Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "high-school-dance"

51. C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors go awry, and legions of murderous zombies are unleased upon a surburan neighborhood.

Director: David Irving | Stars: Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Gerrit Graham

Votes: 4,046

52. Baby It's You (1983)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Jack Davidson

Votes: 2,159 | Gross: $1.87M

53. The Rose Tattoo (1955)

Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper

Votes: 4,610

54. Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Approved | 124 min | Drama

The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Patrick Bedford, Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White

Votes: 2,482

55. The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007 Video)

PG | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Bullied by her peers, tired of her parents and bugged by her little brother, goth girl Cassie decides to get some harmless revenge by reading a scary book to her brother - summoning a monster in the process.

Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Emily Osment, Brittany Curran, Cody Linley, Alex Winzenread

Votes: 3,478

56. Christmas Wonderland (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

"Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator... See full summary »

Director: Sean Olson | Stars: Emily Osment, Ryan Rottman, Kelly Hu, Jacob Buster

Votes: 3,476

57. Boy Eats Girl (2005)

R | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.

Director: Stephen Bradley | Stars: Samantha Mumba, David Leon, Tadhg Murphy, Laurence Kinlan

Votes: 4,013

58. Raw Nerve (1991)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A race car driver has visions of the victims of a serial killer before their demise and tries to get a skeptic police detective and an ambitious reporter to help him find the killer.

Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Glenn Ford, Sandahl Bergman, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Ted Prior

Votes: 461

59. Fag (2019)

Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Thomas, a 17-year-old high school student, finds himself attracted to Esteban, another boy from his school. The rumor of Thomas's homosexuality is spreading fast, and he begins to suffer the gaze of others.

Director: Olivier Lallart | Stars: Paul Gomerieux, Jacques Lepesqueur, Yannis Perrier-Gustin, Henri Flesselle

Votes: 653

60. Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge (1999 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A seasoned police detective returns to her local hometown to investigate the shocking case of the rape of a mentally disabled girl. The town wants to hush up the incident, and is hostile to the investigation.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Heather Matarazzo, Sara Botsford, Scott Vickaryous

Votes: 652

61. Seven Girlfriends (1999)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A guy proposing is told that he has no idea how to have a relationship. On the way to the funeral of another ex, he goes on a road trip to find out what went wrong with the 7 girlfriends in his life by contacting them.

Director: Paul Lazarus | Stars: Laura Leighton, Tim Daly, Olivia d'Abo, Neal Lerner

Votes: 1,530

62. The Patsy (1964)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy

An incompetent bellhop is recruited to fill in for a deceased comedian.

Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris

Votes: 2,572

63. Death Clique (2014 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A jealous rivalry between three high school girls leads to a shocking crime.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Barbara Alyn Woods, Tina Ivlev, Lexi Ainsworth, Brittany Underwood

Votes: 1,468

64. Every Day (2010)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A comedy about a New York City couple (Schreiber and Hunt) in romantic and family crisis.

Director: Richard Levine | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Ezra Miller

Votes: 3,601

65. Truth About Men (2010)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mads, a 34-year-old scriptwriter, goes through a life crisis when a close friend has a stroke and ends up in a coma. Mads breaks up with his girlfriend of 10 years and tries to find a ... See full summary »

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Tuva Novotny, Rosalinde Mynster, Signe Egholm Olsen

Votes: 1,462

66. Fat Girls (2006)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

A gay theater-obsessed Texan high school senior has his heart set on Broadway stardom with an eye out for love. With the help of his 300-pound best girl friend, he embarks on a winning journey of self discovery.

Director: Ash Christian | Stars: Ash Christian, Jonathan Caouette, Evan Miller, Ashley Fink

Votes: 583 | Gross: $0.01M

67. Bart Got a Room (2008)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

While Danny's father and mother independently search for love, Danny is on his own desperate quest to find a prom date. Danny's search becomes progressively more pathetic once he and his family learn that Bart, the school's biggest dweeb, not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well.

Director: Brian Hecker | Stars: Steven Kaplan, William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat

Votes: 4,255 | Gross: $0.05M

68. The Restless Years (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

High-school life and the prejudices and moral values of small-town USA during the 1950s.

Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: John Saxon, Sandra Dee, Teresa Wright, James Whitmore

Votes: 248

69. That Hagen Girl (1947)

Passed | 83 min | Drama

Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there have been whispers, rumors and gossip about who her real parents are. After Tom Bates returns to... See full summary »

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell

Votes: 725

70. Confessions of Love (1985)

95 min | Drama, Romance

The trials and tribulations of two high school students deeply in love with each other, but facing the challenge of their completely different social backgrounds, during the twilight of the communist Romania.

