If you love these movies, it’s possible for you to thank the late John Hughes.

Without 1985sThe Breakfast Club, many of our favorite movies could never have existed.

An evolution of the teenage story genre,Dazed and Confusedwas Richard Linklaters answer toThe Breakfast Club.

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This style is also intrinsic toDazed and Confused, which follows a group of teens organizing a start-of-summer rager.

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