Movies Like The Great Debaters

Coach Carter is a 2005 American biographical teen sports drama film that tells the true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter,...

Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports film based on the true story of coach Herman Boone's efforts to integrate a high school...

Freedom Writers is a 2007 American drama film based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary. It follows the story of a teacher, Erin Gruwell, who...

Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film about an 11-year-old girl, Akeelah Anderson, from south Los Angeles, who embarks on a journey of...

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American coming-of-age drama film about an English teacher who inspires his students through poetry at a prestigious...

The Butler (full title Lee Daniels' The Butler) is a 2013 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels, inspired by the...

The Blind Side is a 2009 American sports drama film based on the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless teenager who overcame adversity to become a...

Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama film depicting the struggles and heroism of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the...

Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American drama film that follows the true story of high school mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante. He uses...

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan, based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer...

The Color Purple is an American musical coming-of-age period drama film that showcases the extraordinary sisterhood of three women and their...

Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. The plot follows Jamal Wallace, a talented African American teenager from...

42 is a 2013 biographical sports film that depicts the story of how Branch Rickey, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Jackie Robinson to the...

Selma is a 2014 historical drama film depicting the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. and others.

The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. It stars Denzel Washington as Rubin "The...

The Soloist is a 2009 drama film directed by Joe Wright, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The plot is centered around a Los Angeles...

The Express is a 2008 American sports film that depicts the inspiring true story of Ernie Davis, the pioneering African American who achieved the...