Long gone are the days when the tidy post-college lifestyle had settled down, the late-night cramming sessions, the frozen-food-only diet, the friends within a minute or two's walk, and the Starbucks Sweet Cream Cold Brew filling our bloodstreams. It's safe to say I miss them. (Open in new tab) Whether you graduated five years ago or 25 years ago, those years of growing up will always hold a special place in your heart. Fortunately, there is a great college film that will give you that nostalgia in less than two hours. (Opens in a new tab)

I've taken the liberty of listing the best college movies that make you ask: Should I have stretched out my college years and gone to graduate school?"(Opens in a new tab) Is it too late?

Starring Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Rumer Willis, Katharine McPhee

Description Shelley (Faris), a Playboy Playmate, learns that Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion (open new tab ), and learns that she is to be evicted from the building. Looking for a full-time job, she ends up on a college campus and soon becomes a matron at ZETA, an unpopular sorority. There, Shelley decides to try out what she learned at the mansion, and in typical late-00s fashion, there's a satisfying makeover scene.

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Starring Blake Jenner, Tyler: Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Glen Powell, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Dutch

Description I am a woman of simple tastes. I'll watch anything starring Glen Powell, and in this sequel to the aptly titled Dazed and Confused, director Richard Linklater takes us back to the 1980s, where baseball freshman Jake (Blake Jenner) is about to move into a new house a few days before the fall semester begins The film is about the start of the fall semester. What follows are days filled with outlandish parties, scheming to get the girl, and other activities I would classify as "team bonding."

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Starring Nick Cannon, Zoe Salou: Nick Cannon, Zoe Salanda, Orlando Jones

Description Before Nick Cannon hosted MTV's "Wildin' Out," he played Devon Miles, a crazy talented street drummer from Harlem. Accepted to the school's marching band team, he hopes to lead the drum line to victory, but soon realizes that it will be a challenge to get everyone to play the same song.

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Starring John Belushi and Tim Matheson: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland, Tom Halse

What it's about: For beginners to perhaps the most popular college film of all time, set in 1962 on the campus of Faber College in Faber, Pennsylvania, where the Delta Tau Chi Fraternity is known for collecting campus rejects and undergraduates who should have graduated long ago. The deans of the college think that this is the year to get them off campus, but they have other ideas. Chaos ensues and not-so-old jokes appear, but as my father says every time he sees the film, "But it's a classic: 'But it's a classic.'"

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Starring Amanda Bynes, Sarah Paxton Amanda Bynes, Sarah Paxton, Matt Long, Jack Carpenter, Crystal Hunt

Description In this modern version of "Snow White," freshman Sydney White (Bynes) shows up at college ready to join her late mother's sorority. She is soon removed from recruitment by the president, Rachel (Paxton), and forced to sleep in an abandoned house on Greek Street where other nonconformists live. To ensure that their house is not condemned, she and her seven roommates run for student council officers.

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Starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Lisa Kudrow, (opens in new tab) Ike Barinholtz

Description Newly married Mac (Logan) and Kelly Ladner (Byrne) are looking forward to having new neighbors, but soon regret it when they discover that their neighbors are off-campus student housing. The couple complains, but their parents soon realize that they need to get creative to get their message across. The image of a shirtless Zac Efron grilling is forever burned into my brain.

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Starring Justin Long, Blake Lively, Jonah Hill, Lewis Black, Kellan Lutz

What's the story: but what if you didn't get into any of the schools you applied to? Bartleby Gaines (Long) finds himself in just such a situation. To deceive his parents, he decides to use the computer to create a non-existent college, South Hermon Technical College, and tell them he will attend there in the fall. Now the next challenge" is to keep his parents from finding out.

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Starring Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Brandon Bell, Dennis Haysbert

What it's about If you love the Netflix series of the same name as I do, this movie is a must see! It is. It follows the story of four black students at the fictional Winchester University. Riots erupt in protest of an "African-American" themed party at a white fraternity. Thompson plays Sam White, host of "Dear White People" on the school's radio station, commenting on racist events at the university (and being a badass overall).

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Starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Linda Cardellini

Film Description Haters can hate, but "Legally Blonde (open in new tab) is a college movie. Sure, it takes place at Harvard Law School, but it would never have gotten there in the first place had Elle Woods' (Witherspoon) college boyfriend not broken up with her. As you can tell, I have very strong feelings about this heartwarming story.

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Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Nick Offerman, Jimmy Tatro

Description The sequel to 21 Jump Street is surprisingly as Interesting. Instead of going undercover at a high school, the police officers must infiltrate a local college and find out who is dealing a synthetic drug called WHY-PHY before it's too late.

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Starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Andie MacDowell, Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Ally Sheedy

Contents: after college LIFE: Life after college is a mixed bag of emotions, and it is refreshing to see them play out on screen. The film features Georgetown University alumni who are unsure of what the future holds, covering topics such as substance abuse, relationships, finding passion, and the overall question: Will college friendships last forever?

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Starring Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Ben Platt, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp

Description Freshman Bekah (Kendrick) is drawn into the college a cappella world She is drawn into the world of college a cappella. In an effort to rescue her new friends from the dark ages, Bekah creates a whole new mash-up for the team and has a blast doing it. The music is catchy, the performances are fun, and it makes you wish you were in an a cappella group in college.

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Starring Ashley Benson, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Collin, Selena Gomez, James Franco

Description Four best friends try to have one wild spring break before their college years end. But they don't have the money. In order to get rich quick, they decide to raid a restaurant and steal all the cash they can find. Soon, the friends are enjoying a grand old time in paradise, but they find themselves behind bars. But not before a super creepy (or rather creepy) rapper named Alien (Franco) bails them out and promises them unforgettable fun.

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Starring Rumer Willis, Audrina Patridge, Carrie Fisher, Briana Evigan, Jamie Chung

What it's about: How could we not include a college-themed slasher movie on our list? What it's about. A sorority prank against a cheating boyfriend goes wrong and someone is accidentally killed. The remaining friends agree to dump the body and never speak of it again in order to make the most of their four years of college. But on graduation weekend, a mysterious hooded killer begins to terrorize those who have kept the bloody secret.

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Starring Melissa McCarthy, Gillian Jacobs, Maya Rudolph, Debbie Ryan, Julie Brown

Description Suddenly divorced, Deanna (McCarthy) is in some sort of midlife crisis, decides to enroll in college. It is the same college her daughter is currently attending, and surprisingly, she is not too upset. She soon discovers how boys, the freedom of college, and new experiences show her who she really is.

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