Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "college-town"

1. Breaking Away (1979)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley

Votes: 25,503 | Gross: $16.42M

2. Charmed (2018–2022)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Follows the lives of three sisters who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are powerful witches.

Stars: Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Rupert Evans, Madeleine Mantock

Votes: 17,957

3. Jack & Bobby (2004–2005)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

The early life of Bobby McCallister, a progressive President of the United States from 2041 to 2049, is explored.

Stars: Christine Lahti, Matt Long, Logan Lerman, Jessica Paré

Votes: 2,503

4. October Road (2007–2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Best-selling author Nick Garrett hopes to get over his writer's block by going back to his hometown of Knights Ridge, Mass. There, he realizes he's got to finally face the people he wrote about unfavorably in his novel.

Stars: Bryan Greenberg, Laura Prepon, Warren Christie, Brad William Henke

Votes: 4,925

5. Breaking Away (1980–1981)

60 min | Drama, Family

Four buddies live in Bloomington, Indiana, facing life as working class "cutters" in a college town. Focus is on Dave and his $1200 La Strada bike.

Stars: Barbara Barrie, Shaun Cassidy, Jackie Earle Haley, Tom Wiggin

Votes: 185

6. Young Warriors (1983)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, sparking her brother Kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, ... See full summary »

Directors: Lawrence David Foldes, Deran Sarafian | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, Lynda Day George, James Van Patten

Votes: 609 | Gross: $0.24M

7. Shopworn (1932)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance

A poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.

Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield

Votes: 887

8. Secrets of Midland Heights (1980–1981)

60 min | Drama

The wealthy Millington family presides over a quiet university town in the Midwest. Guy is the ruthless patriarch who never has enough money or power. Various scandals and affairs occupy the Welsh, Carroll, and Wheeler households.

Stars: Bibi Besch, Jordan Christopher, Robert Hogan, William Jordan

Votes: 38

9. Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama, Romance

Over the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Lynn Carlin, Carrie Snodgress

Votes: 222

10. 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: 163

11. College Kickboxers (1991)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action

A college freshman who trains in martial arts is beaten up at work by a racist gang. His co-worker, a Chinese cook, beats the gang up and trains the young man in kung fu. When a tournament ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Sherman | Stars: Ken McLeod, Tak-Wing Tang, Matthew Ray Cohen, Marc D. Williams

Votes: 269

12. Betaabi (1997)

188 min | Drama, Romance

Sameer and Sheena's marriage was fixed when they were children, but now she has decided to marry him only on the condition that he will abduct her and take her to Mumbai.

Director: Rajesh Ram Singh | Stars: Chandrachur Singh, Arshad Warsi, Anjala Zaveri, Mayuri Kango

Votes: 136

13. Unicornio (2014)

Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A young German/Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious Community to find love and freedom in the city.

Director: Rodrigo Bellott | Stars: Doug Porter, Eric Robles, Lorena Sugier, Arturo Lora

Votes: 103

14. Neowolf (2010)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Two college lovers face an ancient evil when a strange rock band comes to town.

Director: Yvan Gauthier | Stars: Michael Frascino, Heidi Johanningmeier, Agim Kaba, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 520

15. Davy Wallace (2022)

151 min | Drama

As he graduates from college in North Carolina, a troubled, young artist must confront his traumatic childhood, with support from an older, grieving high school teacher.

Director: Drew Bowen | Star: Drew Bowen

16. Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A college Principal objects to a nightclub opening near his campus.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Gordon Oliver

Votes: 192

17. Verona (2010)

TV-MA | 22 min | Short, Drama, Romance

The story of two young lovers separated by their rival fraternities.

Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: John Bregar, Shannon Kook, Dean Armstrong, Brittany Allen

Votes: 378

18. Rhino (2012)

45 min | Crime, Drama

An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.

