Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "going-away-to-college"

1. Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved.

Director: Olivia Newman | Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn

Votes: 120,935 | Gross: $90.23M

2. May December (2023)

R | 117 min | Drama

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore

Votes: 52,253

3. After (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship. Based on the novel by Anna Todd.

Director: Jenny Gage | Stars: Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Khadijha Red Thunder, Dylan Arnold

Votes: 65,700 | Gross: $12.14M

4. Lady Bird (2017)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

In 2002, an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges

Votes: 328,598 | Gross: $48.96M

5. Last Night in Soho (2021)

R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg

Votes: 176,782

6. Three Identical Strangers (2018)

PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.

Director: Tim Wardle | Stars: Robert Shafran, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone

Votes: 39,665 | Gross: $12.32M

7. Toy Story 3 (2010)

G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty

Votes: 892,236 | Gross: $415.00M

8. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)

TV-14 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A teenage girl's secret love letters are exposed and wreak havoc on her love life.

Director: Susan Johnson | Stars: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart

Votes: 123,723

9. Enough Said (2013)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she's interested in learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.

Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette

Votes: 66,352 | Gross: $17.54M

10. First Daughter (2004)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The daughter of the U.S. President heads off to college where she falls for a graduate student with a secret.

Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Michael Keaton, Amerie

Votes: 27,286 | Gross: $9.06M

11. Death Wish (2018)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone

Votes: 76,443 | Gross: $34.02M

12. The Kids Are All Right (2010)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

Votes: 134,427 | Gross: $20.81M

13. To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)

TV-14 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lara Jean's senior year of high school takes center stage when she returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans--with and without Peter.

Director: Michael Fimognari | Stars: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart

Votes: 33,181

14. Shithouse (2020)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.

Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller

Votes: 6,602

15. Consent (2010)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

A wealthy Manhattan family's inability to cope with the suicide of their eldest daughter sends them into a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and sexual taboos that threatens to destroy them.

Director: Ron Brown | Stars: Peter Vack, Troian Bellisario, Betsey Brown, Kate Burton

Votes: 661

16. Love, of Course (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

Amy is helping her daughter settle into college and lands a job to help with the annual Fall Harvest Festival. When Amy meets Noah, a charismatic, well-traveled professor, she learns more about herself and discovers a new life of her own.

Director: Lee Friedlander | Stars: Kelly Rutherford, Cameron Mathison, Makenzie Vega, Gabby Douglas

Votes: 1,294

17. Blondi (2023)

87 min | Drama

The misadventures of a woman who was a teenage mother, while her son seeks to build a future for himself.

Director: Dolores Fonzi | Stars: Dolores Fonzi, Carla Peterson, Rita Cortese, Toto Rovito

Votes: 986

18. More Than Only (2017)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young gay man finds how to love himself and accept love from another, despite his father's disapproval.

Director: Michelle Leigh | Stars: Jonathan Daniel Miles, Bjorn Anderson, Beth Dodge, Dennis Wells

Votes: 739

19. Dramarama (2020)

91 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1994, a closeted teen struggles to part ways with his 4 high school drama friends at their final slumber party before they leave for college.

Director: Jonathan Wysocki | Stars: Anna Grace Barlow, Danielle Kay, Megan Suri, Nick Pugliese

Votes: 574

20. Freshman Year (2019)

105 min | Drama

The journey of two young people going off to college from their sheltered homes and different backgrounds to face the real world of battling peer pressure and falling in love.

Director: Jude Okwudiafor Johnson | Stars: Diallo Thompson, Gregory Alan Williams, Benjamin A. Onyango, Natalia Dominguez

Votes: 256

21. Dogwood Tree (2010)

128 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

This is a love story of a couple over the span of 10 years. Kouhei fell in love with Sae at first sight and soon they became a couple. But they had to part as Sae aims to go to a college in Tokyo while Kouhei is an aspiring fisherman.

Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Tôma Ikuta, Nichola Grant, Manatsu Hayashi

Votes: 1,306

22. Love in the Sun (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 82 min | Romance

A dating app creator finds her views on love challenged when she returns home to Florida and reconnects with her high school sweetheart.

