Sixteen Candles
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1984
1h 33m
PG
English
Drama, Romance
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Sixteen Candles
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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drqshadow
/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
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
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
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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