The read
Scores higher than 90% of the 618 1970s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic79/100
1,733 audience votes
Key crew
- John LandisDirector
- Harold RamisWriter
- Chris MillerWriter
- Douglas KenneyWriter
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John BelushiJohn 'Bluto' Blutarski
- Karen AllenKaty
- Tom HulceLarry 'Pinto' Kroger
- Stephen FurstKent 'Flounder' Dorfman
- Mark MetcalfDoug Neidermeyer
- Mary Louise WellerMandy Pepperidge
- Martha SmithBarbara Sue 'Babs' Jansen
- John VernonDean Vernon Wormer
- James DaughtonGreg Marmalard
- Kevin BaconChip Diller
- Tim MathesonEric 'Otter' Stratton
- Verna BloomMarion Wormer
Stills
Movies like Animal House
Themes
collegefraternitydeanfraternity housenational lampoon'sprobation1960scollege freshmananarchic comedy
The Best Movies of 1978
Animal House is #11 of 60
