1) Freedom writers (2007):
Runtime: 2 Hours 3 Minutes
A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their future. She assigns reading material that relates to their lives and encourages them all to keep journals.
Director: Richard La Gravenese
Starring: Hillary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April L. Hernandez
Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/freedom_writers
2) The Green Mile (1999):
Runtime: 3 Hours 9 Minutes
Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) walked the mile with a variety of cons. He had never encountered someone like John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of young sisters. Coffey had the size and strength to kill anyone, but not the demeanor. Beyond his simple, naive nature and a deathly fear of the dark, Coffey seemed to possess a prodigious, supernatural gift. Paul began to question whether Coffey was truly guilty of murdering the two girls.
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michaeln Clake Dunkan, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell
Source:https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_mile
3) Little Women (2019):
Runtime: 2 Hours 15 Minutes
In the years after the Civil War, Jo March lives in New York and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy studies painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore, a childhood crush who proposed to Jo but was ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Meg, is married to a schoolteacher, while shy sister Beth develops a devastating illness that brings the family back together.
Director: Greta Gerwig
Starring:Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen
Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_women_2019
4) The Whale (2022):
Runtime: 1 Hour 57 Minutes
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Director: Darren Aronfsky
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chaou, Ty Simkins
Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_whale_2022
5) Whiplash (2014):
Runtime: 1 Hour 46 Minutes
Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor known for his terrifying teaching methods, discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into the top jazz ensemble, forever changing the young man’s life. But Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of his ability and his sanity.
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell