20 Movies Capturing All the Prom Night Drama
We know exactly what’s in store for us as the high school movie plot reaches senior season. Dramatic prom coronation. Spontaneous speeches that somehow sound according to the script. Synchronized dance numbers. An exhilarating, powerful ballad from the 80s, even though the film is set in 2008. My prom experience wasn’t like this, but I went to high school in a small town that didn’t have a significant dance scene. Maybe your graduation was like a movie. (I wouldn’t deny, of course, that school dances in real life are absolutely imbued with drama.)
There are disparate prom and school dance scenes from all over movie history, but that image literally exploded in the John Hughes-infused 1980s, with peaks and troughs in the following years (1999 must be some kind of record). So, just in time for prom season in the real world, let’s visit some of the best and most memorable proms and high school dances in movie history.