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35 Movies to Watch While You Procrastinate

Deny your responsibilities with me.

Rebecca R Bernstein
Oct 24, 2016
Columbia College Chicago
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35 Movies to Watch While You Procrastinate
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Midterms are coming and there are a million things I would rather do than study for them. Even if you're not a student, now is the perfect time to procrastinate something. Here are some movies you can watch while denying your responsibilities. More of a TV binge watcher? I've got suggestions for you too!

1. A League of Their Own

Director: Penny Marshall (married to movie mogul Garry Marshall)

Starring: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sports.

Released: 1992

Run Time: 128 min.

Rating: PG

2. The Graduate

Director: Mike Nichols

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne, Bancroft, and Katharine Ross.

Genre: Comedy, Drama.

Released: 1967

Run Time: 106 min.

Rating: N/A

3. Little Miss Sunshine

Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

Starring: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, and Steve Carrell.

Genre: Comedy, Drama.

Released: 2006

Run Time: 101 min.

Rating: R

4. Death Proof

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan and Quentin Tarantino.

Genre: Thriller

Released: 2007

Run Time: 113 min.

Rating: N/A

5. Wedding Singer

Director: Frank Coraci

Starring: Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore and Christine Taylor.

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Music

Released: 1998

Run Time: 95 min.

Rating: PG-13

6. All I Wanna Do

Director: Sarah Kernochan

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave and Rachael Leigh Cook.

Genre: Comedy

Released: 1998

Run Time: 97 min.

Rating: PG-13

7. Brick


Director: Rian Johnson

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas and Emilie de Ravin

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Released: 2005

Run Time: 110 min.

Rating: R

8. An Education

Director: Lone Scherfig

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina and Rosamund Pike.

Genre: Drama

Released: 2009

Run Time: 100 min.

Rating: PG-13

9. Adventures in Babysitting

Director: Chris Columbus

Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp and Penelope Ann Miller.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Released: 1987

Run Time: 102 min.

Rating: PG-13

10. My Cousin Vinny

Director: Jonathan Lynn

Starring: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei and Ralph Macchio

Genre: Comedy

Released: 1992

Run Time: 120 min.

Rating: R

11. American Beauty

Director: Sam Mendes

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher and Allison Janney.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Released: 1999

Run Time: 122 min.

Rating: R

12. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Director: Jim Sharman

Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick.

Genre: Comedy, Musical

Released: 1975

Run Time: 100 min.

Rating: R

13. Bend It Like Beckham

Director: Gurinder Chanda

Starring: Parminda Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance.

Released: 2002

Run Time: 112 min.

Rating: PG-13

14. Rushmore

Director: Wes Anderson

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams and Luke Wilson.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Released: 1998

Run Time: 93 min.

Rating: R

15. Smoke Signals

Director: Chris Eyre

Starring: Adam Beach, Evan Adams and Irene Bedard.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Released: 1998

Run Time: 119 min.

Rating: PG-13

16. Magnolia

*Trigger Warning* explores various types of post traumatic stress disorder, including sexual assault.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, Jason Robards, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, Alfred Molina, Felicity Huffman, Don McManus, Melinda Dillon, Jeremy Blackman, Michael Bowen, Philip Baker Hall and Melora Walters.

Genre: Drama

Released: 1999

Run Time: 188 min.

Rating: R

17. Dallas Buyers Club

Director: Jean-Marc Velée

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner.

Genre: Drama, Biography

Released: 2013

Run Time: 117 min.

Rating: R

18. Being John Malkovich

Director: Spike Jonze

Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener and John Malkovich.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Released: 1999

Run Time: 112 min.

Rating: R

19. Adaptation

Director: Spike Jonze (PSA: these last two go together).

Starring: Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage and Chris Cooper.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Released: 2002

Run Time: 114 min.

Rating: R

20. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Director: Michel Gondry

Starring: Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst and Elijah Wood.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Released: 2004

Run Time: 108 min.

Rating: R

21. Memento

*Trigger Warning* This film deals with themes of violence and sexual assault.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Released: 2000

Run Time: 113 min.

Rating: R

22. The Truman Show

Director: Peter Weir

Starring: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney and Ed Harris.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Released: 1998

Run Time: 103 min.

Rating: PG

23. Pleasantville

Director: Gary Ross

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels, Paul Walker, Marley Shelton and Don Wotts.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Released: 1998

Run Time: 124 min.

Rating: PG-13

24. Dick

Director: Andrew Fleming

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Bruce McColluch, Teri Garr and Will Ferrell.

Genre: Comedy

Released: 1999

Run Time: 124 min.

Rating: PG-13

25. Sugar and Spice

Director: Francine McDougall

Starring: Marley Shelton, Marla Sokoloff, Melissa George, Mena Suvari, Rachel Blanchard, Alexandra Holden, Sarah Marsh and James Marsden.

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Released: 2001

Run Time: 81 min.

Rating: PG-13

26. Reality Bites

Director: Ben Stiller

Starring: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, Swoosie Kurtz and Ben Stiller.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Released: 1994

Run Time: 129 min.

Rating: PG-13

27. Marie Antoinette

Director: Sofia Coppola

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Molly Shannon, Rose Byrne, Shirley Henderson and Rip Torn.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Released: 2006

Run Time: 123 min.

Rating: PG-13

28. Trainspotting

*Trigger Warning* This movie deals with heavy drug addiction.

Director: Danny Boyle

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Johnny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan and Shirley Henderson.

Genre: Drama

Released: 1996

Runt Time: 124 min.

Rating: R

29. The Virgin Suicides

*Trigger Warning* This movie deals with depression and suicide.

Director: Sofia Coppola

Starring: Kathleen Turner, James Woods, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Scott Glenn, A.J. Cook, Hanna Hall, Leslie Hayman, Chelse Swain and Danny DeVito.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Released: 1999

Run Time: 127 min.

Rating: R

30. Lost in Translation

Director: Sofia Coppola

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, and Giovanni Ribisi.

Genre: Drama

Released: 2003

Run Time: 131 min.

Rating: R

31. Garden State

*Trigger Warning* This movie deals with depression.

Director: Zach Braff

Starring: Zach Braff, Peter Sarsgaard and Natalie Portman.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Released: 2004

Run Time: 134 min.

Rating: R

32. Wristcutters: A Love Story

*Trigger Warning* This movie deals with depression and suicide.

Director: Goran Dukic

Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Leslie Bibb, Shea Wigham and Tom Waits.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Released: 2006

Run Time: 88 min.

Rating: R

33. Stranger Than Fiction

Director: Marc Forster

Starring: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman and Queen Latifah.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Released: 2006

Run Time: 113 min.

Rating: PG-13

34. Pan's Labyrinth

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Starring: Ivana Baquero Ariadna Gil and Sergi López.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, War

Released: 2006

Run Time: 118 min.

Rating: R

35. Amores Perros

Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu

Starring: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal and Goya Toledo.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Released: 2000

Run Time: 154 min.

Rating: R

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