Director: Nicolae Corjos | Stars: Adrian Paduraru, Carmen Enea, Teodora Mares, Ion Caramitru

Votes: 671

71. Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story (2004 TV Movie)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

In the small, predominantly working class town of Inniston, Ontario, Marc Hall is a high school senior with a promising future in his chosen career as lawyer. He is bright, well liked by ... See full summary »

Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Aaron Ashmore, Jean Pierre Bergeron, Marie Tifo, Mac Fyfe

Votes: 926

72. Almost Normal (2005)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time... See full summary »

Director: Marc Moody | Stars: J. Andrew Keitch, Joan Lauckner, Tim Hammer, Nils Haaland

Votes: 1,206

73. Pom Poms and Payback (2021 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

A group of high school cheerleaders look for revenge after being all betrayed by their boyfriends, but then they discover that their Coach might be the one behind all of their misfortune.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Shaylaren Hilton, Le'Priesh Roman, Jazlyn Nicolette Sward, Emily Killian

Votes: 176

74. The Unguarded Moment (1956)

Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect.

Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon, Edward Andrews

Votes: 495

75. Live to Tell: The First Gay Prom in America (1995)

27 min | Documentary, Short

Documentary about the first gay prom in America, that took place in West Hollywood, promoted by students of the EAGLES center, an alternative high shool.

Director: Charley Lang

76. Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)

90 min | Documentary

A high school in a small-town in Mississippi prepares for its first integrated senior prom.

Director: Paul Saltzman | Stars: Highschool Seniors of Charleston, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 667

77. Promtroversy (2005)

12 min | Comedy, Short

A popular high school girl asks out another girl to their senior prom just to get the attention she thinks she desires.

Director: Leanna Creel | Stars: Heather Habecker, Brianne Davis, Jane Lynch, Janna Bossier

Votes: 118

78. Grad Night (2006)

Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Nine friends one crazy night, grad night.

Director: Michael T. Fitzgerald Jr. | Stars: Coolio, Sam Sarpong, Aloma Wright, Howard Mungo

Votes: 751

79. Little Black Boot (2004)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Goth-girl Cindy admires beautiful Laurie from afar, until the night when she dresses as a boy for the prom. Will this gender-bending Cinderella find true love when she leaves behind her little black boot?

Director: Colette Burson | Stars: Carmen Plumb, Dania Ramirez, Jane Lynch, Anthony Woods

Votes: 179

80. Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)

84 min | Crime, Drama

A psychological drama of a young student (Veijo Pasanen) who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.

Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Veijo Pasanen, Aino-Maija Tikkanen, Matti Tamminen, Pia Hattara

Votes: 46

81. The Prom Queen (2000)

18 min | Drama, Short

A punk rock gay kid is attracted to one of the popular straight-identified students. The attraction is mutual but after a secret tryst, the closet meets the shower curtain at the high school prom.

Director: Agustin McCarthy | Stars: Todd A. Kovner, Ben Provo, Rusty Magee, Jacqueline Sydney

Votes: 52

82. Sci-Fi High: The Movie Musical (2010)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical

Mysterious forces complicate the everyday problems of high-school students in this quirky blast-from-the-past musical.

Directors: Dan Bellusci, Steve Dispensa | Stars: Dan Bellusci, Alicen Holden, Joe Botka, Steve Dispensa

Votes: 76

83. Melody in May (1936)

Approved | 20 min | Musical, Short

A glamorous jazz singer stays at a boarding house on vacation. When the proprietor's son is jilted for the school dance, she asks him to take her, instead.

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Ruth Etting, Frank Coghlan Jr., Margaret Armstrong, Joan Sheldon

Votes: 28

84. The Trouble Maker (1959)

12 min | Short, Drama

High school student Mel spreads rumors and gossip about others, trying to turn them against each other. He may learn the error of is ways when he turns his verbal attacks on the beloved football quarterback in front of the loyal students.

Director: Herk Harvey | Star: Bret Waller

Votes: 135

85. Madison Class of '64 (2006)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Features the coming of age of classmate teenagers on their last night before college. Those boys and girls are scheduled to leave Madison High School. That night, each has his own doubts ... See full summary »

Director: Sergi Rubió | Stars: Alba Madriles, Jaume Madaula, Gara Roda, Gerard Ballester

Votes: 23

86. Baby (2001)

20 min | Short, Comedy

A typical American family at a rest stop along a highway find an abandoned baby in the bathroom and soon encounter the mother intent on getting to her high school homecoming dance at all costs.

