The 25 Craziest Parties In Movies

The recent “found footage” craze in cinema has mostly existed in the horror genre, but the March 2 release of producer Todd Phillips's (The Hangover) new comedy-drama, Project X, uses the technique to document what three teenage friends (newcomers Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, and Jonathan Daniel Brown) are hoping will be the greatest house party of all time. With a party this big, however, things are bound to go wrong. And go wrong they do. We’re talking total chaos wrong.

Regardless of how Project X’s bash ends, the film gives us a good excuse to run down The 25 Craziest Parties In Movies. There’s enough loud music, heavy drinking, nudity, and general debauchery in this list to make Caligula blush. And that’s exactly how we like it. Cheers!

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Chances of getting laid (1-10): 1. Do you plan to fill your bed with creepy non-blinking teddy bears? No? Then you’re out of luck.

The drink situation (1-10): 1. We’ve never been big fans of Ewok juice.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. There isn’t a big police presence on Endor. That said, you may need to watch out for Imperial Stormtroopers.

How’s the music? (1-10): 1. The tunes here are pretty bad, unless you’re a big fan of Ewoks rocking out to the “Yub Nub” song.

What do you do after you’ve defeated the Imperial forces and blown up the mighty Death Star? Well, if you’re Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), you head back to Endor to cremate your father’s body and armor on a funeral pyre before partying your ass off with Ewoks.

At some point during the night you’ll see the spirits of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker, but what’s most important is that you chill out with your friends, light some tiki torches, eat some Ewok grub, and listen to those shifty little teddy bears sing the “Yub Nub” song. Now that’s the pimped-out life of a Jedi Knight.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. This was the swingin’ '70s! Everyone with a pulse was getting lucky, right?

The drink situation (1-10): 7. Mixed drinks and hard alcohol in classy glasses with silly umbrellas. Fun and fruity!

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. Like we said, it was the freewheelin’ '70s! Anything goes!

How’s the music? (1-10): 8. A great mix of funkadelic hits from the 1970s. Highlights include Bill Withers’ “Use Me” and Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son.” Bonus point for Will Ferrell & The Channel 4 News Team’s cover of “Afternoon Delight.”

Adam McKay’s Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy helped usher in the 1970s…in 2004. The endlessly quotable flick has also helped turn Will Ferrell into a megastar, and for good reason.

The Saturday Night Live veteran turns the Ron Burgundy character into a living, breathing, hilarious cliché. Burgundy and the film have become a virtual quote machine for comedy loving people everywhere. After learning that Burgundy and his news team have held onto their lead as the highest-rated news program in San Diego, they decide to throw a wild swingin’ pool party to celebrate.

Sporting nothing but his undies and a robe, Burgundy walks around the party with his alcoholic beverage in a cup with fruit and an umbrella. He sees the beautiful Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) and immediately hits on her, unsuccessfully. Not one to be deterred, Burgundy finds a good time with a lighthearted cannonball demonstration in the pool. We love every minute of it. You stay classy, San Diego!

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 5. Not a lot of hooking up shown, but we assume there’s some pairing off during the drunken debauchery.

The drink situation (1-10): 4. Beer. You’ll see a theme here among the high school and college party scenes. Enough to get Kat to do a sweet table dance before vomiting all over the swing set outside.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 3. No police interference here. On your merry way.

How’s the music? (1-10): 4. Mostly forgettable tunes by the likes of Sister Hazel, The Cardigans, Letters to Cleo, and Le Tigre. Bonus point awarded for Heath Ledger’s heartfelt rendition of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”

What’s better than watching Heath Ledger pour out his heart to Julia Stiles by singing “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You?” Here’s what: Seeing that very same Julia Stiles get so trashed at a house party that she ends up dancing on a table before heading outside and barfing all over the swing set.

