One Eight Seven (
1997) | IMDb:
6.6
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
John Heard
,
Kelly Rowan
,
Clifton Collins Jr.
,
Tony Plana
,
Karina Arroyave
Directed by:
Kevin Reynolds
Dangerous Minds (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
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.
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
George Dzundza
,
Courtney B. Vance
,
Robin Bartlett
,
Beatrice Winde
,
John Neville
Falling Down (
1993) | IMDb:
7.6
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Robert Duvall
,
Barbara Hershey
,
Rachel Ticotin
,
Tuesday Weld
,
Frederic Forrest