Sixteen Candles (1984)

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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.

• Released: 1984-05-04
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 33m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 2,286 votes

Directed by John Hughes.

Top cast

• Molly Ringwald as Samantha
• Justin Henry as Mike
• Michael Schoeffling as Jake
• Haviland Morris as Caroline
• Gedde Watanabe as Long Duk Dong
• Anthony Michael Hall as Geek
• Paul Dooley as Jim Baker
• Carlin Glynn as Brenda Baker
• Blanche Baker as Ginny
• Edward Andrews as Howard

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Sixteen Candles

• United States: stream on Hulu, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, YouTube TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Now TV Cinema; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Crave, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on BINGE, Foxtel Now, Binge Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV

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