Drama
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
Normal
The Standard
Coming Out
Overlook
Cooley High
White Palms
In Harm's Way
Fortress
The Breaking Point
Macedonian Saga
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Conrack
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
L♡DK
Anna's Dream
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000
Bug Killer
A Chance in the World
Chihayafuru: Part III
SIMILAR MOVIES
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1983
A New York detective and a victim's colleague hunt a killer who preys on single women.Normal
IMDB 5.4 | Sep , 2007
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.The Standard
IMDB 2 | Jun , 2006
Dylan is a young man who two weeks before graduating from high-school starts to second guess his plans to go to Boston with his girlfriend, Gina. He struggles to discover what he truly wants to do amidst the pressure he feels from Gina, his friends, his father, and his teachers.Coming Out
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1989
Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.Overlook
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2022
Listless teen, Tyler, spends his days clocking into work and waiting for purpose to find him in his small town. When a mysterious girl breaks his routine, he realizes he has a lot to learn -- and maybe that's okay.Cooley High
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1975
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.White Palms
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2006
Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.In Harm's Way
IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 1965
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.Fortress
IMDB 6.8 | Nov , 1985
After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.The Breaking Point
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1950
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.Macedonian Saga
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1993
The arrival of the young teacher Damjan in one village in western Macedonia shakes the usual daily life of its inhabitants who belong to different religions.The Five People You Meet In Heaven
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2004
On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.Conrack
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 1974
A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
IMDB 4.5 | Jan , 2000
Manos, a Greek school teacher, is forced to travel to Melbourne, Australia when the man who murdered his grandfather 57 years ago surfaces there. While the reluctant Manos is tutored in the art of revenge by old friend Stephanos, he also attempts to patch things up with his former fiance Nicki.L♡DK
IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 2014
Aoi Nishimori's parents moved to another city for work, but Aoi didn't want to transfer to a new high school. She stays behind and lives in an apartment by herself. Shūsei Kugayama moves in next to Aoi's apartment. Shūsei is a very popular student at their high school. Due to a mistake, Aoi makes the sprinkler go off in his room. Until Shūsei's room is fixed, he stays with Aoi.Anna's Dream
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2002
After a gymnastics accident leaves her paraplegic, 18-year-old Anna Morgan returns to high school. Because of time lost due to her injury and rehab, she is repeating her junior year, with her sister Beth. The film covers her adjustments to her new life, and her classmates' problems in dealing with her wheelchair. In a series of small vignettes, it also gives a picture of her family, good and bad, and her parents' efforts to support their kids while dealing with their own fears.Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000
IMDB 4.1 | Jul , 1994
In the future, corporations have taken over the world and banned sex. A group of rebellious high school students devise a way to go back in time to the present day and try change history to prevent that from happening.Bug Killer
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2014
Andrés is having a hard time at school and he is provoked past boiling point.A Chance in the World
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 2017
A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.Chihayafuru: Part III
IMDB 8.4 | Mar , 2018
Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.