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Overcoming Challenges
About a Boy (2002)
A.I.
Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The
Bodyguard (1992)
Bend It Like Beckham (2003)
Bounce (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Chocolat (2000)
Cider House Rules (1999)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Crimes
of the Heart (1986)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Edward
Scissorhands (1990)
The Emperors Club (2002)
The English Patient (1996)
Footloose
(1984)
Frida
(2002)
The Fugitive (1993)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hearts
of the West (1975)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
The Lion King (1994)
March of the Penguins (2005)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
North Country (2005)
Pelican
Brief (1993)
The Pianist (2003)
The Piano (1993)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Ray (2004)
Rocky
(1976)
Rudy (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Shine (1996)
The Shipping News (2001)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Stand
and Deliver (1988)
The
Sting (1973)
This
Boy's Life (1993)
Twister
(1990)
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Following the Call
Billy
Elliot (2000)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Dead
Poets Society (1989)
Erin Brockovich
Fame
(1980)
The
Fisher King (1991)
Flashdance
(1983)
Good Will Hunting
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Motor Cycle Diaries (2004, in Spanish)
October Sky (1999)
Pay it Forward (2000)
Ruby in Paradise
Shine (1996)
Whale Rider (2003)