Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fraternity-pledge"

1. The Social Network (2010)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama

As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara

Votes: 761,581 | Gross: $96.96M

2. Old School (2003)

R | 88 min | Comedy

Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven

Votes: 243,976 | Gross: $75.59M

3. Van Wilder (2002)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate.

Director: Walt Becker | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn

Votes: 115,631 | Gross: $21.01M

4. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

R | 90 min | Comedy

At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.

Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese

Votes: 58,558 | Gross: $40.90M

5. Good Boys (2019)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy

Three 6th-grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party.

Director: Gene Stupnitsky | Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon

Votes: 82,153 | Gross: $83.14M

6. The Skulls (2000)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A senior at an ivy league college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb

Votes: 33,767 | Gross: $35.05M

7. Fraternity Vacation (1985)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Two fraternity brothers take advantage of their nerdy pledge's generous parents to spend time with him in Palm Springs and encourage him to mingle with girls, but things don't go as planned when they run into rival fraternity members.

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Stephen Geoffreys, Sheree J. Wilson, Cameron Dye, Leigh McCloskey

Votes: 2,801 | Gross: $3.33M

8. School Daze (1988)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme

Votes: 8,057 | Gross: $14.55M

9. Goat (2016)

R | 96 min | Drama

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19 year-old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there in the name of "brotherhood" tests him and his loyalty to his brother in brutal ways.

Director: Andrew Neel | Stars: Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty

Votes: 8,110 | Gross: $0.02M

10. Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

In the wake of two back-to-back mass murders on Chico's frat row, loner Brent Chirino must infiltrate the ranks of a popular fraternity to investigate his twin brother's murder at the hands of the serial killer known as "Motherface."

Directors: Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet, Jon Salmon | Stars: Alec Owen, Ben Gigli, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Erik Sandoval

Votes: 2,499

11. College (2008)

R | 94 min | Comedy

A wild weekend is in store for three high school seniors who visit a local college campus as prospective freshmen.

Director: Deb Hagan | Stars: Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, Andree Moss

Votes: 12,704 | Gross: $4.69M

12. Brotherhood (I) (2010)

R | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A college fraternity initiation rite goes awfully wrong. A bullet wounded frat boy and a kidnapped convenience store clerk end up at the frat house. Panic continues.

Director: Will Canon | Stars: Trevor Morgan, Lou Taylor Pucci, Arlen Escarpeta, Jon Foster

Votes: 4,221

13. Freshman Orientation (2004)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A horny college freshman feigns being gay to be near the beautiful co-ed of his desires.

Director: Ryan Shiraki | Stars: Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, Mike Erwin, Heather Matarazzo

Votes: 1,756 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Assault of the Party Nerds (1989 Video)

R | 82 min | Comedy

Ritchie Spencer (Richard Gabai) and his friends have a problem. They are the only four members of their fraternity, and they are all graduating. They must find a way to bring in more ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Gabai | Stars: Richard Gabai, Richard Rifkin, Joe Whyte, Marc Silverberg

Votes: 401

15. Defying Gravity (1997)

92 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Griff wants to maintain just a superficial relationship with his all-gay boyfriend, who gets seriously wounded in a gay bashing.

Director: John Keitel | Stars: Daniel Chilson, Niklaus Lange, Don Handfield, Linna Carter

Votes: 1,740

16. For Men Only (1952)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama

A college professor begins to suspect that a student's accidental death was tied to his refusal to take part in a traditional "hazing" and was no accident.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Paul Henreid, Margaret Field, James Dobson, Douglas Kennedy

Votes: 187

17. Fraternity Massacre at Hell Island (2007 Video)

80 min | Comedy, Horror

Jack Jones, a pledge in Zeta Alpha Rho Fraternity must battle homophobia and a killer clown during his fraternity's Hell Night.

Director: Mark Jones | Stars: Gary Berglund, Helen Walk Bowman, Jeff Capps, Antoinette Cheney

Votes: 123

18. Prank Week (2017)

Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A campus urban legend myth comes true when fraternity brothers start to get killed off one by one by the infamous serial killer who used to live in the fraternity house 25 years ago.

Director: Manny Velazquez | Stars: Zachary Williamson, Angie Velazquez, Jason Barone, Robert Cruz

Votes: 46

19. Roslyn (2001)

8 min | Short, Action

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Director: Will Canon | Stars: Jesse Steccato, Meyer DeLeeuw, Murry DeLeeuw, Blake Hackler

Votes: 35

20. College Capers (1953)

15 min | Short, Comedy

A slapstick comedy about the antics of a fraternity pledge who is forced by upper-classmen to stage a panty-raid in a sorority house.

