Movies like Dangerous Minds
Dangerous Minds (1995) is a drama movie directed by John N. Smith. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Dead Poets Society (1989)
★ 8.3 · 13,056 votes · Drama
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
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2. Coach Carter (2005)
★ 7.6 · 3,420 votes · Drama, History
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
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3. Scream (1996)
★ 7.4 · 8,317 votes · Crime, Horror, Mystery
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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4. Grease (1978)
★ 7.4 · 7,860 votes · Romance, Comedy
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
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5. Stand and Deliver (1988)
★ 7.8 · 494 votes · Drama
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
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6. Speak (2004)
★ 7.1 · 554 votes · Drama
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to hide her secret: that star senior Andy raped her at the party. But Melinda does manage to find solace in her art class headed by Mr. Freeman.
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7. Richard Jewell (2019)
★ 7.4 · 2,828 votes · Drama, History, Crime
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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8. Pump Up the Volume (1990)
★ 7.1 · 427 votes · Music, Drama
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.
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9. Doubt (2008)
★ 7.2 · 2,000 votes · Drama
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
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10. Chasing Mavericks (2012)
★ 7.0 · 609 votes · Drama
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
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11. You Got Served (2004)
★ 6.4 · 489 votes · Music, Drama
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers — and their moves — two warring friends have to pull together to represent the street.
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12. Last Breath (2025)
★ 6.9 · 715 votes · Thriller, Drama
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
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