Sixteen Candles

Movie

1984

1h 33m

English

Drama, Romance

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Sixteen Candles

Movie

1984

1h 33m

English

Drama, Romance

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With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.

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Cast

Samantha Baker

Jake Ryan

Caroline Mulford

Long Duk Dong

Geek (Ted)

Mike Baker

Jim Baker

Brenda Baker

Ginny Baker

Howard Baker

Dorothy Baker

Grandma Helen

Grandpa Fred

Randy

Bryce

Cliff

Lumberjack

Ray Gun Geek #1

Jimmy Montrose

Geek Girl #1

Reverend

Female D.J.

Shower Double

Ray Gun Geek #2

Robin

Directed By: John Hughes

Written By: John Hughes

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Cb Uppercut says...

6 years ago

Didn't really expect to love this film cause it ain't my typical watch but what can I say John Hughes knows how to make a high school coming of age film.

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faithful soul says...

6 years ago

Surprisingly, considering I used to be a big John Hughes fan, I completely bypassed this movie. It's not one of his best, but for a child of the 80's like me, it still left a nostalgic glow. Still, it doesn't hold a candle (or 16) to the best Hughes movie of them all, The Breakfast Club.

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nmahoney416 says...

7 years ago

It's a nice movie. Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were both good. There are some funny moments and John Hughes definitely has a style. You just have to look past some of the situations that aren't politically correct now. Plus they had a fully naked women in this and its only rated pg, that wouldn't fly today.

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pedro-deleted-1553083453 says...

10 years ago

young people these days. they dont even dream what they missed... =) 80´s / 90´s were so amazing...

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drqshadow

7/10 5 years ago

Part sweet-hearted teenage romance and part raunchy National Lampoon comedy, which makes sense as this film represents a transition for first-time director John Hughes. Fresh from a post at the Lampoon magazine, where he penned the seminal classic Vacation, Hughes was about to revolutionize teen-gea More

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JPV852

4 years ago

Really fun, and funny, romantic-comedy that is to me akin to Ferris Bueller's Day Off style of humor from John Hughes (vs. something like The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink with a more serious tone or themes). Anyway, this was my first time seeing this and while I still place TBC and FBDO over th More

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John Chard

6 years ago

I've never bagged a babe. I'm not a stud.

It's Samantha Baker's 16th birthday and her family are so wrapped up in her sisters impending wedding, they have completely forgotten Sam's big day. Not only that but she has the hots for school hunk Jake Ryan who, apparently doesn't know she even exists. More

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