"College" Movies to watch with teens and grandparents

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Anonymous wrote:Ladybird and Booksmart are about college-bound high school seniors and both are good movies (although whether your teen wants to watch the latter with the grandparents will depend on your own family dynamics)

Ladybird is so good, great recommendation

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Revenge of the Nerds aged very very badly.

The nerds use their tech skills to install hidden cameras in the girls' dorm and act as voyeurs.

One nerd has sex with a sorority girl who agrees because she thinks he's her boyfriend in disguise. I watched as an adult was horrified.

[Anonymous]

St Elmo's Fire - although it is about college friends transitioning to real life after graduation - bonus, it takes place in Georgetown.

College Road Trip - especially appropriate for your senior if you're still doing visits

[Anonymous]

Rushmore

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Anonymous wrote:Rushmore

That’s high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Presumably, Animal House came out when the grandparents were in their heyday. Why avoid that one?

It came out in 1978. My kids grandparents graduated college in 1962 and were long past their collegiate heydey by then.

My dad graduated in 1970 and still talks about how much he loves that movie.

+1 The senior characters were the class of 1962.

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Anonymous wrote:Dead Poet Society, Scent of a Woman, Mona Lisa Smile

Dead Poet Society is not a college movie. It’s set in a boarding school.

Scent of a Woman is also set at a boarding school. I think Mona Lisa Smile is too but I haven’t seen it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Revenge of the Nerds aged very very badly.

The nerds use their tech skills to install hidden cameras in the girls' dorm and act as voyeurs.

One nerd has sex with a sorority girl who agrees because she thinks he's her boyfriend in disguise. I watched as an adult was horrified.

Clutch those pearls! The horror!

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Anonymous wrote:I'd add "Old School"

And Neighbors / Neighbors 2

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Anonymous wrote:Ladybird and Booksmart are about college-bound high school seniors and both are good movies (although whether your teen wants to watch the latter with the grandparents will depend on your own family dynamics)

+1 Both are fun, Book Smart is hilarious.

Book smart is not a family movie

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The documentary “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Revenge of the Nerds aged very very badly.

The nerds use their tech skills to install hidden cameras in the girls' dorm and act as voyeurs.

One nerd has sex with a sorority girl who agrees because she thinks he's her boyfriend in disguise. I watched as an adult was horrified.

Clutch those pearls! The horror!

I think rape is worthy of pearl clutching.

[Anonymous]

Two scenes from Rudy that always brings tears to my eyes.

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Tenure

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dead Poet Society, Scent of a Woman, Mona Lisa Smile

Dead Poet Society is not a college movie. It’s set in a boarding school.

Scent of a Woman is also set at a boarding school. I think Mona Lisa Smile is too but I haven’t seen it.

Mona Lisa Smile storyline is based at Wellesley