Director: Elmo Williams | Stars: Don Mcart, Rusty Kayser, Paul Raymond, Robert Nelson

Votes: 8

21. Gender Bender (2008)

14 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Anna thinks she has the perfect relationship with Jack, the head of a fraternity, until she catches him cheating. This causes her to give up on guys and start dating women. When Jack finds ... See full summary »

Director: Deborah Sadai | Stars: Ronnie Alvarez, Jeff Astgen, Natsha Marcias, Deborah Sadai

Votes: 9

22. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Pledging Mr. Johnson (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A severed leg is found in a lake while a fraternity pledge goes badly.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox, Gary Dourdan

Votes: 1,089

23. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: What's Eating Gilbert Grissom? (2004)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a group of fraternity members find a spot covered by maggots, Grissom investigates the scene and believes a student is providing the flesh to the maggots. Based on the uniform size of ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 920

24. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: A Place to Run, a Heart to Hide In (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Pete, Linc and Julie go undercover at Sims College to investigate a frat boy's mysterious death. Pete plays a running back, Linc an African exchange student, and Julie the object of desire for the star quarterback.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 36

25. My Three Sons (1960–1972)
Episode: The Hippopotamus Foot (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mike (Tim Considine) and his friends pull a prank at college and get called before the dean for punishment.

Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Fred MacMurray, William Frawley, Tim Considine, Don Grady

Votes: 55

26. Undeclared (2001–2003)
Episode: Hell Week (2001)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Steven is fed up with TDZ in more ways than one. He quits, but it is not without repercussions.

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, Monica Keena

Votes: 199

27. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
Episode: A Haze on the Lake (1959)

26 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mike is hired to discretely investigate a series of attempts on the life of Carl Kunard, a successful building contractor, the most recent of which took place at the man's vacation lodge in... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Darren McGavin, Lorne Greene, Ray Stricklyn, John Carlyle

Votes: 15

28. 50 States of Fright (2020)
Episode: Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) - Part 1 (2020)

TV-MA | 8 min | Short, Drama, Horror

Four pledges are ready to find out if they're Kappa material. But this initiation ritual is about to get way darker than they expected.

Directors: Brian Netto, Adam Schindler | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Alex Fitzalan, Joshua Mikel, Drew Ray Tanner

Votes: 201

29. 50 States of Fright (2020)
Episode: Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) - Part 2 (2020)

TV-MA | 8 min | Short, Drama, Horror

The pledges free a chained victim and attempt to find help in the woods. Can they trust that whoever they find will be on their side?

Directors: Brian Netto, Adam Schindler | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Alex Fitzalan, Joshua Mikel, Dan Ginnane

Votes: 186

30. 50 States of Fright (2020)
Episode: Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) - Part 3 (2020)

TV-MA | 9 min | Short, Drama, Horror

This is no frat initiation. The remaining pledges fight to stay alive as the Grey Cloud villagers all begin to close in.

Directors: Brian Netto, Adam Schindler | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Alex Fitzalan, Joshua Mikel, Dan Ginnane

Votes: 197

31. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: The Gang Reignites the Rivalry (2009)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy

Mac, Dennis, and Charlie seek revenge on another bar after their 10-year ban in a local flip-cup tournament is lifted, but find they need serious practice. Dee discovers new skills, and Frank wears tight pants.

Director: Randall Einhorn | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 2,862

32. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Get Me Out of Here! (2011)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A fraternity pledge master is found dead in an open grave, and the team soon suspects that one of his pledges may be buried alive in another cemetery in New York City.

Director: Scott White | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 337

33. Cold Blood (2008–2012)
Episode: Shot in the Dark (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

A budding college football player's life is cut short when his 21st birthday party ends with his brutal murder. A gun shot to the head with a bullet wound so exact that Lexington police ... See full summary »

Director: P.J. Naworynski | Stars: Perry Norton, Todd Royle, Jakub Gronowski, Samy Osman

34. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)
Episode: Your Body Is a Battleground (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Both Daphne and Bay have to make things right in their lives. Kathryn invites Renzo over for dinner.

Director: Lea Thompson | Stars: Sean Berdy, Lucas Grabeel, Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano

Votes: 83

35. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)
Episode: Love Seduces Innocence, Pleasure Entraps, and Remorse Follows (2014)

TV-14 | 40 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Bay enlists Tank's help to prove Emmett is being "catfished." Daphne rises above her fear to help someone from her past.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Sean Berdy, Lucas Grabeel, Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano

Votes: 100

36. Atlanta (2016–2022)
Episode: North of the Border (2018)

TV-MA | 31 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Paper Boi is quick to regret his decision to play a show at a college campus that Earn arranged.

Director: Hiro Murai | Stars: Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, Khris Davis

Votes: 3,046

37. MacGyver (2016–2021)
Episode: Bozer + Booze + Back to School (2018)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Mac and the team go undercover on a college campus to find an operative who is recruiting students to carry out deadly attacks; Jack joins bounty hunter Billy Colton in the hunt for a ball jumper.

Director: Tessa Blake | Stars: Lucas Till, George Eads, Tristin Mays, Justin Hires

Votes: 569