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  1. Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall.Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut, it was the first in a string of films Hughes would direct, centering on teenage life.The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success, earning $23.6 million against a $6 ...

  2. May 4, 1984 · Sixteen Candles: Directed by John Hughes. With Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris. A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

  3. With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha (Molly Ringwald) faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly ...

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  4. On the pivotal morning of her Sweet Sixteen, bright-eyed high school sophomore Samantha realises her family has forgotten her birthday. And with her older sister's wedding ceremony only hours away, Samantha has a lot on her plate: pluck up the courage to win over Jake, the handsome boy of her dreams; fend off persistent admirer Ted the Geek, and, hopefully, find love.

  5. May 5, 2014 · John Cusack (Bryce) His Sixteen Candles role as geek sidekick Bryce was only 17-year-old Cusack’s second film role, but by the following year, he’d graduated to lead in such films as The Sure ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Apr 21, 2010 · Sixteen Candle's success among female teenagers has to be considered within the context of the film industry. Teen-oriented films proliferated during the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with such dramas as Breaking Away [1979] and Diner [1982].

  8. "Sixteen Candles" is a sweet and funny movie about two of the worst things that can happen to a girl on her sixteenth birthday: (1) Her grandparents shrieking "Look! She's finally got her boobies!" and (2) her entire family completely and totally forgetting that it's even her birthday. The day goes downhill from there, because of (3) her sister's wedding to a stupid lunkhead, (4) her crush on ...

  9. Sixteen Candles - Metacritic. 1984. PG. Universal Pictures. 1 h 33 m. Summary Nothing seems to be going right for Samantha (Ringwald) on her sixteenth birthday. Her family forgets her birthday, she's in love with the school jock who doesn't seem to know she exists and the school nerd won't leave her alone. Comedy.

  10. Sixteen Candles. Romance 1984 1 hr 32 min AMC+. Available on AMC+, AMC, Philo, Prime Video, Sling TV. It's Samantha Baker's Sweet Sixteen and no one in her family remembers the important occasion. John Hughes, the writer of National Lampoon's Vacation, shows how coming-of-age can be full of surprises in this warm-hearted teenage comedy starring ...