It’s all much more charming than you can probably picture it in your head. The 1999 modernization of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew isn’t the best adaptation the legendary bard has ever seen, but 10 Things I Hate About You might just be the one that threw the best party. Drunken teenager, fistfights, teenage boys striking out, and unexpected love connections make this film one hell of a pleasant surprise.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 8. If the Sherminator can get laid (well, almost get laid), then you have a very good chance of successfully bedding someone.

The drink situation (1-10): 6. Shots! And lots of beer in cups, but this time they’re clear and blue rather than your typical red Solos. Loss of one major point for what Stifler drinks in his beer.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. Unless somebody starts having sex with pastries again.

How’s the music? (1-10): 6. You’d think it’s going to be brutal when the party starts with “One Week” by the Barenaked Ladies, but there’s actually a nice mix of mid-'90s poppy punk music including Blink-182, Shades Apart, and Goldfinger. Loss of one point for the use of Sugar Ray and Third Eye Blind.

If you ever went to high school, chances are damned good you knew someone exactly like Steve Stifler. Every high school had one, and everyone knew that he threw the best parties.

Stifler’s party in the 1999 Weitz Brothers flick American Pie is a pretty typical high school party with a few gross-out gags and wild moments thrown in. Everyone’s trying to hook up with someone. There’s beer everywhere. And the geeks have trouble getting in. Tell us you haven’t been here before.

Stifler starts by downing shots and ends up with his face in the toilet bowl after downing a “tainted” beer. It’s a party scene that’s become a classic for a new generation that grew up on American Pie movies rather than Animal House films.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 3. The Womynists’ protesting outside the frat house kind of put a damper on the mating.

The drink situation (1-10): 6. Your typical college drinking experience filled with beer and hard alcohol in red Solo cups. Yum!

Chances of police interference (1-10): 3. Who’s going to break up a party when P-Funk is playing? Seriously!

How’s the music? (1-10): 10. An appearance by George Clinton & P-Funk makes this party a winner in the soundtrack department.

You know you’ve thrown a kick-ass party when it’s not only good enough to raise the funds needed to keep your frat house, but it’s also so beloved that you get the college president fired. Such is the epic party thrown by James “Droz” Andrews (Jeremy Piven) and The Pit in Hart Bochner’s 1994 comedy PCU.

Droz gets the entire student body involved and even gets George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic to put on a live performance. Some have called the film a blatant Animal House rip-off, but you show me where in Animal House we get to see P-Funk. Yeah, that’s right. Nowhere.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 4. Hot chicks dressed slutty for Halloween, but they’re in high school. Oh, and the really hot ones are stuck up little bitches.

The drink situation (1-10): 5. Solo cups full of mixed drinks are de rigueur at this party.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 2. This one’s pretty tame compared to most of the parties on this list.

How’s the music? (1-10): 4. Do you remember “Milkshake,” by Kelis? How about Pink’s “God is a DJ”? Yeah, we don’t either. Bonus point for the film actually using a quality song in Blondie’s “One Way or Another.”

Didn’t you know that Halloween parties are really just excuses for hot girls to dress like complete sluts? Indeed, that’s pretty common knowledge these days, but apparently no one told Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan).

While all her female classmates are in short skirts and cat suits and making out with each other in the hallway, she shows up to the party wearing her zombie bride costume. Brutal. Cady decides to drink away the humiliation of the moment only to forget her limits and drink so much that she ends up puking all over the boy she likes. Classy move, Cady. Classy move. Moral of the story? When in doubt, dress like a slut.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 7. You’d think it’d be higher if your best friend’s name is “Boof,” but you’re more likely to get a make-out session in a closet than take someone home.

The drink situation (1-10): 3. A whole lot of beer in enormous silver kegs and clear cups. At least they’re having fun with it.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 2. All the cops love a teen wolf!

How’s the music? (1-10): 6. Lots of bad '80s synth, but there are two classic moments: the wolf dance set to “Big Bad Wolf” and the use The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA” while Scott surfs atop Stiles’ van.

