The Breakfast Club is a movie.
The Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s . John Wilden Hughes , Jr. ( February 18 , 1950 -- August 6 , 2009 ) was an American film director , producer , and screenwriter . The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written , produced , and directed by John Hughes , starring Emilio Estevez , Paul Gleason , Anthony Michael Hall , Judd Nelson , Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy . Critics consider it one of the greatest high school films of all time , as well as one of Hughes ' most memorable and recognizable works .