Sixteen Candles 1984
Sweet sixteen, and nobody remembered.
A high school girl's sixteenth birthday is anything but special, her family forgets about it while preparing for her older sister's wedding, the boy she has a crush on has a girlfriend, and she suffers from multitude of embarrassm...
Samantha wakes up on her sixteenth birthday to find her family wrapped up in her older sister's upcoming wedding, and her big day seems to have slipped everyone's mind. Between a string of awkward mishaps at school and a crush who seems completely out of reach, she begins to wonder whether anything will go right. Her only hope is that someone will finally notice her.
Where to watch Sixteen Candles
Is Sixteen Candles worth watching?
Most people think so. It holds 7/10 on IMDb, a strong score.
How long is Sixteen Candles?
1h 33m: a short one, easy for a weeknight.
Is Sixteen Candles OK for kids?
Rated PG in the US: fine for most kids, though some scenes may need a parent nearby.
Where can I stream Sixteen Candles?
You can rent or buy it on Prime Video in the US (button above). For subscription services, JustWatch shows where it's streaming today, since that changes month to month.
- Released
- 1984
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Directed by
- John Hughes
- Starring
- Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry
- Genre
- Comedy, Romance
- Box office
- $23,686,027
