Top 20 movies like Lean On Me

Lean On Me

When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.

Lean On Me is of 1 hour(s) and 48 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Norman Twain Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures. It was released on 1989-03-03. It has the tagline: Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back. It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

Genres: Drama

1. The Black Balloon

The Black Balloon

Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?

It has an average vote of 6.524 on TMDB.

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2. Resurrection

Resurrection

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.

It has an average vote of 6.512 on TMDB.

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3. My Morning Jacket: Okonokos

My Morning Jacket: Okonokos

Okonokos is a live album and concert film by My Morning Jacket released on October 31, 2006. The album was recorded during the band's fall 2005 Z Tour, over two nights at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California. This is the first My Morning Jacket album for which frontman Jim James does not receive a production credit; he is credited for "concept/story."

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

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4. Skin

Skin

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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5. Phat Girlz

Phat Girlz

Two large women struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in completely unexpected ways.

It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.

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6. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sun cream to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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7. Sijjin (Sijjin)

Sijjin

Irma falls in love with Galang, her cousin who already has a wife and children. Irma is very obsessed and wants to be the only woman in Galang's life. Irma comes to the shaman to send black magic to Galang's wife. Since then terror and mystical disturbances, possession and death have occurred in Galang's house. However, the threat also targeted Irma herself.

It has an average vote of 6.143 on TMDB.

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8. The Legend of Billie Jean

The Legend of Billie Jean

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

It has an average vote of 6.536 on TMDB.

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9. Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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10. Hamlet

Hamlet

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

It has an average vote of 7.437 on TMDB.

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11. A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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12. Johnson Family Vacation

Johnson Family Vacation

Nate Johnson, a Los Angeles man estranged from his wife and three children, decides to reconnect with his family by taking them with him on a road trip to Missouri for a big family reunion.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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13. Meet the Blacks

Meet the Blacks

As Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city's annual purge, where all crime is legal for twelve hours.

It has an average vote of 4.754 on TMDB.

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14. Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher

A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.

It has an average vote of 6.887 on TMDB.

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15. College Road Trip

College Road Trip

When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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16. What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

The story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely from a child’s point of view.

It has an average vote of 7.083 on TMDB.

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17. Crazy About Work (Loca por el trabajo)

Crazy About Work

Alicia is a workaholic executive who suddenly loses her job and her family. In her process of rebuilding, she associates with a neighbor and helps her in her business. This is how she manages to be the most successful businesswoman in the country. During this process, she tries to reconquer her husband, only to realize that in order to return with him, she will have to learn to balance work and family life.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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18. Straight from the Barrio (Talento de Barrio)

Straight from the Barrio

A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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19. Glory

Glory

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

It has an average vote of 7.477 on TMDB.

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20. Bring It On Again

Bring It On Again

When new students can't get onto their college cheerleading team, they form their own squad and prepare for a cheer off.

It has an average vote of 5.935 on TMDB.

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