Sixteen Candles is a 1984 English-language Comedy Romance motion picture written and directed by John Hughes and produced by Hilton A. Green, Michelle Manning and Ned Tanen under the banner of Universal Pictures in collaboration with Channel Productions. The sixteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Sixteen candles stars Molly Ringwald in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Paul Dooley and Carlin Glynn. The music was composed by Ira Newborn. Cinematography was done by Bobby Byrne and editing by Edward Warschillka. The movie has a running time of 93 minutes. It was released on 4th May 1984. The Film was successful at box office. Sixteen Candles was made on a budget of $6 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $23 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Universal Pictures. The sixteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her.