Judd Nelson as John Bender, Emilio Estevez as Andrew Clark, Ally Sheedy as Allison Reynolds, Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish, and Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Johnson in 'The Breakfast Club'. Everett Collection
In John Hughes' seminal '80s classic, five teenagers from varying social circles — "Brain" Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall), "Athlete" Andrew Clark (Emilio Estevez), "Basket Case" Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy), "Princess" Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald), and "Criminal" John Bender (Judd Nelson) — find themselves serving Saturday detention together. Despite their surface-level differences, the quintet bonds over shared struggles at home, realizing they're not that many poles apart. The Breakfast Club has long lived as one of the most defining teen comedies of its era and tops EW's list of the 50 best high school movies of all time. —K.J.
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