Sixteen Candles
“Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.”
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.
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Cast
47 people
Molly Ringwald
Samantha Baker
Known for
Riverdale
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Michael Schoeffling
Jake Ryan
Known for
Mermaids
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Haviland Morris
Caroline Mulford
Known for
Home Alone 3
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gedde Watanabe
Long Duk Dong
Known for
ER
Mulan II
Anthony Michael Hall
Geek (Ted)
Known for
Edward Scissorhands
The Breakfast Club
Justin Henry
Mike Baker
Known for
Kramer vs. Kramer
Reaper
Paul Dooley
Jim Baker
Known for
Cars
Insomnia
Carlin Glynn
Brenda Baker
Known for
Three Days of the Condor
Continental Divide
Blanche Baker
Ginny Baker
Known for
Holocaust
The Girl Next Door
Edward Andrews
Howard Baker
Known for
Gremlins
Avanti!
Billie Bird
Dorothy Baker
Known for
Dennis the Menace
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Carole Cook
Grandma Helen
Known for
Home on the Range
The Gauntlet
John Hughes Director · Ira Newborn Composer Bobby Byrne Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $24M · Budget $6.5M · United States release May 4, 1984
Box office
Budget
$6,500,000
Worldwide gross
$23,686,027
Gross vs. budget
3.6×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Channel Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Ireland · May 4, 1984
Theatrical
United States · May 4, 1984
Theatrical
United States
February 13, 2011 · Theatrical · AMC Exclusive Re-release
Australia
December 13, 1984 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 4, 1984 · Theatrical
Finland
December 21, 1984 · Theatrical
France
August 15, 1984 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1985 · Theatrical · YY/DD tbd
Greece
September 6, 1984 · Theatrical
Italy
April 27, 1985 · Theatrical
Japan
March 23, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 15, 2003 · TV · Net 5
September 22, 2005 · Physical · DVD
September 14, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
May 4, 1984 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 5, 2012 · Physical
Spain
August 14, 1985 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 26, 1984 · Theatrical
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