College is the best time of our lives, it’s the time when we get to know ourselves better, it’s the time which inspires us to think differently. A time when we can create the future and the possibilities are endless. The college years will surely change your perspective about a lot of things – about the world, the society, and most importantly your life. It’s when you explore things, you experience relationships, the emotional up-downs, you achieve and you lose. But it’s one fun ride in the end.
Art imitates life. Movies are a reflection of our lives. Movies have drama, comedy, romance…similarities that we’ll find in our lives. These are the movies that every college student must see. These great films will inspire you, bring a smile on your face, and ultimately help you become what you want to be. These movies will take away your stress. So take some time off, sit back, relax, and get ready for the movie marathon. These films will bring good old college movies for those who graduated. To the college students, this list of must-see college movies, will give something to look forward to.
So here are the 10 Movies That Every College Student Must See
1. 3 Idiots (2009)
Do it with passion or not at all.
Undoubtedly one of the greatest Indian movies of the Indian Cinema. This movie has won numerous awards, it set records, but importantly it can teach you valuable life lessons. Why it is important to have a passion in your life, the only way to do great work is do what you love, to pursue your dreams, and not care what others think about it. The film tells the story of two friends who set out to find their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of how their friend inspired them to think differently.
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.
Live you life to the fullest while you still can. Education is not about stuffing a student’s brain with useless facts and unnecessary information. So don’t let your college and schooling interfere with your education. The film follows Ferris Bueller, a high-school slacker who spends a day off from school, he teaches his friends a few valuable lessons in some interesting ways. This movie will inspire to take a control of your life, will change your perspective about a lot of things.
3. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity.
A biopic based on the life of John Nash, a math genius, how he suffered for years due to schizophrenia. The film shows how John Nash overcomes his schizophrenia and returns to win the Nobel Prize in 1994 for his breakthrough game theory in economics. The story of John Nash, a socially dysfunctional mathematics student who pours all of his energy – and soul – into producing one original idea, an idea that will distinguish him from all of the other mathematical minds.
4. Dead Poets Society (1989)
Carpe diem.
It tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry. Teaching the students to value for authentic knowledge and feelings, encourages the students to go against the status quo. Dead Poets Society is one of the most underrated films. The characters are students that you can easily relate to. The movie will touch your heart and will teach you the important lesson of following your dreams no matter what the boundaries are.
5. Good Will Hunting (1997)
You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention.
Matt Damon plays the character of a 20-year old Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., with an extraordinary gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. Robin Williams plays the therapist who takes Will as his client, he develops a bond with Will and helps him in figuring out his life’s purpose.
6. The Social Network (2010)
Good artists copy, great artists steal.
The story of the world’s most popular social networking website Facebook’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. It follows the journey of how Mark created the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, and the legal drama which follows the fellow students claiming that Mark stole their idea.
7. Accepted (2006)
Rejection doesn’t mean you’re not good enough, it simply means that the other person doesn’t realize your potential.
Rejection is part of life, it’s not bad. Accepted is a story of a high school slacker who’s rejected by every college that he has applied to. To gain approval from his strict father he opts to create his own institution of higher learning. The movie highlights the failures of conventional education and the importance of following one’s own passions.
8. Into the Wild (2007)
When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it.
This film is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s 1996 book of the same name, based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America and his life in the wilderness. After graduating with high honors, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, rejects his conventional life by destroying all his credit cards and ids. He gives away his entire $24,000 savings account to charity. Without informing his parents, he sets out on a cross-country drive to experience the wilderness.
9. The Breakfast Club (1985)
We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.
The story follows five teenagers, all different stereotypes, who spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they have a lot more in common. This movie will give you an interesting and funny look into the lives of teenagers, every character in this movie can be related to someone we knew in high-school or in college. The movie sends the simple message -No matter who you are, you can connect to anyone, even if they’re completely different from you.
10. The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Dude abides.
This movie is not about education, about a job or relationship. It’s a philosophy, it’s a way of living, it’s how deal with the adversities that you encounter in your life and at the same time maintain your calm and composure. Here’s a character, Dude, who doesn’t have money, he doesn’t have a job and he doesn’t have a care in the world. But dude holds the key to one of the biggest parts of life, Stress. How does The Dude do it? Well, The Dude abides. Stuff happens. Don’t take it too seriously. Life goes on.