20 movies like God's Not Dead 2, ordered by similarity : McFarland, USA(2015), Gifted(2017), Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), The Student(2016), Wonder(2017), Critical Thinking(2020), Certain Women(2016), Sarafina!(1992), Girl Flu(2016), Spare Parts(2015), Boy Erased(2018), Confessions(2010) ...
Drama
USA
2016
121 Minutes
Melissa Joan Hart Jesse Metcalfe David A.R. White Ernie Hudson Hayley Orrantia Robin Givens Fred Dalton Thompson Maria Canals-Barrera Sadie Robertson Pat Boone Ray Wise
history teacher student school principal board member lawyer juror emotional inspiring intense high school classroom office boardroom house courtroom religion beliefs political correctness faith courage
When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her response lands her in deep trouble.
Biography, Drama
USA
2015
129 Minutes
Kevin Costner Maria Bello Morgan Saylor Michael Aguero Sergio Avelar Hector Duran Rafael Martinez Martha Higareda Johnny Ortiz Carlos Pratts Ramiro Rodriguez
coach student runner teacher principal parent confident cool uplifting tense emotional california high school track gym car house track and field school winning
Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
Drama
USA
2017
101 Minutes
Chris Evans Mckenna Grace Lindsay Duncan Octavia Spencer Jenny Slate Michael Kendall Kaplan John M. Jackson Glenn Plummer John Finn Elizabeth Marvel Candace B. Harris
single man niece child prodigy landlady mother teacher fascinating emotional intense florida school house courtroom office college single parents mathematics greed growing up determination
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
Drama
Russia
2016
118 Minutes
Pyotr Skvortsov Viktoriya Isakova Aleksandra Revenko Yuliya Aug Aleksandr Gorchilin Irina Rudniktskaya Svetlana Bragarnik Nikolay Roshchin
student young man christian friend teacher moralist bleak suspenseful emotional thrilling intense melodramatic russia school university classroom bible relationships evil fanaticism
Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.
Drama
USA|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
113 Minutes
Julia Roberts Owen Wilson Jacob Tremblay Izabela Vidovic Noah Jupe Nadji Jeter Daveed Diggs Mandy Patinkin Ali Liebert Emma Tremblay Millie Davis
boy family member friend teacher principal neighbor engaging uplifting confident moving heartwarming house town school classroom office car deformity acceptance self-esteem
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Drama
USA
2020
117 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Rachel Bay Jones Michael Kenneth Williams Corwin C. Tuggles Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Angel Bismark Curiel Will Hochman Zora Casebere
teacher student friend drug dealer parent african-american confident emotional passionate uplifting intense moving school chess tournament family home inner city united states city apartment chess inner-city life
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
Drama
USA
2016
107 Minutes
Kristen Stewart Laura Dern Michelle Williams Rene Auberjonois Jared Harris James LeGros John Getz Ashlie Atkinson Lily Gladstone Sara Rodier
lawyer client wife husband law student ranch hand brooding charming emotional montana small town school ranch diner house independence friendship disconnection love sexism
The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
Musical, Drama
South Africa|UK|France|USA
1992
98 Minutes
Leleti Khumalo Whoopi Goldberg Miriam Makeba John Kani Mbongeni Ngema Dumisani Dlamini Tertius Meintjes Nhlanhla Ngema
student teacher mother racist principal police officer uplifting rousing profound south africa school street apartheid protest school struggle race relations growing up sacrifice discovery
South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Katee Sackhoff Jade Pettyjohn Heather Matarazzo Jeremy Sisto Judy Reyes Diego Josef Isaiah Mustafa Jonah Beres
young girl mother sister classmate friend young boy cheeky amusing emotional california school house classroom bathroom bedroom menstruation growing up immaturity friendship self-esteem
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2015
113 Minutes
George Lopez Jamie Lee Curtis Carlos PenaVega Marisa Tomei David Del Rio José Julián Alexa PenaVega Oscar Guitierrez Esai Morales Alessandra Rosaldo
teacher student robot mother principal judge charming creative emotional office school classroom pool apartment hardware store learning experience hope inner-city life hispanic neighborhood robotics
Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
Australia|USA
2018
115 Minutes
Lucas Hedges Nicole Kidman Joel Edgerton Russell Crowe Flea Joe Alwyn Xavier Dolan Troye Sivan Britton Sear Jesse LaTourette David Ditmore
gay man young man father mother therapist preacher emotional powerful somber uplifting house high school church office homosexuality homophobia family love religion self-discovery
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
Drama
Japan
2010
106 Minutes
Takako Matsu Masaki Okada Yoshino Kimura Kaoru Fujiwara Kai Inowaki Hotaru Nomoto Mana Ashida Sora Iwata Daichi Izumi Karin Katô Takuya Kusakawa
mother grieving mother murderer murder victim student teacher dark intense gripping suspenseful chilling emotional japan school house murder confession psychopath investigation revenge
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Drama
UK
2017
101 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Dominic Cooper Jalil Lespert Frances Barber Marthe Keller
mother father child teacher depressed person friend solemn tense emotional disheartening moving london house train station school yard depression escape marriage family
An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.
Drama, Biography, History
2015
123 Minutes
Sean Astin Nic Bishop Caleb Castille Sherri Shepherd Jon Voight C. Thomas Howell Richard Kohnke Lance E. Nichols Kevin Sizemore
african-american student football player principal family member brooding emotional uplifting birmingham, ala. high school football field house gym office racism teamwork love family trust beliefs
In 1973 Birmingham, Ala., football player Tony Nathan (Caleb Castille) and his teammates at Woodlawn High School utilize a message of hope and love to overcome racial prejudice.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Drama
USA
2016
137 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Williams Kyle Chandler Lucas Hedges C.J. Wilson Heather Burns Tate Donovan Josh Hamilton Anna Baryshnikov Matthew Broderick Gretchen Mol
brother uncle nephew fisherman wife friend brooding emotional intense boston hospital school office fishing village boat death guardianship loss responsibility anger
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Drama
USA
2014
106 Minutes
Erik Estrada Ben Davies Irma P. Hall Courtney Buck Jason Crabb Wesley Elder Lucas Smissen Stacey Bradshaw Kelsey Brooks Stephanie Bettcher
student actor school principal schoolteacher god inspiring heartwarming uplifting lighthearted moving school high school united states the bible acting school play religion faith god struggle
Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their theater, music and dance departments ... See full summary »
Drama
France
2008
129 Minutes
François Bégaudeau Esmeralda Ouertani Rachel Regulier Franck Keita Wei Huang Agame Malembo-Emene Angélica Sancio Arthur Fogel
principal teacher student parent school principal engaging gripping profound spirited inspiring powerful school paris classroom playground education ethnic tension french language and literature connections leadership
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Comedy, Drama
USA|China
2016
105 Minutes
Hailee Steinfeld Haley Lu Richardson Blake Jenner Kyra Sedgwick Woody Harrelson Hayden Szeto Alexander Calvert Eric Keenleyside Nesta Cooper Daniel Bacon Lina Renna
teen girl best friend older brother mother teacher love interest cheeky emotional cool high school house yard store classroom office lust growing up rejection friendship dating
High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.