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10 Best Movies Like The Breakfast Club

If you loved The Breakfast Club, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Breakfast Club for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly olde...

#2
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Breakfast Club for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend...

#3
The Terminator

The Terminator

1984★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Breakfast Club for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is desti...

#4
Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink

1986★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Breakfast Club for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one...

#5
This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

1984★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Breakfast Club for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups an...

#6
The Hitcher

The Hitcher

1986★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Breakfast Club for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has...