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...
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.
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