20 movies like Irrational Man, ordered by similarity : The Rewrite(2014), 22 Jump Street(2014), Necessary Roughness(1991), The Man on the Train(2002), Almost Adults(2016), Educating Rita(1983), Damsels in Distress(2011), Topaze(1933), Little Boxes(2016), The Great Man Votes(1939), A Yank at Oxford(1938), Her Twelve Men(1954) ...
Comedy
USA
2015
94 Minutes
Jamie Blackley Joaquin Phoenix Parker Posey Emma Stone Betsy Aidem Ethan Phillips Robert Petkoff Tom Kemp
professor judge student dark small town college campus philosophy new job affair transformation
A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.
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, Action
USA
2014
112 Minutes
Jonah Hill Channing Tatum Peter Stormare Wyatt Russell Amber Stevens Jillian Bell Ice Cube Keith Lucas Kenny Lucas Nick Offerman
undercover cop college student football player art student amusing charming confident college campus police station college dining room classroom dorm maturing undercover operations college friendship pursuit transformation discovery 2010s
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.
Comedy
USA
1991
108 Minutes
Scott Bakula Héctor Elizondo Robert Loggia Harley Jane Kozak Larry Miller Sinbad Fred Dalton Thompson Rob Schneider Jason Bateman Andrew Bryniarski Duane Davis
football player coach college student quarterback professor girlfriend hilarious lighthearted texas college football field football team college competition sports quest transformation underdog 1990s
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
Comedy, Drama
2002
90 Minutes
Jean Rochefort Johnny Hallyday Jean-François Stévenin Charlie Nelson Pascal Parmentier Isabelle Petit-Jacques Édith Scob Maurice Chevit
thief friend professor banker retiree witty winsome thrilling engaging bank france small town mansion train chance meeting heist odd couple new job retirement poetry
A prospective bank robber (Johnny Hallyday) and a retired teacher (Jean Rochefort) secretly dream about having each other's lives.
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
UK
1983
110 Minutes
Michael Caine Julie Walters Michael Williams Maureen Lipman Jeananne Crowley Malcolm Douglas Pat Daly Godfrey Quigley Dearbhla Molloy Kim Fortune Philip Hurd-Wood
hairdresser wife husband professor blue-collar worker alcoholic witty endearing touching amusing charming england the open university office great britain hair salon college campus student-teacher relationship self-esteem adult education
An alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.
Comedy
USA
2011
99 Minutes
Greta Gerwig Adam Brody Analeigh Tipton Megalyn Euchikunwoke Carrie MacLemore Hugo Becker Billy Magnussen Caitlin Fitzgerald Jermaine Crawford Aubrey Plaza Zach Woods
college student young woman friend newcomer young man amusing witty quirky new england college dorm campus campus life female bonding friendship breaking rules relationships rise rivalry transformation
A trio of girls set out to change the male-dominated environment of the Seven Oaks college campus, and to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and low standards of every kind.
Comedy
USA
1933
78 Minutes
John Barrymore Myrna Loy Albert Conti Luis Alberni Jobyna Howland Jackie Searle Frank Reicher
professor baron baroness mistress scientist student dark amusing paris classroom laboratory apartment business blackmail deception corruption science government transformation fall
An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
84 Minutes
Melanie Lynskey Nelsan Ellis Armani Jackson Oona Laurence Janeane Garofalo Nadia Dajani Veanne Cox Julie Hays Miranda McKeon David Charles Ebert Maliq Johnson
black student mother father professor unrestrained amusing confident hilarious intricate small town washington state college house restaurant interracial conflict racial issues discovery growing up love rivalry
An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1938
100 Minutes
Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Griffith Jones Vivien Leigh Edmund Gwenn C.V. France Edward Rigby Morton Selten Claude Gillingwater Tully Marshall
aristocrat student professor administrator amusing spirited oxford, england oxford university college honor romance sports culture clash growing up transformation rivalry love 1930s
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Greer Garson Robert Ryan Barry Sullivan Richard Haydn Barbara Lawrence James Arness Rex Thompson Tim Considine David Stollery Frances Bergen Ian Wolfe
teacher student father professor widow classmate cheery heartwarming inspiring boarding school classroom dormitory gym student-teacher relationship disapproval boarding-school life school teaching new life underdog
An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Jack Oakie George Murphy Linda Darnell Walter Brennan Milton Berle Sheldon Leonard Donald Meek Ruth Donnelly
gangster professor college president college student football player daughter amusing lighthearted tender college household football field classroom kidnapping final exams student-teacher relationship college athletics football sports betting rise
Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited.
Comedy
2008
87 Minutes
Tim Robbins Bridget Moynahan William Hurt Margarita Levieva Gabrielle Brennan María Ballesteros William Baldwin Keir O'Donnell Jessica Almasy Ramon Fernandez Maryam Myika Day
lawyer wife student mayor judge police officer offbeat dark amusing manhattan, n.y. courtroom taxicab jail restaurant rage vigilantism arrest politics trial vandalism
An angry New Yorker (Tim Robbins) launches a one-man crusade against noisy car alarms, leading to a showdown with the mayor (William Hurt).
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2002
110 Minutes
James Van Der Beek Ian Somerhalder Shannyn Sossamon Jessica Biel Kip Pardue Thomas Ian Nicholas Kate Bosworth Fred Savage Eric Stoltz Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Faye Dunaway
college student drug dealer ex-girlfriend womanizer younger brother love interest dark amusing disturbing melodramatic new hampshire camden college dormitory party bar campus sex drugs music friendship
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Comedy
USA
2018
105 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Gillian Jacobs Maya Rudolph Julie Bowen Matt Walsh Molly Gordon Stephen Root Jacki Weaver Adria Arjona Luke Benward Jessie Ennis
husband housewife daughter college student frat boy roommate hilarious quirky amusing emotional touching college house dorm bathroom party library starting over college mother/daughter relationship
After her husband abruptly asks for a divorce, a middle-aged mother returns to college in order to complete her degree.
Comedy, Drama
1951
110 Minutes
Cary Grant Jeanne Crain Finlay Currie Walter Slezak Hume Cronyn Sidney Blackmer Basil Ruysdael Katherine Locke
physician student friend professor father dean offbeat quirky striking university hospital small town illegitimate child medicine morality friendship jealousy discovery love sacrifice
A doctor's unconventional theories of medicine and relationship with a young student place his reputation in jeopardy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
Musical, Comedy
1962
73 Minutes
Helen Shapiro Craig Douglas Felix Felton Arthur Mullard
teenager older man older woman townspeople jazz musician amusing hilarious lighthearted small town music stage festival england united kingdom jazz music generation gap british culture small town discovery growing up
Two teens (Helen Shapiro, Craig Douglas) organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor (Felix Felton).
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.