"Don't Graduate. Celebrate."

2002

1h 32m

6.0(1862 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

98 members

Acting

Ryan Reynolds

Van Wilder

Acting

Tara Reid

Gwen Pearson

Acting

Tim Matheson

Vance Wilder Sr.

Acting

Kal Penn

Taj Mahal Badalandabad

Acting

Teck Holmes

Hutch

Acting

Daniel Cosgrove

Richard Bagg

Acting

Deon Richmond

Mini Cochran

Acting

Alex Burns

Gordon

Acting

Emily Rutherfurd

Jeannie

Acting

Paul Gleason

Professor McDoogle

Acting

Erik Estrada

Acting

Curtis Armstrong

Campus Cop

Directing

Jason Winer

Panos Patakos

No Image

Acting

Chris Owen

Suicidal Freshman

Acting

Simon Helberg

Vernon

Acting

Aaron Paul

Wasted Guy

Acting

Ivana Bozilovic

Naomi

Acting

Kim Smith

Casey

Acting

Teresa Hill

Hot Female Doctor

Acting

Megan Gallagher

Holyoke Hottie

Acting

Jason Hopkins

Sick Boy

Acting

Lydia Hull

Lindsey

Acting

Mark Chaet

Business Manager

No Image

Acting

Michael Waltman

Coach Ken Massey

No Image

Acting

Cynthia Fancher

Ms. Haver

No Image

Acting

Michael Olowokandi

Leron

No Image

Acting

Darius Miles

Darius

No Image

Acting

Quentin Richardson

Quentin

No Image

Acting

Lamar Odom

Coolidge Chickadee Player

Acting

Nick Puga

Pimply Faced Freshman

Acting

Joshua Swanson

Annoyingly Peppy Freshman

Acting

Jesse Capelli

Desiree

Acting

Ronald Hunter

Gus

No Image

Acting

Jeremy Phillips

Overweight Freshman

No Image

Acting

Darcy Shean

Gwen's Mom

Acting

Harry Danner

Dr. Beeverman

Acting

Tom Howard

Gwen's Dad

No Image

Acting

John Colton

Dr. Henke

Acting

Sophia Bush

Sally

Acting

J. Patrick McCormack

Dean Mooney

Acting

Gregg Daniel

English Professor

Acting

Lauren Birkell

Cheesy TV Announcer

Acting

Teesha Lobo

Hot Indian Girl

Acting

Cheryl Bricker

Mrs. Henke

Acting

Christopher Sowers

Thin Pledge

No Image

Acting

Colin Campbell

Archive Guy

Acting

Willie Latimore

Ming Impersonator

No Image

Acting

Sean Marquette

Little Kid

Acting

Sterling Rice

Little Girl

No Image

Acting

Albert Owens

Another Doctor

No Image

Acting

Anderson Goncalves

Dorky Brother

Acting

Anne Varnishung

Gorgeous Secretary

No Image

Acting

Erik Audé

Martial Arts Freshman

Acting

Sarah Fairfax

Mrs. Seay

No Image

Acting

Travis McKenna

Milty

No Image

Acting

Lou Beatty Jr.

Library Man

Acting

Andrew Bilgore

Party Busting Cop

Acting

Alexia Chiaromonte

Stunning Co-Ed Freshman

No Image

Writing

Brent Goldberg

Freshman Interviewee 1

No Image

Writing

David Wagner

Freshman Interviewee 2

No Image

Acting

Chad Evans

Stoner Freshman

No Image

Acting

Brandon Kessel

College Kid

No Image

Acting

Ryan Carlberg

Worried Preppy Freshman

Acting

Matt Newton

Male Sophomore

Acting

Edie McClurg

Campus Tour Guide

Acting

Joyce Brothers

Dr. Joyce Brothers

Writing

Shaina Fewell

Hot Senior

No Image

Acting

Megan Litwin

Hotter Friend

No Image

Acting

Sarah Paul

Terri

No Image

Acting

Michelle Thomas

Sherri

No Image

Acting

Sirin Suprasert

Suk Mee

No Image

Acting

Mark Alfa

Tranny Stripper (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Megan Baker

Student (uncredited)

No Image

Directing

Walt Becker

Fireman (uncredited)

Writing

Jason Berry

Frat Boy (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Sean Brennan

Shoeshine DIK (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Chad Brokaw

DIK Brother (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Ryan Allen Carrillo

Roller Skater (uncredited)

Acting

Heather Charles

Luau Girl (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Tom Everett Scott

Elliot Grebb (uncredited)

Acting

Soren Fulton

10-Year-Old Boy (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Reid Godshaw

Drunk Boy (uncredited)

No Image

Sound

Sean Gordon

Roller Skater (uncredited)

No Image

Directing

Christopher D. Grace

Drunken Frat Guy (uncredited)

No Image

Production

Kelly Hayes

Luau Party Guy (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Jesse Heiman

Student on Couch (uncredited)

Acting

Summer Moore

Pajama Party Goer (uncredited)

Acting

Bonnie Morgan

Twisted Auditioner (uncredited)

Acting

Alex Nesic

ROTC Student (uncredited)

Writing

Steffen Schlachtenhaufen

Student Bartender (uncredited)

Acting

Jennifer Schlueter

Student (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Skyler Stone

Test Taker (uncredited)

Acting

Charlie Talbert

Stomach Guy (uncredited)

Production

Billy Taylor

Student (uncredited)

Acting

Nathan Todaro

Skating Rink Geek (uncredited)

Acting

Cassie Townsend

Student (uncredited)

Acting

Josh Waters

College Student on Campus Tour (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Nik Wilcox

Sycophant (uncredited)

No Image

Similar Movies

6.1

1984

The Wild Life

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Movie

5.4

2005

Extreme Dating

In this action-comedy, four twenty-something friends are looking for love and having no luck. While on a ski trip, one of them finds passion with a beautiful girl after a random accident on the icy slopes. The others quickly conclude that the extreme circumstances of the accident were what caused love to bloom. They decide that the path to true love is to purposely set each other up on "extreme dates" with the objects of their affections...

