The Drunken Movie Checklist
If you don't have the money to go out, or just want to stay up for one or two more drinks at the end of the night, there is no better solution than a drunk movie. Here's our list of 51 of the best movies to watch while getting hammered. Enjoy!
1) Superbad
Why Watch It?: It's about a bunch of kids getting drunk, trying to get laid and extremely laid back cops. It's also a ridiculously funny film with plenty of quotes.
Best Bit: McLovin
2) Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Why Watch It?: It is a drug and alcohol fuelled trip through Las Vegas. None of the scenes connect together logically, which means it's fine if you're not paying too much attention.
Best Bit: The Merry-Go-Round
3) The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Why Watch It?: It has that B-movie style of ridiculous that you only get at around 2 a.m., which is probably close to the time you'll be watching it. There are also some extremely catchy songs, and Halloween costume ideas, to be found.
Best Bit: The Time Warp
4) The Avengers
Why Watch It?: Action movies take themselves too seriously and are hard to follow, so they don't make good drunk movies. The Avengers is basically a comedy with one massive set-piece in the end. That set piece is so massive and skirmish-y, you don't really need to be aware of what's happening to enjoy it.
Best Bit: The Hulk and Thor 'make up'
5) Anchorman
Why Watch It?: This is just an onslaught of epic one-liners that are perfect for quoting and yelling in a drunken state.
Best Bit: The News Team Battle Royale
6) Space Jam
Why Watch It?: Packed to the absolute gills with nostalgia, either for the 90s, or when you were a kid in general, thanks to the many toon cameos. This is fun, colourful, and requires zero thinking on your part to watch.
Best Bit: 'Michaels Secret Stuff'
7) Aladdin
Why Watch It?: I know I'm not crazy when I say that Disney movies make for great drunken viewing. Odds are, you know it like the back of your hand, it's funny, colourful, and easy to follow. Of all of them, Aladdin is probably the best. It's consistently funny, not a single bad song throughout and even has that little bit of action at the end.
Best Bit: Robin Williams' Genie
8) Grease
Why Watch It?: It's Grease. The Ultimate musical. If you're drunk, there's a good chance you like singing. This will serve you well!
Best Bit: "I've got chiiilllls..."
9) Nightmare on Elm Street 2/4/5/6
Why Watch It?: Any bad horror film works for a drunken movie, it's basically an hour and a half of laughing at stupid people do stupid things. The Nightmare On Elm Street sequels serve that purpose nicely, barely registering as horror at all. Watch the trailer if you don't believe me. Also note the absence of Elm Street 3, a genuinely scary sequel.
Best Bit: Freddy plays Video Games
10) This Is Spinal Tap
Why Watch It?: A mockumentary about hilariously stupid rock stars, playing awesome rock music? Why wouldn't you watch it? The way this film is set up, it's just like watching mindless reality TV. Only, you know, good.
Best Bit: Stonehenge
11) Spaceballs
Why Watch It?: It's not the smartest, or even the funniest, Mel Brooks movie there is, but it definitely works as the best drunken movie to watch. Easy to follow plot, lots of dumb Star Wars references to laugh at, and John Candy is a half man, half dog creature.
Best Bit: The great and wise Yoghurt
12) Dazed and Confused
Why Watch It?: It's a nostalgic fuelled trip through sex, drugs and rock n' roll. The 'plot' is basically a bunch of kids going to a party, and will probably make you feel mischievous. Lock up any paddles or sticks you might have lying around.
Best Bit: Stoner conspiracy theories
13) Black Dynamite
Why Watch It?: Taking Blaxploitation to new levels of inappropriate hilarity. This is easily the most ridiculous cop movie ever made, with kung fu, moustaches and babes aplenty.
Best Bit: Ninja Island
14) Billy Madison
Why Watch It?: Arguably the best Adam Sandler comedy from his heyday, this is one of the most 90's movies you'll ever see. It would never be made today, so it's as funny to watch as it is to see what we once considered 'comedy'
Best Bit: Steve Buscemi
15) Ghostbusters
Why Watch It?: Because you've seen this film a million times (probably, you better have) so you don't need to pay attention to stay on track. That, and Bill Murray. All of Bill Murray.
