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In the Hive - In the Hive was directed by Robert Townsend and stars Michael Clarke Duncan and Vivica A. Fox as teachers dedicated to helping their students turn their lives around while working at an alternative school. (Photo: V Studio)

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The George McKenna Story - In The George McKenna Story, Denzel Washington plays a Los Angeles educator who risks it all to teach a few students the right thing to do, but learns a thing or two about himself from the students.(Photo: The Landsburg Company)

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Lean on Me - In Lean on Me, Morgan Freeman played Joe Clarke, a tough principal who turns around the struggling East Side High. (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures) 

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Stand and Deliver - In Stand and Deliver, Edward James Olmos plays a math teacher who motivates and educates Latino students in East Los Angeles. (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Dangerous Minds - Michelle Pfeifer played an ex-marine who becomes a teacher for Black and Latino students in California in Dangerous Minds, which featured the hit song "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. (Photo: Hollywood Pictures)

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Freedom Writers - Freedom Writers starred Hillary Swank as a teacher who educates urban students about the horrors of the Holocaust.  (Photo: MTV Films) 

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Half Nelson - Half Nelson starred Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie and Tristan Wilds of The Wire fame. The movie was about a teacher with a drug problem and a student who helps him.(Photo: Manga Films)

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Remember the Titans - Denzel Washington starred as a football coach who had to overcome racial tension on his team in Remember the Titans.(Photo: Jerry Bruckheimer Films)

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Coach Carter - Samuel L. Jackson played a basketball coach who put academics over athletics in Coach Carter. (Photo: MTV Films)

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Akeelah and the Bee - Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett play the coach and the mother of spelling bee star Akeelah, played by Keke Palmer, in the uplifitng movie Akeelah and the Bee. (Photo: Lionsgate Pictures)

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Mr. Holland's Opus - Richard Dreyfuss plays Mr. Holland, a teacher who dedicates 40 years of his life to promote music in the lives of his students. (Photo: Hollywood Pictures)

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Won't Back Down - Viola Davis stars as a mother and teacher who fights the teacher's union to make sure her local public school does not fail. (Photo: FOX Pictures)

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The Great Debaters - Denzel Washington stars as the coach of a historically Black college's debate team, who leads them to defeat Harvard.(Photo: HARPO Productions)

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Sister Act 2 - In this sequel to Sister Act, Whoopi Goldberg stars as a singer turned nun turned teacher, who brings music to the life of inner-city children. Lauryn Hill plays one of her students.(Photo: Touchstone Pictures)

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Finding Forrester - Sean Connery plays a critically acclaimed author who becomes a mentor to a Black student who attends private school.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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To Sir With Love - Sidney Poitier plays an engineer who becomes a teacher at an inner-city school in England and finds his true purpose.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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