The arrival of ones 21st Birthday party means being able to see a wider range of movies and tv shows that were off limits at a younger age. Now is a good time to put together a movie night with some party supplies and serve food for the guest who are going to watch a couple of movies. One such movie comes to mind and that is Red Dawn the original movie was made back in 1984 and was directed by John Milius. The movie starred several different actors such as; Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, C. Thomas Howell, Brad Savage and Dareen Dalton. The movie was set to take place in Colorado as the U.S. is invaded by Soviet Forces. The storyline takes place during the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Spin the clock forward to 2011 and find a new version updated to current time is the new Red Dawn (2011). This movie is directed by Dan Bradely and stars the following actors and actresses; Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Adrianne Palicki, Josh hutcherson, Isabel Lucas and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Once the audience makes it through the first movie for this 21st Birthday party, then time permitted another movie maybe in order. Here is an additional list of possible movies to consider showing later on, starting with Dirty Dancing which stars Patrick Swayze in this 1987 romantic movie that is about the coming of age. The movie was directed by Emile Ardolino and features Jennifer Grey, both her and Patrick had worked together in the earlier mention film which was back in 1984. The party supplies could be set either to a Patrick Swayze style theme or that of the summer of 1963 when the Dirty Dancing film was set in.