Well folks, summer is over. Gone are the days of lounging by the pool, eating popsicles and drinking lemonade…or you were working all summer and cannot wait to get back to college.
With a few days left to spend some quality time with your couch, pop in one of these classic films to get you in the mood to go back to school.
Animal House
Pretty much the quintessential college movie. It’s got it all – toga parties, fraternity pledging, random hook ups, and crazy administrators trying to shut down Greek life. Come on, there’s really nothing better to watch to prepare you for fraternity basement parties, the scandals of Greek life (does Dean Wormer remind y’all of anybody else?), and the art of keg stands and beer pong.
Dead Poet’s Society
Robin Williams was truly a spectacle in this film about a well-respected prep school that could use some educational influence. Williams plays the role of an unconventional professor (I’m sure everyone can relate to someone similar) who ultimately changes the lives of each and every one of his students. Seize the day and watch this movie immediately – you will walk away with an entirely new perspective on life.
Accepted
Okay, so not one of cinema’s finest masterpieces… I mean, really, how did this kid get away with creating an entirely fake university? While the premise doesn’t really make sense, it still has everything you could want in a college film: college rejection letters, saying goodbye to home for the first time, and parties and hot girls (Blake Lively’s in this, duh.)
Old School
Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn together could be one of the funniest duos in movie history. Put them in a college setting and it gets even better. Minus the fact that the characters are well past their college prime, the concept of them starting their own fraternity is something all too relatable. They take pledging to a whole new level – and they can’t get kicked out of school for streaking the quad.
Legally Blonde
Even though this takes place at law school instead of an undergraduate college, it’s still Elle Woods. Elle Woods. She’s every girl’s idol. And she was a sorority girl who ends up being top of her class at Harvard Law. She has the best hair, the cutest dog, and ends up with the hottest husband. Wait, who said sorority girls were superficial?
Eurotrip
Because you're going to study abroad with your best friends and get yourself in questionable situations. Hopefully this doesn't involve making out with your sibling at a club, but hey, to each his own. Also, if you don't know the theme song from this movie...shame on you.
