John Hughes

John Hughes

John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. 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 Kind of Wonderful, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink; Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Uncle Buck, Career Opportunities, 101 Dalmatians, Home Alone, and its sequels, Home Alone 2 and Home Alone 3.

  • Title: John Hughes
  • Popularity: 12.267
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1950-02-18
  • Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan, USA
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  • Also Known As: Edmond Dantès, Edmond Dantes, John Wilden Hughes Jr., जाॅन ह्यूजेस
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John Hughes Movies

  • 2006
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    The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful

    The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful

    1 2006 HD

    A 2006 featurette on the film 'Some Kind of Wonderful', with interviews with the main actors and with the director.

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  • 1986
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    John Hughes: Time Capsule

    John Hughes: Time Capsule

    1 1986 HD

    John Hughes sits down with actor Kevin Bacon to discuss 'Pretty in Pink' and Some Kind of Wonderful'

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  • 2012
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    John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

    John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

    1 2012 HD

    A tribute to John Hughes, featuring an archive interview with him from 1986 and those that have worked with him, including Matthew Broderick, Alan...

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  • 1985
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    The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

    7.7 1985 HD

    Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel...

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  • 2015
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    Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

    Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

    6.6 2015 HD

    A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring...

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  • 2024
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    BRATS

    BRATS

    6 2024 HD

    In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies....

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  • 2006
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    Who Is Ferris Bueller?

    Who Is Ferris Bueller?

    1 2006 HD

    A short documentary that looks at the qualities that define the title character in the classic film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," told through...

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  • 1986
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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    7.6 1986 HD

    After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures...

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  • 1992
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    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    6.746 1992 HD

    Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite...

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  • 1992
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    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    6.746 1992 HD

    Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite...

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  • 1990
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    Home Alone

    Home Alone

    7.437 1990 HD

    Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation....

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  • 1990
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    Home Alone

    Home Alone

    7.437 1990 HD

    Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation....

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  • 1987
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    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    7.2 1987 HD

    An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well...

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  • 1987
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    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    7.2 1987 HD

    An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well...

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  • 1987
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    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    7.2 1987 HD

    An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well...

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  • 1991
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    Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely

    6 1991 HD

    Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns...

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  • 1989
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    Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

    6.8 1989 HD

    Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His...

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  • 1989
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    Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

    6.8 1989 HD

    Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His...

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  • 1988
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    The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors

    6.4 1988 HD

    It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of...

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  • 1988
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    The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors

    6.4 1988 HD

    It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of...

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  • 1994
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    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

    6.7 1994 HD

    Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long...

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  • 1994
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    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

    6.7 1994 HD

    Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long...

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  • 1985
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    The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

    7.7 1985 HD

    Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel...

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  • 1985
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    The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

    7.7 1985 HD

    Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel...

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  • 1983
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    National Lampoon's Vacation

    National Lampoon's Vacation

    7.1 1983 HD

    Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

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  • 1994
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    Baby's Day Out

    Baby's Day Out

    6.4 1994 HD

    Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the...

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  • 1994
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    Baby's Day Out

    Baby's Day Out

    6.4 1994 HD

    Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the...

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  • 1989
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    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    7.2 1989 HD

    It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and...

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  • 1989
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    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    7.2 1989 HD

    It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and...

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  • 1986
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    Pretty in Pink

    Pretty in Pink

    6.7 1986 HD

    Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie,...

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  • 1985
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    National Lampoon's European Vacation

    National Lampoon's European Vacation

    6.2 1985 HD

    The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe,...

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  • 1991
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    Curly Sue

    Curly Sue

    6.4 1991 HD

    Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but...

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  • 1991
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    Curly Sue

    Curly Sue

    6.4 1991 HD

    Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but...

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  • 1991
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    Curly Sue

    Curly Sue

    6.4 1991 HD

    Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but...

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  • 1996
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    101 Dalmatians

    101 Dalmatians

    5.9 1996 HD

    An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

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  • 1996
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    101 Dalmatians

    101 Dalmatians

    5.9 1996 HD

    An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

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  • 2002
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    Maid in Manhattan

    Maid in Manhattan

    6.104 2002 HD

    Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day,...

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  • 2008
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    Drillbit Taylor

    Drillbit Taylor

    5.8 2008 HD

    Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless...

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  • 1985
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    Weird Science

    Weird Science

    6.5 1985 HD

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

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  • 1985
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    Weird Science

    Weird Science

    6.5 1985 HD

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

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  • 1988
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    She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby

    5.9 1988 HD

    Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their...

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  • 1993
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    Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

    5.8 1993 HD

    Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of...

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  • 1993
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    Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

    5.8 1993 HD

    Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of...

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  • 1988
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    She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby

    5.9 1988 HD

    Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their...

