The story of a lovelorn teenage girl (Molly Ringwald) whose own family forgets her birthday, the film has continued to strike a chord with audiences to this day, even as they reconsider some of its ...

Back in the spring of 1984, Samantha Baker’s parents forgot her 16th birthday in the classic film Sixteen Candles. Written and directed by John Hughes, Sixteen Candles starred Molly Ringwald in her ...

Hughes was famous for writing his teen movies. His words were gospel, but Pollack said he would let his actors improvise. He wouldn’t always use it, but he’d film it. “The interesting thing, and it ...

What became of the stars who played Sam Baker, Long Duk Dong and Jake Ryan? Molly Ringwald, left, and Michael Schoeffling are shown in a scene from "Sixteen Cancles" in this 1984 film publicity image ...

It’s been four decades since Samantha Baker bemoaned the fact that everyone had forgotten her 16th birthday amid the chaos caused by her wacky sister’s impending nuptials. On May 4, 1984, “Sixteen ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Actor Paul Dooley, who portrayed Molly Ringwald‘s onscreen Dad in Sixteen Candles, has revealed that the film had one particularly perverted and incestuous line that he ...

Actor Anthony Michael Hall joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to celebrate the 40 th anniversary of film classic ‘Sixteen Candles’, his appearance at The Hobart Art Theater in Hobart, Indiana on Saturday ...

Social Justice Warrior’s have a new target: Generation X and the movies they love. New York Post film critic Sara Stewart claimed in her op-ed on Nov. 24 that the classic Gen-X coming-of-age movie ...

In what may be a controversial announcement, I maintain the belief Sixteen Candles is the best John Hughes film. Maybe because I've traditionally have horrific birthday stories my personal favorite ...