Director: Patrick Rea | Stars: Malcolm Goodwin, Keith Loneker, Alicia Cabrera, Lindsay Benner

Votes: 17

19. Busdrive My Heart (2008)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy

Busdrive My Heart is an outrageous comedy about a college student named Scott who falls in love with a day camp bus driver named Amanda. Amanda's emotions are put to the test as she must ... See full summary »

Director: Dan Packer | Stars: Shane Zinkhon, Madison McClintock, Isaac Day, Cory Hensley

Votes: 15

20. Prank Week (2017)

Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A campus urban legend myth comes true when fraternity brothers start to get killed off one by one by the infamous serial killer who used to live in the fraternity house 25 years ago.

Director: Manny Velazquez | Stars: Zachary Williamson, Angie Velazquez, Jason Barone, Robert Cruz

Votes: 46

21. The Great Divide (2016)

93 min | Drama

John Labell and Mary Fletcher were once in love, or so they thought, until they left one another's arms to explore the world and experience being with other people. In the miles between ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Patyk | Stars: David Allen, Maya Arima, Elise Becker, Bob Bolyard

22. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Badge of Deceit (2000)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

For more than a decade, women in a small Louisiana city lived in fear of a rapist who becomes so experienced, he leaves no clues to his identity. But computer technology and behavioral ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Mac Gallien, Ronnie Smith, Arthur Young

Votes: 96

23. Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode: Stealing Hope (2000)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ricky is a gas station attendant who just lost his job since the station is closing. Monica goes to help with the closing inventory of items, and to convince him that a door closing opens another door and that he needs to pursue his poetry.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Pedro Pascal

Votes: 69

24. F2: Forensic Factor (2003– )
Episode: Killing Spree (2004)

TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama

In three days of savagery the picturesque town Gainesville Florida is sent reeling with shock. Five university students, Christina Powell, Sonja Larson, Christa Hoyt, Manny Taboada and ... See full summary »

Director: P.J. Naworynski | Stars: Michael Wood, Michelle Hoffman, Jon Atlas, Nicole Karkic

Votes: 7

25. Into the Dark (2018–2021)
Episode: Crawlers (2020)

TV-MA | 82 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

On Saint Patrick's day-a night of wild parties and drunken revelry-three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-switching aliens.

Director: Brandon Zuck | Stars: Giorgia Whigham, Pepi Sonuga, Cameron Fuller, Olivia Liang

Votes: 1,379

26. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )
Episode: Danny Rolling (2020)

60 min | Documentary, Crime

A profile of serial killer nicknamed the Gainesville Ripper, who targeted Florida university students. He was also responsible murdering a family of three in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Stars: Danny Rolling, Kenneth R. Porter, Geoffrey Wansell, Rod Smith

Votes: 19

27. Urban Legends (2007–2011)
Episode: Marriage and Affairs (2007)

25 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

First we have the philanderer who was ratted out by a feathered friend, then we have the dream car covered in concrete in a jealous rage and finally, we have an adulterer whose lottery luck... See full summary »

Director: Luke Campbell | Stars: Michael Allcock, Tom Anastasios, Jeremy Brennan, Tanya Brown

Votes: 11

28. Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2021–2022)
Episode: Bologna (2021)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Adventure

Stanley Tucci explores Bologna, seen by many as the food capital of Italy. The region of Emilia-Romagna is home to globally renowned protected food products: parmigiano, prosciutto de Parma and traditional balsamic vinegar to name a few.

Director: Satiyesh Manoharajah | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Massimo Bottura, Federico Fellini, Francesca F. Fellini

Votes: 175

29. 20/20 (1978– )
Episode: The Devil in Gainesville (2021)

Unrated | 120 min | Documentary, News

The search for a killer, whose reign of terror, over four days, left five Florida college students dead;

Stars: David Muir, Amy Robach, Page Beck, John Donvan

Votes: 19

30. The Bureau (2009– )
Episode: The Gainesville Ripper (2009)

Crime, Drama

A killing spree horrifies residents of Gainesville, Fla., when five college students are found brutally murdered in three days.

