1984

Even though it was released in 1984, Sixteen Candles is one of those movies that still resonates today.

2003

Established in 2003, Sixteen Candles has made Sixteen Candles their personal duty and pleasure to bring all the great 80’s songs you love to life in full force.

part of a flurry of teen movies that came out in the 1980s and forever changed the landscape of 'growing up' films

Sixteen Candles was part of a flurry of teen movies that came out in the 1980s and forever changed the landscape of 'growing up' films.

one of the 1980’s John Hughes movies that is beloved by a generation of people who grew up on them

Sixteen Candles is one of the 1980’s John Hughes movies that is beloved by a generation of people who grew up on them.

one of the best films John Hughes gave us in the 1980s

Sixteen Candles is one of the best films John Hughes gave us in the 1980s.

in 1985 (or )

16 Candles came out in 1985 (or 86).

in 1985 (or 86)

16 Candles came out in 1985 (or 86).

a beloved classic of 1980s cinema

Sixteen Candles is a charming and nostalgic movie that captures the ups and downs of growing up, and has become a beloved classic of 1980s cinema.

in 1986

(For reference, John Hughes’ much beloved Sixteen Candles, which features the wildly inappropriate Long Duk Dong character, was released in 1986.)

2013

Sixteen released on 12 July 2013 and Ishq Actually released on 25 October of the same year.

1963

16 years was released on 13 September 1963.

the first in John Hughes' series of iconic 1980s teen movies which depicted the unfairness of having to go through puberty while attempting to graduate high school with a bunch of other people experiencing the same exact thing

Sixteen Candles was the first in John Hughes' series of iconic 1980s teen movies which depicted the unfairness of having to go through puberty while attempting to graduate high school with a bunch of other people experiencing the same exact thing.

a classic 80’s John Hughes film, with Molly Ringwald as the lead character whose birthday is forgotten in the frenzy surrounding our older terrier Rosie's sister’s wedding

Sixteen Candles is a classic 80’s John Hughes film, with Molly Ringwald as the lead character whose birthday is forgotten in the frenzy surrounding our older terrier Rosie's sister’s wedding.

1957

“16 Candles was released in 1957 alongside Presley’s motion picture of the same name.

1999

the 16th album and 15th studio album was released on March 23, 1999.

2008

The first of these, Sweet Sixteen, was made in 2008.

by Ned Tanen , the former president of Universal Pictures, who had just left the studio to set up an independent company, Channel Productions

Sixteen Candles was promptly optioned in 1983 by Ned Tanen, the former president of Universal Pictures, who had just left the studio to set up an independent company, Channel Productions.

the first in a string of Hughes films set in or around high school, including The Breakfast Club (1985)

Sixteen Candles became the first in a string of Hughes films set in or around high school, including The Breakfast Club (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), Weird Science (1985), and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986).

on this day in 1979

16 Candles was on this day in 1979 that the mini-series about slavery, Roots: Next Generation, premiered on US television – and on this day as far back as 1705 that Flora became the first opera to be staged in America, in Charleston.

1998

The posting was timed for the album's 15th anniversary, since the original disc was released November 23, 1998.