St. Elmo's Fire

This excellent movie chronicles the lives of seven friends after their graduation from Georgetown University. Alec (Judd Nelson) is an aspiring politician who has become an aide to a United States Senator. His girlfriend Leslie (Ally Sheedy) is feeling pressured by Alec to make a commitment to marriage which she is not yet ready to make. Kevin (Andrew McCarthy) is a no-nonsense thinker in his views on life. He believes that there is no such thing as a good marriage, and people make their own happiness. He is also secretly in love with Leslie, and this triangle of Alec, Kevin, and Leslie will progress as the movie goes on. Kirby (Emilio Estevez) is a law school graduate who is infatuated with an older former classmate (Andie McDowell). He pursues her relentlessly throughout the film (by today's standards, it would probably be called stalking). Billy (Rob Lowe) is the "rebel" of the group. He is also married and has a child. Despite this, he still chases women and hangs out at bars while his wife stays home with the baby. However, Billy has a soft side and is knowledgeable about people in general. Jules (Demi Moore) is the drug-addicted princess wannabe. She tries to fool her friends into believing that she is living a glamorous life and having a relationship with her boss when in reality she has been fired from her job and the creditors have taken all of her possessions. It takes some quick action from the rest of the group to keep Jules from killing herself after the creditors took her stuff. Finally, there is Wendy (Mare Winningham). She lives with a controlling father and mother who refuse to let her live on her own, and they try to arrange a relationship for her with a man she doesn't even like. She really cares for Billy.