Updated May 24, 2025, by Anthony Jeanetta.Good Will Hunting remains a classic movie about mentorship, growing up and overcoming your past. This list was updated to include more of the best movies ...

The best Boston movie ever? According to Boston.com readers, it's "Good Will Hunting," which beat "Jaws" in our fan-voted film bracket.

On Dec. 5, 1997, Miramax unveiled 'Good Will Hunting,' the heartfelt drama starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Robin Williams.

Empire gave the movie all five stars. "Good Will Hunting is, simply, as good as movies get". You might also like: The best Prime Video movies to stream this month.

It’s been almost 20 years since ‘Good Will Hunting’ opened in theaters, launching the careers of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and giving birth to the modern Boston movie.

Movie Review: Good Will Hunting. Published: Apr. 14, 2011, 3:30 p.m. For the first 20 years of his life, Will Hunting has called the shots. Now he's about to meet his match.

Matt Damon Wrote The First Treatment Of Good Will Hunting For A Playwriting Class At Harvard. Several years before his name would be called at the Academy Awards, Matt Damon initially started out ...

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been friends since their early childhood. Both stars won their first Oscar award together for "Good Will Hunting" in 1989 and remain very close.