The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club
Directed by	John Hughes
Produced by	Ned Tanen John Hughes
Written by	John Hughes
Starring	Emilio Estevez Paul Gleason Anthony Michael Hall John Kapelos Judd Nelson Molly Ringwald Ally Sheedy
Music by	Keith Forsey
Cinematography	Thomas Del Ruth
Edited by	Dede Allen
Production company	A&M Films Channel Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1985 (1985-02-15)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million
Box office	$51,525,171

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming of age comedy-drama movie. It was written and directed by John Hughes. It is set in a Chicago suburb in 1984. It stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy as high school students. It also stars Paul Gleason as their teacher and John Kapelos as the cleaner of the school. It was released to positive reviews on February 15, 1985.

The plot of this cult-classic is that of five teenagers - Andrew Clark, Brain Johnson, John Bender, Claire Standish, and Allison Reynolds - spend a Saturday in detention, for unrelated reasons. During the nine-hour period - in which they are supposed to write essays explaining why they are in detention - clashes between stereotypes turns enemies into tentative friends, if only for a day.

An equally famous song of the time, Don't You (Forget About Me), is a prominent song through the film.

The Breakfast Club Media

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  From left: Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall in February 2025

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• The Breakfast Club on IMDb