10 Best Pieces Of Advice From Our Favourite Film Father Figures

6. Jim Baker (Sixteen Candles)

On relationships:

“That’s why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they’d call them something else.”

It’s common for high schoolers to experience heartbreak, and no one knows this better than a father, who is always on standby with a box of tissues, a pint of ice cream and a dose of sage advice.

Thankfully for Samantha, Jim Baker is the ideal father figure for teenage angst, as he exudes warmth and compassion when navigating the emotional terrain of his heartbroken daughter.

In one particular heart-warming moment, the two speak a little bit about senior jock (and all-round dreamboat) Jake Ryan; Jim then offers an honest assessment of his daughter's feelings, before cracking a typically awkward dad-joke.

As a business-professional in a white-collar job, he may not always be around to dispense his wise counsel, but when he does, it comes from a place of deep love and understanding that any girl would appreciate.