You pull up to the party driving your buddy Stiles’ van with him laying on top. Now that’s how you make an entrance! The party’s already spilled out into the lawn and more kegs are starting to pile in. It doesn’t even matter that there’s already a keg tower forming in the living room. The bash really picks up when two girls in whip-cream-bikinis wiggle around on the floor trying to untie themselves and Chubby has to eat an entire bowl of green Jell-O out of Rhonda’s shirt.

But that’s nothing compared to the “two minutes, anything goes” you have to spend with your female buddy Boof in the closet. You start making out and before you know it, you’ve ripped her shirt to shreds with your wolf claws. Dude, control yourself! Oh, screw it. Have fun before you go home and go full teen wolf in the bathroom.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. Naked girls everywhere and people hooking up in every corner. You know you’re going home with someone when the party is called the “Dressed To Get Screwed” party.

The drink situation (1-10): 7. Your typical college booze. Beer and hard alcohol lead the way to drunken debauchery.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 6. College parties are usually pretty safe from police interference, but the “End Of The World” party did tend to get a bit out of control.

How’s the music? (1-10): 6. Mostly late '80s tunes featuring the Cure, Love and Rockets, Yazoo, and Erasure. The film’s mostly more dark than joyous. Bonus point for the film’s fantastic use of “Without You” during the suicide scene.

Of all the parties and films on this list, the one seen in Roger Avary’s 2002 dark comedy The Rules Of Attraction just might be the most depressing. Tucked away in northeast New Hampshire, Camden College looks like the perfect liberal arts school to enjoy your college experience while learning a few things. Only, it’s not. It’s pretty friggin’ dark.

You’d think that parties with names like “Dressed To Get Screwed” would be the most fun you’ve ever had, but they’re just glossy covers for all the crap everyone’s trying to avoid dealing with in their lives. There’s plenty to drink, tons of nakedness, and it’s pretty much guaranteed that you’ll get laid, but don’t think it’s going to make you happy. Nope. Instead, you’ll probably end up slitting your wrists in a bathtub while listening to Harry Nilsson’s “Without You.” Depressing, right? Maybe you should spend that money on therapy instead of some fancy liberal arts school in New Hampshire.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 6. Pretty good, as long as everyone stays awake and doesn’t get too high.

The drink situation (1-10): 4. Beer, beer, and more beer. It’s cheap and does a good job of getting you drunk, even if it might not taste so hot.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 8. Drunk (and high) high-school teenagers partying in the woods? Even in the much more laid-back 1970s scene, this could attract the fuzz.

How’s the music? (1-10): 9. Another batch of great '70s tunes! While Boogie Nights stuck more toward the funky music, Dazed And Confused leaned more heavily on the metal and rock and roll genres. This flick also led to two soundtrack albums.

Richard Linklater’s 1993 coming-of-age comedy Dazed And Confused features one of the most amazing ensemble casts of all time. Just look at some of these names: Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, and Joey Lauren Adams. Wow. And the one thing that bonds all of these stars together? They sure know how to throw a high school party. At least on film.

After listening to some tunes at the Emporium, drinking, smoking a truckload of pot, and playing mailbox baseball, the Lee High School students (and the older dude who can’t stop hanging out with high school kids, played to perfection by McConaughey) all head out to the vacant field under the Moonlight towers to tap a few kegs before the night is through.

What follows is a nearly perfect depiction of a high school kegger thrown in the middle of the woods. There’s beer flowing, fights starting, people making out, and everyone ultimately learning that sometimes a good party can bring people together in ways they never imagined possible. Or maybe they can just get really drunk and stoned. Either way, it’s a good time.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. You’re partying with drug-filled porno makers. If you can’t get lucky here, you can’t get lucky anywhere.

The drink situation (1-10): 8. With Reed Rothchild behind the blender, mixing up drinks, you know they’re going to be totally awesome and very strong.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 3. Heavy drug presence could raise red flags, but with Jack Horner’s pad tucked away up in the hills, you should be fine.

How’s the music? (1-10): 10. Classic, fun '70s tunes including Melanie’s “Brand New Key” and K.C. & The Sunshine Band’s “Boogie Shoes.” The music is so good, in fact, that it spawned two soundtrack albums.

Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) sure knows how to throw a party, doesn’t he? And we’re not even talking about the New Year’s Eve bash where Little Bill (William H. Macy) takes out his porn star wife (Nina Hartley) and her lover before turning the gun on himself in front of everyone.

No, sir. We’re talking about the pool party Horner throws where he introduces his newest star, Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), to the rest of his porn stable. Diggler gets to meet his buddy Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly) and compete in an impromptu dive competition with him. He’s told to whip it out and show The Colonel his “gift.”

There’s coke and speed and alcohol drinks in pretty little glasses. And there’s The Colonel’s date overdosing in sobbing dude’s arms. The party’s not only fun to watch, but it’s also a microcosm of where the rest of the film is about to go.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 1. Unless you want to sleep with the fishes, you should probably keep your mitts off any females in the Corleone family.

The drink situation (1-10): 7. We assume the wine was flowing heavily at this little shindig.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. The police know better than to mess with The Godfather.

How’s the music? (1-10): 7. It depends on your feelings about live bands singing classic Italian tunes. We dig it.

We know what you’re thinking: What the hell is Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather doing on this list? Right? Let’s not forget, though, that the entire trilogy begins with a party.

Yes, that’s right. Don Vito Corleone’s daughter Connie (Talia Shire) is getting married in a beautiful traditional Italian backyard wedding. There’s a fancy live band, wine flowing like crazy, family all around, and even Momma Corleone gets up to join in with a quick song.

Sure, there’s no naked ladies running around or anyone doing keg stands, but what other party could you possibly have Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) hearing requests, one of which leads to Jack Woltz waking up with a severed horse head in his bed? Go ahead, name one. We dare you.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 9. You know what they say about foreign girls, right? Oh, you don’t? Me neither.

The drink situation (1-10): 10. Can you say hallucination-inducing Absinthe? Strong enough for you to make out with your sister.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 5. Probably not a huge chance of police showing up, but if they do, watch out. No one wants to get in trouble overseas.

How’s the music? (1-10): 10. But that’s only because Matt Damon’s rendition of “Scotty Doesn’t Know” is an absolute classic.

After being outed as a cuckold by none other than Matt Damon and his awesome performance of the song “Scotty Doesn’t Know,” Scott Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz) decides to travel with his friends to Europe to meet up with the German pen pal he mistakenly assumed was a dude.

The fun begins, however, when Scott and his buddies arrive at a nightclub while overseas. First they’re treated to a Euro version of “Scotty Doesn’t Know” before Scott’s new friend Jenny (Michelle Trachtenberg) decides to down half a bottle of hallucination-inducing absinthe. It’s not long before she’s making out with her fraternal twin brother Jamie (Travis Wester) on the dance floor. Talk about a wild night!

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 1. Unless you’re Gary and Wyatt, there’s not a whole lot of bed filling going on.

The drink situation (1-10): 3. There’s a bartender, but not a ton of alcohol flowing.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. No police. But the chance of Mutant Biker Interference is a 10.

How’s the music? (1-10): 2. '80s synth cheese and the Weird Science theme. Rock out!

You’ve created the perfect woman (Kelly LeBrock) with your computer and a Barbie doll. So what do you do next? You get tricked into trying to create one for the bullies who are always picking on you, but you forget to connect the Barbie doll and, instead, create a ballistic missile that starts rising from your living room floor. Then Lisa, your “perfect” woman, decides to ramp up the party she’s throwing by inviting a group of mutant bikers to ride through your house and cause trouble.

All so you can learn to stand up to them. Phew! Talk about a wild party (any party with Michael Berryman in attendance is considered “wild” in our book). This whole virtual woman thing seems like a little too much work.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 4. Not a ton of hook-ups to be found here, but graduation parties are notorious for loving, so there’s still a chance.

