Films like He Got Game

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   Killer: A Journal of Murder

   Film · 1996 · also drama

   Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends...

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   Gridiron Gang

   Film · 2006 · also drama

   Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together. Based on a true story.

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3. 3

   The Color Purple

   Film · 1985 · also drama

   An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive fat...

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4. 4

   A Score to Settle

   Film · 2019 · also drama

   A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.

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   American History X

   Film · 1998 · also drama

   Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before goin...

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6. 6

   The Mustang

   Film · 2019 · also drama

   While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to c...

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7. 7

   Beautiful Boy

   Film · 2011 · also drama

   A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life.

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8. 8

   South Central

   Film · 1992 · also drama

   During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inma...

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   Starred Up

   Film · 2014 · also drama

   19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds...

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    A Thousand and One

    Film · 2023 · also drama

    Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care a...

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