The Graduate (1967)

THING: Movie

GENRE: Drama/comedy

SYNOPSIS: Dustin Hoffman plays 21-year-old Ben, a directionless college graduate who has an affair with his parents' friend, Mrs. Robinson. Then he starts dating her daughter...

WHO WOULD LIKE THIS: Fans of movies with protagonists who aren't exactly sure that they want. Also, college graduates (see previous sentence).

IT'S KINDA LIKE: 'Californication.' While 'The Graduate' isn't as laugh-out-loud funny as Showtime's hit show, it shares the same awkwardness of a guy who regrets an affair completely out of his age-range and how it affects his other relationships. Both Ben ('Graduate') and Hank ('Californication') don't exactly know what they want, making their life choices unpredictable. 'The Graduate' falls on the more dramatic/romantic side, and Ben can often show hints of a 1960s Michael Cera.

YAY, NAY, OR MEH: Yay.

WHY? One word: Plastics.