Direction: John Hughes

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Hughes. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Breakfast Club

1985 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast Emilio Estévez · Judd Nelson · Ally Sheedy · Anthony Michael Hall

Plot It's the weekend, and five students have weekend detention. There's a jock, a princess, a misfit, a nerd, and a lout. Not much in common, except for having to give...

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6.8

23K votes

6.8

23K votes

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast Matthew Broderick · Alan Ruck · Mia Sara · Jeffrey Jones

Plot Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness...

6.4

11K votes

6.4

11K votes

16 Candles

1984 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast Molly Ringwald · Justin Henry · Michael Schoeffling · Haviland Morris

Plot A teen movie about the obstacles and embarrassments a teen girl faces on her birthday.

6.0

4K votes

6.0

4K votes

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast Steve Martin · John Candy · Laila Robins · Lyman Ward

Plot All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he...

5.9

5K votes

5.9

5K votes

Weird Science

1985 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast Anthony Michael Hall · Kelly LeBrock · Ilan Mitchell-Smith · Bill Paxton

Plot Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Thier desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer....

5.1

10K votes

5.1

10K votes

She's Having a Baby

1988 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast Kevin Bacon · Elizabeth McGovern · Alec Baldwin · Isabel García Lorca

Plot Jack (Kevin Bacon) and Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern) are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents)...

4.9

842 votes

4.9

842 votes

Uncle Buck

1989 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast John Candy · Amy Madigan · Gaby Hoffmann · Macaulay Culkin

Plot As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge...

4.6

5K votes

4.6

5K votes

Curly Sue

1991 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction John Hughes

Cast James Belushi · Kelly Lynch · Alisan Porter · John Getz

Plot John Hughes dishes out the sentiment by the ladle-full in Curly Sue. The film stars James Belushi as Bill Dancer, a down-on-his-luck drifter who lives by his wits on the...

4.4

3K votes

4.4

3K votes

What I Have Written

1996 · Movie · 100 min. · Australia

Direction John Hughes

Cast Martin Jacobs · Gillian Jones · Jacek Koman · Angie Milliken

Plot The story features two couples from Melbourne (both played by the same actors) whose lives and romantic troubles seem to overlap or perhaps intertwine in unexpected ways.

Not rated

Not rated