A drug addicted but caring teacher forms a friendship with a female student that is beneficial to both of them.
Half Nelson (2006)
Concrete Cowboy (2020)
Cole, sent to his estranged father in Philadelphia for discipline, is changed when his father brings into the life of the Fletcher Street Stables.
Moonlight (2016)
We see 3 stages in Chiron’s story, a black struggling with his sexual identity–as a bullied 10-year-old; a still bullied 16-year-old; & a man choosing his future after reconciling with his recovering mother.
A Walk Among Tombstones (2014)
A guilt-ridden ex-cop turned P.I. tracks down kidnappers who abduct & kill the women of drug dealers. Active in A.A., he befriends a homeless black youth.