19) The Soloist (2009)

Directed by Joe Wright, this biographical drama stars Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. in lead roles. Based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, the film follows Steve Lopez, played by Robert Downey Jr., an LA Journalist who writes various articles about Jamie Foxx's Nathaniel Ayers changing his life. The film depicts Foxx's Ayer's struggle with schizophrenia which ended his music career and made him homeless and how Downey's Lopez helped him change his circumstances. It beautifully showcases the messy but hopeful and real friendship between Foxx's Ayers and Downey's Lopez.
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