11 Best College Professor Films – The Hollywood Reporter
  • ‘The Rewrite’ (2015)

    "Expand your horizons. Go forward like Luke Skywalker and find new worlds to conquer."

    Hugh Grant as Keith Michaels, screenwriting

  • ‘Still Alice’ (2014)

    "I am not suffering. I am struggling. Struggling to be part of things, to stay connected to whom I was once. So, 'live in the moment' I tell myself. It's really all I can do, live in the moment. And not beat myself up too much."

    Julianne Moore as Alice Howland, linguistics

  • ‘Thor’ (2011)

    "You're the one who's always pushing me to chase down every possibility, every alternative. … 'Magic's just science we don't understand yet.' Arthur C. Clarke."

    Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, astrophysics

  • ‘The Great Debaters’ (2007)

    "I am here to help you to find, take back, and keep your righteous mind."

    Denzel Washington as Melvin B. Tolson, English

  • ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ (2003)

    "Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea."

    Julia Roberts as Katherine Ann Watson, art history

  • ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001)

    "Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity."

    Russell Crowe as John Nash, mathematics

  • ‘Wit’ (2001)

    "If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface."

    Emma Thompson as Vivian Bearing, poetry

  • ‘Good Will Hunting’ (1997)

    "You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to."

    Robin Williams as Sean Maguire, psychology

  • ‘The Nutty Professor’ (1996)

    "All I'm saying is that scientific breakthroughs are occurring all the time."

    Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump, biology

  • ‘Higher Learning’ (1995)

    "One's primary purpose at university level is to learn how to think."

    Lawrence Fishburne as Maurice Phipps, political science

  • ‘Indiana Jones’ films (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008)

    "Archaeology is the search for fact, … not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall."

    Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, archaeology

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