Back to School: Jay’s 5 Favorite College Films

September 4, 2014



National Lampoons Animal House

1978
Comedy
Running time 109 minutes
Rated R

Faber College has a disreputable frat house that will take anyone.  The dean enlists the help of a second frat house to get the boys of Delta kicked off campus.

 

Revenge of the Nerds

Starring John Goodman
1984
Comedy
Running Time 90 minutes
Rating R

This is about a group of nerds trying to stop harassment by the jock fraternity at college.

 

Legally Blond

Starring Reese Witherspoon
2001
Romance comedy
96 minutes
Rated PG13

When a blond sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend she follows him to law school to get him back.

 

Old School

Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson

2003
Comedy
92 minutes
Rating R

After Mitch moves to a new house close to a college campus he and his friends Trent and Steve revert back to their college days and start a fraternity.

 

The Social Network

Starring Jesse Eisenberg
2010
Biography Drama
Rating PG13
Running Time 120 minutes

Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates a social networking site that becomes known as Facebook.