Movie

6.7

1978

FM

When a liberal music station's owners decide to introduce army recruitment ads, despite the protests of its manager, the rebellious DJs are determined to fight back, no matter the cost.

Movie

4.8

1988

Not of This Earth

An alien arrives on Earth looking to take human blood in an attempt to preserve his dying planet.

Movie

6.3

1980

Loulou

A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.

Movie

5.7

1991

There's Nothing Out There

Mike's obsession with horror movies means he can't help but expect to find a monster lurking around every corner. When he joins his friends for a weekend away at a remote lodge, Mike instantly senses that something isn't right. Can Mike use his movie knowledge to save his pals from a bloody end?

Movie

6.5

1991

Lovers: A True Story

Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.

Movie

5.4

2004

Freshman Orientation

A bored college student sees a prime opportunity to score with a hot coed who has made the assumption that he is gay, and he decides to play along when she follows her sorority leader's assignment to seduce then cut loose a series of misfits and losers.

Movie

4.0

2009

Phase 3

Follows the sexual stories of five Chilean couples.

Movie

6.6

2007

Love in the Time of Cholera

In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.

Movie

5.8

2006

Love and Other Disasters

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives with Peter Simon, a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento, she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.

Movie

4.0

1974

Bottoms Up

A scientist discovers a way to turn cow manure into energy. Two secret agents are dispatched to find out the formula but they devote more time to having sex with each other than they do going after the scientist. Pretty soon everyone in the area is after the scientist but they also wind up spending more time having sex with each other.

Movie

6.4

2005

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.

Movie

5.4

2000

Loser

On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty professor.

Movie

5.1

2001

Tomcats

College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- money Michael needs to pay a gambling debt. Problem is, the only other single guy is a hopeless womanizer!

Movie

5.9

1996

D3: The Mighty Ducks

The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.

Movie

5.8

1994

The Chase

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.

Movie

6.1

2003

Down with Love

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Movie

6.2

2008

Absurdistan

An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young couple's first night of love.

Movie

6.0

2006

The Last Kiss

Michael has a great job, has his 4 best friends, and is in love with a beautiful girl at 30. He loves Jenna but his life seems predictable until someone else enters his life. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.

Movie

Recommended Movies

5.1

2006

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.

Movie

5.4

2009

Van Wilder: Freshman Year

It is freshman year at Coolidge College and Van Wilder is ready to party. To his dismay, all the girls have taken a vow of chastity and the dean rules the school. Van embarks on a crusade to land the campus hottie, Kaitlin, and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.

Movie

7.2

2009

Sherlock Holmes

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

Movie

5.1

2002

Buying the Cow

A commitment-averse man frantically hits the dating scene after his girlfriend starts pressuring him to pop the question.

Movie

4.8

1999

Body Shots

The Los Angeles club scene is a place of booze-fueled decadence and debauchery. In a night full of possibilities, eight 20-somethings take to the clubs seeking good times, companionship and maybe a little sex. But in the harsh light of the morning after, their worlds are thrown into a spin of confusion when hungover Sara accuses hard-partying Mike of date rape. Loyalties are tested as each among them is forced to take sides.

Movie

5.8

2001

Josie and the Pussycats

Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.

Movie

6.7

1996

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.

Movie

7.8

2012

The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Movie

5.9

2009

2012

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

Movie

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control

5.0

2008

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control

Bumbling R&D inventors Bruce and Lloyd get out of the lab and into the field as they search to locate their latest invention - which has somehow gone missing. When you're used to spending your day inventing the most cutting edge spy equipment known to man, adapting the stealth and guile needed to become a true secret agent doesn't come naturally. Unfortunately the invisibility cloak that the pair recently collaborated on has disappeared, and in order to ensure that it doesn't fall into the hands of KAOS they will have to master the skills of a true spy. But how exactly does one find an object that's invisible to begin with? As the search gets underway, these brainy inventors are given an eye-opening crash course in high-level espionage.

Movie

6.0

2009

Leaves of Grass

An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.

Movie

6.0

2006

The Dead Girl

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.

Movie

6.0

1994

PCU

Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in nasty preppy Rand McPherson and the school's steely president. With their house threatened with expulsion, Droz and company decide to throw a raging party where the various factions will collide.

Movie

6.0

1983

Strange Brew

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.

Movie

5.9

2004

The I Inside

When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory. He learns that his brother was killed, he has married a woman he doesn't remember and he's haunted by strange visions of the woman he loved.

Movie

5.9

2001

Good Advice

An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.

Movie

6.9

2008

Einstein and Eddington

Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friendship during World War I, which leads to the creation of the relativity theory.

Movie

4.6

2008

College

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

Movie

6.8

2017

Jack Whitehall: At Large

Comedian Jack Whitehall takes the stage to tell stories about drinking, drugs, a Google Maps van and his ongoing rivalry with Robert Pattinson.

Movie

5.8

2009

Northern Lights

Hoping to leave behind troubled days in the Baltimore city police department, Nate Burns journeys to Alaska, where he takes up a quiet life as a small-town sheriff and begins a romance with spirited bush pilot Meg Galligan). But when Meg's father turns up dead, Burns finds himself thrust into the limelight of a dangerous murder investigation.

Movie