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'National Lampoon's Animal House' (1978) -

Probably the most popular college movie of all time, this movie stars John Belushi, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland, and many others. It follows the story of campus rejects and undergrad students who should've graduated a long time ago. Chaos ensues when the dean tries to get them off campus.

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‘Good Will Hunting’ (1997) -

Matt Damon co-wrote and starred in this award-winning film about a man with the IQ of a genius who works as a janitor at MIT. The film shot Damon and writing partner Ben Affleck to stardom, and earned Robin Williams his only Oscar.

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'Sydney White' (2007) -

This teen rom-com features Amanda Bynes as a college freshman denied entrance to her late mom's sorority, instead being sent to a house of misfits.

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'House Bunny' (2008) -

This comedy stars Anna Faris as a Playboy Playmate who gets evicted from the Playboy Mansion. Searching for a job, she finds herself on a college campus, where she soon becomes the house mom for the not-so-popular sorority ZETA.

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'Life of the Party' (2018) -

In this flick, Melissa McCarthy plays a recent divorcée who finds herself suffering a mid-life crisis and decides to enroll in college. The catch is that it's the same college her daughter is currently a student at.

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‘Liberal Arts’ (2012) -

‘Liberal Arts’ is about a man in his thirties who falls for a college student when he returns to his alma mater for a professor’s retirement party. The film successfully manages to express the nostalgic view of college through the protagonist.

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'Pitch Perfect' (2012) -

Anna Kendrick stars as the new girl on campus who finds herself pulled into the world of college a cappella. To shake things up, she creates new mash-ups.

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'St. Elmo's Fire' (1985) -

Starring Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, and Rob Lowe, this film features a group of Georgetown graduates who are unsure what the future holds for them. Their main question is: do college friendships last forever?

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‘The Program’ (1993) -

This 1993 film, starring James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, follows college football players trying to cope with the pressures of playing at a top university.

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'Legally Blonde' (2001) -

The iconic film is set at Harvard Law School, but if not for Elle Woods' boyfriend breaking up with her, she wouldn't be there in the first place.

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'Neighbors' (2014) -

New parents, played by Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, get hell when they discover that their new neighbors are an off-campus frat house. The couple make complaints to the tenants (played by Zac Efron and Dave Franco), but when ignored they have to get creative to get the message across.

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‘Higher Learning’ (1995) -

In this ensemble film starring Omar Epps, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly, and Laurence Fishburne, a group of freshmen at Columbus University learn about life and cope with s e x u a l assault, racism, and violence on campus.

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‘The Rules of Attraction’ (2002) -

‘The Rules of Attraction’ is a dark comedy about incredibly privileged students and their empty lives. It stars James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, and Kate Bosworth.

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'22 Jump Street' (2014) -

Instead of going undercover at a high school as in the prequel ''21 Jump Street' (2012), these cops are now heading to a local college where they have to find out who is dealing synthetic drugs.

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'Drumline' (2002) -

Back in 2002, Nick Cannon played Devon Miles, a talented street drummer from Harlem who lands a scholarship to a fictional southern university. He soon finds out that he's not on the same page as many of the other students.

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'Accepted' (2006) -

When Bartleby Gaines, played by Justin Long, doesn't get accepted to the colleges he applied to, he fools his parents by creating a non-existent college. The next challenge is to make sure they don't find out.

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‘The Freshman’ (1990) -

In 'The Freshman,' an NYU film student, played by Matthew Broderick, accepts a job with a local mobster. Marlon Brando parodies himself in the film as the mobster. 

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'Damsels in Distress’ (2011) -

This comedy shows three women trying to change the male-dominated environment of their college campus, as well as trying to rescue their classmates from depression.

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‘Like Crazy’ (2011) -

While attending college in Los Angeles, an American student falls in love with a woman from London who violated the terms of her visa. Forced to return to England, the pair struggles with maintaining a long-distance relationship.

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‘The Great Debaters’ (2007) -

Based on a true story, Denzel Washington plays a professor who starts a debate team at a predominately black college in 1935. His band of intellects become the first black debate team to challenge Harvard’s champions.

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'Whiplash' (2014) -

This film tells the story of a talented young drummer studying at a music conservatory, where he’s physically and mentally abused by a respected professor.

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‘So Undercover’ (2012) -

In this flick, Miley Cyrus plays both an FBI agent and a college student, infiltrating a sorority house in order to protect the daughter of a targeted politician.

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'Dear White People' (2014) -

If you liked the Netflix series of the same name, then this film is for you. It follows the stories of four black students at a fictional university, where riots break out in protest of an African-American-themed party at a white fraternity.

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‘Kill Your Darlings’ (2013) -

'Kill Your Darlings' is a biographical drama about a murder involving Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs. The film follows the young poets during their college years, when Ginsberg, played by Daniel Radcliffe, is a freshman at Columbia University.

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'Wonder Boys’ (2000) -

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‘21’ (2008) -

What happens when a MIT student suddenly realizes he can't afford his tuition fees? In this film, he joins a blackjack team and become a major player.

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‘Mistress America’ (2015) -

This quirky comedy tells the story of a lonely college freshman in New York City who gets pulled into the exciting antics of her adventurous stepsister.

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'Everybody Wants Some!!' (2016) -

This film takes us back to the 1980s, where freshman baseball player Jake, played by Blake Jenner, moves into his dorm a couple of days before the fall semester starts. What happens next are day parties and schemes to get girls.

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‘Real Genius’ (1985) -

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‘After’ (2019) -

This romantic drama is based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd. It follows an inexperienced young woman who begins to date a mysterious student during her first months of college.

Sources: (Marie Claire) (Cosmopolitan)

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