Sixteen Candles
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.
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Studio: Universal Pictures, Channel Productions
- Keyword: high school, birthday, nerd, convertible, crush, teenage crush, exchange student, night vision goggles, sweet sixteen, chastity, teenage angst, playful, high school romance, irreverent, lighthearted, sister's wedding, popular boy, whimsical, high school prom, cliché
- Cast: Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry