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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to f...

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Coach Carter

Coach Carter

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

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The George McKenna Story

The George McKenna Story

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 6

Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values.

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America

America

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 6.2

In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to t...

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Speak

Speak

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notic...

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A Life Interrupted

A Life Interrupted

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 5.9

After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law... Based on a true story. In 1989, Debbie Smith was living a quiet life as a housewife with her police offic...

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Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must...

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The Ron Clark Story

The Ron Clark Story

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A passionate and innovative teacher leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to this students, Ron Clark must use unconventional methods, including...

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High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story

High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 6

Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.

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Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 5.7

Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok -- and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of s...

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