20 movies like Wonder Boys, ordered by similarity : Burning Sands(2017), C.O.G.(2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2(2008), A Good Marriage(1982), Almost Adults(2016), Brad's Status(2017), Submission(2017), Daddy Long Legs(1919), The Great Debaters(2007), Lady Bird(2017), The Confirmation(2016), Starter for 10(2006) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany|UK|Japan
2000
112 Minutes
Michael Douglas Tobey Maguire Frances McDormand Robert Downey Jr. Katie Holmes Richard Thomas Rip Torn Philip Bosco Jane Adams Richard Knox Michael Cavaias
professor college student editor university president charming touching moving college pittsburgh writer's block infidelity midlife crisis aging teaching quest growing up 2000s
An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
Drama
USA
2017
96 Minutes
Trevor Jackson Alfre Woodard Steve Harris Tosin Cole DeRon Horton Trevante Rhodes Serayah Imani Hakim Octavius J. Johnson Rotimi Nafessa Williams
black student college student frat boy college dean professor bleak chilling dark gripping fast food restaurant car apartment college fraternity house oppression fraternity college humiliation escape fall
Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
88 Minutes
Jonathan Groff Denis O'Hare Corey Stoll Dean Stockwell Casey Wilson Troian Bellisario Dale Dickey Louis Hobson Eloy Mendez Sean Ghazi Dana Millican
gay man college dropout young man amusing moving emotional witty united states oregon college apple orchard church sexual awakening sexual identity sexual orientation college faith religion change life lessons
A cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
111 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Rachel Nichols Tom Wisdom Rachel Ticotin Leonardo Nam Michael Rady Shohreh Aghdashloo Blythe Danner
college student best friend girl love interest engaging heartwarming turkey alabama new york city vermont greece college coming of age friendship relationships growing up love discovery 2000s
Four college freshmen and best friends find that it may take more than a shared pair of jeans to help them stay in touch as their lives go in different directions.
Comedy, Drama
France
1982
97 Minutes
Béatrice Romand André Dussollier Féodor Atkine Arielle Dombasle Huguette Faget Thamila Mezbah Sophie Renoir Herve Duhamel Pascal Greggory Virginie Thévenet Denise Bailly
college student best friend married man boyfriend attorney witty charming relaxing engaging paris university apartment shop cathedral france marriage friendship unrequited love art single life
Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
2016
90 Minutes
Elise Bauman Natasha Negovanlis Winny Clarke Justin Gerhard Delphine Roussel Christina Song David John Phillips Meredith Heinrich Mark Matechuk Daryl Marks Pujaa Pandey
best friend lesbian boyfriend love interest professor family member confident cheeky cool college classroom apartment store party campus college sexual identity lesbianism dating friendship
A film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
102 Minutes
Ben Stiller Michael Sheen Jenna Fischer Luke Wilson Jemaine Clement Austin Abrams Shazi Raja Mike White Kenny Wong
father high-school student wife college buddy dean emotional endearing heartwarming inspiring house car college harvard university restaurant hotel room midlife crisis college admission family ties career vs. family growing up
A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Stanley Tucci Addison Timlin Kyra Sedgwick Janeane Garofalo Ritchie Coster Colby Minifie Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly Malika Samuel David Pittu Juan Castano Wali Collins
college professor college student colleague wife literary agent mother brooding engaging intense passionate sultry melodramatic houston college student-teacher relationship ethics college life writing obsession infidelity
A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1919
85 Minutes
Mary Pickford Milla Davenport Percy Haswell Fay Lemport Mahlon Hamilton Lillian Langdon Betty Bouton Audrey Chapman Marshall Neilan Carrie Clark Ward Wesley Barry
orphan suitor wealthy man emotional touching boarding school college america love triangle love college love forbidden love mystery growing up 1910s
An orphan discovers that she has an anonymous benefactor who is willing to pay her college tuition, unaware he's the same man who has been romantically pursuing her.
