Like Totally 80's - Sixteen Candles

Teen flicks were as popular in the 80’s as they are today, perhaps even more so. One specific film called Sixteen Candles set into motion the careers of Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and John and Joan Cusack. These stars would later come to dominate the teen movie scene throughout the decade.

Samantha Baker is an average high school sophomore who naturally has a crush on senior Jake Ryan, one of the most popular guys on campus. When the movie opens it is the morning of Samantha Baker’s 16th birthday. Unfortunately, it is also the day before her older sister’s wedding. As a result the entire Baker family forgets it’s her birthday much to Samantha’s astonishment. Upset and annoyed that her family forgot Samantha attends the school dance and that is where the laughs really start. What ensues includes a peep show in none other than the boys’ bathroom of the underwear Samantha gives to freshman geek Farmer Ted, the slightly bizarre antics of an Asian exchange student named Long Duk Dong (aka the "Donger"), and a wild high school party. "No more yankie my wankie, the Donger need food!"

Despite the comical ups and downs everything turns out well for the movie’s heroine. Not only does her family finally remember her birthday, but Samantha ends up with the guy of her dreams, the very hot Jake Ryan.

Considered part 80’s popular culture, Sixteen Candles is considered the movie which launched the beginning of the Brat Pack film movement. Today movies such as Sixteen Candles and other Brat Pack films are synonymous for an entire era of teen entertainment.

Actor, Michael Schoeffling, didn't do much other acting. He and his family (wife and two children) live quietly in northeastern Pennsylvania, where the once teen dreamboat operates a successful business building fine hand-crafted furniture. Does that make him even more sexy or what?

Sixteen Candles, 1984