The drink situation (1-10): 8. Good enough that they needed Lloyd Dobler to be the Key Master for the night. Oh, and one kid gets so plastered he can’t remember where he lives.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 3. These guys are pretty responsible (see above notes on the Key Master).

How’s the music? (1-10): 8. Aside from the legendary scene involving Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” blaring from Lloyd Dobler’s boombox, the soundtrack is packed with the likes of Living Colour, Cheap Trick, Fishbone, and Depeche Mode. Not too shabby.

The boombox scene in Say Anything… might be the film’s most famous sequence in the film (as well as one of the most iconic in all of cinema), but the 1989 comedy also shows viewers how to throw a great party.

Once Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) finally gets up the nerve to ask beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) out on a date, he pops on his classic duster and takes her to a big high school graduation party. They barely spend any time together at the party (everyone keeps asking Diane what she’s doing there while Lloyd has duties as the Key Master), but it’s a rousing success of a party (and first date) that is wild enough to get one partygoer so wasted that he can’t even remember where he lives.

We, personally, try never to get that wasted, but when we do we’re always happy to have a Key Master on hand to keep us safe.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. Naked women everywhere! Plus, this party was designed to get you laid. Just don’t take off your mask.

The drink situation (1-10): 1. No drinking that we could see, but we assumed everyone was super high before they came to get their freak on in funky costumes.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. Private residence. Cult-like secrecy. Seems safe enough, no?

How’s the music? (1-10): 1. Nothing fun, unless you really dig strange ritualistic chanting.

The great Stanley Kubrick’s last film might not carry the same clout as his earlier work, but it’s still a fantastic, heavy film that gets better with each viewing. And trust us when we say that the party in Eyes Wide Shut is unlike any other party on this list.

This one follows Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) cruising up to a very private residence in his bed masquerade ball costume, fumbling for the required password, and falling into company with the rest of the sex-hungry, orgy-lovin’ crowd. Yeah, it’s no house party.

Rather, it’s some weird ritualistic sex party, complete with weird chanting, strange costumes, and naked people everywhere. Now this is the kind of party we want to attend! Well, without the whole fearing-for-your-life element.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 4. Lots of hotties, but unless you’re rolling in dough they’re going to be tough to snag. Plus, they’re still in high school.

The drink situation (1-10): 7. Hard alcohol, body shots, and some recreational pot smoking make this a party smorgasbord.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. These Beverly Hills kids are richer than rich. I don’t think we have to worry about cops.

How’s the music? (1-10): 9. Lots of hip-hop and R&B until a later scene when we get to see The Mighty Mighty Bosstones live. Bonus point for the incredibly catchy “Rollin’ With The Homies” rendition by the late Brittany Murphy.

Just the thought of hearing Brittany Murphy singing “Rollin’ With The Homies” brings a tear to our eyes. OK, maybe not, but it is a highlight of Amy Heckerling’s 1995 Beverly Hills comedy Clueless.

The film, along with the hit TV series Beverly Hills, 90210, helped to define the ’90s more than any other pop culture entities. Sweet 1990s fashion, hip 1990s music, and hella fun 1990s parties. Body shots and pot smoking distinctly mark this high-class party scene.

Plus, we get some great scene chewing from Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, and Brittany Murphy, and an early performance from Paul Rudd. Not to mention the grandiose live performance by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Do you remember the Summer of Ska? Yeah… Neither do we.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. Fantastic! As evidenced by Fogell. You might not get to round third base (and she might even puke), but at least she’s in your bed!

The drink situation (1-10): 8. Beer and lots of the hard stuff, preferably in large laundry detergent bottles.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 10. The cops come busting in, but these guys are so inept, it doesn’t really matter. Party on!

How’s the music? (1-10): 6. The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa” makes up for a mostly bland, forgettable soundtrack.

Greg Mottola’s 2007 comedy Superbad quickly became a critical and commercial hit and catapulted its stars (Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse) into a whole new level of stardom. Not to mention that it introduced the world to the absolutely adorable Emma Stone.

