John Hughes timeline

  • Sixteen Candles is released

    Sixteen Candles is a 1984 coming-of-age film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Anthony Michael Hall. The film was written and... Read more

  • The Breakfast Club is released

    The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen film written and directed by John Hughes. The storyline follows five teenagers (each representing a... Read more

  • Weird Science is released

    Weird Science is a 1985 teen film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock and Ilan Mitchell-Smith. The... Read more

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off is released

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. It stars Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones... Read more

  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles is released

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles is an American comedy movie produced by Paramount Pictures in 1987. It was written and directed by John Hughes and... Read more

  • She's Having a Baby is released

    The movie portrays a young newlywed couple, Kristy and Jake Briggs played by Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon, who try to cope with being married... Read more

  • Uncle Buck is released

    Uncle Buck is a 1989 comedy-drama starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly and Gaby Hoffmann, and co-stars Macaulay Culkin, Jay... Read more

  • Home Alone released

    Home Alone is a 1990 Christmas film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film features Macaulay Culkin as Kevin... Read more

  • Curly Sue is released

    Curly Sue is a 1991 comedy film starring James Belushi, Alisan Porter and Kelly Lynch. The film was written and directed by John Hughes. Music for... Read more

  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York released

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is the 1992 sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone, and the second film in the Home Alone series. Home Alone 2 was... Read more

  • Dennis the Menace is released

    Dennis Mitchell (Mason Gamble), a five-year-old boy living with his parents next to hot-tempered neighbor George Wilson (Walter Matthau), is out of... Read more

  • John Hughes dies

    John Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and writer, responsible for some of the most... Read more