The Best Movies to Have Playing During a Party
Over 300 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Movies to Have Playing During a Party
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Films that are great to have on at a party
The party movie. While similar in concept to a movie good for drinking games, it is an altogether different animal (though there are some crossovers that play to both). It is a fine art to choosing a flick to play in the background of your party, and there are many factors to consider. For starters, what movies play well without sound (or drowned out by music and party chatter)? What movies have you and your guests seen so many times that they know them by heart?
Sometimes a party needs a movie. What type are you throwing? Theme, frat, or holiday? Consider your guests. Are they friends and family, or co-workers and acquaintances? Teens? Adults? Frat guys? What vibe do you want for the party? Comedy? Introspection? Class? Nostalgia?
As you can see, there are endless variables to weigh when choosing the right party movie for your big shindig. This list of the best party movies should help get you started. Vote up the films you think are best for parties or add one you always put on during a big bash.Ranked by
- Actors: Matthew Broderick, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Kristy Swanson, Ben Stein
- Directed by: John Hughes
A definitive high school film, for the nostalgic half-watching party-goer.Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, ...more- 21984
- Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis
- Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Bill Murray. Bill Murray at every party. The rest of the cast is pretty amazing, too.After the members of a team of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become "ghostbusters" to wage a ...more - 31980
- Actors: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges
- Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Steve Martin in his heyday. Comedy gold.This spoof comedy takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that were released in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot with a ...more - 41996
- Actors: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
We miss this Adam Sandler so much, take a trip down memory lane to the glory days of Sandler comedy.All Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) has ever wanted is to be a professional hockey player. But he soon discovers he may actually have a talent for playing an entirely different sport: golf. When his ...more - Actors: John Belushi, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen, Tim Matheson
- Directed by: John Landis
THE classic party movie, plain and simple.When they arrive at college, socially inept freshmen Larry (Thomas Hulce) and Kent (Stephen Furst) attempt to pledge the snooty Omega Theta Pi House, but are summarily rejected. Lowering their ...more- 61993
- Actors: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray
- Directed by: Harold Ramis
Once again, Bill Murray. At. Every. Party. Great to catch classic moments here and there or watch in full.Phil (Bill Murray), a weatherman, is out to cover the annual emergence of the groundhog from its hole. He gets caught in a blizzard that he didn't predict and finds himself trapped in a time warp. He ...more
