The Breakfast Club (1985)

Director: John Hughes

Rated: R

Where to watch: Amazon Prime

A 1980s cult classic, The Breakfast Club follows the story of five stereotypical high school students who have nothing in common nor would have any connection to one another. The five students, in the “simplest terms and the most convenient definitions,” would be described as a brain (Brian Johnson, played by Anthony Michael Hall); an athlete (Andrew Clark, played by Emilio Estevez); a basket case (Allison Reynolds, played by Ally Sheedy); a princess (Claire Standish, played by Molly Ringwald); and a criminal (John Bender, played by Judd Nelson). The five students are stuck in a nine-hour detention at Shermer High School and are instructed to write a one thousand word essay about who they think they are and about what they did wrong. Instead, the group wreak havoc on the overbearing principal, Mr. Vernon (Paul Gleason), and get to know each other in a way they never would have expected. 

The film demonstrates that there is more to everyone’s story underneath the stereotypical label given to them by their peers. It shows that people can make a connection with anyone by simply opening up and spending time with them.