John Hughes

An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.

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.

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...

The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

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.

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.

A high school girl's sixteenth birthday is anything but special, her family forgets about it while preparing for her older sister's wedding, the boy she has a crush on has a girlfriend, and she suffers from multitude of embarrassm...

The Griswold family's cross-country drive in their brand new Wagon Family Truckster to the Walley World theme park in California proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.

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

Laid back commitment-phobe Buck babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.

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

An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.

A poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.

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.

The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.

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.

Because of an unusual disorder that has aged him four times faster than a typical human being, a boy looks like a 40-year-old man as he starts fifth grade at public school after being homeschooled.

After three kidnappers lose the baby they have kidnapped, both the cops and kidnappers go looking for the baby.

A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.