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The Breakfast Club (1985)
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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)
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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)
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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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Home Alone (1990)
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Director Chris Columbus
Writer John Hughes
Cast Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
Plot An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
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Director Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer John Hughes
Cast Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis
Plot The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
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National Lampoon's Vacation aka Vacation (1983)
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Director Harold Ramis
Writer John Hughes
Cast Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca
Plot The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
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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)
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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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Pretty in Pink (1986)
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Director Howard Deutch
Writer John Hughes
Cast Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton
Plot A poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.
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Weird Science (1985)
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Director John Hughes
Writer John Hughes, Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines
Cast Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock
Plot Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.
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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
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Director Howard Deutch
Writer John Hughes
Cast Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson
Plot When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.
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The Great Outdoors (1988)
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Director Howard Deutch
Writer John Hughes
Cast Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy
Plot A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
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Director Amy Heckerling
Writer John Hughes, Robert Klane
Cast Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill
Plot The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
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Director Chris Columbus
Writer John Hughes
Cast Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
Plot Kevin is separated from his family again when he accidentally boards a flight to New York City during a Christmas trip to Miami. However he crosses paths with the same burglars, who now plan to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.
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Mr. Mom (1983)
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Director Stan Dragoti
Writer John Hughes
Cast Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Frederick Koehler
Plot After he's suddenly laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, and he has to take care of three young children, a job he has no clue how to do.
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101 Dalmatians (1996)
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Director Stephen Herek
Writer Dodie Smith, John Hughes
Cast Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson
Plot An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat but creates an extravagant mess instead.
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Just Visiting (2001)
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Director Jean-Marie Poire
Writer Jean-Marie Poire, Christian Clavier, John Hughes
Cast Jean Reno, Christina Applegate, Christian Clavier
Plot A French count is in England to marry the princess. She's killed. A wizard helps him time travel back before the murder - but ends up in Chicago, April 2000. A descendant helps him. Can he return to the 1100s?
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She's Having a Baby (1988)
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Director John Hughes
Writer John Hughes
Cast Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin
Plot Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.
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Home Alone 3 (1997)
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Director Raja Gosnell
Writer John Hughes
Cast Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt
Plot Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off four international criminals who are seeking a top-secret microchip in his toy car.
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Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
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Director Les Mayfield
Writer Valentine Davies, George Seaton, John Hughes
Cast Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott
Plot A lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.
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Beethoven (1992)
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Director Brian Levant
Writer John Hughes, Amy Holden Jones
Cast Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones
Plot A slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for George and Alice Newton's loving family, who must contend with dog-napping local veterinarian Dr. Herman Varnick and his henchmen Harvey and Vernon.
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Flubber (1997)
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Director Les Mayfield
Writer Samuel W. Taylor, John Hughes, Bill Walsh
Cast Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald
Plot An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.
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Baby's Day Out (1994)
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Director Patrick Read Johnson
Writer John Hughes
Cast Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano
Plot After three kidnappers lose the baby they have kidnapped, both the cops and kidnappers go looking for the baby.
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Dennis the Menace (1993)
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Director Nick Castle
Writer Hank Ketcham, John Hughes
Cast Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright
Plot When his parents must go out of town on business, Dennis stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. He is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but he is just trying to be helpful, even to the thief who has arrived in town.
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Maid in Manhattan (2002)
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Director Wayne Wang
Writer John Hughes, Kevin Wade
Cast Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson
Plot A Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.
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Drillbit Taylor (2008)
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Director Steven Brill
Writer Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen, John Hughes
Cast Owen Wilson, Josh Peck, Alex Frost
Plot Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.
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Vacation (2015)
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Director John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Writer Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, John Hughes
Cast Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo
Plot Rusty Griswold takes his own family on a road trip to "Walley World" in order to spice things up with his wife and reconnect with his sons.
