# Favorite John Hughes-directed movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537 "2018-08-30T19:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/21 "2018-08-31T05:44:14Z")
Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It has nostalgia purposes but is also just a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/22 "2018-08-31T06:34:18Z")
_Sixteen Candles_ - Never seen it _The Breakfast Club_ - Didn’t like the ending _Weird Science_ - If I have seen it, I can’t remember it _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ - Doesn’t hold up _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_ - Still great fun _She’s Having A Baby_ - I hope I haven’t seen this _Uncle Buck_ - Can’t remember a single second of it _Curly Sue_ - This either So it’s _Planes Trains and Automobiles_ for me. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/23 "2018-08-31T07:58:20Z")
Sixteen Candles - Made my ass itch The Breakfast Club - Made my ass itch Weird Science - Made my ass itch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Made my ass itch and made me want to strangle the lead character Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Dated, but still funny She’s Having A Baby - Made my ass itch Uncle Buck - Not John Candy’s best, but still funny Curly Sue - Never saw it. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for the win. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/24 "2018-08-31T09:27:23Z")
Of those I’ve seen, _Uncle Buck_ is the only one of those that is a really good movie. Not seen Curly Sue or Sixteen Candles though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/25 "2018-08-31T13:20:40Z")
I was a senior in high school when I first saw _The Breakfast Club_, so it’s always going to be at the top of my list. _Planes, Trains_ is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/26 "2018-08-31T13:32:45Z")
The Breakfast Club. Being British, the cultural background and mechanics of high school were different, however I think there were plenty of common elements of alienation, cliques etc. I rewatched FBDO with by teenage kids last year, and it didn’t age terribly well. The others I thought were Ok movies when they came out but really haven’t bothered to watch them again. To be fair I haven’t rewatched TBC in a while either so it may not have aged well either in my eyes. “Don’t you forget about me” is still on my rowing workout playlist though. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/27 "2018-08-31T13:43:45Z")
I’ve only seen\* Ferris Beuller\* and _Breakfast Club_. While I enjoyed BC at the time, I was already \>30 so it didn’t mean that much to me. Also the whole “pick 5 students, each one an archetype for a different subgroup, and they’ll magically form deep connections in a few hours” is a couple of layers of unrealism for me. Ferris, OTOH, is just simple, straightforward fun. _Contra_ **JC** , I don’t see that he’s much of a dick. Who does he hurt, and how? No, he’s just a kid who’s living a charmed life, and knows it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/28 "2018-08-31T20:19:16Z")
Strange, I would have bet that Planes, Trains and Automobiles would have been the clear winner. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/29 "2018-08-31T20:34:21Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Sixteen Candles - Made my ass itch > The Breakfast Club - Made my ass itch > Weird Science - Made my ass itch > Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Made my ass itch and made me want to strangle the lead character > Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Dated, but still funny > She’s Having A Baby - Made my ass itch > Uncle Buck - Not John Candy’s best, but still funny > Curly Sue - Never saw it. > > Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for the win. Eczema, again? (“It’s fine.”) The only two I’ve seen are Bueller and Breakfast Club, and I disliked both. I’ve seen the profanity-laced scene in “Planes”, though, and it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/30 "2018-08-31T20:46:00Z")
Ferris by a mile. Showed it to my 10 and 12 year old a year or so back and they loved it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/31 "2018-08-31T21:00:41Z")
I voted _Planes, Trains, and Automobiles_, but I’ve seen _Ferris_ far more times. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/32 "2018-08-31T21:44:37Z")
“Hated” is a strong word, but I voted that option because I don’t have an ounce of affection for any of them. A few have a good moment or two, I suppose, but not in a way that I would ever want to revisit them or look back at them nostalgically. And I was in middle/high school when they carpet-bombed the movie theaters. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/33 "2018-08-31T22:30:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Strange, I would have bet that Planes, Trains and Automobiles would have been the clear winner. For me PTaA is one of the least interesting of the bunch. (It is ahead of CS and SHaB, tied with UB, and _well_ behind the rest.) ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/34 "2018-09-01T10:42:25Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Breakfast Club. I was a senior in high school and it really hit home. My school want nearly that cliquey, but the general sense of alienation and putting up a false front rang true. This. I was just a few years older than the characters in the film when it came out, so it resonated with me. I don’t think I’ve seen it in 15 years at least, so not sure if it has aged well for me. ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/35 "2018-09-01T14:39:11Z")
FBDO and Breakfast Club. Whenever I hear _Don’t You (Forget About Me)_ by Simple Minds, I am instantly transported back through time to the best year of junior high when life optimism and innocence was at an all-time peak and John Hughes movies were simply icing on a cake. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/36 "2018-09-01T15:57:55Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > “Hated” is a strong word, but I voted that option because I don’t have an ounce of affection for any of them. A few have a good moment or two, I suppose, but not in a way that I would ever want to revisit them or look back at them nostalgically. > > And I was in middle/high school when they carpet-bombed the movie theaters. This. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/37 "2018-09-01T20:01:24Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > This. I was just a few years older than the characters in the film when it came out, so it resonated with me. I don’t think I’ve seen it in 15 years at least, so not sure if it has aged well for me. I’m the exact right age. Class of 1985. I hated the Breakfast Club. I thought each one of the characters was a cartoon and nothing like the kids I was in high school with. I thought it was over the top angsty bullshit. So it didn’t resonate with everyone of the era. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/38 "2018-09-01T20:20:44Z")
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is my favorite Hughes film. Curly Sue is a cute film. My daughters and I watched it together. I rented the vhs tape. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/39 "2018-09-01T20:23:18Z")
I enjoyed all his teen comedies, which came out when I was just barely not a teen anymore. Some have aged better than others, but none really resonate with me anymore as an adult. Never saw _She’s Having a Baby_ or _Curly Sue_, and don’t really care to at this point. _Uncle Buck_ was OK, but I don’t think it featured Candy or Hughes at their best. Which leaves _Planes, Trains, and Automobiles._ Not only my favorite John Hughes film, but one of my favorite films, period. I still laugh out loud when I watch it, even though I know almost every line by heart. It’s in my head whenever I travel; sometimes I feel like Neal Page and sometimes I feel like Del Griffith. It’s a classic I’ve yet to tire of, and doubt I ever will. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537/40 "2018-09-02T14:02:04Z")
I still like FBDO. I have watched it many times, and it is always fun. I only watched a few of the others, and those only once, so it’s hard to compare. I got more than enough angst at school myself; getting more at the movies was pointless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537.md?page=3)