Creating a dropdownlist c# mvc3
<% List<string> foo = new List<string>();
   foo.Add("Showing");
   foo.Add("ComingSoon);"
   foo.Add("Out");

   Html.DropDownList(foo, Model.Status); %>

Html.DropDownList("Status",
    new SelectListItem[]{ new SelectListItem{ Text= "Showing", Value="Showing"},
    //same for others
});

<%: Html.DropDownListFor(model=> model.Status,
                         new List<SelectListItem>() {
                                new SelectListItem{ Text= "Showing", Value="Showing"},
                                new SelectListItem{ Text= "ComingSoon", Value="ComingSoon"},
                                new SelectListItem{ Text= "Out", Value="Out"}
                         }); %>

@{
    List<KeyValuePair<int, string>> dropdownList =
                                                        new List<KeyValuePair<int, string>>();
                dropdownList.Add(new KeyValuePair<int, string>(0,"Showing"));
                dropdownList.Add(new KeyValuePair<int, string>(1,"ComingSoon"));
                dropdownList.Add(new KeyValuePair<int, string>(2,"Out"));
                SelectList selectList = new SelectList(dropdownList, "key", "value", 0);

}

@Html.DropDownList("foo", selectList)