Best Bit: The Slimer capture
16) Batman Returns
Why Watch It?: Any of the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies work here because they're so cartoony. If you can stomach Batman and Robin, you might find it hilarious while drunk. If the original doesn't seem too serious, it might be a better watch. But Returns straddles the line of funny and awesome nicely, with great set-pieces to zone in and out of.
Best Bit: The march of the Penguin's penguins
17) Friday
Why Watch It?: It's a film about two guys who spend their day doing next to nothing and getting high. It barely goes anywhere as a story, and it's stupidly funny.
Best Bit: "You ain't got no sugar?! Daaaammn!"
18) Mortal Kombat
Why Watch It?: A glorious combination of action, silliness and 90's nostalgia. It also plays out like a playthrough of the game, with just one fight after another, so it's easy to dip in and out of while you and your mates attempt to flying kick each other.
Best Bit: "Those were 500 dollar sunglasses, asshole."
19) Wild Child
Why Watch It?: It's silly, girly and mindless. Girls can relate and laugh. Guys can't relate, but can laugh anyway.
Best Bit: Malibu Moment!
20) Army Of Darkness
Why Watch It?: The Evil Dead Movies are great for their singular comedy set-pieces (like Ash wrestling with his possessed hand), but Army of Darkness is consistently ridiculous, with plenty of opportunities for you to go "...wait, what? When did that happen?"
Best Bit: Tiny little minions attack Ash
21) Hot Rod
Why Watch It?: It's the story of an amateur stunt-man, trying and failing to do ridiculous stunts. Needless to say, he gets hurt. A lot.
Best Bit: Rage dancing and falling off enormous cliffs
22) Pirates Of The Carribean
Why Watch It?: It's a good movie, but a little difficult to follow. So why watch it? Easy: Jack Sparrow.
Best Bit: Jack Sparrow fights Will Turner in the blacksmiths.
23) Super Troopers
Why Watch It?: If you were a cop against your wishes and need to find a way to make your life more bearable, this is basically how you'd pass your time. Almost as many epic quotes as Anchorman as well.
Best Bit: Meow. Pull over meow.
24) Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Why Watch It: Because, hehehe, heehhehehehe, hehehehe, hehehehehehe, You said cock-pit.
Best Bit: The Great Cornholio
25) Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Why Watch It?: The original is a solid movie, with a good plot. Therefore, not a great drunken movie. The sequel, on the other hand, is just plain insane. Excessive comedy, and OTT set-pieces. Exactly what you want.
Best Bit: The Gremlins attack the science lab
26) Animal House
Why Watch It?: Because it is the perfect college movie and perfectly reflects what is happening in your drunken life right now. Also, the 80's, the best decade for movies.
Best Bit: Toga, Toga, Toga, Toga!
27) Mean Girls
Why Watch It?: Because it has been quoted so damn much at this stage, you don't even need to be aware what's happening to appreciate this movie!
Best Bit: Meeting the Plastics for the first time
28) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Why Watch It?: Another one for the nostalgia factor, this movie is like slipping into a heated blanket. It also has an incredible, criminally underrated, soundtrack that works really well to soothe your drunken mind.
Best Bit: Toon Town
29) Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery
Why Watch It?: Because if you've seen a bond movie, you don't need to know what's going on. And hearing Austin Powers yell "Yeeeaaah, Baby!" is likely to get everyone started yelling it.
Best Bit: Dr. Evil's son has Daddy issues.
30) Deep Blue Sea
Why Watch It?: As awful films go, this is pretty freaking terrible. Bad acting is just great to laugh at, and sharks, well....sharks and drunkenness just go hand-in-hand. Movie sharks, that is.
Best Bit: Sam L Jackson's sudden demise.
31) The Room
Why Watch It?: It's.....so........awful! :)
Best Bit: "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!"
32) Easy A
Why Watch It?: Like Mean Girls, Easy A is just a great movie for dipping in and out of, picking up quotes here and there. And seeing Emma Stone in a drunken haze, that's gotta be good. For guys and girls.
