Related: Stars, Collaborators Remember John Hughes "I wanted to make a movie about what it was truly like to be 16," Hughes once said in an interview about the making of Sixteen Candles.

Gwyneth Paltrow surprised fans of the classic 1980s comedy Sixteen Candles by revealing an unexpected milestone for iconic heartthrob Jake Ryan. Director John Hughes's 1984 movie celebrated its ...

At 40 Years Old, Sixteen Candles Has Not Aged Well Technology and picture-wise, Sixteen Candles holds up as well as any of the other classic movies of the decade do.

It's not just Sam Baker who thought Jake Ryan was the "cat's meow." To Anthony Michael Hall — who played "the Geek" in Sixteen Candles — costar Michael Schoeffling was "like a big brother ...

Actor Michael Schoeffling has a big birthday coming up, and fans of his Jake Ryan in 'Sixteen Candles' are spiraling about it.

Gwyneth Paltrow surprised fans of the classic 1980s comedy Sixteen Candles by revealing an unexpected milestone for iconic heartthrob Jake Ryan. Director John Hughes’s 1984 movie celebrated its ...