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1. The Flash (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon
Votes: 209,873
2. Pitch Perfect (2012)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
Director: Jason Moore | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp
Votes: 330,548 | Gross: $65.00M
3. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 758,136 | Gross: $96.96M
4. Last Night in Soho (2021)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg
Votes: 176,653
5. EuroTrip (2004)
R | 92 min | Comedy
Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.
Directors: Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg, David Mandel | Stars: Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester
Votes: 222,777 | Gross: $17.72M
6. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
R | 109 min | Comedy
At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst
Votes: 129,260
7. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 428,223 | Gross: $402.11M
8. Three Identical Strangers (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.
Director: Tim Wardle | Stars: Robert Shafran, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone
Votes: 39,603 | Gross: $12.32M
9. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
R | 90 min | Comedy
At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.
Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese
Votes: 58,348 | Gross: $40.90M
10. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
R | 117 min | Comedy
In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Zoey Deutch
Votes: 58,570 | Gross: $3.37M
11. Back to School (1986)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon
Votes: 36,158 | Gross: $91.26M
12. The Freshman (1990)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
An N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.
Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller
Votes: 22,018 | Gross: $21.46M
13. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Director: Roger Avary | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel
Votes: 53,314 | Gross: $6.53M
14. Sydney White (2007)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
Director: Joe Nussbaum | Stars: Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long, Jack Carpenter
Votes: 51,242 | Gross: $11.89M
15. Less Than Zero (1987)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader
Votes: 22,108 | Gross: $12.40M
16. Boy Erased (2018)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
Director: Joel Edgerton | Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe
Votes: 42,116 | Gross: $6.79M
17. Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
An 18-year-old college freshman is seduced by a handsome vampire lover who introduces her to a dark world of carnal desires.
Director: Anne Goursaud | Stars: Martin Kemp, Rebecca Ferratti, Alyssa Milano, Glori Gold
Votes: 6,943
18. In the Bedroom (2001)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
Director: Todd Field | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 42,417 | Gross: $35.93M
19. Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Two working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup
Votes: 14,007 | Gross: $5.94M
20. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster
Votes: 41,219 | Gross: $1.03M
21. American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002 Video)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A girl named Rachael Newman has developed a taste for murder and will stop at nothing to become a college professor's assistant.
Director: Morgan J. Freeman | Stars: Mila Kunis, William Shatner, Geraint Wyn Davies, Robin Dunne
Votes: 17,845
22. Undeclared (2001–2003)
TV-14 | 404 min | Comedy
College freshman Steve Karp, his girlfriend and their fellow dormmates embark on one of the greatest experiences of their lives. Unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, Monica Keena
Votes: 17,488
23. Midnight Madness (1980)
PG | 112 min | Comedy
Leon picks college students to participate in his all night scavenger hunt. Five teams receive clues to solve leading them to the next clue site hidden in the city.
Directors: Michael Nankin, David Wechter | Stars: David Naughton, Debra Clinger, Joel Kenney, David Damas
Votes: 3,895
24. Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993–1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
While the gang is no longer the 'it' crowd at Cal U, Slater balances 3 sports, Screech his extracurriculars, Kelly her crushes, and all manner of college parties, but most of the 2 years follow Zach growing up and winning Kelly's heart.
Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, Mario Lopez
Votes: 5,323
25. School Daze (1988)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme
Votes: 8,028 | Gross: $14.55M
26. The Novice (2021)
R | 97 min | Drama, Sport
A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Director: Lauren Hadaway | Stars: Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Jonathan Cherry
Votes: 6,944
27. Shithouse (2020)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.
Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller
Votes: 6,596
28. Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Approved | 126 min | Musical, Romance
A wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 4,284
29. Where the Boys Are (1960)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four very different college girls drive to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break and seek out various adventures and romance for themselves.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Dolores Hart, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton
Votes: 3,095
30. Indignation (2016)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War.
Director: James Schamus | Stars: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tijuana Ricks, Sue Dahlman
Votes: 12,621 | Gross: $3.40M
31. Wildflower (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Romance
An abused, partially-deaf girl is helped back into society by two resourceful children.
Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Beau Bridges, Susan Blakely, William McNamara, Reese Witherspoon
Votes: 1,648
32. Akron (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
When Benny and Christopher, college freshmen, meet at a football game and fall in love, a tragic event from the past threatens to tear them apart.
