Movies like Higher Learning
If Higher Learning's mix of race politics, college and racism stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Higher Learning's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Hate U Give
2018 · Directed by George Tillman Jr. · 133 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: racism · Also crime and drama
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds…
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Bomb City
2017 · Directed by Jameson Brooks · 98 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: racism · Also drama and crime
An ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime.
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Elephant
2003 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 81 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: school shooting · Also crime and drama
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
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Luckiest Girl Alive
2022 · Directed by Mike Barker · 113 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: school shooting · Also drama and thriller
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
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Just Cause
1995 · Directed by Arne Glimcher · 102 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Laurence Fishburne · Also drama and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.