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 ...

Few filmmakers had as much of an impact on '80s pop culture as John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, his 1984 directorial debut, was the film and cast that started it all, introducing the world to the ...

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 ...

Adam Rifkin eventually directed films like The Dark Backward, The Chase, Detroit Rock City, Look and The Last Movie Star. His first Hollywood job was playing the New Wave Nerd in Sixteen Candles. He ...

Toni Iguain loved “Sixteen Candles” as a teenager in the 1980s. But now, watching the classic John Hughes film as an adult, she’s horrified of what it might teach young people about sexual consent. In ...

Selena Gomez is working on bringing the 1980s classic coming-of-age film Sixteen Candles to your TV screens — and with a bit of a twist. In Latinx cultures, a quinceañera is celebrated on one's 15th ...

Molly Ringwald opens up about what scenes bothered her from Sixteen Candles In light of the recent #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, 80s icon Molly Ringwald is opening up about what scenes bothered her ...

The actor reflected on the controversial character in the 1984 John Hughes classic for its 40th anniversary. By Tatiana Tenreyro Over the past couple of decades, John Hughes‘ Sixteen Candles has been ...

Hall starred in 'National Lampoon's Vacation' at age 15 and 'Sixteen Candles at 16 Brendan Le is an Editorial Assistant at PEOPLE with three years of experience working as an editor and writer. Dave ...

See what the 'Sixteen Candles' cast, including Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall, have been up to since the John Hughes comedy movie hit theaters 35 years ago, on May 4, 1984. By Katherine ...