The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Hughes. The storyline follows five teenagers (each a member of a different high school clique) as they spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all deeper than their respective stereotypes. Critically, it is considered to be one of the greatest high school-teen films of all time, as well as one of Hughes' most me... More
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Initial release date:

  • Feb 7, 1985

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 37 min

Produced by:

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Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • The Breakfast Club,
  • Klub winowajców,
  • Der Frühstücksclub,
  • Nulladik óra,
  • Kahvalti Kulübü,
  • El club de los cinco,
  • Brekkariklubi,
  • Jutarnji klub,
  • Clube dos Cinco,
  • Breakfast Club,
  • O Clube

Film

Directed by

John Hughes

John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed and/or scripted some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 1990s, including National Lampoon's Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast...

Tagline:

  • They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1985
  • Apr 29, 1998
  • Sep 2, 2003
  • Feb 15, 1985
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 37 min
  • 1 h 33 min
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Notable filming locations:

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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 8,000,000

Soundtrack:

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Distributors:

Distributor Year Film distribution medium Film cut
  • Mar 1, 1992
  • Apr 1, 2003
  • Sep 16, 2008
  • Aug 30, 2009
  • Jun 19, 2011
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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award
  • 2005

MTV Movie Silver Bucket of Excellence Award Winners

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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Note
  • 946
  • 6.5
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