Movie poster for Sixteen Candles
TMDb Rating
6.7/10

2,166 verified votes

Sixteen Candles (1984)

ComedyRomance
93 min

"Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time."

Plot Summary

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.

Director

John Hughes

Top Cast

Molly RingwaldMichael SchoefflingHaviland MorrisGedde WatanabeAnthony Michael Hall

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