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Booksmart (2019)

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Booksmart
Movie
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Molly talks Amy into finding a graduation party after realizing their classmates managed to get into good schools and have fun. Their hunt takes them to the wrong parties before it makes them say what they’ve been avoiding about life after school. Start here for the closest match to Seth and Evan’s friendship.
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Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

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Can't Hardly Wait
Movie
6.5/10on IMDb
Released
Preston brings a letter for Amanda to the graduation party, while his friend Denise arrives expecting to want nothing to do with the crowd. Pick this if you want to spend one night with a whole graduating class, as crushes and friendships get one last chance to change before everyone leaves.
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American Graffiti (1973)

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American Graffiti
Movie
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Curt and Steve are meant to leave for college in the morning, but their last night of cruising around town makes each reconsider what he’s leaving behind. Choose it when you want the goodbye underneath the jokes. The night moves from car to car, with the same radio station linking the friends’ stories.
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Prom Dates (2024)

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Prom Dates
Movie
5.2/10on IMDb
Released
Jess and Hannah promised each other a perfect senior prom when they were thirteen. Both lose their dates the night before and set out to find replacements. Pick this for a fast pair of best friends whose shared idea of a great night stops matching what each actually wants.
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5

Dazed and Confused (1993)

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Dazed and Confused
Movie
7.6/10on IMDb
Released
On the last day of school, older students think about summer and incoming freshmen try to get through their initiation. The evening’s gatherings shift from a planned party to wherever the group can land. Choose this if you like the conversations on the way to a party as much as the party itself.
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6

Blockers (2018)

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Blockers
Movie
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
Three friends make a prom-night pact, then their parents find out and trail them around town. Pick this if you like how a private plan in Superbad becomes everybody’s business. Here you also get the parents’ side of the separation anxiety as their daughters approach graduation.
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Yellow (1998)

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Yellow
Movie
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
Eight Korean American friends are about to graduate when Sin’s family store is robbed as he’s closing up before the party. The group rallies around him, sending the night in a direction nobody planned. Pick this for a graduation comedy-drama with more suspense and a strong sense of the friends’ neighborhood.
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American Pie (1999)

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American Pie
Movie
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
Four friends decide they should all have sex before high school is over, and prom becomes their deadline. Choose this if you want the more raunchy side of Superbad and the way peer pressure turns private worries into a group project. The story takes longer to get to its big night.
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Graduation (2007)

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Graduation
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Four friends use commencement as cover for a bank robbery meant to help pay for a sick parent’s care. Pick this if you like watching friends improvise when an ambitious plan goes wrong. The crime gives their loyalty a heavier test, even with one eye on walking across the stage.
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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

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I Love You, Beth Cooper
Movie
5.4/10on IMDb
Released
Denis turns his graduation speech into a public confession about his crush. Beth pays him a visit that night, and his friend Rich joins the ensuing misadventures. Pick this if you want the embarrassment of saying the wrong thing in front of everyone to launch the whole night.
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Bart Got a Room (2008)

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Bart Got a Room
Movie
5.7/10on IMDb
Released
Danny’s best friend is an easy person to talk to about prom, but he gets caught up in how he’ll look if he shows up without a date. The title comes from his shock that a classmate has already made even bigger plans for the night. Pick this for a gentler comedy about the pressure friends put on themselves.
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House Party (1990)

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House Party
Movie
6.5/10on IMDb
Released
Kid sneaks out after his dad grounds him, determined to make it to Play’s party. The dance-off and rap battle make the party feel worth the scramble to get there. Pick this for friends whose comic detours start before anyone even reaches the dance floor.
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The Myth of the American Sleepover (2011)

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The Myth of the American Sleepover
Movie
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
Four teenagers cross paths on their last night of summer before school starts. Their separate plans overlap at sleepovers and parties, with more awkward silences and missed signals than outrageous stunts. Pick this for the quieter feeling that everybody else knows how to have the night you want.
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Project X (2012)

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Project X
Movie
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Three high-school seniors plan a party to make a name for themselves, and a camera catches what happens when it grows beyond anything they can manage. Choose it if you want the party disaster in Superbad taken to its loudest extreme. The friendship takes up less room here than the spectacle.
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The Graduates (2010)

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The Graduates
Movie
4.4/10on IMDb
Released
Four friends head to Senior Week in Ocean City a day after graduation. They want a last blowout before college pulls them apart. Choose this if you want the send-off to stretch into a trip, with the low-budget looseness of a group that thinks it can get by without much of a plan.
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Take Me Home Tonight (2011)

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Take Me Home Tonight
Movie
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
Matt goes to a Labor Day party with his twin sister and his best friend Barry. They’re past high school, but the old crushes and the pressure to look as though they’ve worked out adulthood make the night feel like a second graduation. Try it for the worry about what comes next that makes Superbad more than a party movie.
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Plan B (2021)

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Plan B
Movie
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Sunny needs emergency contraception, and her best friend Lupe goes with her on a 24-hour search. Pick this for the same mix of frantic errands and surprisingly candid talk between friends. The stakes are more concrete than getting into a party, even when the detours get just as absurd.
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The Binge (2020)

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The Binge
Movie
5.3/10on IMDb
Released
Three seniors try to make it to a party on the one night their world allows drinking. Their trip through town puts the usual fear of missing out inside a deliberately silly dystopia. Pick this if you want the absurd side of Superbad turned up and the party mission kept front and center.
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Emergency (2022)

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Emergency
Movie
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
College seniors Kunle and Sean set out to finish a legendary campus party circuit, then find an unconscious stranger and have to decide how to help her. Pick this for a friendship tested by a night that takes a much darker turn. Their different ideas about calling for help give the comedy real consequences.
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21 & Over (2013)

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21 & Over
Movie
5.8/10on IMDb
Released
Casey and Miller surprise their friend Jeff on his 21st birthday, even though he has a medical school interview in the morning. Pick this if you want Superbad’s bad-plan comedy with friends who are already at a different stage of school. The coming interview gives the night a hard deadline.
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The Night Before (2015)

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The Night Before
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Three friends decide to end their yearly Christmas Eve night out with a search for a party they’ve spent years hearing about. Pick this if you want Seth Rogen’s messy-night humor with friends whose adult lives are already pulling them in different directions.
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