The film’s party really starts when “McLovin” tries to buy alcohol and is introduced to the two bumbling cops played by Seth Rogen and Bill Hader. Then it’s onto smuggling alcohol in large laundry detergent bottles, bloody dance-floor grinding, head butts, black eyes, and failed sexual encounters.

Superbad is a hell of a fun film, but it’s also got its heart in the right place. It’s a buddy film masquerading as a wild party flick, and that’s why we love it. Plus, who couldn’t love McLovin?

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. If you’re the grandparents, that is. It's 6 if you’re anyone else.

The drink situation (1-10): 6. Mostly beer, but enough of it to make a huge beer can pyramid that The Geek promptly knocks over.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 6. Seeing that Jake Ryan’s house is completely trashed and Long Duk Dong is left wasted (and stranded) on the lawn, you’d think the chances would be higher.

How’s the music? (1-10): 8. John Hughes had a knack for selecting great music. This time around it included AC/DC, Kajagoogoo, The Specials, David Bowie, and Billy Idol. All good stuff.

If there’s anyone on this list that’s represented nearly as often as Todd Phillips, it’s John Hughes. Not only is Hughes the man most often credited with creating the 1980s teen movie craze, but he’s also crafted some of the finest party scenes in cinematic history. His directorial debut in 1984, Sixteen Candles, paved the way for classic films like The Breakfast ClubWeird Science, Pretty In Pink, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

The party in Sixteen Candles left Jake Ryan’s house completely trashed with beer cans everywhere, trees covered in toilet paper, and Long Duk Dong sleeping on the lawn. Oh, yeah, and there’s that whole thing about Ted (“The Geek”) being trapped under the table. It’s a sweet little party that led the way for a whole lot more.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 8. The combination of excessive alcohol and tons of lovely ladies everywhere makes for good chances for the dudes.

The drink situation (1-10): 7. Pepsi… That is, until a single funnel of beer unleashes the beast and turns Frank into “Frank the Tank.”

Chances of police interference (1-10): 6. It probably all would have ended OK if Frank the Tank didn’t decide to go streaking through campus.

How’s the music? (1-10): 10. This party’s like a live show topped off by a performance by the legendary Snoop D-O-Double-G.

Todd Phillips again? All this guy does is party! And that’s why we love him. You’d think that the star of his 2003 comedy Old School would be Mitch (Luke Wilson) since, you know, the party in question is literally named after him (“Mitch-A-Palooza). But all that changes when Frank (Will Ferrell) innocently shows up at the party (with two Pepsis in his hand, no less), gets goaded into funneling a beer and transforms into the legend known as “Frank the Tank.”

Ferrell quickly steals the show by getting absolutely obliterated, becoming the life of the party, and then drunkenly leads a solo streaking expedition through the Harrison University campus. If you’ve been to a party at any college campus in the past decade or so then you know just how much of a legendary icon “Frank the Tank” has become. You’ll hear his name mentioned during at least eight out of every 10 parties. Everyone seems to know someone like him, the ladies want to be with him, and the fellas wants to be him.

The only person who’s come out of Old School with nearly as much popularity is probably “Blue.” Almost as often as you hear “Frank the Tank” chants, you’ll hear someone say “You’re my boy, Blue!” If that doesn’t say enough about the lasting importance of the epic party in Old School, then I’m not sure what will.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 4. This party’s about getting down and having fun, not filling your bed. But if you win a dance off with Tisha Campbell and A.J. Johnson, you’re probably off to a good start.

The drink situation (1-10): 2. Not a whole lot of drinking shown, but we assume there were a few Solo cups passed around.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 10. Not only do the police show up, but they also seem to enjoy beating up Stab and his buddies.

How’s the music? (1-10): 7. Late '80s/early '90s hip-hop and R&B, and a whole lot of Kid ‘n Play. That’s the good stuff. Good enough, in fact, to put the soundtrack in the Billboard Top 200.

Any party that centers around a dance off featuring Kid ‘n Play is a great party in our book. The popular hip-hop duo literally rocked the house in the 1990 film House Party. And, well, rocked it a little less so in the myriad of House Party sequels that followed in subsequent years.

