Genre: Drama Director(s): John Hughes Release Date: 07 February 1985 Movie rating: 7.9

Considered one of the greatest high school movies of all times, “The Breakfast Club” is one of the most beloved Hughes’ films in a long line of well liked films aimed at the young he made over the course of his career. The story unfolds over the course of eight hours and tells the tale of five troubled high school students forced to spend their Saturday together in detention under the watchful eye of the dictatorial vice principal. None of the five students are friends with each other, all belonging to different cliques and adhering to different stereotypes. John Bender (Judd Nelson) is a trouble maker and a rebel, Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy) is a misfit, Andrew Clark (Emilio Estevez) is a jock, Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald) is the school princess, and Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall) is a nerd. They are all placed under the care of the abusive vice principal Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason), who expects them to sit still for eight hours and write a 1,000 word essay on how they view themselves. Seemingly with nothing in common, the students share Bender’s marihuana and soon realize that they share a lot of mutual problems, mostly troubled relationships with their parents. Despite their differences they form a bond and decide to rebel against the evil vice principal.

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