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Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
92 Minutes
Director
Emilio Estevez Molly Ringwald Judd Nelson Paul Gleason Anthony Michael Hall John Kapelos Ally Sheedy Perry Crawford
jock bad boy popular girl outcast nerd principal charming melodramatic engaging touching amusing library illinois gym storage closet football field street high school detention teen angst
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Comedy
USA
1986
103 Minutes
Director
Matthew Broderick Alan Ruck Mia Sara Jennifer Grey Jeffrey Jones Edie McClurg Lyman Ward Cindy Pickett Charlie Sheen Ben Stein Del Close
teenager best friend girlfriend principal sister amusing charming chicago family home restaurant school rebellion siblings scams school escape rivalry 1980s
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.
Comedy, Other
USA
1987
92 Minutes
Director
Steve Martin John Candy Laila Robins Michael McKean Kevin Bacon Dylan Baker William Windom Edie McClurg
salesman husband wife thief police officer madcap endearing chicago wichita, kan. motel airport truck airplane travel thanksgiving friendship family luck weather transformation
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving with a lovable oaf of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.
Comedy
USA
1984
90 Minutes
Director
Molly Ringwald Anthony Michael Hall Michael Schoeffling Paul Dooley Justin Henry Gedde Watanabe Blanche Baker Carlin Glynn Edward Andrews Billie Bird Carole Cook
teen girl nerd hunk friend sister foreign exchange student charming touching quirky emotional suburbia family home high school adolescence coming of age birthdays fitting in teen romance family growing up
A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
Comedy, Fantasy
USA
1985
94 Minutes
Director
Kelly LeBrock Anthony Michael Hall Ilan Mitchell-Smith Bill Paxton Suzanne Snyder Judie Aronson Robert Downey Jr. Robert Rusler Barbara Lang
nerd best friend dream girl older brother teen girl bully madcap endearing hilarious tender chicago suburb mall party family home high school adolescence science gone awry sexual fantasy self-esteem
Two high school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, but she turns their lives upside down.