 The Breakfast Club 1985  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, John Kapelos, Ron Dean, Tim Gamble, Mercedes Hall, Mary Christian, Perry Crawford
High school students–Andrew (Emilio Estevez), John (Judd Nelson), Allison (Ally Sheedy), Claire (Molly Ringwald), and Brian (Anthony Michael Hall)–serve detention together one Saturday. Although they come from different social groups, they talk through the factors in society that have kept them apart, and new alliances are formed.
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Curly Sue 1991  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Hughes
Cast: James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter, John Getz, Fred Dalton Thompson, Cameron Thor, Branscombe Richmond, Steve Carell, Gail Boggs, Burke Byrnes, Viveka Davis, Edie McClurg
Bill Dancer (James Belushi) and daughter Curly Sue (Alisan Porter) enjoy their life on the streets conning the rich by faking car accidents or cheating at poker. Their hearts are pure, however, and they take only enough to live on. Their lives change when they pull a con on lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch).
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Charlie Sheen, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Ben Stein, Del Close, Lyman Ward, Virginia Capers, Richard Edson, Larry Flash Jenkins, Kristy Swanson
Some kids skip school, but very few skip school in the manner of Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick). Ferris calls his friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) who takes his father's classic 1961 Ferrari GT convertible and picks up Ferris and Ferris' girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara). Off they go on their adventure through Chicago that includes visits to Wrigley Field and the Art Institute as Ferris cavorts through a special day that he has reserved for his pleasures. This film will appeal to all ages and inspired a TV sitcom.
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 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy, William Windom, Edie McClurg, Kevin Bacon, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Dylan Baker, Diana Douglas, Martin Ferrero, Carol Bruce, Olivia Burnette, Larry Hankin, Richard Herd, Susan Kellermann
Marketing executive Neal Page (Steve Martin) and shower curtain ring salesman Del Griffith (John Candy) join forces in an agonizingly difficult trip from New York to Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday. They appear to have nothing in common, and Neal is easily irritated by the obnoxious Del. But, after experiencing a trip where everything goes wrong, the two appear to be friends by the time they finally reach Chicago.
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She's Having a Baby 1988  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, William Windom, Isabel Lorca, Holland Taylor, Cathryn Damon, James Ray, Dennis Dugan, Edie McClurg, John Ashton, Paul Gleason
A young couple–Jefferson 'Jake' Edward Briggs (Kevin Bacon) and his wife Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern)–has their problems as they experience marriage, buying a new home, child birth, and other issues if domestic life. In the end, Jake realizes that he hasn't been committed to his wife and married life in general.
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 Sixteen Candles 1984 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley, Michael Schoeffling, John Cusack, Gedde Watanabe, Jami Gertz, Blanche Baker, Edward Andrews, Max Showalter, Justin Henry, Haviland Morris, Carlin Glynn, Billie Bird, Carole Cook
Molly Ringwald steals the show as the teenager, Samantha, whose busy family forgets her all-important 16th birthday because it is the evening before her sister's wedding. To make matters worse, her visiting grandparents have taken over Samantha's bedroom. At school, geek (Anthony Michael Hall) will not leave Samantha alone, and Samantha has her eye on hunk Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but she has to take foreign exchange student Long Duc Dong (Gedde Watanabe) to the school dance. However, all is not lost in Samantha's trip into womanhood because Jake begins to pay attention to her.
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Uncle Buck 1989  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Hughes
Cast: John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin, Amy Madigan, Elaine Bromka, Garrett M. Brown, Laurie Metcalf, Jay Underwood, Brian Tarantina, Mike Starr, Suzanne Shepherd, William Windom
While his brother (Garrett M. Brown) and sister-in-law (Elaine Bromka) are out of town, Uncle Buck (John Candy) steps in and takes care of their children: six-year-old Maizy (Gaby Hoffman), eight-year-old Miles (Macaulay Culkin), and teenager Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly). Although there are problems at first, the inept Uncle Buck manages to overcome his own faults and wins the respect of the children.
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 Weird Science 1985 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler, Vernon Wells, Britt Leach, Barbara Lang, Michael Berryman, Ivor Barry, Ann Coyle, Suzy J. Kellems
Two enterprising computer wizards–unpopular teens Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith)–find a new way of coming up with a date. They create a very sexy, smart, perfect woman after hacking into an Air Force computer system. When lightning strikes, the woman comes to life. They name her Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) and join her on a wild weekend adventure that includes going to a bar, shopping for cool clothes, driving a sports car, and throwing a party for the "cool" kids. Wyatt's older brother Chet (Bill Paxton) suspects that something strange is going on, but Wyatt finds a way to avoid problems with him, and the fun continues.
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| 1. The Breakfast Club (1985)
2. Curly Sue (1991)
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
5. She's Having a Baby (1988)
6. Sixteen Candles (1984)
7. Uncle Buck (1989)
8. Weird Science (1985)
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