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How I Got Into College (1989)

86 min · Romantic Comedy, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

Popularity4/5
12-month trend4.2k1.6kExpand

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4.2k02025-09: 1,720 views2025-10: 1,920 views2025-11: 1,821 views2025-12: 2,000 views2026-01: 1,953 views2026-02: 1,563 views2026-03: 4,211 views2026-04: 1,776 views2026-05: 1,834 views2026-06: 1,616 views2026-07: 1,995 views2026-08: 2,042 views
Sep1.7kOct1.9kNov1.8kDec2.0kJan2.0kFeb1.6kMar4.2kApr1.8kMay1.8kJun1.6kJul2.0kAug2.0k

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Savage Steve Holland

Cast

Corey Parker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Anthony Edwards, Finn Carter

The story

The story follows two high school seniors from Michigan on their quest to get into Ramsey College, a small college in Pennsylvania: popular and talented Jessica, and unnoticed underachiever Marlon. Jessica wants to break free of both her high school image and her family's near-maniacal devotion to the University of Michigan, while Marlon simply wants to go to whatever college Jessica is going to because he's completely in love with her. Jessica and Marlon go from being in completely different orbits to slowly becoming friends and then romantic interests for each other.

Catalogue themes and tags

Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Satire, Comedy, Teen

Genres

Romantic Comedy, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

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