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  • 1986
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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    7.6 1986 HD

    After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures...

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  • 1986
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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    7.6 1986 HD

    After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures...

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  • 1991
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    Dutch

    Dutch

    6.4 1991 HD

    To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

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  • 1991
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    Dutch

    Dutch

    6.4 1991 HD

    To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

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  • 1997
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    Home Alone 3

    Home Alone 3

    5.3 1997 HD

    9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a...

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  • 1997
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    Home Alone 3

    Home Alone 3

    5.3 1997 HD

    9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a...

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  • 2002
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    Home Alone 4

    Home Alone 4

    4.5 2002 HD

    Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich...

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  • 1983
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    Mr. Mom

    Mr. Mom

    6.6 1983 HD

    Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the...

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  • 1997
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    Flubber

    Flubber

    5.6 1997 HD

    Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy...

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  • 1997
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    Flubber

    Flubber

    5.6 1997 HD

    Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy...

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  • 1982
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    Class Reunion

    Class Reunion

    5 1982 HD

    Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a...

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  • 1984
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    Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen Candles

    6.8 1984 HD

    With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread....

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  • 1998
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    Reach the Rock

    Reach the Rock

    6.5 1998 HD

    A small town troublemaker, directionless and alienated, ends up spending a night in a jail cell, where he and the police chief engage in a battle of...

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  • 1991
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    Career Opportunities

    Career Opportunities

    6.9 1991 HD

    Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is...

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  • 2001
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    New Port South

    New Port South

    4.4 2001 HD

    A group of teenagers wish to rebel against the administrators and teachers (the system) in their suburban Chicago high school called New Port South

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  • 1989
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    Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

    6.8 1989 HD

    Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His...

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  • 1980
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    The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

    The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

    6.1 1980 HD

    Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this...

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  • 2001
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    Beethoven's 4th

    Beethoven's 4th

    5.2 2001 HD

    The family is pleasantly surprised and puzzled when Beethoven suddenly becomes obedient. Turns out it's a prince and the pauper scenario, with the...

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  • 1985
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    The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

    7.7 1985 HD

    Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel...

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  • 2015
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    Vacation

    Vacation

    6.3 2015 HD

    Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and...

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  • 2021
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    Home Sweet Home Alone

    Home Sweet Home Alone

    4.935 2021 HD

    After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal...

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  • 2001
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    Just Visiting

    Just Visiting

    4.7 2001 HD

    A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and...

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  • 1995
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    Mallrats

    Mallrats

    6.8 1995 HD

    Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant...

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  • 1998
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    Reach the Rock

    Reach the Rock

    6.5 1998 HD

    A small town troublemaker, directionless and alienated, ends up spending a night in a jail cell, where he and the police chief engage in a battle of...

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  • 1986
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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    7.6 1986 HD

    After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures...

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  • 1987
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    Some Kind of Wonderful

    Some Kind of Wonderful

    6.9 1987 HD

    A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl...

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  • 1993
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    Beethoven's 2nd

    Beethoven's 2nd

    5.5 1993 HD

    Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem...

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  • 1986
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    Pretty in Pink

    Pretty in Pink

    6.7 1986 HD

    Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie,...

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  • 2000
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    Beethoven's 3rd

    Beethoven's 3rd

    5.2 2000 HD

    Everyone's favorite St. Bernard returns in this family film about man's best friend. Richard Newton, his wife Beth and kids Brennan and Sara shove...

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  • 1991
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    Career Opportunities

    Career Opportunities

    6.9 1991 HD

    Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is...

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  • 1970
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    Sam and Victor's Day Off

    Sam and Victor's Day Off

    1 1970 HD

    A spin-off to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, following the valets who 'borrowed' Mr. Frye's Ferrari.

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  • 2000
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    American Adventure

    American Adventure

    10 2000 HD

    Aka National Lampoon's American Adventure

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  • 1984
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    Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen Candles

    6.8 1984 HD

    With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread....

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  • 1987
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    Some Kind of Wonderful

    Some Kind of Wonderful

    6.9 1987 HD

    A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl...

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  • 2012
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    Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

    Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

    5.2 2012 HD

    10-year-old Finn is terrified to learn his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine in the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that...

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  • 2021
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    Home Sweet Home Alone

    Home Sweet Home Alone

    4.935 2021 HD

    After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal...

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  • 1983
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    Nate and Hayes

    Nate and Hayes

    6.2 1983 HD

    Nathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also...

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  • 1992
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    Beethoven

    Beethoven

    5.8 1992 HD

    The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their...

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  • 1988
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    She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby

    5.9 1988 HD

    Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their...

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  • 1996
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    E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

    8.1 1996 HD

    E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known...

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  • 2019
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    The Movies That Made Us

    The Movies That Made Us

    7.2 2019 HD

    These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.

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