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Movies like Class Outside

The best movies like Class Outside are We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012), The River (1984) and The Ron Clark Story (2006). If Class Outside hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)

    Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' raucous beginnings on the website 4chan. Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various "raids," the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The River (1984)

    Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. The Ron Clark Story (2006)

    Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to help them reach their potential. Based on a true story.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

    Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Suncoast (2024)

    While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Plan B (2021)

    After a regrettable first sexual encounter, a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Across the Universe (2007)

    When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Love Everlasting (2016)

    Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Zabriskie Point (1970)

    Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. The Rosa Parks Story (2002)

    A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. StreetDance 3D (2010)

    In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Ginger & Rosa (2012)

    A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Pimp (2018)

    An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Color of Rain (2014)

    After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. The Safety of Objects (2002)

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The Invisible (2007)

    After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. A Dry White Season (1989)

    During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Much Ado About Nothing (2011)

    Two young lovers, Claudio and Hero, are to be married imminently but the devious scheming of a resentful Prince looks set to thwart the nuptials. Meanwhile, marriage seems inconceivable for reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick whose endless witty sparring threatens to keep them apart forever. Directed by Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s great plays and reminds us all of the failings and triumphs of the human condition in our never ending search for perfect love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Class Outside?

The closest matches to Class Outside are We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012), The River (1984) and The Ron Clark Story (2006). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Class Outside?

Start with We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012), the closest match to Class Outside.

What is the highest-rated movie like Class Outside?

The Ron Clark Story (2006), rated 7.6/10 by 201 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Class Outside?

Suncoast (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Class Outside?

Yes: We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012), The River (1984) and The Ron Clark Story (2006).

How are movies similar to Class Outside chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Class Outside, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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