In the 1980's, the term Brat Pack was a moniker given to a group of young actors that appeared together in several films with a coming-of-age theme. There are are three categories of Brat Pack qualifying actors, beginning with the Core Members: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore. Then Brat Pack Adjacent: C. Thomas Howell, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey, Jr., James Spader. And those deemed Brat Pack by Association: Kevin Bacon, Matthew Broderick, Jon Cryer, John Cusack, Jami Gertz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Sean Penn, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lea Thompson. (Also, noted below are John Hughes credentials associated, thus, demonstrating how prolific a writer and director he was during this era.) These films may prove relatable for some, provide examples of interesting life choices for others, or make you laugh until you cry. These films are classic time capsules of the highest order with recognizable catch phrases and soundtracks that will haunt you for the rest of your days.
[1982/Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe] Follow the questionable antics a group of Southern California high school students courtesy...Show more
[1982/Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe] Follow the questionable antics a group of Southern California high school students courtesy of a few sub plots! Popular senior, Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold), thinks his life is made until he loses his girlfriend then loses his job. Simultaneously, Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Brad's kid sister, an attractive and well liked, yet naive teenager looks to her uninhibited friend, Linda, for advice on dating. Which Stacy soon finds herself involved in a love triangle with good guy, Mark (Brian Backer), and his friend, Mike (Robert Romanus). Meanwhile, Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), who spends his days surfing and being stoned, has repeated confrontations with a strict teacher, Mr. Hand, who has no time for Spicoli's antics. Some interesting highlights are appearances by lesser known actors at the time: Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, and Nicolas Cage.
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[1982/Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe] Follow the questionable antics a group of Southern California high school students courtesy...Show more
[1982/Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe] Follow the questionable antics a group of Southern California high school students courtesy of a few sub plots! Popular senior, Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold), thinks his life is made until he loses his girlfriend then loses his job. Simultaneously, Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Brad's kid sister, an attractive and well liked, yet naive teenager looks to her uninhibited friend, Linda, for advice on dating. Which Stacy soon finds herself involved in a love triangle with good guy, Mark (Brian Backer), and his friend, Mike (Robert Romanus). Meanwhile, Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), who spends his days surfing and being stoned, has repeated confrontations with a strict teacher, Mr. Hand, who has no time for Spicoli's antics. Some interesting highlights are appearances by lesser known actors at the time: Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, and Nicolas Cage.
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[1983/Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; adapted from the novel by S.E. Hinton] The Outsiders centers on two teen gang rivals in rural Oklahoma, the Grease...Show more
[1983/Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; adapted from the novel by S.E. Hinton] The Outsiders centers on two teen gang rivals in rural Oklahoma, the Greasers and the Socials. When Greasers' Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) and Johnny (Ralph Macchio) get into a fight that ends tragically for one of the Socials, the boys are forced to go into hiding. Ponyboy and Johnny, alongside Dallas (Matt Dillon) and their Greaser cohorts, soon find themselves contending with the consequences of their violent lives. While some Greasers try to achieve redemption, others meet tragic ends.
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[1983/Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; adapted from the novel by S.E. Hinton] The Outsiders centers on two teen gang rivals in rural Oklahoma, the Grease...Show more
[1983/Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; adapted from the novel by S.E. Hinton] The Outsiders centers on two teen gang rivals in rural Oklahoma, the Greasers and the Socials. When Greasers' Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) and Johnny (Ralph Macchio) get into a fight that ends tragically for one of the Socials, the boys are forced to go into hiding. Ponyboy and Johnny, alongside Dallas (Matt Dillon) and their Greaser cohorts, soon find themselves contending with the consequences of their violent lives. While some Greasers try to achieve redemption, others meet tragic ends.
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[1983] A high school student, David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games in th...Show more
[1983] A high school student, David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games in this cold war drama. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War, Lightman leads the supercomputer to activate the nation's actual nuclear arsenal in response to his simulated threat as the Soviet Union. Once the he realizes the gravity of what he's set in motion, and with help from his girlfriend, Jennifer (Ally Sheedy), together they must find a way to alert authorities to stop the onset of World War III.
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[1983] A high school student, David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games in th...Show more
[1983] A high school student, David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games in this cold war drama. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War, Lightman leads the supercomputer to activate the nation's actual nuclear arsenal in response to his simulated threat as the Soviet Union. Once the he realizes the gravity of what he's set in motion, and with help from his girlfriend, Jennifer (Ally Sheedy), together they must find a way to alert authorities to stop the onset of World War III.