We’ll easily forgive all those sequels, though, because Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin gave us three things we’ll never forget: 1) a movie about house parties that has yet to be topped; 2) that epic dance-off with Tisha Campbell and A.J. Johnson; and 3) amazing hairstyles.

Forget every subplot of House Party and focus on the party itself and you’ll find that it’s a hell of a flick that still holds up fairly well today. It’s not only a fun diversion, but also a commentary on the state of the American teen in a generation when more and more they were being left… Oh, who are we kidding? It’s just a fun diversion.

If you’re looking for a party that’s full of hot, late '80s/early '90s hip-hop and R&B, and some funky dance moves, you could do a hell of a lot worse.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. When the bridal shower and the bachelor party ultimately collide, it turns into one big drunken orgy.

The drink situation (1-10): 10. You know the drinks and drugs are strong when a cocaine-snorting donkey bites it.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 10. The party is, in fact, eventually raided and broken up by the police.

How’s the music? (1-10): 8. Oingo Boingo, Wang Chung, The Police, and The Fleshtones? Hell yes.

Oh, how we wish Tom Hanks would go back to doing some of the comedy roles that defined his early Hollywood career. Don’t get us wrong, we love the dramatic, highly-skilled actor that Hanks has become, but it’s classic films like Bachelor Party, The Money Pit, and Joe Versus The Volcano that we’ll continue to watch over and over for generations to come.

Hanks’ performance as party animal Rick Gassko in Neal Israel’s 1984 comedy Bachelor Party might just be his most fun and out of control performance. When Gassko finally decides to settle down and marry Debbie Thompson (Tawny Kitaen), his friends decide to throw him the greatest bachelor party of all time. Debbie’s not exactly thrilled, but she’s getting a bridal shower too and, eventually, the two parties end up exploding into one big, wild, drunken orgy.

There are strippers and drinking and heavy drugs and a white donkey that not only snorts cocaine, but actually overdoses on it. You see, donkey, this is why we can’t have nice things!

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. If DJ Qualls can get lucky, your chances are damn good.

The drink situation (1-10): 3. DJ Qualls got wasted on wine. Wine, people.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 3. It’s loud, but the chances of a fraternity on the university campus being busted are small.

How’s the music? (1-10): 3. Mostly forgettable aside from the classic Run-D.M.C. hit.

We’re willing to bet that Todd Phillips, director of Road Trip (as well as The Hangover), was the hit of every party he attended in high school and college. Either that, or he’s been using his career as a writer and director to live vicariously through film, as this is his second film in the top 25 greatest parties on film. His 2000 comedy Road Trip has become a bit of a cult favorite over the past decade.

It’s largely because of the raucous party that Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Paulo Costanzo, and DJ Qualls attend at an African American fraternity at the University of Tennessee. After passing out from fear after the frat members played a prank on him, Qualls wakes up, gets hammered on some quality wine, and takes the lead as the party animal everyone suspected might be hiding under his skinny little frame.

Qualls’ epic dance to Run-D.M.C.’s “It’s Tricky” is easily the funniest moment in a pretty solid film. It not only turned him into a geek hero and the underdog star of Road Trip, but it also helped him get the girl. And by girl, we mean big Rhonda (Mia Amber Davis). How’s that for swagger.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 4. Nerd collision! When the Tri-Lambs throw a party and only the Omega Mus show up, it’s everyone sitting in chairs on the opposite side of the room. That is, until Booger pulls out his “wonder joints.”

The drink situation (1-10): 4. Who knows what Booger is mixing in those drinks. The party doesn’t really get started until the pot comes out.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 1. What self-respecting police officer is going to break up the biggest nerd party of the year?

How’s the music? (1-10): 3. Terrible music on the record player accompanied by a solo violin performance by Poindexter? Yeah, no thanks. It’s nearly rescued by the appearance of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” but by that time it’s too late.

