Most Similar Movies to Lean on Me (1989)
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The Ron Clark Story (2006), Stand and Deliver (1988), Dangerous Minds (1995), To Sir, with Love (1967), Up the Down Staircase (1967), Super 30 (2019), McFarland, USA (2015) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Ron Clark Story (2006)
A small-town teacher (Matthew Perry) moves to New York and makes a difference in the lives of his students.
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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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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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Up the Down Staircase (1967)
A novice teacher (Sandy Dennis) finds hostile students and staff apathy at a tough New York high school.
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Super 30 (2019)
Based on the life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for IIT aspirants in Patna.
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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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Critical Thinking (2020)
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
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Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family.
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Life of a King (2013)
Ex-felon, Eugene Brown, establishes a Chess Club for inner city teenagers in Washington, D.C.
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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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Hoop Dreams (1994)
A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
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Pride (2007)
Chronicling the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights in America from the 1950s through the 2000s.
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The Blind Side (2009)
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
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The Dark Horse (2014)
A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
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Conrack (1974)
The true story of Pat Conroy, an idealistic and handsome Caucasian teacher who is an elementary school instructor for a group of poor black children in an isolated school.
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Uncommon (2014)
Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their theater, music and dance departments due to budgets cuts, they create their own. Struggling to find the right script, music & choreography the students get advice from an uncommon source; the Bible! Each student becomes...Read all
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The Class (2008)
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
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