Student years are a period that is mentioned as one of the brightest in the life of every person. And while some of them remember this time with pleasant nostalgia and slight shame, someone will be lucky only from September to feel all the colors of the student body. Enjoy watching and get ready for the new school year.
Van Wilder (2001)
Wilder Wen has been at Coolidge College for seven years. And he does not plan to say goodbye to student life. Here he is a real party star, a favorite of girls, the soul of any company.
What will life be like after college? His father makes him think about it. A man puts his son before a choice: either Wilder pays for the next academic year on his own, or he finally becomes a graduate.
Good Will Gunting (1997)
Will Gunting is a true genius. The guy has a phenomenal memory and intellect. But he does not use them at all, but he constantly gets into trouble and wastes his student years in vain.
Professor Gerald Lambeau, who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, decides to change the life of his brilliant student. He introduces him to the psychoanalyst Sean Meguire, who not only helps the student deal with the complexes, but also becomes a true friend of Will.
Accepted (2006)
Accepted is an American comedy about college life. The comedy picture is not at all like the well-known “American Pie”. The film tells about an applicant who is not very lucky. He received seven rejections from various institutions of higher education and quarreled with his parents because of this.
But the hero of the picture did not despair, the guy, together with his classmates, decided to create their own exam.
They have everything: a hostel, lectures that they read to each other and typical student entertainment. And also sympathies and first loves…
Dead Poets Society (1989)
The prestigious and rather conservative American college differs from other educational institutions in one teacher. John Keating strives to awaken in his students a real interest in literature. He neglects the curriculum, behaves eccentrically and easily finds a common language with students.
The teacher changes the lives of students. He sincerely motivates the wards, teaches them to appreciate life and do only what really brings joy.
Together with students, Keating revives the Dead Poets Society and helps each young man find his place in a world full of rules and traditions.
Social Network (2010)
The film tells about the creation of one of the most popular social networks in the world.
And it all started with a common problem for students – communication difficulties. Young people needed a convenient way to communicate online. To help students easily find a common language, Zuckerberg invented Facebook.
And thanks to the fact that he solved the problem of shy students, he became one of the youngest millionaires in the world.
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Another film about the role of an iconic teacher in the life of students. This time, the plot focuses on Katherine Ann Willis, who until recently herself was a student, gets a job as an art history teacher at Wellesley Women’s College.
The film is set in 1953. Both the leadership and the teaching staff of the college held patriarchal views on the role of women. But not Katherine. She believes that women’s rights must be fought for and is ready to do this with the support of her students.
She changes the minds of many girls about their place in the world. And the students make Katherine look at herself differently.
Pitch Perfect (2012)
How often have you heard stories about how parents choose a profession for their children that goes against their desires and talents? Such a fate could have befallen the young Beka Mitchell, if not for her insane desire to make music.
Beka dreamed of becoming a DJ, but her parents insisted on entering the University of Barden.
At the university, Beka becomes a member of a female vocal group that performs songs without musical accompaniment. So the girl becomes a supporter of a cappella performance and a bright university student.
Richard Says Goodbye (2019)
“Teachers are people too,” our mentors tell us when they don’t have time to check their homework or forget to tell us the date of the exam. And they also get sick. And also love. They even drink and smoke marijuana.
Like Professor Richard, who found out that he was terminally ill. He decided to live to the fullest, forgetting about the rules and restrictions. And of course, his students will share with him the joys of life without borders.
Life of the Party (2018)
Would you like your parents to become university students with you? Maddie, who attended Decatur University, wasn’t thrilled either.
Her mother Diana experienced a divorce from her husband, so she decided to visit her daughter at the university. Arriving at the student campus made Diana think about her life.
She decided to become a student again. And although the daughter is against it, Diana is adored by all university students. After all, it turns out that she knows how to have fun and becomes the real soul of the company.
22 Jump Street (2014)
The film follows the adventures of police officers Morton Schmidt and Greg Jenko. They have an important task under cover. The men must become college students and find out who the local drug dealer is.
Schmidt and Jenko are too stubbornly pouring into a student life full of alcohol and wild parties. Undercover cops make new friends. Because of this, the partners move away from each other, and endanger the implementation of an important task.