Film Theme: Party Film

1.

Superbad

2007 film by Greg Mottola

Overview: Superbad is a 2007 American coming-of-age teen buddy comedy film directed by Greg Mottola, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and produced by Judd Apatow. It stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as ...

Release date: 17 August 2007

Genre: Comedy

Director: Greg Mottola

Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen, Martha MacIsaac

Producer: Judd Apatow, Evan Goldberg

Writer: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

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2000s English-language films 4,281T

2000s teen sex comedy films 19T

Films scored by Lyle Workman 20T

2.

Sixteen Candles

1984 film by John Hughes

Overview: Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut, it ...

Release date: 4 May 1984

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: John Hughes

Cast: Adam Rifkin, Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe

Producer: John Hughes, Hilton A. Green

Writer: John Hughes

A young girl's "sweet sixteenth" birthday becomes anything but special as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

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English-language romantic comedy films 626T

Films about teenagers 158T

1980s American films 3,440T

3.

How High

2001 film by Jesse Dylan

Overview: How High is a 2001 American stoner comedy film starring Method Man and Redman, written by Dustin Lee Abraham, and director Jesse Dylan's debut feature film.

Release date: 17 December 2001

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Jesse Dylan

Cast: Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatundé, Mike Epps, Anna Maria Horsford, Fred Willard

Producer: Pamela Abdy, Danny DeVito

Writer: Dustin Abraham

Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam.

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2000s English-language films 4,269T

2001 directorial debut films 124T

2001 comedy films 331T

4.

American Pie 2

2001 US comedy film directed by J. B. Rogers

Overview: American Pie 2 is a 2001 American sex comedy film directed by James B. Rogers and written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg from a story by Herz. A sequel to the 1999 comedy film American Pie, it is ...

Release date: 6 August 2001

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: J.B. Rogers

Cast: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Natasha Lyonne

Producer: Jane Bartelme, Chris Bender

Writer: Adam Herz, David H. Steinberg

Jim and his friends are now in college, and they decide to meet up at the beach house for some fun.

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2000s American films 7,187T

2000s English-language films 10,182T

2000s teen sex comedy films 24T

5.

The Hangover

2009 film by Todd Phillips

Overview: The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. It is the first installment in The Hangover trilogy. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms ...

Release date: 30 May 2009

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Todd Phillips

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Sasha Barrese

Producer: Chris Bender, Scott Budnick

Writer: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the ...

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2000s Hong Kong films 368T

2000s American films 7,178T

2000s English-language films 10,163T

6.

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

2002 comedy film directed by Walt Becker

Overview: National Lampoon's Van Wilder is a 2002 comedy film directed by Walt Becker in his directional debut and written by Brent Goldberg and David T. Wagner.

Release date: 4 April 2002

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Walt Becker

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn, Teck Holmes, Daniel Cosgrove

Producer: Peter Abrams, Kirk D'Amico

Writer: Brent Goldberg, David Wagner

The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate.

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2000s English-language films 4,275T

English-language German films 842T

2001 independent films 87T

7.

Spring Break

1983 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham

Overview: Spring Break is a 1983 American sex comedy film directed and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. It stars David Knell, Perry Lang, Paul Land and Steve Bassett. The film follows two sets of two college guys ...

Release date: 25 March 1983

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Sean S. Cunningham

Cast: David Knell, Perry Lang, Paul Land, Steve Bassett, Jayne Modean, Corinne Wahl

Producer: Sean S. Cunningham, Barbara De Fina

Writer: David Smilow

Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.

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1980s American films 3,365T

1980s English-language films 3,470T

Films about spring break 10T

8.

Sleepover

2004 film by Joe Nussbaum

Overview: Sleepover is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Joe Nussbaum, in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Alexa Vega and Mika Boorem with supporting roles from Jane Lynch, Sara Paxton ...

Release date: 9 July 2004

Genre: Comedy

Director: Joe Nussbaum

Cast: Alexa PenaVega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington, Sara Paxton, Brie Larson

Producer: Bob Cooper, Karen Lunder

Writer: Elisa Bell

Four best friends, desperate to improve their social status, enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

American coming-of-age comedy films 135T

2000s coming-of-age comedy films 31T

9.

Scary Movie

2000 film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans

Overview: Scary Movie is a 2000 American slasher parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans (who both also star), alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and ...

Release date: 7 July 2000

Genre: Comedy

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Cast: Carmen Electra, Dave Sheridan, Frank B. Moore, Giacomo Baessato, Kyle Graham, Leanne Santos

Producer: Andra Dalto, Eric L. Gold

Writer: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans

A year after disposing the body of a man they accidently killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.

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Films scored by David Kitay 53T

2000s English-language films 2,127T

African-American comedy horror films 16T

10.

Revenge of the Nerds

1984 film directed by Jeff Kanew

Overview: Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, and Bernie Casey. Its plot chronicles a group of nerds at the ...

Release date: 20 July 1984

Genre: Comedy, Thriller

Director: Jeff Kanew

Cast: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott

Producer: Peter Bart, Ted Field

Writer: Tim Metcalfe, Miguel Tejada-Flores

At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.

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Films about pranks 60T

1980s American films 3,423T

1980s English-language films 4,971T

11.

