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Film · 0 connectionsThe History Boys (2006)
- Drama
- 109 min
- R age guide
- ★ 6.6/10 from 223 ratings
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 byNicholas Hytner
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