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John Hughes
Director 1950 - 2009

John Hughes

Lansing, Michigan, USA

John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He directed and scripted some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 1990s, including National Lampoon's Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Some... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
Curly Sue

Curly Sue

John Hughes 1991 1h 41m 1.0

Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo.

Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

John Hughes 1989 1h 40m 6.1

Uncle Buck has a reputation for being unreliable and a bit of a house wrecker. It is therefore with reluctance, his sister-in-law agrees to leave Buck looking after the kids (two harmless youngsters and a rebelious teenager) when she visits her sick father.

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

John Hughes 1988 1h 46m 7.0

Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

John Hughes 1987 1h 32m 7.6

Two opposite personalities, a corporate business type (Steve Martin )and a shower curtain salesman (John Candy) get stuck together travelling across the country on their way home for Thanksgiving after their flight is cancelled.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

John Hughes 1986 1h 43m 8.1

A high school wise guy uses his charm to get out of school, spend a day in the city, and change the lives of his friends-- all while making time to thwart the principal in this John Hughes classic.

Weird Science

Weird Science

John Hughes 1985 1h 33m 6.7

Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

John Hughes 1985 1h 38m 8.1

Five high school students spend a Saturday together in detention and learn the truth about who they each really are.

Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

John Hughes 1984 1h 33m 7.4

Samantha's life is going downhill fast. The fifteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister's getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her birthday!

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