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| # | Title | Year | Country | Genres | IMDb Votes | IMDb Rating | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Breakfast Club
98 min
|
1985 | United States of America | Drama | 473583 | 7.8 | Film | HD |
| 2 |
Dead Poets Society
128 min
|
1989 | United States of America | Drama | 655598 | 8.1 | Film | HD |
| 3 |
Freedom Writers
123 min
|
2007 | Germany | Drama | 92831 | 7.6 | Film | HD |
| 4 |
Lean On Me
108 min
|
1989 | United States of America | Drama | 24761 | 7.4 | Film | HD |
| 5 |
Remember the Titans
113 min
|
2000 | United States of America | Drama | 250390 | 7.8 | Film | HD |
| 6 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
117 min
|
2006 | United States of America | Drama | 623410 | 8 | Film | HD |
| 7 |
Stand and Deliver
103 min
|
1988 | United States of America | Drama | 22522 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 8 |
Akeelah and the Bee
113 min
|
2006 | United States of America | Drama | 22829 | 7.4 | Film | HD |
| 9 |
Coach Carter
136 min
|
2005 | Germany | Drama | 193179 | 7.4 | Film | HD |
| 10 |
The Blind Side
129 min
|
2009 | United States of America | Drama | 388080 | 7.6 | Film | HD |
| 11 |
Norbit
102 min
|
2007 | United States of America | Comedy | 88956 | 4.3 | Film | HD |
| 12 |
A Beautiful Mind
135 min
|
2001 | United States of America | Drama | 1055170 | 8.2 | Film | HD |
| 13 |
The Goonies
114 min
|
1985 | United States of America | Adventure | 327365 | 7.7 | Film | HD |
| 14 |
The Fault in Our Stars
126 min
|
2014 | United States of America | Drama | 425128 | 7.6 | Film | HD |
| 15 |
Boyz n the Hood
112 min
|
1991 | United States of America | Drama | 169068 | 7.7 | Film | HD |
| 16 |
Higher Learning
128 min
|
1995 | United States of America | Drama | 23013 | 6.5 | Film | HD |
| 17 |
Precious
110 min
|
2009 | United States of America | Drama | 121291 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 18 |
Malcolm X
202 min
|
1992 | United States of America | Drama | 111428 | 7.7 | Film | HD |
| 19 |
Finding Forrester
136 min
|
2000 | United States of America | Drama | 93287 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 20 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
103 min
|
2012 | United States of America | Drama | 598277 | 7.9 | Film | HD |
| 21 |
To Sir, with Love
105 min
|
1967 | United Kingdom | Drama | 22049 | 7.6 | Film | HD |
| 22 |
The Secret Life of Bees
114 min
|
2008 | United States of America | Drama | 29789 | 7.2 | Film | HD |
| 23 |
Dangerous Minds
99 min
|
1995 | United States of America | Drama | 61328 | 6.5 | Film | HD |
| 24 |
Gridiron Gang
125 min
|
2006 | United States of America | Crime | 82957 | 6.9 | Film | HD |
| 25 |
Life of Pi
127 min
|
2012 | India | Drama | 701323 | 7.9 | Film | HD |
| 26 |
The King's Speech
118 min
|
2010 | United Kingdom | Drama | 733695 | 8 | Film | HD |
| 27 |
The Help
146 min
|
2011 | United States of America | Drama | 529345 | 8.1 | Film | HD |
| 28 |
The Hate U Give
133 min
|
2018 | United States of America | Drama | 43794 | 7.5 | Film | HD |
| 29 |
Eighth Grade
94 min
|
2018 | United States of America | Drama | 86944 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 30 |
Good Will Hunting
127 min
|
1997 | United States of America | Drama | 1221430 | 8.4 | Film | HD |
| 31 |
American History X
119 min
|
1998 | United States of America | Drama | 1275360 | 8.5 | Film | HD |
| 32 |
Mean Girls
96 min
|
2004 | United States of America | Drama | 486524 | 7.1 | Film | HD |
| 33 |
The Outsiders
91 min
|
1983 | United States of America | Drama | 109875 | 7 | Film | HD |
| 34 |
The Edge of Seventeen
105 min
|
2016 | United States of America | Drama | 151839 | 7.3 | Film | HD |