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The Breakfast Club (1985) FR #835 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
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Director John Hughes
Writer John Hughes
Cast Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald
Plot Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.
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Ferris Bueller'S Day Off (1986) FR #1110 | Movie | Comedy | USA | English, German
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Director John Hughes
Writer John Hughes
Cast Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
Plot A brash, cocky high school senior, tired of skipping school to spend a boring day at home, is determined to enjoy an epic day roaring around his favorite Chicago sites, enlisting his best friend and girlfriend to join him on the a...
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) FR #1344 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
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Director John Hughes
Writer John Hughes
Cast Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins
Plot A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
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Sixteen Candles (1984) FR #3605 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
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Director John Hughes
Writer John Hughes
Cast Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry
Plot A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
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Uncle Buck (1989) FR #3858 | Movie | Comedy | USA | English
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Director John Hughes
Writer John Hughes
Cast John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly
Plot Laid back commitment-phobe Buck babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
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Editorial Best John Hughes Movies/TV Shows collects the director’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
