The Breakfast Club

About The Breakfast Club

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock.

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 comedy film directed by John Hughes. At 98 minutes long, it arrived in February 1985.

The film is filed under compassionate, assertive, teen comedy, and teen angst.

Emilio Estevez stars as Andrew Clark, Judd Nelson as John Bender, Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish, and Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Johnson. The screenplay is by John Hughes. It streams on Hulu, Peacock Premium, and Peacock Premium Plus in the United States.

Dazed and Confused, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and Easy A make useful companions to The Breakfast Club, all filed under coming of age, high school, and hilarious. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 8,813 votes and it carries a R rating.