# The best college movies

Frat houses, finals, a cappella and the odd genius janitor: the best films set at university, ranked from MovieWeb, Yardbarker and Fastweb.

- 191 votes · 14 items
- Dec 11, 2022 · Kirsty Kennedy
- https://even.best/en/l/4117/the-best-college-movies

## Top 10

1. **National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)** (22 · ▲23 ▼1) — The Delta house at Faber College, the genre's founding comedy.
2. **Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — A college baseball team's first weekend in 1980, by Linklater.
3. **The Social Network (2010)** (12 · ▲15 ▼3) — Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard and the birth of Facebook, by Fincher.
4. **Rudy (1993)** (10 · ▲14 ▼4) — An undersized walk-on who dreams of playing for Notre Dame.
5. **Good Will Hunting (1997)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — An MIT janitor who is a mathematical genius.
6. **Legally Blonde (2001)** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Elle Woods at Harvard Law.
7. **21 (2008)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — MIT students counting cards in Las Vegas.
8. **Old School (2003)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Three thirty-somethings start their own fraternity.
9. **Revenge of the Nerds (1984)** (6 · ▲10 ▼4) — Misfits against the jocks of Alpha Beta.
10. **Pitch Perfect (2012)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — An a cappella group at Barden University.
11. **Accepted (2006)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — A student who invents his own university after being rejected everywhere.
12. **The Paper Chase (1973)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — A first-year law student and the formidable Professor Kingsfield.
13. **Monsters University (2013)** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — Mike and Sulley's student days.
14. **Higher Learning (1995)** (2 · ▲6 ▼4) — Race and politics on a California campus, by John Singleton.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.