Geschiedenisleraar Daniel Dunne werkt in een arme, zwarte buurt in Brooklyn. Op een dag betrapt Drey, een van zijn leerlingen, haar leraar terwijl hij in de wc crack zit te roken. Het blijkt dat Daniel al een hele tijd worstelt met een drugsverslaving die steeds meer van hem eist. Drey heeft medelijden met hem en de twee bouwen een bijzondere vriendschap op.
Nee, helaas is Half Nelson nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Lynette Howell Taylor | Producer |
| Directing | Ryan Fleck | Director |
| Production | Rosanne Korenberg | Producer |
| Editing | Anna Boden | Editor |
| Production | Scott London | Executive Producer |
| Production | Doug Dey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alex Orlovsky | Producer |
| Production | Eyde Belasco | Casting |
| Production | Jamie Patricof | Producer |
| Production | Clara Markowicz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anna Boden | Producer |
| Production | Charlie Corwin | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Andrij Parekh | Director of Photography |
| Production | Paul S. Mezey | Executive Producer |
| Art | Beth Mickle | Production Design |
| Directing | Anna Boden | Co-Director |
| Art | Inbal Weinberg | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Kalahiki | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Loretta Alston | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Amyjoy Clark | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leo Won | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xandra Mercedez | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erin Benach | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sabrina Alston | Hairstylist |
| Production | Hunter Gray | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Cush | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Nicholas R. Bell | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Ronny Merdinger | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Jeremy Kipp Walker | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Mariela Comitini | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kevin Drew | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ryan Fleck | Writer |
| Writing | Anna Boden | Writer |
| Sound | Judy Karp | Sound |
| Sound | David Crabb | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Leslie Bloome | Foley Artist |