No matter what kind of teenager you are/were, there’s always a character in a Hughes movie who speaks directly to you.

Ignored by your family? You’re Samantha! (Or Kevin McCallister.) Compulsive liar? You’re Allison! Struggling to pay the bills? You’re Andie! Created your own fantasy female through genetic tampering? You’re Gary and Wyatt!

Not only do these teens talk like us, they also think like us, have the same problems as us and look like us (or, at least, very colourful ‘80s versions of us). There’s even a test to find out which Hughes character you are.

Not that Hughes needed to take that test himself. “I was a little bit like Samantha,” he once said. “A lot of my feelings went into her character. I was also very much like Allison in Breakfast Club. I was a nobody. And I'm also a lot like Ferris Bueller.” Speaking of…