Directors: Sasha King, Brian O'Donnell | Stars: Matthew Frias, Cailan Rose, Luis Gabriel Cañas, Alexander Mariani
Votes: 3,334
33. Decoys (2004)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren't exactly human.
Director: Matthew Hastings | Stars: Corey Sevier, Stefanie von Pfetten, Kim Poirier, Elias Toufexis
Votes: 5,306
34. Prefontaine (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Breckin Meyer
Votes: 7,665 | Gross: $0.53M
35. The Bridge (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Two new students at nearby Belmont University, Ryan and Molly, meet the first day of classes and become study partners. The Bridge, a local bookstore, becomes a close part of their lives as their relationship grows.
Director: Mike Rohl | Stars: Katie Findlay, Wyatt Nash, Ted McGinley, Faith Ford
Votes: 1,586
36. Dr. Alien (1989)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A sexy substitute teacher replaces a teacher who was killed by a UFO encounter, but her research on a nerdy student is now making him a lady magnet.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Billy Jayne, Judy Landers, Olivia Barash, Stuart Fratkin
Votes: 1,299
37. The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
M | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In this romantic comedy, an eccentric girl forces a reluctant college student into an affair.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire, Anita Alberts
Votes: 2,416 | Gross: $13.98M
38. Pledge (2018)
Unrated | 77 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of college freshmen pledge an exclusive fraternity but soon realize there's more at stake than they could have ever imagined.
Director: Daniel Robbins | Stars: Zachery Byrd, Phillip Andre Botello, Zack Weiner, Aaron Dalla Villa
Votes: 3,842
39. Carmilla (2014–2016)
4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Little Laura Hollis has just moved in to attend Silas College. When her missing roommate is replaced without explanation, Laura vows to find out what is happening on campus.
Stars: Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis, Annie Briggs, Kaitlyn Alexander
Votes: 3,549
40. October Baby (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
A college freshman's world is rocked when she learns she is the adopted survivor of a failed abortion.
Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | Stars: Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider, Jasmine Guy
Votes: 7,854 | Gross: $5.36M
41. Undergrads (2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
The misadventures of a group of childhood friends who keep in touch while attending separate colleges.
Stars: Pete Williams, Josh A. Cagan, Rob Tinkler, Jene Yeo
Votes: 2,933
42. Lebensborn (1997)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Two college freshmen unknowingly become part of a scheme to create superior humans through genetic engineering.
Director: David Stephens | Stars: Melissa Carlton, Greg Forshay, Arthur Roberts, TJ Myers
Votes: 150
43. Freshman Orientation (2004)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A horny college freshman feigns being gay to be near the beautiful co-ed of his desires.
Director: Ryan Shiraki | Stars: Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, Mike Erwin, Heather Matarazzo
Votes: 1,750 | Gross: $0.01M
44. The Strange One (1957)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Students faced with an ethical dilemma about the dehumanization associated with the tradition of hazing, at a military college in the Southern United States, take matters in their own hands.
Director: Jack Garfein | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman, Arthur Storch
Votes: 1,362
45. The Freshman (1925)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James H. Anderson
Votes: 6,065 | Gross: $0.00M
46. Brotherhood (I) (2010)
R | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A college fraternity initiation rite goes awfully wrong. A bullet wounded frat boy and a kidnapped convenience store clerk end up at the frat house. Panic continues.
Director: Will Canon | Stars: Trevor Morgan, Lou Taylor Pucci, Arlen Escarpeta, Jon Foster
Votes: 4,207
47. Freshman Year (2019)
105 min | Drama
The journey of two young people going off to college from their sheltered homes and different backgrounds to face the real world of battling peer pressure and falling in love.
Director: Jude Okwudiafor Johnson | Stars: Diallo Thompson, Gregory Alan Williams, Benjamin A. Onyango, Natalia Dominguez
Votes: 255
48. 5 Against the House (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore
Votes: 2,052
49. Infinite Dendrogram (2020)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A college student enters the immersive world of VRMMO gaming and finds an unexplored realm needing saving.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Aoi Yûki, Ciarán Strange, Suzie Yeung
Votes: 510
50. First Affair (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl attending Harvard on a scholarship finds herself falling for the husband of her English professor.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Loretta Swit, Melissa Sue Anderson, Joel Higgins, Kim Delaney
Votes: 74