Tons of movies have been made about the typical college experience; some are serious and insightful, while some show the more fun and crazy side of college life. To give you a better idea of what we’re talking about, below are five college-themed Hollywood comedy and “dramedy” movies you can watch before going off to college:
1. Old School (2003)
The movie’s tagline, “All the fun of college. None of the education,” basically sums up what the movie is all about. Old School stars Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn as three 30-something men who aim to relive the fun and craziness of college minus the school work. They start an off-campus fraternity and recruit misfit college students, losers, middle-aged, and elderly retirees as members.
2. Good Will Hunting (1997)
Good Will Hunting stars Matt Damon as Will Hunting, a mathematically gifted janitor working at MIT, and Robin Williams as a psychologist who helps Will believe in himself and realize his potentials. Although Will is technically not a college student in this movie, his efforts are recognized by people in the academe.
3. Animal House (1978)
Starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, and John Vernon as college misfits, Animal House is a crude and hilarious parody of college life in the 1960s. Dubbed as THE college comedy movie that inspired movies like Old School and Van Wilder, Animal House is considered as a classic in the college comedy genre.
4. PCU (1994)
Also known as PCU Pit Party, the movie follows the hilarious misadventures of Droz, Tom, Katy, and Gutter as they make fun of socio-political groups including feminists, vegetarians, and everything in between. True to the movie’s tagline, “Flunk ‘em if they can’t take a joke,” PCU ranks high on comedy charts because of its merciless parodies on political correctness and propriety.
5. With Honors (1994)
With Honors stars Brendan Fraser as a stuck-up Harvard student who finds the last remaining copy of his thesis in the hands of a homeless man, played by Joe Pesci. Along with Moira Kelly, and Patrick Dempsey as Fraser’s fellow Harvard friends, the three realize that they’re learning more from the homeless bum than from their classes inside the walls of Harvard.
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