Cliffhanger endings in movies and television typically come when a revelation or event occurs that can't be readily solved in the current program. So, rather than avoid covering the topic, many action, thriller, and horror properties will instead leave audiences in suspense, clamoring to find out what happens next. While the cliffhanger is a powerful narrative tool, it isn't one that's found in comedies too often, but John Hughes' 1985 classic The Breakfast Club is one of the few to feature one.

The Breakfast Club follows a group of high schoolers from very different social circles. At first, they are at odds with one another, but as the film unfolds, they discover they're more alike than they could've ever realized. The group's most unruly member, John Bender (Judd Nelson), constantly pushes the buttons of his classmates and the assistant principal tasked with supervising their all-day detention. Bender ends up pushing audience...