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[1984/Written and directed by John Hughes] Samantha (Molly Ringwald) finds herself facing her 16th birthday with apprehension as it is overshadowed by her...Show more
[1984/Written and directed by John Hughes] Samantha (Molly Ringwald) finds herself facing her 16th birthday with apprehension as it is overshadowed by her sister's upcoming nuptials. As if her life couldn't get more complicated, she pines for upperclassman Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but worries that her worldly innocence will be a complete turnoff. Meanwhile, Samantha endures the incessant affections of the lesser cool, Ted (Anthony Michael Hall), seemingly the only boy to take any interest in her.
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[1984/Written and directed by John Hughes] Samantha (Molly Ringwald) finds herself facing her 16th birthday with apprehension as it is overshadowed by her...Show more
[1984/Written and directed by John Hughes] Samantha (Molly Ringwald) finds herself facing her 16th birthday with apprehension as it is overshadowed by her sister's upcoming nuptials. As if her life couldn't get more complicated, she pines for upperclassman Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but worries that her worldly innocence will be a complete turnoff. Meanwhile, Samantha endures the incessant affections of the lesser cool, Ted (Anthony Michael Hall), seemingly the only boy to take any interest in her.
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[1985/Written, directed and produced by John Hughes] Five high school teenagers from different walks of life show up for what should be a typical Saturday...Show more
[1985/Written, directed and produced by John Hughes] Five high school teenagers from different walks of life show up for what should be a typical Saturday detention. However, what happens when these teens combine, under the watchful eye of their principal (Paul Gleason). The group member has an allocated persona: rebel John (Judd Nelson), princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), outcast Allison (Ally Sheedy), brainy Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) and Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the jock. As detention progresses, each teenager divulges the reason they are there and perceptions, assumptions breakdown. When it's time to leave, their ideas about what their lives at school were have changed.
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[1985/Written, directed and produced by John Hughes] Five high school teenagers from different walks of life show up for what should be a typical Saturday...Show more
[1985/Written, directed and produced by John Hughes] Five high school teenagers from different walks of life show up for what should be a typical Saturday detention. However, what happens when these teens combine, under the watchful eye of their principal (Paul Gleason). The group member has an allocated persona: rebel John (Judd Nelson), princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), outcast Allison (Ally Sheedy), brainy Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) and Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the jock. As detention progresses, each teenager divulges the reason they are there and perceptions, assumptions breakdown. When it's time to leave, their ideas about what their lives at school were have changed.
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[1985/Written and directed by Joel Schumacher] Recent Georgetown graduates embark on a series of unfortunate events in the real world. Kirby (Emilio Estev...Show more
[1985/Written and directed by Joel Schumacher] Recent Georgetown graduates embark on a series of unfortunate events in the real world. Kirby (Emilio Estevez), a waiter that is a wannabe lawyer; Kevin (Andrew McCarthy), moody writer who pines for the untamed heart of Jules (Demi Moore); Alec (Judd Nelson), whose political aspirations alienate his girlfriend, Leslie (Ally Sheedy); and Wendy (Mare Winningham), a quiet girl has an unrequited love for Billy (Rob Lowe), who tries to balance the roles of husband and father.
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[1985/Written and directed by Joel Schumacher] Recent Georgetown graduates embark on a series of unfortunate events in the real world. Kirby (Emilio Estev...Show more
[1985/Written and directed by Joel Schumacher] Recent Georgetown graduates embark on a series of unfortunate events in the real world. Kirby (Emilio Estevez), a waiter that is a wannabe lawyer; Kevin (Andrew McCarthy), moody writer who pines for the untamed heart of Jules (Demi Moore); Alec (Judd Nelson), whose political aspirations alienate his girlfriend, Leslie (Ally Sheedy); and Wendy (Mare Winningham), a quiet girl has an unrequited love for Billy (Rob Lowe), who tries to balance the roles of husband and father.
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[1986/Written by John Hughes] Andie (Molly Ringwald), an "outcast", with a penchant for sewing, at her high school in Chicago, enjoys hanging ou...Show more
[1986/Written by John Hughes] Andie (Molly Ringwald), an "outcast", with a penchant for sewing, at her high school in Chicago, enjoys hanging out with her older, but cool boss, Iona (Annie Potts) (who owns the record store where she works), or her best friend, Duckie (Jon Cryer), who has a not-so-secret crush on her. When one of the wealthy popular kids at school, Blane (Andrew McCarthy), asks Andie out, life seems too good to be true. Andie begins to realize that falling for someone from a different social scene is not as easy as it looks.
