Throughout the 80s, there were few filmmakers on a streak quite like John Hughes. His name is attached to what feels like all the biggest comedies of the era, from The Breakfast Club to Planes, Trains ...

John Hughes understood the young people around him better than we knew ourselves. His superpower was insight into the teenage mind.

As far as Brat Pack and '80s teen movies go, few hold up better today than Pretty in Pink, the John Hughes-written, Howard Deutch-directed drama about a girl from "the wrong side of the tracks" (Molly ...

John Hughes’ iconic 1986 film has been a part of our pop-culture psyche for so long that it’s easy to forget what a joyous, thoughtful film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is. Although I didn’t watch the ...

When director John Hughes released “Uncle Buck,” a 1989 comedy starring John Candy as the titular character, it was met with mixed reviews. The story follows Buck as he gets called out from the city ...