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1. Good Will Hunting (1997)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 1,068,414 | Gross: $138.43M
2. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 850,252 | Gross: $1.48M
3. Legally Blonde (2001)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis
Votes: 248,241 | Gross: $96.52M
4. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen
Votes: 458,891 | Gross: $217.54M
5. The Kissing Booth (2018)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A high school student is forced to confront her secret crush at a kissing booth.
Director: Vince Marcello | Stars: Joey King, Jacob Elordi, Joel Courtney, Megan du Plessis
Votes: 93,504
6. How High (2001)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam.
Director: Jesse Dylan | Stars: Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatundé, Mike Epps
Votes: 61,780 | Gross: $31.16M
7. Ice Princess (2005)
G | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall, Trevor Blumas, Joan Cusack
Votes: 28,920 | Gross: $24.38M
8. Just Cause (1995)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
Director: Arne Glimcher | Stars: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood
Votes: 29,493 | Gross: $36.85M
9. The Paper Chase (1973)
PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and a woman, unaware that she has a connection that affects their relationship.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel
Votes: 8,692 | Gross: $1.85M
10. The Paper Chase (1978–1986)
60 min | Drama
The trials of a group of law students under the tutelage of a strict professor.
Stars: John Houseman, James Stephens, Tom Fitzsimmons, James Keane
Votes: 1,084
11. Path to War (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 165 min | Biography, Drama, War
In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill
Votes: 4,115
12. Stealing Harvard (2002)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A middle-class man turns to a life of crime in order to finance his niece's first year at Harvard University.
Director: Bruce McCulloch | Stars: Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Megan Mullally
Votes: 13,727 | Gross: $13.97M
13. If You Could See What I Hear (1982)
PG | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson, Sarah Torgov, Shari Belafonte
Votes: 940 | Gross: $8.69M
14. Candy Jar (2018)
TV-14 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dueling high school debate champs who are at odds on just about everything forge ahead with ambitious plans to get into the colleges of their dreams.
Director: Ben Shelton | Stars: Jacob Latimore, Sami Gayle, Tom Bergeron, Helen Hunt
Votes: 5,577
15. Harvard Man (2001)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball game.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Adrian Grenier, Joey Lauren Adams, Eric Stoltz
Votes: 4,583 | Gross: $0.06M
16. Mystery Street (1950)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 3,453
17. Hair Brained (2013)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
14-year-old genius Eli is rejected from Harvard and ends up at Ivy League wannabe Whittman U, where he meets 41-year-old Leo, a gambler who has dropped out of life to enroll in college; Leo teaches Eli every bad habit he knows.
Director: Billy Kent | Stars: Alex Wolff, Parker Posey, Brendan Fraser, Julia Garner
Votes: 2,329
18. A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
R | 113 min | Drama
Harvard in the 60's: a time of social upheaval and student unrest. Three students bond together, challenge the system, and begin to lose their ideals.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Brad Davis, Karen Allen, Jameson Parker, Shelley Long
Votes: 506
19. Swimming Upstream (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl
Votes: 3,482 | Gross: $0.05M
20. Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
203 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.
Stars: David Huffman, Mackenzie Phillips, Lilia Skala, Ed Flanders
Votes: 387
21. Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)
102 min | Biography, Drama
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
Director: Thor Klein | Stars: Philippe Tlokinski, Esther Garrel, Sam Keeley, Joel Basman
Votes: 1,264
22. Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poor Harvard student's romance with a girl hits a rough spot when he realizes, on his 21st birthday, that he's in love with her brother. Based on the 1970s off-Broadway smash.
Director: Richard Benner | Stars: Madeline Kahn, Rita Moreno, Robert Viharo, Alan Rosenberg
Votes: 303
23. Legal Seduction (2002 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance
New Corporate Associate Gidget Fontaine must overcome stereotypes and biases at the top 5 law firm she now works at.
Director: Francis Locke | Stars: Holly Hollywood, Amber Michaels, Chris Evans, Frank Fortuna
Votes: 61
24. Freshman Father (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Family
When high-school sweethearts John (Seeley) and Kathy (Irvin) find out Kathy is pregnant, they decide to get married and move to Cambridge so John can fulfill his scholarship to Harvard. But... See full summary »
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Drew Seeley, Britt Irvin, Ryan McDonald, Julian Christopher
Votes: 816
25. Legally Blonde: Deleted Scenes (2001 Video)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Deleted scenes from 'Legally Blonde'.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Selma Blair, Linda Cardellini, Jessica Cauffiel, Matthew Davis
Votes: 29
26. Ram Dass, Fierce Grace (2001)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
After Richard Alpert was fired from Harvard in 1963 for conducting psychedelic drug research, he journeyed to India, found a guru and was renamed Ram Dass ("Servant of God").
Director: Mickey Lemle | Stars: Ram Dass, William Alpert, Larry Brilliant, Bhagavan Das
Votes: 488 | Gross: $0.24M
27. Brown of Harvard (1926)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Jack Pickford, Mary Brian, Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Votes: 1,530
28. God's Country (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Meghan is a talented property sales executive who neglects her mother and close friends to focus on one goal, making money. But when she is to close a deal with a Christian landowner in the Mojave Desert thinking even God can't stop her.
Director: Chris Armstrong | Stars: Jenn Gotzon, Todd Duffey, Arlene Santana, Suzanne Ford
Votes: 356
29. The Heart Specialist (2006)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Dr. Z(achary) is also a comedian. He gets his inspiration from staff and patients at the hospital. He and Donna befriend and affect his womanizing intern, Ray.
Director: Dennis Cooper | Stars: Wood Harris, Zoe Saldana, Thomas Miles, Brian White
Votes: 630 | Gross: $1.10M
30. The Gumshoe Kid (1990)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Clumsy but zealous Jeff Sherman has received his first case from his family's detective agency. The case turns out to be protecting an attractive lovely witness from the mob.
Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Jay Underwood, Tracy Scoggins, Vince Edwards, Arlene Golonka
Votes: 85
31. The Ivy League Farmer (2015 TV Movie)
TV-Y | Family
After graduating from Harvard and landing his dream job on Wall Street, 23 year-old Joel Gilbert returns to the heartland to spend one final summer at home on his family's dairy farm. While... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Weber | Stars: Ashley Nicole Anderson, Tuesday Beebe, Richard Bryant, Paula D. Burke
Votes: 52
32. Spring Madness (1938)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
In their last semester at Harvard, Sam Thatcher and his roommate, who is nicknamed "The Lippencott", have grand ideas of seeing the remote corners of the world, having booked passage on a ... See full summary »
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 295
33. Corso: The Last Beat (2009)
Documentary
Following Beat Poet Gregory Corso - literary compatriot of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs -- throughout Europe, discovering his past, and facing his death.
Director: Gustave Reininger | Stars: Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Ethan Hawke
Votes: 27
34. The Skin I'm In (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A young man is found on the Berlin subway tracks with his head split open and a lethal blood alcohol level of 0.47. Saved by strangers, he is propelled on a global journey that explores the limits of body, mind, spirit and art.
Director: Broderick Fox | Stars: Rande Cook, Broderick Fox, Zulu Zulu
Votes: 14
35. Hold 'Em Yale (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Sport
A pretty young socialite falls for a charming but shady hustler who abandons her when he finds that she has been disowned by her wealthy father. Three of the hustler's partners, who have ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Patricia Ellis, Cesar Romero, Buster Crabbe, William Frawley
Votes: 43
36. Ain't Just Another Doc ft. Harvard Medical School (2023 Music Video)
Music
First-year students at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine sing, rap, and dance as they navigate learning the art of medicine.
Director: Joey Toker | Stars: David Alanis Garza, Joey Toker
37. Ted (1998)
85 min | Comedy
Satrical life story of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynsky (played by Daniel Passer), is done as a pseudo-documentary and narrated by his "brother" (Paul Provenza). It follows his life from ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Ellenberg | Stars: Daniel Passer, Edie McClurg, Richard Fancy, Jeff Corey
Votes: 40
38. Between Two Friends (2013)
8 min | Short, Drama
Invoking the manly alchemy of William James, Between Two Friends is a lyrical portrait of manhood at Harvard in 1910.
Director: Michael Van Devere | Stars: Evan Austin, Alexandra Bandow, Aaron Call, Evan Eckstrom
39. Beat the House (2015)
Drama
A young Harvard man attempts to join the most exclusive club on campus by winning a poker tournament only to find it's not quite the organization his grandfather's stories made it seem.
Director: Cody Stauffer | Stars: Brock Baker, Jared Bergenstal, Hayes Beyersdorfer, Ian Blom
40. Inside 'Legally Blonde' (2001 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Director: John Cork | Stars: Marc Platt, Kirsten Smith, Karen McCullah, Robert Luketic
Votes: 67
41. Blue Blood and Red (1916)
50 min | Comedy, Western
When spoiled playboy Algernon DePont gets thrown out of Harvard, his father throws him off the family estate. Algernon proceeds to take his butler and drive out West looking for adventure. ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Walsh, Martin Kinney, Doris Pawn, James A. Marcus
Votes: 14
42. The Adventures of Young Hillary (2015– )
Comedy
Its 1969 back at Wellesley College, and Hillary Rodham is awkwardly navigating her social life and professional ambitions in this wildly funny satire. From the dowdy clothes to the stiff ... See full summary »
Stars: Joanna Bradley, Caroline Cotter, Lily Du
43. John Harvard (2007)
69 min | Drama, Family, History
John Harvard is the fictional account of the Puritan reverend who would become Harvard University's first great benefactor and eternal namesake.
Director: Michael Van Devere | Stars: Alex Breaux, Elina Kanellopoulou, Evan D. Siegel, Michael Laures
44. Harvard Court (2012– )
6 min | Comedy, Crime
An original comedy web series which draw viewers into "Harvard Court," a dreamy and absurd rendering of a gated community of misfits in Hollywood, California.
Stars: Christian Prentice, Chelsea Spirito, Brian Zarin, Laura Lenee
Votes: 25
45. Football Thrills No. 13 (1950)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.
Director: Pete Smith | Star: Pete Smith
46. Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank (2014)
TV-14 | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A portrait of recently retired Congressman Barney Frank, one of America's most well-known and least understood political figures.
Directors: Sheila Canavan, Michael Chandler | Stars: Barney Frank, Spencer Bachus, Mike Barnicle, Neil Barofsky
Votes: 223
47. PERKINS 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920 (2008 Video)
76 min | Drama, History
In 1920, Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students suspected of being homosexual. Thirty-seven men testified before the Court, including a ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Van Devere | Stars: Christopher Carothers, Steven DeMarco, Nelson Greaves, Nicholas Hasselberg
48. Covert Cash (2020)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Wayne Kopping | Stars: Lara Logan, Raheel Raza
49. MysteryDisc: Many Roads to Murder (1983 Video Game)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
The second entry in the MysteryDisc duology of LaserDisc FMV games similar to Clue. The players choose which chapters of an interactive movie they want to follow to solve the murder of a rich man and get one of 16 possible endings.
Director: Hy Conrad | Stars: Obba Babatundé, Patricia Charbonneau, Kit Flanagan, Paul Gleason
50. Obama Revealed (2008)
Documentary
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is profiled. Included: remarks from Obama; his childhood; his transformation from "Barry" to "Barack"; becoming president of ... See full summary »
Star: Suzanne Malveaux