schoolhigh school teacherhistoryhistory teacherlgbtlgbt teennorthern englandoxfordscholarshipteacherteachers and studentsyorkshire
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