The surviving cast of Sixteen Candles have gone in many different directions since the release of the 1984 teen movie. Many members of the main cast are still acting, including prominent Brat Pack members Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. Michael Schoeffling, who played love interest Jake Ryan, notably left Hollywood behind in the early 1990s.

The cast of Sixteen Candles has gone in many different directions since the movie premiered in 1984. The project was the directorial debut of iconic director John Hughes, who had previously written screenplays for movies including Vacation, Mr. Mom, and National Lampoon's Class Reunion. In addition to introducing one of the most iconic directors of the 1980s, the movie was a seminal Brat Pack movie, helping introduce several of the young actors who would dominate teen media for years to come.

Because the Brat Pack movie was filmed more than four decades before the time of writing,...