Most Similar Movies to Lean on Me (1989)
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The Chorus (2004), To Sir, with Love (1967), Stand and Deliver (1988), Dangerous Minds (1995), The Substitute (1996), Freedom Writers (2007), Fame (2009) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Chorus (2004)
The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively affect the students' lives through music.
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To Sir, with Love (1967)
Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
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Stand and Deliver (1988)
The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.
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Dangerous Minds (1995)
An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school.
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The Substitute (1996)
Mercenary Shale's team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
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Freedom Writers (2007)
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
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Fame (2009)
An updated version of the musical Fame (1980), which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
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Music of the Heart (1999)
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
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Kidulthood (2006)
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
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Detachment (2011)
A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
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McFarland, USA (2015)
Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach. He sees that some of the students are worth starting a cross-country team and turns seven students with no hope into one of the best cross-country teams.
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Take the Lead (2006)
The real story of a dance teacher who believed in the talent of a group of problem kids.
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Speak (2004)
After a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.
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Elephant (2003)
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
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The History Boys (2006)
An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
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Half Nelson (2006)
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
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Election (1999)
A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.
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