Movies about college life - -which ones did you like

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<p>I am about to watch Dead Poets Society for the third or fourt time. I love this movie…
What other movies about college life did you like, would you recommend?</p>

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<p>I thought dead poets society is about high school?</p>

<p>I loved The Graduate, however he had just graduated in that. And Animal House of course. Van Wilder is a more modern one… I guess that plays in with Road Trip and the American Pie type of movies.</p>

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<p>You are right, it is about a prep school. Still a good movie about a great school and a great experience…</p>

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<p>Yeah, I really liked Dead Poets Society. The first time I ever saw it was during english class in high school.</p>

<p>Other high school type movies… The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles… I’m sure I’m missing quite a few.</p>

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<p>Paper Chase
Love Story</p>

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<p>Great high school movie (and a simply awesome one in general):</p>

<p>Superbad</p>

<p>So funny…</p>

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<p>Three in the Attic.</p>

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<p>Good Will Hunting</p>

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<p>Chariots of Fire - I know this is set in England in the 20’s, but I love the scenes when the students sign up for groups like the glee club, and the scene where the runners try to make it completely around the quad before the 12 o’clock chimes end. I love those old traditions, some of which are still in place at Ivies and other schools.</p>

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<p>Not as much about college as football but you gotta love Rudy.</p>

<p>Also college/football…We Are Marshall was a great movie.</p>

<p>I’ll always be an Animal House fan. I’ve seen it so many times.</p>

<p>also Old School and Revenge of the Nerds</p>

<p>Not really about college (the student is in prep sch) but Scent of a Woman is a good one.</p>

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<p>I think the best treatment of high school is the first two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’ve never liked any college movie I’ve seen, but I loved the book Lucky Jim, so I might like the movie. </p>

<p>If you can’t remember college movies here’s a pretty big list: <a href=“http://www.wright.edu/~martin.kich/HiEdFilms.htm[/url]”>http://www.wright.edu/~martin.kich/HiEdFilms.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Breaking Away (about a working-class kid deciding to go to college and the tension between the college students and the townies).</p>

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<p>Three in the Attic was filmed in Chapel Hill when I was there. I never saw the movie, but it resulted in a slight scandal because it had nudity in it.</p>

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<p>It had topical appeal to me, the men’s college being “Williard”. We named our campus dog “Paxton Quigley IV”. </p>

<p>I spent a lot of time at Bennington. Totally believeable.</p>

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<p>The Sterile Cuckoo was set at Hamilton and another small upstate school. Pretty good slice of college life.</p>

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<p>Ok old time movie fans…</p>

<p>How about “Trouble Along the Way” with John Wayne as a football coach at a small Catholic college in New York and Donna Reed as a social worker who is forced to decide between John Wayne and his socialite ex-wife as custodial parent for their pre-teen daughter.</p>

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<p>Post college…The Big Chill</p>

<p>With Honors</p>

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<p>PCU–my D’s alma mater! Good satire; kids at her school think it’s hilarious.</p>

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<p>Guilty pleasure - “Accepted”. Not a movie, but I am enjoying “Greek” on TV now.</p>

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<p>No one has brought up “Animal House” yet?</p>