Columbia university movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant columbia university movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, serious, humorous, touching and semi serious films and TV shows about / with columbia university, friendship, father son relationship, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, sex, friend, family relations, telephone call and mother daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as columbia university: Still Alice (2014), Ghostbusters (1984), P.S. (2004), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), Kill Your Darlings (2013), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014), Sleeping with Other People (2015), Barry (2016), Without a Trace (1983).

List of columbia university movies

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 7.5
 143K
Still Alice (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Style: sad, heartbreaking, touching, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience: teens
Plot: memory loss, alzheimer's disease, illness, supportive spouse, mother daughter relationship, columbia university, family drama, terminal illness, family bonds, mental illness, psychology, relationships ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.8
 442K
Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, paranormal investigation, giant monster, chase, imagination, accountant, friendship, librarian ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, year 2016, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa
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 6.1
 7K
P.S. (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Thirty-nine-year old divorcé Louise Harrington (Linney) works in the admissions office at Columbia University School of the Arts. She is unnerved when she receives an application from F. Scott Feinstadt, the same name of her high school sweetheart ...
Style: sincere, melancholic, touching, erotic, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, teacher student romance, infidelity, age difference, character study, loneliness, painting, love and romance, sex addict, haunted by the past, teacher student relationship, thirtysomething life ...
Time: year 2004
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The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: couple relations, looking for love, fall in love, love and romance, professor, wedding, literature, friendship, self discovery, love story, love, spinster ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: new york, venice, london, paris france, manhattan new york city
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Kill Your Darlings (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Style: bleak, captivating, serious, intellectual, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poet, writers, gay, obsession, youth, friendship, coming of age, sexual tension, mental illness, murder, friends, lifestyle ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 2000s, post world war two ...
Place: usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem, chicago ...
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Style: ironic, talky, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, thanksgiving, sisters, dysfunctional family, family relations, writers, audition, opera, midlife crisis, love, artist, hypochondriac ...
Time: 20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place: new york, usa
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Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
Style: sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, semi autobiographical ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: bipolar disorder, mental illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, mental disorder, parents and children, absent mother, mental health, illness, poverty, husband wife relationship, youth ...
Time: future, year 2014, 70s, year 1978, year 1967 ...
Place: boston, usa, new york, new england, massachusetts ...
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Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither ...
Style: light, sexy, funny, sex comedy, teen ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: relationships, sex, infidelity, womanizer, love, friendship, obsession, college, unlikely friendships, friends, dating, love and romance ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, france, brooklyn new york city
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 6.0
 8K
Barry (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A biopic of Barack Obama set during his time as a college student in New York City.
Style: political
Audience: girls' night
Plot: president, biopic, u.s. president, inspiration, black history, philosopher, runner, real life, black, loneliness, racism, columbia university ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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Without a Trace (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the case of young New Yorker Etan Patz, who disappeared in the early 1980s, this film casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who make her ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: missing person, kidnapping, missing child, single parent, parents and children, family life, family problems, law enforcement, life is a bitch, death in the family, father son relationship, child abuse ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city, new york, connecticut
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 7.2
 2K
The Chosen (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Chosen follows the story of two teenage boys determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families. Set in New York during the 1940s, this provocative film follows the son of an orthodox rabbi and the son of a ...
Style: realistic, touching, thinking, contemplative, serious ...
Audience: kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, orthodox jew, religion, jewish culture, judaism, friendship, father son relationship, culture clash, chosen one, holocaust, family drama, traumatic childhood ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1981, year 1944
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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 5.8
 30K
Antebellum (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
Style: brutal, psychological thriller, slasher, suspense, rough ...
Plot: slavery, racism, plantation, brutality, captivity, freedom, humanity, writers, black, racial slur, african american, female warrior ...
Time: 2020s, future, 19th century, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., north carolina, louisiana, new orleans, virginia
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Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.
Style: erotic, factual, sexy, historical drama, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: polyamory, lgbt, lesbian, bdsm, lesbianism, husband wife relationship, lesbian love, harvard, superheroine, sadomasochism, college professor, orgasm ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, 70s, 1930s ...
Place: louisiana, england, boston, connecticut, france ...
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People Places Things (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, all the while trying to navigate the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who ...
Style: touching, humorous, sweet, funny, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: teacher, twins, love and romance, friendship, loneliness, girl, character study, relationships, adolescence, parents and children, family relations, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new zealand
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, bleak, meditative, clever ...
Plot: music, homeless, musician, loneliness, cat, musician's life, financial problem, road trip, aspiring singer, depression, art, eccentricity ...
Time: 60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, somalia, indiana, chicago ...