Old School

2003 film by Todd Phillips

Overview: Old School is a 2003 American comedy film directed and co-written by Todd Phillips. The film stars Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell as depressed men in their thirties who seek to relive their ...

Release date: 13 February 2003

Genre: Comedy

Director: Todd Phillips

Cast: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Piven, Ellen Pompeo, Juliette Lewis

Producer: Paul Deason, Daniel Goldberg

Writer: Court Crandall, Todd Phillips

Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

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2000s English-language films 2,128T

Films with screenplays by Scot Armstrong 4T

2003 comedy films 356T

12.

Not Another Teen Movie

2001 American comedy by Joel Gallen

Overview: Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 American teen parody film directed by Joel Gallen and written by Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Phil Beauman, and Buddy Johnson. It features Chyler Leigh ...

Release date: 7 December 2001

Genre: Comedy

Director: Joel Gallen

Cast: Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Mia Kirshner, Deon Richmond

Producer: Phil Beauman, Mike Bender

Writer: Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein

A sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades.

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2000s English-language films 4,261T

2000s teen sex comedy films 19T

2001 directorial debut films 124T

13.

Muscle Beach Party

1964 film by William Asher

Overview: Muscle Beach Party is the second of seven beach party films produced by American International Pictures. It stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and was directed by William Asher, who also directed ...

Release date: 25 March 1964

Genre: Comedy, Musical

Director: William Asher

Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, John Ashley, Don Rickles, Peter Turgeon

Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Robert Dillon

Writer: William Asher, Robert Dillon

Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.

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1960s English-language films 3,111T

1960s teen comedy films 11T

1964 comedy films 182T

14.

Live Nude Girls

1995 film by Steve White

Overview: Live Nude Girls is a 1995 American comedy film featuring Dana Delany, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Stevenson, Laila Robins, Lora Zane and Olivia d'Abo. The film writer and director Julianna Lavin (in her dir ...

Release date: 8 December 1995

Genre: Comedy

Director: Julianna Lavin

Cast: Dana Delany, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Stevenson, Laila Robins, Lora Zane, Olivia d'Abo

Producer: Barry Bernardi, Heather Bernt

Writer: Julianna Lavin

Four women get together for a bachelorette party.

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1990s English-language films 3,883T

1995 comedy-drama films 41T

1995 LGBT-related films 46T

15.

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1965 film by William Asher

Overview: How to Stuff a Wild Bikini is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie was directed by William Asher and features Mickey ...

Release date: 14 July 1965

Genre: Comedy, Musical

Director: William Asher

Cast: Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Harvey Lembeck, Beverly Adams, John Ashley

Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Anthony Carras

Writer: William Asher, Leo Townsend

Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana...

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1960s English-language films 3,110T

1965 romantic comedy films 17T

1965 musical comedy films 26T

16.

House Party

1990 American comedy film by Reginald Hudlin

Overview: House Party is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Christopher "Kid" Reid and Christopher "Play" Martin of the hip hop duo Kid 'n Play in their film debut, Paul Anthony, ...

Release date: 1 January 1990

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Cast: Christopher Reid, Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson

Producer: Warrington Hudlin, Gerald T. Olson

Writer: Reginald Hudlin

Kid decides to go to his friend Play's house party, but neither of them can predict what's in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their ...

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1990s English-language films 3,955T

1990 independent films 51T

1990 directorial debut films 55T

17.

Dazed and Confused

1993 film by Richard Linklater

Overview: Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film follows a variety of teenagers on the last day of school in Austin, Texas, in 1976. The ...

Release date: 10 September 1993

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Richard Linklater

Cast: Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Milla Jovovich, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg

Producer: Sean Daniel, James Jacks

Writer: Richard Linklater

The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.

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1990s English-language films 3,883T

American coming-of-age comedy films 135T

1990s coming-of-age comedy films 19T

18.

Can't Hardly Wait

1998 American film

Overview: Can't Hardly Wait is a 1998 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. It stars an ensemble cast including Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose ...

Release date: 12 June 1998

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan

Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green

Producer: Richard Graves, Karen Koch

Writer: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont

A complete graduating class, consisting of beautiful girls, geeks and promising footballers, assemble at a rich classmate's residence for a party. Int ...

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1990s American films 4,774T

Films scored by David Kitay 55T

1990s English-language films 6,439T

19.

Beach Blanket Bingo

1965 film by William Asher

Overview: Beach Blanket Bingo is a 1965 American beach party film directed by William Asher. It is the fifth film in the Beach Party film series. The film stars Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Linda Evans, Deborah ...

Release date: 14 April 1965

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: William Asher

Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, John Ashley, Jody McCrea

Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Anthony Carras

Writer: William Asher, Leo Townsend

Frankie, DeeDee, and the gang meet singing sensation Sugar Kane in a publicity stunt; they all get introduced to skydiving and get caught up in love.

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1960s English-language films 3,114T

1960s teen comedy films 11T

1965 comedy films 205T

20.

Bachelor Party

1984 film by Neal Israel

Overview: Bachelor Party is a 1984 American sex comedy film directed by Neal Israel, written by Israel and Pat Proft, and starring Tom Hanks, Adrian Zmed, William Tepper, and Tawny Kitaen. The film revolves around ...