Seniors are in the middle of planning possibly the biggest night of their high school career: Prom. With fancy floor length dresses, flocks of limos, and expensive gourmet dinners, a lot can go wrong. Hollywood has emulated every possible prom situation ever. Will your prom turn out to be straight from a rom-com or out of a horror film? Check out what we deemed as the most memorable movie prom scenes!
“Napoleon Dynamite”
Napoleon and Deb managed to win our hearts over in this comedic prom with their hideous outfits and awkward flirting on the dance floor.
“Pretty in Pink”
A classic 80’s take on prom. Poor girl Andie and rich boy Blane date until their friends and socioeconomic statuses break them apart. Andie ends up going to the prom alone where Blane realizes that he wants to be with her and they end up sharing a steamy kiss in the parking lot of their high school.
“Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire”
Okay, so it’s not exactly a prom, but the Yule Ball carries just as much weight in the wizarding world! We can’t help but warm with joy as Harry and friends attempt to find dates and act as awkwardly as only they can.
“Back to the Future”
It would be kind of cool to go back and time and see your parent’s prom! That’s exactly what Marty McFly did when he traveled back to 1955 and watches his parent’s first kiss at the “Enchantment Under The Sea” dance.
“Never Been Kissed”- This romantic comedy is about journalist Josie Geller who goes back to high school to write a feature on the popular people. She falls in love with her English teacher but he thinks she’s a high school student (DRAMA!). This movie culminates with a prom scene in which Josie wins prom queen and announces that she is actually 25 years old to the high school.
“Grease”
Good girl Sandy and bad boy Danny put aside their differences and rekindle their summer lovin’ romance at Rydell High School’s televised prom. Watch this movie for some date-stealing-pants-dropping-hardcore-dancing prom fun.
“Mean Girls”- After former home schooled jungle girl, Cady Heron goes from a “loser art freak” to one of the popular “plastics,” she manages to throw the whole school’s status quo out of whack and turn everyone in the school against her. At Northshore High School’s Spring Fling Prom, she is voted queen and makes a speech about how everyone is Prom Queen in their hearts. And of course, she then shares a kiss with the dreamy Aaron Samuels on the dance floor.
“Prom Night”- Donna and her friends are prepared for the best night of their lives, but what they don’t know is that it will turn out to be their worst. Donna’s former teacher/stalker recently escaped from a mental institution and hunts Donna down, killing her loved ones as he goes. Maybe they should have worried less about who was going to win prom queen and more about if they would survive the night.
“Carrie”
Some proms aren’t perfect, actually some are the exact opposite. Carrie White, an introverted telepathic girl is perpetually made fun of at her high school. At the prom, she is doused with pig’s blood which causes her to go on a murderous rampage. This movie based on the novel by Stephen King shows how sometimes prom can go very, very wrong.
Edina’s 2012 Prom probably won’t include crazy killers or undercover journalists, but it will definitely be a memorable experience!
