The best college movies
The top 3 according to 191 votes from people: National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) · Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) · The Social Network (2010). (Updated Dec 11, 2022.)
Frat houses, finals, a cappella and the odd genius janitor: the best films set at university, ranked from MovieWeb, Yardbarker and Fastweb.
Top 10
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1
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
The Delta house at Faber College, the genre's founding comedy.
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2
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
A college baseball team's first weekend in 1980, by Linklater.
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3
The Social Network (2010)
Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard and the birth of Facebook, by Fincher.
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4
Rudy (1993)
An undersized walk-on who dreams of playing for Notre Dame.
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5
Good Will Hunting (1997)
An MIT janitor who is a mathematical genius.
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6
Legally Blonde (2001)
Elle Woods at Harvard Law.
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7
21 (2008)
MIT students counting cards in Las Vegas.
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8
Old School (2003)
Three thirty-somethings start their own fraternity.
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9
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Misfits against the jocks of Alpha Beta.
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10
Pitch Perfect (2012)
An a cappella group at Barden University.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 10… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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11
Accepted (2006)
A student who invents his own university after being rejected everywhere.
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12
The Paper Chase (1973)
A first-year law student and the formidable Professor Kingsfield.
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13
Monsters University (2013)
Mike and Sulley's student days.
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14
Higher Learning (1995)
Race and politics on a California campus, by John Singleton.
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Comments (2)
Everybody Wants Some!! at #2 is a bold choice and I respect it
Animal House is the original, everything else copies it