Best Bit: Pocket full of sunshine!
33) Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Why Watch It?: Our sense of humour is hardly sophisticated when we get drunk. We tend to laugh at funny words and silly accents a lot more than we would normally. This movie was made for, and by, people with that permanent sense of humour.
Best Bit: The Outrrrraaageous French Accents
34) Scrooged
Why Watch It?: If it's coming up to Christmas, you may need to get into the spirit with a drunken Christmas movie. Because everyone knows the story of a Christmas Carol (mainly from the Muppets) little attention needs to be paid, except when Bill Murray is being hilarious.
Best Bit: It's a TOASTER!
35) Starship Troopers
Why Watch It?: Action Movies usually don't work as drunk movies. But when they're this ridiculous, exceptions need to be made.
Best Bit: The hugely unnecessary shower scene
36) Shaun Of The Dead
Why Watch It?: Because even if you're drunk, the subliminal message of how to survive a zombie apocalypse might actually sink in.
Best Bit: "That was the second record I ever bought!"
37) Spice World
Why Watch It?: If you ever needed a reason to spark off an impromptu 90's disco, this film is will probably do the trick. Putting on the greatest hits CD would probably do just as well, but then you'd miss out on...
Best Bit: The bus driver is Meat Loaf
38) Waynes World 1 & 2
Why Watch It?: Both films are just about partying, being silly, and rock music. Also gives solid advice on how to start your own TV show.
Best Bit: Bohemian Rhapsody
39) 16 Candles
Why Watch It?: Because Molly Ringwald is adorable and this is also a great movie to spur on bitching about people you don't like.
Best Bit: "Am I turning you on?"
40) Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
Why Watch It?: If you watch this a few times sober, you begin to realise that there is next to no plot, and it's just a mass of pop culture/video game references, mashed in with fight scenes and comedy. Perfect drunken viewing.
Best Bit: "I'm in lesbians with you"
41) South Park: Bigger Longer And Uncut
Why Watch It?: It's a foul-mouthed musical about swearing and Cartman gets electrocuted about a million times in it.
Best Bit: The V-chip
42) School Of Rock
Why Watch It?: Nothing move fast in this film, so much of it is just people talking inappropriately in a classroom, punctuated with awesome music and band references.
Best Bit: Jack Black meeting the kids for the first time.
43) The Blues Brothers
Why Watch It?: There aren't many musicals that will make you want to physically get up and dance, but if any of them has a chance of doing it, it's the Blues Brothers.
Best Bit: Minnie the Moocher
44) Zoolander
Why Watch It?: The only thing funnier than watching this film is watching this film, zoning out, and then trying to remember why Ben Stiller is giving himself a wedgie.
Best Bit: The Underground Catwalk
45) Tropic Thunder
Why Watch It?: A combination of quotes, mindless action and slapstick comedy. Like Rambo for people with short attention spans.
Best Bit: Robert Downey Jr.'s character. All of it.
46) Jackass The Movie
Why Watch It?: People doing ridiculously stupid things, getting hurt and eating disgusting things? There's even a warning not to try this at home, perfect viewing material for drunkards.
Best Bit: The Finale.
47) Pineapple Express
Why Watch It?: This is a step-by-step guide on how not to have a drug trip. Needless to say, it's hilarious.
Best Bit: The Car Chase
48) Van Wilder
Why Watch It?: It's a modern(-ish) version of Animal House.
Best Bit: The eclairs
49) The Hangover
Why Watch It?: Aside from being a great comedy, it's a sly reminder of what your hangover is probably going to be like the next day.
Best Bit: The Mike Tyson cameo
50) The Nightmare Before Christmas
Why Watch It?: Another Christmas drunken movie, it has epic songs, an easy to follow plot, and ticks the nostalgia factor in terms of both movies and for a time when you believed in Santa. Which breaks through all drunken barriers.
Best Bit: "What's this? What's this? There's colour everywhere!"
51) Old School
Why Watch It?: The last of the Animal House clones, this one has a very Judd Apatow spin on it, and, again, almost no plot to speak of, which makes it easier to follow.
Best Bit: The old man fight