So Skolnick, Gilbert, Poindexter, Wormser, Booger, and the rest of Lambda Lambda Lambda get stood up at their own party by the hotties of Pi Delta Pi. Who cares? The nerds decide to push forward with the shindig anyway, eventually inviting the equally geektastic ladies of Omega Mu over to party.

It’s slow going at first as they sit on opposite sides of the room, not even talking to each other, let alone getting funky. That all changes when Booger whips out a few of his “wonder joints,” they all light up, and the party turns into a laugh-filled affair with eyeglass-swapping, make out sessions, and dances to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” It’s a feel-good-party-story that only goes to show you that you can pick on the Tri-Lambs all you want, but you can’t keep a good nerd down.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10, if you’re Preston Myers or William Lichter. 1, if you’re Mike Dexter or Trip McNeely.

The drink situation (1-10): 8. Based purely on the awesomeness of William Lichter’s drunken rendition of one of Guns N’ Roses’ greatest tunes.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 8. Big party. Underage drinkers. You do the math.

How’s the music? (1-10): 7. A few quality '90s tunes pumped up by some classic hip-hop like Run-D.M.C’s “It’s Tricky” and Young MC’s “Bust A Move.” Bonus point for the repeated mention of Barry Manilow’s “Mandy.”

Before Jennifer Love Hewitt started talking to dead people (I wonder if she can talk to her corpse of a career now?), she starred alongside Seth Green, Ethan Embry, and Peter Facinelli in one of the greatest party films of all time. While the clothes may not have aged very well, the graduation party is still a crowd-pleaser in this late '90s take on the high school movie genre that John Hughes perfected in the '80s.

In fact, filmmakers Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont set Can’t Hardly Wait almost entirely at the party because they thought the best scenes in most teen flicks were the party scenes. We have Seth Green as a wannabe rapper trying to lose his virginity in a bathroom, Peter Facinelli as the jock bully everyone knew in high school (and Jerry O’Connell as the washed-up future version), Charlie Korsmo getting wasted and singing along to “Paradise City,” Jenna Elfman as an angel stripper, and Ethan Embry finally getting the girl after all.

Yeah, that’s a party we’d be thrilled to attend.

Chances of getting laid (1-10): 10. Chicks in togas, drinking heavily, usually lead to good odds in the bedroom department. Bonus points for Otter bagging the dean’s wife.

The drink situation (1-10): 6. Kegs, bottles, and beer cans everywhere. Beer is the drink of choice here.

Chances of police interference (1-10): 3. Rowdy college campus frats attract attention, but the cops stay away at Faber. It’s Dean Wormer you need to worry about.

How’s the music? (1-10): 10. A hearty rendition of “Shout” wouldn’t normally garner a perfect 10 rating, but when it’s performed live at your party by Otis Day and the Knights, it’s epic.

As if you didn’t already know National Lampoon’s Animal House would be number one on this list. Please. Not only did the 1978 John Landis comedy classic turn John Belushi into a certified legend, but it also helped usher in the gross-out comedy genre that continues to thrive to this day.

Considered by many to be the greatest party film of all time, Animal House is known for its brash, no-holds-barred attitude toward college, partying, and fraternity antics. Belushi took the character of John “Bluto” Blutarsky—a drunken slob of a seventh year college student with a 0.0 GPA—and made him into one of cinema’s most beloved underdog heroes. His “Toga! Toga!” chant has become synonymous with drunken debauchery, scantily clad women, and wild parties on college campuses all across the United States.

The party itself is somewhat tame (at least compared to what you’d see in gross-out films nowadays), but it’s an absolute classic. Togas galore, beer spraying everywhere, and a live performance of “Shout” by Otis Day and the Knights (a band that was created for the film itself but later went on to tour as a “real” band) highlights the evening.

But it’s also moments like Bluto smashing the douchebag guitar player’s guitar for no reason and Belushi’s impassioned, yet historically inaccurate, speech that make National Lampoon’s Animal House a real winner.