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[1986/Written by John Hughes] Andie (Molly Ringwald), an "outcast", with a penchant for sewing, at her high school in Chicago, enjoys hanging ou...Show more
[1986/Written by John Hughes] Andie (Molly Ringwald), an "outcast", with a penchant for sewing, at her high school in Chicago, enjoys hanging out with her older, but cool boss, Iona (Annie Potts) (who owns the record store where she works), or her best friend, Duckie (Jon Cryer), who has a not-so-secret crush on her. When one of the wealthy popular kids at school, Blane (Andrew McCarthy), asks Andie out, life seems too good to be true. Andie begins to realize that falling for someone from a different social scene is not as easy as it looks.
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[1985/Written and directed by John Hughes] Two teen misfits, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), design what they believe to be t...Show more
[1985/Written and directed by John Hughes] Two teen misfits, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), design what they believe to be their ideal woman on their computer. Seems harmless fun until a freak electrical accident brings their creation, Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) to life! Ideal as Lisa may seem, she is more than the two young men have bargained for. While Lisa helps outfit Gary and Wyatt in cooler clothes, gifts them a Porsche and aid them in standing up to bullies, Ian (Robert Downey Jr.) and Max (Robert Rusler). There is a matter of keeping her existence a total secret from Chet (Bill Paxton), Wyatt's nightmare big brother.
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[1985/Written and directed by John Hughes] Two teen misfits, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), design what they believe to be t...Show more
[1985/Written and directed by John Hughes] Two teen misfits, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), design what they believe to be their ideal woman on their computer. Seems harmless fun until a freak electrical accident brings their creation, Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) to life! Ideal as Lisa may seem, she is more than the two young men have bargained for. While Lisa helps outfit Gary and Wyatt in cooler clothes, gifts them a Porsche and aid them in standing up to bullies, Ian (Robert Downey Jr.) and Max (Robert Rusler). There is a matter of keeping her existence a total secret from Chet (Bill Paxton), Wyatt's nightmare big brother.
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[1986/Written, directed, and produced by John Hughes] Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for getting away with and getting out of just about ...Show more
[1986/Written, directed, and produced by John Hughes] Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for getting away with and getting out of just about anything. As graduation approaches, Bueller, alongside his girlfriend, Sloane (Mia Sara), and best friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), plans to make one last epic school absence. A day off seems dull in comparison to "borrowing" a Ferrari, joyriding through downtown Chicago, dancing in a parade, and still maintaining the appearance of being at home sick. Inspirational! Plus, school principal, Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) has a vendetta to catch Ferris Bueller in the act, once and for all.
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[1986/Written, directed, and produced by John Hughes] Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for getting away with and getting out of just about ...Show more
[1986/Written, directed, and produced by John Hughes] Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for getting away with and getting out of just about anything. As graduation approaches, Bueller, alongside his girlfriend, Sloane (Mia Sara), and best friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), plans to make one last epic school absence. A day off seems dull in comparison to "borrowing" a Ferrari, joyriding through downtown Chicago, dancing in a parade, and still maintaining the appearance of being at home sick. Inspirational! Plus, school principal, Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) has a vendetta to catch Ferris Bueller in the act, once and for all.
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[1987/Written by John Hughes] Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, makes an attempt to secure a date with popular girl, Amanda Jones ...Show more
[1987/Written by John Hughes] Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, makes an attempt to secure a date with popular girl, Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), with assistance from best friend, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson). Nelson's advances catch the attention of Amanda's ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer), who devises a strategy to retaliate. To make matters further complicated, Watts has a realization that her feelings for Keith are of a more amorous nature and tries to convince him to stop his pursuit of Amanda.
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[1987/Written by John Hughes] Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, makes an attempt to secure a date with popular girl, Amanda Jones ...Show more
[1987/Written by John Hughes] Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, makes an attempt to secure a date with popular girl, Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), with assistance from best friend, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson). Nelson's advances catch the attention of Amanda's ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer), who devises a strategy to retaliate. To make matters further complicated, Watts has a realization that her feelings for Keith are of a more amorous nature and tries to convince him to stop his pursuit of Amanda.
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