RIP John Hughes, even if I never saw most of his pics until I was out of the demographic. The only one I saw somewhat contemporaneously was Pretty In Pink which I saw in March of ’87. Later, I managed to see The Breakfast Club (night before undergrad graduation) Sixteen Candles (grad school?) and of course Ferris, but the thing I always take away from his movies is that they somehow wound up with a happy ending. The only true-life finish that ever happened in a John Hughes movie was that Duckie answered the bell at prom time and got ditched for the preppy kid. And then of course they had to screw it up by throwing him a pneumatic blonde as a lovely parting gift.
Honestly, the only remotely accurate locker movie EVER is the best one ever made…Heathers.