Sixteen Candles
1984 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 130,853 VOTES · DIR. John Hughes
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,328 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 [Radio Announcer] It looks good.
00:03:04 Sam? Allow me, Brenda. Hey, birth defect!
00:07:57 dHappy, happy birthday in a hot bath d
00:11:20 I swear to God, Caroline Mulford had to flunk about nine grades.
00:15:06 [Sniffing]
00:18:25 Yeah, well, he's totally bizarre. He is not.
00:21:36 Very clever dinner.
00:25:27 D Whoa, whoa, whoa dd
00:29:16 [Girl #1] Do you guys want to blow off this dance?
00:33:29 I should be happy, right? Right? Yeah.
00:36:56 Jake Ryan.
00:40:08 Just act like a man! I wanna go home.! I wanna be with you guys.!
00:44:19 [Chattering, Shouting] Dd[continues]
00:48:31 Real smooth, Cliff.
00:52:46 [Tape Squeaking, Record Skipping]
00:57:04 [Sighs] But if I were Ginny
01:00:03 Does that really matter, guy? Yeah, it matters.
01:03:58 [Female Singers] D What the hell's got into you d
01:07:42 It's better than... Shh!
01:11:58 These things sometimes happen.
01:15:34 Lake. Big lake.
01:19:34 Married? Yeah. Married.
01:23:29 I'm really sorry about gettin' you mixed up with that guy.
01:27:53 No, I mean... I'm not going to the reception.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,328
Dialogue density14.3 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:27:53
Production Record
DirectorJohn Hughes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue$23,686,027
IMDb votes130,853