Molly Ringwald has revealed The Breakfast Club still has “a lot of significance” for her.

The 47-year-old Brat Pack actress starred alongside Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson in John Hughes’ 1985 coming-of-age school drama, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

“I always loved the script, and I loved the movie, but I never imagined that we would be talking about it 30 years later,” Molly told The Today Show.

The film, about various high school stereotypes, which took place over the course of one day in detention, is considered one of the best classroom movies of all time.

Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, and Paul Gleason
Molly with her Breakfast Club co-stars Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and Paul Gleason (Tammie Arroyo/AP)

Molly – who has also starred in John’s films Sixteen Candles and Pretty In Pink – watched The Breakfast Club with her 11-year-old daughter Mathilda for the first time last year.

“I showed her Sixteen Candles and Pretty In Pink, but I realised I was holding out on that one because I realised it had a lot of significance for me,” she said.

Molly Ringwald, husband Panio Gianopoulos and their children
Molly with husband Panio Gianopoulos and their children (Alexandra Wyman/Invision)

“I never imagined that it would still speak to my kids. I have an 11-year-old, who just saw it for the first time and I have five-year-old twins, and I feel like it just keeps speaking to generation after generation,” she added.

Molly, who played “Princess” Claire Standish in the movie, revealed how she was originally offered Ally’s part.

“I was originally offered the role of the ‘Basketcase’, and I wanted to play Claire, just because it was my older sister,” she said.

“I thought it would be really fun to play a part that was my older sister. The challenge of it was for us to find the sympathetic parts of every character.”