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| # | Title | Year | Country | Genres | IMDb Votes | IMDb Rating | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Finding Forrester
136 min
|
2000 | United States of America | Drama | 93743 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 2 |
Dead Poets Society
128 min
|
1989 | United States of America | Drama | 657127 | 8.1 | Film | HD |
| 3 |
A Beautiful Mind
135 min
|
2001 | United States of America | Drama | 1056030 | 8.2 | Film | HD |
| 4 |
Coach Carter
136 min
|
2005 | Germany | Drama | 193449 | 7.4 | Film | HD |
| 5 |
Freedom Writers
123 min
|
2007 | Germany | Drama | 92941 | 7.6 | Film | HD |
| 6 |
Stand and Deliver
103 min
|
1988 | United States of America | Drama | 22538 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 7 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
117 min
|
2006 | United States of America | Drama | 624118 | 8 | Film | HD |
| 8 |
McFarland, USA
128 min
|
2015 | United States of America | Drama | 46622 | 7.4 | Film | HD |
| 9 |
The Blind Side
129 min
|
2009 | United States of America | Drama | 388441 | 7.6 | Film | HD |
| 10 |
The Great Debaters
126 min
|
2007 | United States of America | Drama | 66574 | 7.5 | Film | HD |
| 11 |
Remember the Titans
113 min
|
2000 | United States of America | Drama | 250670 | 7.8 | Film | HD |
| 12 |
The Help
146 min
|
2011 | United States of America | Drama | 529651 | 8.1 | Film | HD |
| 13 |
The Social Network
121 min
|
2010 | United States of America | Drama | 822112 | 7.8 | Film | HD |
| 14 |
Good Will Hunting
127 min
|
1997 | United States of America | Drama | 1223350 | 8.4 | Film | HD |
| 15 |
Whiplash
107 min
|
2014 | United States of America | Drama | 1161870 | 8.5 | Film | HD |
| 16 |
To Kill a Mockingbird
129 min
|
1962 | United States of America | Drama | 351230 | 8.2 | Film | HD |
| 17 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
103 min
|
2012 | United States of America | Drama | 599115 | 7.9 | Film | HD |
| 18 |
|
2019 | United States of America | Drama | 159513 | 8.8 | Serial | Încheiat |
| 19 |
Rudy
114 min
|
1993 | United States of America | Drama | 74795 | 7.5 | Film | HD |
| 20 |
Billy Elliot
110 min
|
2000 | France | Drama | 152676 | 7.7 | Film | HD |
| 21 |
The Hate U Give
133 min
|
2018 | United States of America | Drama | 43838 | 7.5 | Film | HD |
| 22 |
Boys Don't Cry
118 min
|
1999 | United States of America | Drama | 107853 | 7.5 | Film | HD |
| 23 |
Moonlight
111 min
|
2016 | United States of America | Drama | 353320 | 7.4 | Film | HD |
| 24 |
The 400 Blows
99 min
|
1959 | France | Drama | 134829 | 8 | Film | HD |
| 25 |
Lean On Me
108 min
|
1989 | United States of America | Drama | 24777 | 7.4 | Film | HD |
| 26 |
Half Nelson
107 min
|
2006 | United States of America | Drama | 96098 | 7.1 | Film | HD |
| 27 |
Precious
110 min
|
2009 | United States of America | Drama | 121342 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 28 |
Selma
127 min
|
2014 | France | Drama | 99342 | 7.5 | Film | HD |
| 29 |
Little Miss Sunshine
102 min
|
2006 | United States of America | Drama | 560507 | 7.8 | Film | HD |
| 30 |
Coco
105 min
|
2017 | United States of America | Drama | 712551 | 8.4 | Film | HD |
| 31 |
The King's Speech
118 min
|
2010 | United Kingdom | Drama | 734007 | 8 | Film | HD |
| 32 |
Spotlight
129 min
|
2015 | United States of America | Drama | 536789 | 8.1 | Film | HD |
| 33 |
The Imitation Game
113 min
|
2014 | United States of America | Drama | 879931 | 8 | Film | HD |
| 34 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
114 min
|
2013 | United Kingdom | Drama | 373332 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 35 |
The Great Gilly Hopkins
99 min
|
2015 | United States of America | Drama | 5716 | 6.5 | Film | HD |
| 36 |
Life of Pi
127 min
|
2012 | India | Drama | 701738 | 7.9 | Film | HD |
| 37 |
The Intouchables
113 min
|
2011 | France | Drama | 1031140 | 8.5 | Film | HD |
| 38 |
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
101 min
|
2020 | United Kingdom | Drama | 29836 | 7.3 | Film | HD |
| 39 |
The Edge of Seventeen
105 min
|
2016 | United States of America | Drama | 151951 | 7.3 | Film | HD |