Good Will Hunting

1998 · Directed by Gus Van Sant

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A Southie janitor at MIT solves math problems nobody else can and sees a therapist nobody else can reach. The Boston canon entry.

Why It's Cult

Good Will Hunting won Affleck and Damon their Oscar at 25 and 27 and launched two very different careers off the same screenplay. Robin Williams's "It's not your fault" is the most-parodied therapy scene in cinema. If you grew up in or adjacent to Boston, this movie is personal. If you didn't, it's still good.

The Plot, Officially

A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself, until one day he meets his soul mate who opens his mind and his heart.

Starring

Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

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