The Graduate
This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.
1967 • 107 min • Drama · Romance · Comedy
Synopsis
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Our family guide
Best from age 16- 50 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 76 Audience · 3757 · 49%
A disillusioned college graduate navigates an affair with an older married woman, only to find himself falling for her daughter. This classic drama explores themes of rebellion, societal expectations, and finding one's own path during a pivotal time in a young man's life.
- Violence & peril
- 1/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 4/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 6/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Sexual content and mature themes
- Alcohol use and smoking
- Complicated relationships
- Brief nudity and suggestive situations
What it models well
- Challenging societal norms
- Seeking independence
- Finding one's voice
Talk about it after
- Generational divides and expectations
- Consequences of impulsive decisions
- The meaning of happiness and success
- Defining love and commitment
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Top billed cast
Director: Mike Nichols • Crew: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry
Trailers & clips
Official Trailer restored in 4K
UK Re-release TV Spot
Theatrical Trailer (Remastered)
Official UK Re-release Trailer
"The Sound of Silence"
Hotel Room
"You're Trying to Seduce Me"
TCM Big Screen Classics Presents: 50th Anniversary
Reviewer notes
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers**A good example of a film that was extremely notable in its time, but that is not very relevant today.** This film is considered by some to be one of the best that US cinema has given us. It is also the film that catapulted to fame the discreet Dustin Hoffman, one of the most consistent and solid actors of his generation. There is no doubt that he deserved the status, in this and other films that followed.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersDustin Hoffman is great in this as the impressionable twenty-one year old "Ben" who falls prey to the wiles of the woman immortalised by Simon & Garfunkel. "Mrs Robinson" (Anne Bancroft) is married to the husband of his father's business partner. She is sexy, alluring, sophisticated - and he, well he is just young, naive and horny.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.6/10 (3,757)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $104,945,305
- IMDb
- tt0061722