Freedom Writers
Their story. Their world. Their future.
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
- Director
- Richard LaGravenese
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $43M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Freedom Writers actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Perfect if you enjoyed
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
Checking regional listings…
Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Freedom Writers appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #63
Placed at #63 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Freedom Writers returned 2.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $21M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $43M
- Release date
- Jan 5, 2007
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
Watch