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The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Robert T. Westbrook, the movie is about 23 year old Columbia University dropout (Stanley Sweetheart) who seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.
Style: underground film
Plot: counterculture, erotica, group sex, hippie, gay subtext, college dropout, sex scene, drug, nudity, party, masturbation, sex ...
Place: new york
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 6.1
 5K
Anesthesia (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, crime drama ...
Plot: professor, husband wife relationship, suspicion, friendship, paranoia, pursuit, promise, chase, violence, psychiatrist, money, lie ...
Time: 2010s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city
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 6.3
 633K
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains – including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock ...
Style: exciting, action packed, sentimental, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, family outing
Plot: superhero, heroes, superhuman powers, good versus evil, double life, fantasy world, spider man, disguise, multiverse, fight, vigilante, super powers ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.2
 718
Julie Johnson (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A New Jersey housewife is dissatisfied with her everyday life because she is smarter than she or anyone else knows. While taking a computer class, Julie discovers her abilities and finds the courage to make dramatic life changes. This is a story of ...
Style: sincere, realistic, clever, touching, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, self discovery, friendship, follow your dream, forbidden love, lifestyle, lgbt, human nature, love and romance, feminism, couples, parents and children ...
Place: new jersey, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an erotic novel. With encouragement from her sister and a bi-sexual friend, she goes to France with the intent of doing research at an inn where a diary she ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot: infidelity, convent, profanity, sexual content, writer's life, gays and lesbians, artists and showbiz, love and romance, gender, opposites attract, couple relations, sexual relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, france, usa, paris france, manhattan new york city
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 7.5
 73K
Quiz Show (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.
Style: intellectual, clever, period piece, intense, talky ...
Plot: corruption, advertising, cheating, lawyer, investigation, greed, moral dilemma, television, contests and competitions, idealism, business, media ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, washington d.c.
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New York Minute (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Top student Jane Ryan heads to Manhattan for a college-scholarship competition. Her rebellious twin Roxy Ryan goes along to crash a video shoot. But anything can happen - and does - in a romp involving a pursuing truant officer, a smuggler, ...
Style: romantic, not serious, feel good, sweet, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot: teenager, twins, youth, siblings relations, dream, friendship, high school, happy ending, disorder, friends, teenage life, city life ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, oxford university
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Love the Hard Way (2001)
Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, bleak, romantic drama ...
Plot: couples, love and romance, student life, cons and scams, destructive relationship, college, lie, dancing, police, friendship, friend, secret ...
Time: year 2001
Place: new york, usa
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 6.8
 35K
Igby Goes Down (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Style: dark comedy, depressing, cynical, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, mental illness, coming of age, addiction, depression, existentialism, youth, dark humor, teenage life, eccentric family, eccentricity, character study ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, chicago, new jersey, washington d.c., new york ...
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 6.7
 23K
Elegy (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Style: sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, age difference, teacher student sex, obsession, hedonism, infidelity, couples, male teacher female student affair, love and romance, teachers and students, teacher, adultery ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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 6.7
 2K
Dreamchild (1985)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll's classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell (the book's inspiration) as an old woman who is haunted by the characters she was once so amused by. As she thinks ...
Style: fairy tale, touching, stylized, serious, period drama ...
Plot: alice in wonderland, writers, flashback, female protagonist, memory, dream, poet, artist, child, past, publisher, fantasy world ...
Time: victorian era, year 1985, 1930s, 1860s, 19th century
Place: new york, usa, england
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 6.8
 168K
Adventureland (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Style: romantic, independent film, funny, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, summer job, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, friendship, youth, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, misfit, young adult ...
Time: year 2009, 80s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, new york, boston ...
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 6.3
 399
24 Nights (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When Jonathan Parker was 4 years old, his mother's words and a chance encounter with a Salvation Army Kris Kringle instilled in him a lifelong belief in the legend of Santa Claus. Now 24 and his parents long passed away, Jonathan is a spacey, ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, christmas, lgbtq, lgbt teen, hidden identity, redemption, gender, love and romance, youth, couples ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, san francisco, arkansas
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 5.9
 1K
The Other (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets beautiful reporter Hanane, with whom he begins an intense love affair, and eventually they marry. Trouble ...
Style: realistic, serious, biting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: arab, terrorism, terrorist, investigative journalism, manipulation, society, fall in love, couple relations, life is a bitch, obsession, politics, journalism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: middle east, egypt, cairo egypt
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 6.6
 13K
Howl (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, thought provoking, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: poet, gay, poetry, courtroom drama, writers, beat generation, literature, biopic, freedom, lgbt, art, artist ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1920s, post world war two, year 1957 ...
Place: kansas, bronx new york city, colorado, arkansas, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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