« previous Admit it. We all wanted a Jake Ryan at our high school. Heck, send him over to Tribute RIGHT NOW. Directed by ’80s teen movie staple John Hughes, Sixteen Candles follows Sam Baker (Molly Ringwald), a high school sophomore, on her, you guessed it, 16th birthday. However, her entire family has forgotten it because of […] next »

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Admit it. We all wanted a Jake Ryan at our high school. Heck, send him over to Tribute RIGHT NOW. Directed by '80s teen movie staple John Hughes, Sixteen Candles follows Sam Baker (Molly Ringwald), a high school sophomore, on her, you guessed it, 16th birthday. However, her entire family has forgotten it because of her older sister's fast-approaching wedding. But Sam has a bigger problem -- she's infatuated with the gorgeous Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling), who's a senior and already has a super popular girlfriend. What's a girl to do?

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