Private Lessons is the title of an American comedy film released in 1981. The film starred Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, and Ed Begley Jr..

Released in 1981, Private Lessons was at the time of release and remains today controversial for its plotline which involves a sexual relationship between a boy in his teens and the 30-something Nicole, that culminates in two statutory rapes (although this isn't the first American film to explore this -- see Summer of '42). It was one of Kristel's few major American film appearances (she was best known for her Emmanuelle films in Europe). The movie has gone on to achieve cult film status and in early 2006, a 25th anniversary DVD release was issued in North America.

Producer R. Ben Efraim would produce a number of Private... movies over the next decade, including another cult favorite, Private School in 1983, and two in-name-only sequels to Private Lessons in 1993 and 1994.

The film was produced by Barry & Enright Productions, a company more known for its game shows on television. The company's primary announcer at the time, Jay Stewart provided narration for the commercials and movie trailers for the film.

Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund. Written by Anonymous

Hal LeRoy is hired as a tap teacher at Dawn O'Day's dancing school to give private lessons to female students. The school's manager, as well as some of his students, spreads false stories that Hal's lessons involve more than just tap dancing. He is fired and starts his own dancing school in the same building as O'Day's. Hal and Dawn now realize that their relationship was more than just business. Written by David Glagovsky