Drama
USA
2007
127 Minutes
Denzel Washington Forest Whitaker Nate Parker Jurnee Smollett-Bell Denzel Whitaker Jermaine Williams Gina Ravera John Heard Kimberly Elise Devyn Tyler Trenton McClain Boyd
professor scholar college student child prodigy uplifting inspiring positive texas college harvard university college racism discrimination debate student-teacher relationship rise quest 1930s
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2006
96 Minutes
James McAvoy Alice Eve Rebecca Hall Simon Woods Catherine Tate Dominic Cooper Benedict Cumberbatch James Corden Charles Dance Lindsay Duncan
young man college student teammate young woman love interest host amusing engaging england university television studio bristol, england college life game show class conflict romance knowledge underdog love discovery
Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
Romance, Comedy
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Hugh Grant Marisa Tomei Bella Heathcote Allison Janney J.K. Simmons Chris Elliott Aja Naomi King Annie Q Andrew Keenan-Bolger Karen Pittman Maggie Geha
teacher screenwriter single mother student amusing heartwarming passionate college new york college campus home romance teaching college new job new love change transformation quest love
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Comedy, Drama
2016
98 Minutes
Javier Gutiérrez Anna Castillo Manuel Cucala Ana Ulloa Juanma Lara Nikolai Will Pep Ambròs Aina Requena Carme Pla Miguel Ángel Aladren
young girl grandfather son uncle friend love interest moving charming cheeky calm creative emotional engaging spain germany love loss journey quest relationships
Comedy, Drama
USA
1967
105 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Anne Bancroft Katharine Ross William Daniels Murray Hamilton Elizabeth Wilson Brian Avery Walter Brooke Norman Fell Alice Ghostley Buck Henry
college graduate lawyer college student sexy woman amusing sad witty california hotel campus family home wedding may-december romance post-college aimless youth new love growing up love temptation 1960s
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Comedy, Drama
India
2006
160 Minutes
Aamir Khan Soha Ali Khan Alice Patten Sharman Joshi Madhavan Atul Kulkarni
student actor filmmaker revolutionary police officer granddaughter patriotic playful passionate india college new delhi war memorial police brutality government repression filmmaking indian independence movement protest death growing up
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
Biography, Drama
USA|Germany
2008
129 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Rob Brown Clancy Brown Omar Benson Miller Charles S. Dutton Darrin Dewitt Henson Nelsan Ellis Nicole Beharie
college student football player coach teammate uplifting engaging new york state college football field football college civil rights racism heisman trophy sports transformation quest 1950s
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Comedy
USA
2003
90 Minutes
Luke Wilson Will Ferrell Vince Vaughn Jeremy Piven Ellen Pompeo Juliette Lewis Leah Remini Perrey Reeves Craig Kilborn Elisha Cuthbert Patrick Cranshaw
old friend attorney girlfriend college dean college student fiancée hilarious brash unrestrained los angeles university fraternity house campus street party starting over friendship marital problems college life male bonding
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
95 Minutes
Lou Taylor Pucci Seth Green Cary Elwes Kristin Bauer Kenneth Welsh Tyler Stentiford Mackenzie Munro Al Sapienza Lisa Ryder Dewshane Williams Jayne Eastwood
grandfather grandmother grandson autism man young man charming emotional endearing engaging lighthearted quirky united states town autism love true love quest grandparent/child relationship job
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Comedy
USA
2000
94 Minutes
Seann William Scott Breckin Meyer D.J. Qualls Fred Ward Andy Dick Rachel Blanchard Bobby Place Jessica Cauffiel Frank Girardeau Tom Green Rhoda Griffis
college student girlfriend tour guide slacker college buddy driver hysterical charming madcap ithaca, n.y. college car austin, texas sex tape road trip cheating secret love misfortune redemption adventure
Four college buddies embark on a road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a female friend.