Sixteen Candles

1984 • 93 minutes
4.2
33 reviews
81%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

Sam Baker's (Molly Ringwald) 16th birthday should be perfect and memorable, but her whole family is so preoccupied with her older sister's (Blanche Baker) wedding that they completely forget her big day. But catching the eye of Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling) would make everything better for Sam. Anthony Michael Hall, John Cusack, Gedde Watanabe and Haviland Morris co-star in writer-director John Hughes's classic 1980s teen-angst comedy.

Ratings and reviews

4.2
33 reviews
Karlton Dolo
November 23, 2018
A charming, funny, coming of age story.
Caroline Davies
June 23, 2019
Fab 80's film my 10 year old also loved it 😁
Payal Trivedi
August 20, 2021
Perhaps best possible films made in this story like 👍