The 11 best house party movies and where to watch them now

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The classic party movie from the minds of National Lampoon revealed to the world just how deranged fraternity life is. And with their countless house parties, we were also introduced to the toga party.

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Long before Tom Hanks was "America's Dad" he was just another young comedic actor trying to make it in the business. And one of the highlights of that time is this 1980s raunchy comedy where he plays a guy who, on the eve of his wedding, is thrown a crazy bachelor party by his friends.

We follow the antics of Hanks' character and his friends bring a lot of debauchery to an unsuspecting hotel.

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Olivia Wilde's feature directing debut is this fantastic coming-of-age story about two best friends, Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever), who, after a high school career of studying hard and following the rules, decide to party hard for one night.

The movie features a yacht party and even a murder mystery party, and then its conclusion is a raging house party filled with make-out sessions and a great dance dream sequence.

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It's challenging to make a whole movie completely focused on a house party, but this high school romantic comedy pulls it off nicely as we navigate through different groups at the party.

The main focus is on outsider Preston Meyers (Ethan Embry), who decides on the night of the biggest party of the year he's going to profess his love to the most popular girl in school, Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt).

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Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic is a movie that features incredibly lush party scenes at the estate of the mysterious Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio).

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It's the house party movie that set the standard for all that would follow, and none can match the dance moves Kid 'n Play do in this.

But along with showcasing the comedy, rap, and dance talents of the popular 1990s hip-hop duo, the movie's director, Reginald Hudlin also highlighted the comedy talents of Robin Harris as the father and a young and upcoming comic named Martin Lawrence.

At its core, the movie shows that a house party is a perfect setting for all teen movie issues.

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A house party movie can also be the perfect setting for a horror movie.

In this Blumhouse horror, Octavia Spencer plays a lonely woman who allows a group of teens to drink in her basement. After a series of massive parties, the woman they call "Ma" turns evil and begins to do awful things to them.

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Director Todd Phillips combines all the college party elements and adds grown men to create this hilarious movie in which Mitch (Luke Wilson) turns his house into the epicenter for a brand new college fraternity made up of student outcasts and Mitch's friends (Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn).

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Tom Cruise's breakout movie has him playing a graduating high schooler who finds a new sense of freedom when he has the house to himself after his parents are out of town.

On top of the great score from Tangerine Dream throughout, the movie stands out thanks to its third act in which Cruise's character turns his house into a brothel to earn enough money to fix his parent's car (oh, and it's the same night he has his interview with a Princeton recruiter).

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The combination of a script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, producing by Judd Apatow, direction by Greg Mottola, and the talents of its leads Jonah Hill and Michael Cera all equaled to one of the best looks at high school life ever.

And it all focuses on getting to a house party that brings the promise of getting lucky, but, like all great parties, results in a visit from the cops (played by Rogen and Bill Hader).

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This John Hughes classic sprinkles in a fantasy element to the house party genre as outcasts-turned-studs Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ian Mitchell-Smith) prove they aren't wimps by rescuing their girlfriends at their party from a deranged group of bikers.