10 films about students that will inspire nostalgia

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

"Rules of Sex", "Legally Blonde", "Balamut" and other films in which fun and drunken frenzy coexist with the search for oneself.

10. Legally Blonde

• USA, 2001.
• Melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 3.

Elle Woods is a natural blonde and president of his sorority. She is dating handsome Warner and really wants to marry him. However, the dream was not destined to come true: Warner gets engaged to another and leaves to go to Harvard. El decides to win her beloved: she ends up at the same university and, despite the complete inappropriateness of the institution's format, becomes a successful student.

Legally Blonde is a simple, light and funny movie. Reese Witherspoon stars in the title role. Of course, there is no "second bottom" and deep meaning in the tape, but it leaves an extremely positive impression.

The picture became a debut in a big cinema for director Robert Luketic. After "Blonde", he shot the famous melodramas "If the mother-in-law is a monster", "The Naked Truth", as well as pictures of other genres.

9. We were accepted

• USA, 2006.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 93 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 4.

Unfortunately, Bartleby Gaines was rejected by all the colleges to which he sent documents. Having decided to creatively get out of the situation, the guy, with the help of friends, creates his own - fictitious - university. On the website of this "organization", the guys indicate that they accept everyone. As a result, many of the same unlucky applicants come to them. And Bartleby decides to use his tuition money to give trusting students a real education.

This is a fun youth comedy that will definitely cheer up the viewer. It is noteworthy that, contrary to the canons of the genre, this film does not consist entirely of vulgar jokes. And he also prompts an interesting thought: is it really necessary for education to take place in this life.

8. Party king

• Germany, USA, 2001.
• Melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 4.

Van Wilder is a hardened repeater who is in his seventh year in an undergraduate program. He became famous as the main sloth and party-goer on the campus. But suddenly the clouds are gathering: Ven's father decides to stop paying for his son's education. Now the guy will have to take responsibility for his life and start growing up.

The King of the Parties is a light and hilarious film that will make the viewer laugh if he does not shun humor below the belt. The main role was played by Ryan Reynolds, who even then, at the stage of the formation of his career, was able to demonstrate his comic potential.

It is noteworthy that the tape is based on the reports of Rolling Stone magazine about the parties of the student Albert Kraischer, the future stand-up comedian.

7. Mona Lisa smile

• USA, 2003.
• Drama.
• Duration: 117 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 5.

The film is set in the 1950s. Catherine Watson, Ph. D., takes a job as an art history professor at Wellesley College. Immersed in work, the heroine realizes that her students are arrogant, very erudite, but they do not know how to think independently.

Communication is also complicated by the foundations prevailing in Wellesley: parents and the administration of the institution raise girls only as future wives of successful husbands. Katherine decides to go against the system and instill in her wards other ideals.

Thanks to the costumes and sets, the film perfectly immerses the viewer in a retro atmosphere. A separate note is the cast. The inimitable Julia Roberts played the main role, and her students were played by Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin and other actresses.

6. Sex rules

• Germany, USA, 2002.
• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 110 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 7.

Sean Bateman, a womanizer and drug dealer, falls in love with the virgin Lauren. She likes him, but she still has feelings for Victor - her ex. And Paul Denton, who previously met her, is imbued with feelings for Sean. This knot must be cut - and someone is forced to be left with nothing.

The film is a vivid example of dramedy, that is, drama with comedy elements. The basis of the tape is not toilet humor, but the deep personal problems of the characters, each of whom is going through a difficult life period.

The painting is based on the eponymous work of Bret Easton Ellis. It is noteworthy that the character of the book (and the film) Sean is the younger brother of another hero of the writer - Patrick Bateman from American Psycho.

5. Get into the top ten

• UK, USA, 2006.
• Melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 7.

In 1985, Brian Jackson entered the University of Bristol on a scholarship. Here he gets into the university team of the game show "University Challenge". Brian immediately falls in love with another member - the charming but windy Alice. However, there is another girl in the guy's life - a serious and witty Rebecca. Brian will have to deal with feelings and move on to a new stage in his life.

The leading actor James McAvoy is very organic in the role of a smart guy who has escaped to freedom and knows all the delights of adulthood. And the film itself captivates not only with its unpretentious plot and light humor, but also with soundtracks that perfectly immerse you in the era of the 1980s. Hits from The Cure, The Smiths, Wham! and other first-class teams.

4. Balamut

• USSR, 1979.
• Drama, comedy.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 8.

Petya comes to Moscow to enter the university. A number of successful coincidences contribute to the fact that Petya falls into the most prestigious group of the university. But the guy from the village is very different from his fellow students in his manners. However, most of all Petya emphasizes adherence to principles, for which he receives the nickname Balamut.

A very strong team worked on the film: the director was Vladimir Rogovoy, known for the film "Officers", and the scriptwriter was Sergei Bodrov, senior. And in the role of Petit-Balamut, the then-beginning actor Vadim Andreev starred. The magazine "Soviet Screen" conducted a poll, during which it turned out that the public recognized him as one of the best actors of 1979.

3. To each his own

• USA, 2016.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 117 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 9.

1980, Texas. Jake Bradford goes to college. As a pitcher, he takes up residence in the house where other members of the college baseball team live. On the way to growing up, the guy will have to face hazing, get baptized with parties and drinks and meet his love.

The tape is imbued with the spirit of freedom, and the carelessness and thirst for life of young characters evoke nostalgia for the students. The viewer is easily immersed in the atmosphere of the 1980s thanks to excellent costumes, decorations and a cool soundtrack. And this enhances the impression of the film.

The film was shot by Oscar nominee Richard Linklater, known for his works "Adolescence", "Before Dawn", "School of Rock" and more.

2. Perfect voice

• USA, 2012.
• Melodrama, comedy, music.
• Duration: 112 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

Beka goes to university and studies through I don’t want to: the girl dreams of quitting her studies and becoming a DJ. Under pressure from her father, she enrolls in a cappella group. She joins in the activity and helps her team to win competitions and beat off the palm from the main rivals - a group of guys from the same university. But here's the bad luck: Jesse is sent to the team of competitors, for whom Becky's feelings flared up.

The youth comedy-musical will appeal to those who love stories about self-confidence, are fans of the Chorus series and occasionally sing along with the characters on the screen. And also in this film appeared young promising Hollywood actors: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and others.

Pitch Perfect became so popular that it got its own story: two sequel films were shot, and both paid off powerfully at the box office.

1. Three idiots

• India, 2009.
• Comedy, melodrama.
• Duration: 170 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 4.

Friends Farhan and Raju learn that their buddy Rancho, who disappeared several years ago, has finally been found. They go on a journey to see him again. On the way, friends remember the tricks that the three of them did. Men do not yet know that at the end of the journey they will have an unexpected discovery.

The soulful and inspiring film has become very popular. He has been nominated more than 30 times by six Indian Film Awards. The foreign viewer also fell in love with this comedy: two more remakes were filmed in other countries, and in the rating of the IMDb site, the picture occupies the 80th line as Top 250 as rated by IMDb Users.