Classmates (2026): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2026, Classmates is a drama film directed by Umberto Riccioni Carteni, running about 95 minutes.

What it’s about. An English teacher at technical school in the outskirts of Rome knows that her twenty-four eighteen-year-old students do not consider her a human being, speak ill of her, are ready to contest her and feel a morbid curiosity towards her private life. Still, she tries to relate to them and the result of this effort is "a great love story". Cenciarelli describes the lessons (strictly in English, despite the students' protestations), the fights in and out of class, the students' tricks, their need to confront each other, their desire to show themselves superior, their weaknesses and their loneliness. As the seasons go by, the relationship between teacher and students becomes more complicated and deepens, alternating moments of great enthusiasm and great disappointment, until the baccalaureate exam, about which she cares more than they do.

Who’s in it. Classmates stars Anna Ferzetti as Professoressa, Fabio Bizzarro as Francesco, Zoe Massenti and Sara Silvestro as Alessandra, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, Classmates has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Classmates page.

If you liked it. Fans of Classmates tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.