Movies like Pools
If Pools's mix of chicago, illinois, scholarship and college stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pools's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Saltburn
2023 · Directed by Emerald Fennell · 131 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: college, university · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2020s)
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling…
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Cadillac Records
2008 · Directed by Darnell Martin · 109 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: chicago, illinois, music
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta…
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Booksmart
2019 · Directed by Olivia Wilde · 102 min7.0
Why you'll like itWith Mason Gooding · Shares: coming of age
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more.
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Incoming
2024 · Directed by Dave Chernin · 92 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, party · From the same decade (2020s)
Their first week of high school. The biggest party of the year. Mistakes will be made as four teenage boys navigate a night of mayhem and debauchery.
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Dope
2015 · Directed by Rick Famuyiwa · 103 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also drama and comedy
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT.
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Irrational Man
2015 · Directed by Woody Allen · 95 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: college · Also drama and comedy
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
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Barbershop
2002 · Directed by Tim Story · 102 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: chicago, illinois · Also comedy and drama
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time.
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Animal House
1978 · Directed by John Landis · 109 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: college
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
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72 HOURS
2026 · Directed by Tim Story · 105 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Mason Gooding · From the same decade (2020s)
To save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
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Backdraft 2
2019 · Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego · 102 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: chicago, illinois
Years after the original Backdraft, Sean, son of the late Steve "Bull" McCaffrey, is assigned to investigate a deadly fire only to realize it is something much more sinister.