Director: Rich Newey | Stars: Emeraude Toubia, Tom Maden, Shawn Christian, Betsy Graver

Votes: 1,106

23. Missing Kenley (2022)

Documentary

This is the heartbreaking story of the 1992 missing Canadian college student, Kenley Matheson. He disappeared from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, without a trace. Years later, suspects emerge, stories surface, and the RCMP does nothing.

Stars: Erin Smith, Sandra Fraser, Kayrene Willis

Votes: 162

24. Advance & Retreat (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Romance

After she reconnects with an old flame at a corporate retreat, an ambitious executive realizes that taking a step back may help her make a leap forward.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Riley Voelkel, Casey Deidrick, Brandon W. Jones, Dirk Blocker

Votes: 667

25. Borrowed Light (2021)

Short, Drama

Two best friends who share a love for music grow apart when one of them moves away for college and suffers a mental breakdown.

Director: Madison Paige Kennedy | Stars: Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Kaitlyn Fae, Brit Franke, Freda Yifan Jing

26. A Cake for Every Wrong Occasion (2019)

10 min | Short, Drama

A graduating high school senior struggles to tell her sister she is moving far away for college, away from her cake-obsessed family.

Director: Kate Saltel | Stars: Emma Rohloff, Anne Saltel, Diana Saltel

27. 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
Episode: B.D.O.C. (2000)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Tommy goes away to college, causing Dick extreme parental withdrawal. Meanwhile, Sally & Harry interview potential replacements, and Sally hires a "pretty boy" to be the new information officer.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 261

28. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: College Life (1998)

TV-G | 23 min | Comedy

Harold goes off to college, where he shares his dorm with three girls.

Stars: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Rick Green, Peter Keleghan

Votes: 9

29. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: Harold's Leaving (1998)

TV-G | 23 min | Comedy

Harold is on his way to college, but he actually manages to leave Red devastated in the process.

Stars: Bob Bainborough, Rick Green, Peter Keleghan, Jeff Lumby

Votes: 7

30. Rick and Morty (2013– )
Episode: Never Ricking Morty (2020)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An anthology episode that follows Rick and Morty on a train with people who don't like Rick. They have to find their way out but they bump into unexpected situations along the way.

Directors: Erica Hayes, Wesley Archer | Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke

Votes: 12,535

31. Little People, Big World (2006– )
Episode: Big Changes (2011)

TV-PG | Reality-TV

The family deals with a dramatic change; one of the twins moves away from the farm and goes to another state; Amy and Matt come to terms with the state of their marriage and the future of Roloff.

Stars: Matthew Roloff, Amy Roloff, Jeremy Roloff, Zachary Roloff

32. Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
Episode: ...said goodbye (2023)

TV-14 | 32 min | Comedy, Drama

The last weekend of summer coincides with a festive occasion - and on the brink of their new lives, Devi, her family and friends have lots to celebrate.

Director: Lang Fisher | Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet

Votes: 927

33. The Family Stallone (2023– )
Episode: Leaving the Nest (2023)

TV-MA | 21 min | Reality-TV, Talk-Show

Scarlet can't wait to move away to college and embrace her independence, but Jennifer is having a hard time letting her last child go. Sly's TV shoot schedule forces him to miss a key moment in his daughter's life.

Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Flavin, Sophia Rose Stallone, Sistine Rose Stallone

Votes: 103

34. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
Episode: Is This Henry Mills? (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Roni enlists Lucy's help to wake Henry; Rogers and Weaver go to Margot in hopes of getting through to Tilly; A mysterious phone call helps a young Henry decide on his path.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, Andrew J. West, Dania Ramirez

Votes: 773

35. Better Things (2016–2022)
Episode: Chicago (2019)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Drama

Sam and Max go on a trip.

Director: Pamela Adlon | Stars: Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Riley, Olivia Edward

Votes: 362

36. Mrs. Fletcher (2019)
Episode: Empty Best (2019)

TV-MA | 32 min | Comedy, Drama

On the day before her son leaves for college, Eve Fletcher has to deal with some inappropriate behavior in the workplace. Brendan (Jackson White) runs into an ex-girlfriend at a party.

Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Kathryn Hahn, Jackson White, Owen Teague, Cameron Boyce

Votes: 555