Movies and TvShows featuring "college-applications" theme.

In 2002, teenager Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson and her pushy mother Marion are driving back to their home in Sacramento, California after a tour of CA colleges. As Lady Bird is about to start her senior year of school, she is already thinking ahead of applying to schools away from California, particularly in New York. Lady Bird attends a Catholic school and is a long-time friend with Julie Steffans. Lady Bird and Julie try out for the school's production of 'Merrily We Roll Along'. Lady Bird develops a crush on a boy named Danny O'Neill, and the two of them start to date. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Lady Bird joins Julie, Danny, and another friend as they smoke weed for the first time. They eat leftovers and laugh when Marion sees them. Later on, the students put on their show. At an after-party, Lady Bird finds Danny kissing another boy in the bathroom stall. She later confronts him over it, and he breaks down crying because he can't bring himself to admit that he's gay to others. Lady Bird hugs him. After Christmas break and the start of the new year, Lady Bird starts to make friends with a popular rich girl named Jenna Walton. Lady Bird and Kyle later hook up at a party at Jenna's house. However, Lady Bird being friends with Jenna causes a strain on her friendship with Julie. Lady Bird hangs out at Kyle's house after she decides she is ready to have sex. They do so and he finishes quickly before he tells her that he was never a virgin as he had previously suggested to her. Lady Bird is angry at Kyle for lying, but he doesn't seem too concerned about it. Marion goes to pick her up, and Lady Bird starts crying. Marion then decides to take Lady Bird out. The two go to the mall to shop for prom dresses, and Lady Bird becomes upset when Marion criticizes the dresses she tries on. Lady Bird checks the mail for college letters. She is disappointed at being rejected for most colleges due to her average-to-poor grades, but she becomes excited when she is told she is on the waiting list for a New York college. Kyle picks Lady Bird up on prom night with Jenna and her boyfriend. They decide they want to ditch prom altogether and go somewhere else. Lady Bird tells Kyle to drop her off at Julie's house. When she gets there, Lady Bird and Julie make up and head to prom together. Julie also tells Lady Bird she may not see her for the summer because she's going to stay with her divorced father who lives far away. Lady Bird and her friends graduate. While at lunch with her family, Danny passes them and accidentally lets it slip that Lady Bird is on a waiting list for the NY school, despite her telling her family she was going to University of Davis to stay close to home. Marion gets very upset and stops talking to Lady Bird for the summer, even as she tries to explain herself. Come September, Lady Bird bids her family and friends farewell. Her parents take her to the airport, and Marion is still not talking to her. At college in New York, Lady Bird goes to a party where she gets very drunk. She meets a guy and introduces herself as Christine. They start to hook up but Lady Bird pukes and winds up in the hospital from alcohol poisoning. Lady Bird wakes up and leaves the hospital. She walks back toward her dorm through the city and then stops to call home. It goes straight to voicemail, so she leaves a message for Marion saying she should have told her more how much she loves her.

In P.S. (2004), a woman in her late 30s, Louise Harrington, works as an admissions officer at Columbia University's School of Fine Arts. She is intelligent, pretty, and successful with her life. However, she feels that something is missing and becomes emotionally entangled with a 17-year-old F. Scott Feinstadt. As she becomes romantically involved with him, she starts receiving anonymous letters from a secret admirer. Through these letters, she is convinced that her secret admirer is actually her high school sweetheart who died in a car accident years ago. Louise then embarks on a journey to uncover the truth and find closure.

In the movie Run (2020), a wheelchair user named Chloe lives with her overprotective and manipulative mother, Diane. As Chloe begins to uncover dark secrets about her mother, she realizes she must escape in order to save her own life. Filled with suspense and psychological twists, Run keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.

A slacker surfer named Shaun Brumder jumps from one low-paying job to another with no ambition or direction in life. However, when his application to Stanford University is mistakenly rejected due to a clerical error, Shaun embarks on a mission to rectify the situation and prove his worth. Along the way, he faces various obstacles and learns valuable life lessons about love, family, and the importance of following one's dreams.

The Adventures of Food Boy is a comedy fantasy film about a high school student, Ezra, who discovers he has the unique ability to generate food from his hands. As he struggles to keep his new power a secret, Ezra uses his food-generating abilities to impress his crush and gain popularity. However, he soon realizes that his power has consequences, and he must decide how to responsibly use it. With college applications looming, Ezra must navigate the challenges of high school while balancing his extraordinary gift.

Daria Morgendorffer, the misanthropic protagonist from the TV show 'Daria,' deals with the ups and downs of college life in Lawndale. She navigates through relationships, academia, and the general absurdity of the world around her.