Director: Bridget Bedard | Stars: Terry Hempleman, Laura Esping, Siera Casey, Ariel Begley

Votes: 50

87. Doris (III) (2018)

7 min | Short

On the eve of his son's first high school dance, a father is tasked with making sure his heir knows about the birds and the bees.

Director: Philip Gostelow | Stars: Callum Coull, Christian Dethlefsen, Luke Hewitt, Jorja Knowles

88. Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story (2002)

60 min | Documentary, Biography

A young gay man fights to bring his boyfriend to the prom.After the local catholic school board denies him permission he must pursue his rights in the Ontario Courts system.

Director: Larry Peloso | Stars: Marc Hall, Cassandra Hood, Lance Ryan

Votes: 45

89. Junior Prom (II) (1946)

21 min | Short

Do's and don'ts of dating according to the film makers in the 1940's, including how to ask for a date, how to dress, corsages, dance cards and self-confidence.

Director: George Halligan

Votes: 31

90. The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972–1975)
Episode: Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby... (1974)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

An intern and his mother-to-be wife prepare themselves when they find out that they may soon be parents of quintuplets.

Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Judy Carne, Bert Convy, Nina Foch, King Moody

91. 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
Episode: Old Haunts in the New Age (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hanson and Penhall go into a high school to investigate an arsonist. They meet a student who claims to have premonitions of the crimes, and the entire Jump Street unit becomes drawn to the idea of the supernatural.

Director: Jefferson Kibbee | Stars: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen

Votes: 138

92. 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005)
Episode: Halloween (2004)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

The Halloween Dance is near. Since Bridget is the president, it's her duty to organize it - and since she's no good at it, the vice president seeks to replace her. C.J. has bad 1979 Dance memories but will be the 2004 head of security.

Director: Lynn M. McCracken | Stars: Katey Sagal, Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, Martin Spanjers

Votes: 163

93. Birds of Prey (2002–2003)
Episode: Lady Shiva (2002)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Oracle insists on handling an old Batgirl nemesis herself but can't keep the conflict contained. Dinah finds her super powers are a double edged sword in her social life.

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, Rachel Skarsten, Shemar Moore

Votes: 148

94. Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)
Episode: Pilot (1999)

TV-14 | 48 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1980, a group of high school students face various social struggles. Wealthy "brain" Lindsay wants to rebel. Her geeky freshman brother Sam and his two friends are targeted by a bully.

Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine

Votes: 2,823

95. Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Episode: Rory's Dance (2000)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Drama

Rory and Dean attend a formal dance at Chilton. A mishap leads to a fight between Emily and Lorelai.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Keiko Agena

Votes: 1,325

96. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode: A Love to Remember (1970)

TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

At Forrest University's 25-year reunion, Glenn Howard encounters the beautiful, troubled Edwina Booker who claims Howard jilted her at the senior prom. After a late-night tryst she vanishes... See full summary »

Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Gene Barry, Ray Milland, J.D. Cannon, Tom Bosley

Votes: 10

97. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: New Kids in Town (1998)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Three members of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 30th century travel back in time to stop Brainiac from killing Clark Kent in his youth.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Jason Marsden, Corey Burton, Jason Priestley, Chad Lowe

Votes: 426

98. Party of Five (1994–2000)
Episode: Personal Demons (1996)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Family

As Halloween approaches, Claudia is convinced that a curse is the cause of all the bad things that have happened to the family over the past few years. So, she hires an exorcist to "cleanse... See full summary »

Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Scott Wolf, Matthew Fox, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert

Votes: 75

99. Strangers with Candy (1999–2000)
Episode: Bogie Nights (1999)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

When a new student comes to Flatpoint High, the entire school is against him for being new. Jerri develops feelings for him and longs to ask him to the school dance, but to keep her rep in ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Lauer | Stars: Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Roberto Gari

Votes: 161

100. Strangers with Candy (1999–2000)
Episode: Jerri's Burning Issue (2000)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Jerri tells her new boyfriend that she's a virgin, but her claim is complicated by a case of syphilis she contracted while turning tricks, which she then gives to him.

Director: Peter Lauer | Stars: Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris

Votes: 120