Films like Coach Carter
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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Glory Road
Film · 2006 · also drama and historyIn 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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We Are Marshall
Film · 2006 · also drama and historyWhen a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep t...
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Won't Back Down
Film · 2012 · also dramaJamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their communit...
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Woodlawn
Film · 2015 · also dramaLove and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s. A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial...
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Finding Forrester
Film · 2000 · also drama and historyGus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an...
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When the Game Stands Tall
Film · 2014 · also dramaA young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
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On the Basis of Sex
Film · 2018 · also drama and historyYoung lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination...
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Friday Night Lights
Film · 2004 · also dramaA small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during t...
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Radium Girls
Film · 2020 · also drama and historyYoung women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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Blue Chips
Film · 1994 · also dramaPete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being pai...
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