The Breakfast Club
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The Breakfast Club doesn't have the kind of high concept that would be greenlit today, says star Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez says Hollywood doesn’t make character driven movies like The Breakfast Club anymore
April 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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For Molly Ringwald, re-watching The Breakfast Club with her children changed the way she treats parenting
Molly Ringwald shares the experiences she had rewatching The Breakfast Club with her kids
April 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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John Cusack & Joan Cusack were in the original Breakfast Club cast - and Molly Ringwald explains why John Hughes changed it all up
John Hughes’s original plans for The Breakfast Club cast were different, but things shifted when the studio asked him to film Sixteen Candles first
April 17, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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John Hughes made a four-hour raw cut of The Breakfast Club, and the cast have seen it (but Emilio Estevez calls it “unreleaseable”)
There’s a longer version of John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club out there, and Judd Nelson says watching it feels like being in detention
April 16, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How The Breakfast Club gave Bart Simpson one of his iconic catchphrases, years before he even existed
The Simpsons took some inspiration from John Hughes’s 1985 classic The Breakfast Club
April 14, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The Breakfast Club cast pay tribute to John Hughes: "I didn’t know how rare it was going to be for a director to like actors"
"It was really truly a joy to say those lines, and I always felt like we would usually do it as written and then we would kind of do whatever we wanted," remembered Molly Ringwald
April 13, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Breakfast Club's Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson talk 1980s movie poster shots we didn't see - including ones featuring writer/director John Hughes
Sure, we all know (and love) the famous Breakfast Club poster, but what if they'd been hanging out with John Hughes by the lockers?
April 13, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Guides
From Breakfast Club to Home Alone: How to watch John Hughes’ iconic movies in order
How to watch John Hughes’ complete filmography, and how the films are secretly connected
April 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Watch The Breakfast Club reunion panel with Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, & Ally Sheedy from Chicago's C2E2
The brain, the beauty, the jock, the rebel, and the recluse reunite on the C2E2 Main Stage for a rare Breakfast Club reunion.
March 14, 2025
Chris Arrant
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What happens to the Breakfast Club characters when they grow up? Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy map out their jobs and their sexuality
The Brat Pack have some theories about what happened to the Breakfast Club gang after high school.
February 17, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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John Hughes discussed a Breakfast Club sequel with Anthony Michael Hall and John Candy before he died
John Hughes had plans for a Breakfast Club sequel, catching up with the Shermer High kids as adults
February 14, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The Breakfast Club cast are hosting a reunion in the movie's Chicago hometown on its 40th anniversary - at C2E2 2025
Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, and Judd Nelson are coming back - not for detention, but for celebration - of the Breakfast Club's 40th anniversary at C2E2 2025.
February 12, 2025
Chris Arrant