Movies by John Hughes
As part of the cast:
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Baby's Day Out (1994)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Patrick Read Johnson
After three bumbling hoodlums kidnap a toddler from a wealthy family, they discover that orchestrating the crime was much easier than holding onto the tiny heir. Home Alone screenwriter John…
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Dennis the Menace (1993)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright …
Directed by: Nick Castle
Mr. Wilson's (Walter Matthau) ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis (Mason Gamble). But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a…
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Pretty in Pink (1986)
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer …
Directed by: Howard Deutch
When Andie (Molly Ringwald), who lives with her unemployed father (Harry Dean Stanton), and Blane (Andrew McCarthy), who is rich and popular, strike up a romance, Blane meets resistance from…
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Curly Sue (1991)
Cast: James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter …
Directed by: John Hughes
This John Hughes film features the unlikeliest of pairings between street-smart youngster Curly Sue (Alisan Porter) and her guardian, Bill Dancer (Jim Belushi), a sometime con man with the…
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Uncle Buck (1989)
Cast: John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann …
Directed by: John Hughes
Comedy acting legend John Candy turns in a signature performance in this effort from director John Hughes as a notoriously irresponsible uncle left to care for his brother's kids during…
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She's Having a Baby (1988)
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin …
Directed by: John Hughes
This John Hughes classic follows high school sweethearts Jake and Kristy Briggs (Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern) as they settle into married life. But Jake's not completely sold on…
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins …
Directed by: John Hughes
Think you've had a bad day? At every turn, marketing exec Neal Page's (Steve Martin) plans to get home to his family for Thanksgiving get foiled, and somehow the loudmouthed,…
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara …
Directed by: John Hughes
High-schooler Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) knows everyone -- and every trick to faking an illness. So with the entire school convinced he's at death's door, Bueller grabs his…
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Cast: Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall …
Directed by: John Hughes
In writer-director John Hughes's seminal 1980s Brat Pack film, the athlete (Emilio Estevez), the brain (Anthony Michael Hall), the criminal (Judd Nelson), the princess (Molly Ringwald)…
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Weird Science (1985)
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith …
Directed by: John Hughes
When teen geeks Gary and Wyatt use a computer to create Lisa, a gorgeous woman with a genius IQ, they enlist her help to boost their seemingly pathetic social status. But she thinks the boys…
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Anthony Michael Hall …
Directed by: John Hughes
Sam Baker's (Molly Ringwald) 16th birthday should be perfect and memorable, but her whole family is so preoccupied with her older sister's (Blanche Baker) wedding that they…