American teenager Samantha (Molly Ringwald) is despondent that her entire family has forgotten her sixteenth birthday, so caught up are they in the wedding of her sister the next day.
Samantha has a crush on classmate Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling), and she wrongly thinks he has no interest in her.
Matters are not helped by a party that evening at school, at which much mayhem breaks out, nor by the chaotic wedding day itself.
In December 1984, Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall both won Young Artist Awards as “Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture” and “Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture” for their roles in the film, respectively becoming the first and only juvenile performers in the history of the Young Artist Awards to win the Best Leading Actress and Best Leading Actor awards for the same film.
Samantha Baker
Molly Ringwald
Mike Baker
Justin Henry
Jake Ryan
Michael Schoeffling
Caroline
Haviland Morris
Long Duk Dong
Gedde Watanabe
Geek
Anthony Michael Hall
Jim Baker
Paul Dooley
Brenda Baker
Carlin Glynn
Ginny
Blanche Baker
Howard
Edward Andrews
Dorothy
Billie Bird
Helen
Carole Cook
Fred
Max Showalter
Randy
Liane Curtis
Bryce
John Cusack
Cliff
Darren Harris
Jimmy Montrose
Jonathan Chapin
Robin
Jami Gertz
Sara
Cinnamon Idles
Rudy
John Kapelos
Irene
Marge Kotlisky
Rock
Tony Longo
Jock
Steve Monarque
Bruno
Bill Orsi
Patty
Beth Ringwald
Tracy
Elaine Wilkes
Director
John Hughes
