In addition to directing, Hughes left his unmistakable stamp through his extremely productive writing output. Class tensions, high school cliques, and New Wave fashion collide in Hughes’s female-driven story. Molly Ringwald stars as Andie, a shabby-chic record store clerk who is torn between her crush on one of the preppy boys at her high school and her equally scruffy bestie, Duckie. Hughes’s grasp of the high-school rush of pressures and emotions––particularly Andie’s final revelation of strength––makes this much more than a nost... Read more

In addition to directing, Hughes left his unmistakable stamp through his extremely productive writing output. Class tensions, high school cliques, and New Wave fashion collide in Hughes’s female-driven story. Molly Ringwald stars as Andie, a shabby-chic record store clerk who is torn between her crush on one of the preppy boys at her high school and her equally scruffy bestie, Duckie. Hughes’s grasp of the high-school rush of pressures and emotions––particularly Andie’s final revelation of strength––makes this much more than a nostalgic classic.