School of Life vs The Railway Children

The Railway Children has the higher audience score (6.7/10 against 6.4/10 for School of Life). The Railway Children is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 51m. The Railway Children is the older of the two (2000 against 2005). Both are drama, family, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

School of Life posterSchool of Life2005 VS The Railway Children posterThe Railway Children2000
School of LifeThe Railway Children
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 6.7/10
Year20052000
Length1h 51m1h 43m
GenresComedy, Drama, Family, TV MovieDrama, Family, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorWilliam DearCatherine Morshead
Main castRyan Reynolds, David Paymer, Paul Jarrett, Kate Vernon, John AstinDavid Bamber, Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen, Clare Thomas, Jack Blumenau

Synopsis

School of Life

At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of carrying the legacy falls into the hands of Matt Warner, the son of the late Norman Warner who has always lived in the shadow of his father.

The Railway Children

Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in Yorkshire after their father is mysteriously taken away by the police.

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