The Breakfast Club (1985)
Directed by John Hughes · 98 min · Comedy, Drama
64.2 TOPICAL score · #1,050 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
The Breakfast Club (1985, directed by John Hughes) has a TOPICAL score of 64.2 - ranked 1,050 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and lasting engagement, and lowest on awards. Critics: 89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 66. Audiences: TMDB 7.7/10 (8,777 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 53 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- Critics89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 66
- AudienceTMDB 7.7/10 (8,777 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 53 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read119,178 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Emilio Estevez (actor #1,287), Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall (actor #1,179)
“To emphasize its eminent position within the canon of American coming-of-age films and its continued influence to this day, scholar Björn Sonnenberg-Schrank called The Breakfast Club "the Citizen Kane of the teen film genre".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10