Directors: Christian Faber, David Haycox | Stars: Danny Rolling, Legran Hewitt, Diana Hoyt, Jayme Mantos

31. American Justice (1992– )
Episode: Murder in a College Town (2000)

TV-PG | Documentary, Crime, History

Recalling the 1990 killings of five students at the University of Florida in Gainesville. All five were murdered within a 48-hour period, and their killer, Danny Rolling, was convicted in 1994.

Stars: Bill Kurtis, Jamie Abdo, Ray Barber, Sadie Darnell

32. Dual Suspects (2010– )
Episode: Gainesville Ripper (2011)

Drama

A serial killer goes on a rampage in the college town of Gainesville, Florida in 1990,and after five murders have been committed, a troubled 18-year-old freshman becomes the number one ... See full summary »

Director: Marcus Valentin | Stars: Jacqueline Bynon, Bruce Pringle, Danny Rolling, Dave Edwards

33. FBI: Criminal Pursuit (2011– )
Episode: The Gainesville Ripper (2011)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

A killing spree horrifies residents of Gainesville, FL when five college students are found brutally murdered in three days.

Director: Christian Faber | Stars: Danny Rolling, Legran Hewitt, Diana Hoyt, Rick Robles

Votes: 12

34. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

Daniel Rolling, known as The Gainesville Ripper, who murdered five students in Gainesville, Florida, over four days in late August 1990. But his first murders were in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Director: David Bispham | Stars: John Snell, Mark E. Safarik, Harry Krop, Cindy Dobbins Juracich

Votes: 8

35. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Thor Christiansen (2013)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

In the late 1970s, female co-eds began to disappear from the college town of Isla Vista, California, little knowing of a blond local boy's descent into darkness in broad daylight.

Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Ugo Peter Arnoldi, Ron Bender, Harriet Eckstein

Votes: 20

36. Great Crimes and Trials (2011– )
Episode: The Student Serial Killer (2011)

26 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Danny Rolling tortures his victims and his calling card, he mutilates and poses his victim's corpses, taunting the police as they arrive on the scene. In one weekend in 1990, Danny ... See full summary »

Stars: Alisdair Simpson, Danny Rolling, Christa Hoyt, Diana Hoyt

37. 20/20 Wednesday (1993–1999)
Episode: Gainesville: The Price of Murder (1994)

Documentary, News

Turning Point looks at the August 1990 murder of five people in Gainesville, Florida, by serial killer Danny Rolling. It focuses the story on the victims and how the murders affected their ... See full summary »

Stars: Barbara Walters, John Donvan, Christa Hoyt, Sonja Larson

38. It Takes a Killer (2016– )
Episode: The Gainesville Ripper (2016)

22 min | Documentary, Crime

An evil ex-con on the run for attempted murder sets up camp in Gainesville, Florida. But, he's not satisfied just hiding out. This seasoned killer's blood lust cannot be controlled.

Stars: Owen Thomas, Danny Rolling, Tim Clemente, Ed Humphrey

Votes: 9

39. The Shocking Truth (2017–2018)
Episode: The Shocking Truth: Scream (2018)

Documentary

Scream is the story of two horror movie obsessed killers who terrorize and eventually kill high school students in their small town of Woodsboro. But the shocking truth is that the film is ... See full summary »

Director: James Buddy Day | Stars: Emma Abbott, Waya Aeon, Paul Boucher, Mark Clausen

Votes: 13

40. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Posed to Kill (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Absolutely no one could have predicted the unnerving and horrific beginning of a new school year at the University of Florida in 1990 as a string of bizarre murders infiltrated and shocked the college campus.

Director: Christopher Mitchell | Stars: Page Beck, Legran Hewitt, Dayle Hinman, Christa Hoyt

Votes: 27