John G. Avildsen
1) Lean on me
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Based on the true story of principal Joe Clark and his struggle to instill discipline and encourage learning in his New Jersey high school. Mr. Clark is known for his use of a bullhorn and a baseball bat.
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Dre Parker finds himself in China after his mother's latest career move. He and classmate Mei Ying immediately fall for each other, but cultural differences make this friendship impossible. Even worse, his feelings make an enemy of class bully, Cheng who is quite adept at kung fu. Dre turns to maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a kung fu master and learns that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm. However, Dre realizes...
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The Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), has an upcoming tournament in which he is the target of vicious student Mike Barnes (Kanan). Mr. Miyagi (Morita) instructs LaRusso not to compete, but LaRusso's pride sends him to instructor Terry Silver who is secretly setting LaRusso up to be the loser.
5) 8 seconds
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Story of Lane Frost, a young rodeo bull rider, who fought his way to becoming champion, but almost lost the one woman he loved.