11 Movies Starring John Candy

The Last Polka

The Last Polka

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-04-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

60 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (264 Reviews)

Director:

John Blanchard

Genres:

ComedyMusic

Fullplot:

Splash

Splash

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-03-09

Languages:

English, Swedish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (50482 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Howard

Cast:

Writer:

Brian Grazer (story)

Bruce Jay Friedman (screen story)

Lowell Ganz (screenplay)

Babaloo Mandel (screenplay)

Bruce Jay Friedman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later, he returns to the same location, and once again manages to fall into the sea, and is rescued once more by the mermaid (Allen isn't sure what he has seen and what he has imagined). Using maps from a sunken ship, the mermaid decides to search for Allen in New York City, sprouting legs when her tail dries. On finding Allen, they fall in love, but she has a secret, which will no longer be a secret if she gets her legs wet.

Summer Rental

Summer Rental

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-08-09

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (9462 Reviews)

Director:

Carl Reiner

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Jeremy Stevens

Mark Reisman

Fullplot:

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-11-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (82324 Reviews)

Director:

John Hughes

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, shower curtain ring salesman and all-around blabbermouth who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal....

Spaceballs

Spaceballs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-06-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (125505 Reviews)

Director:

Mel Brooks

Cast:

Writer:

Mel Brooks

Thomas Meehan

Ronny Graham

Fullplot:

King Roland of the planet Druidia is trying to marry his daughter Princess Vespa to Prince Valium, but Vespa is kidnapped by the evil race of the Spaceballs. The Spaceballs ask Roland a tremendous ransom: all the air of Druidia (you see, the air of Spaceball had serious pollution problems...). The King decides to offer a generous amount of money to a space rogue, Lone Starr, to persuade him to save Vespa. What follows is the parody of a _LOT_ of famous SF movies.

Hot to Trot

Hot to Trot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-08-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (2448 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Dinner

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Neigher (story)

Hugo Gilbert (story)

Stephen Neigher (screenplay)

Hugo Gilbert (screenplay)

Charlie Peters (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.

Cannonball Fever

Cannonball Fever

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-04-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (2349 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Drake

Genres:

ComedyAction

Fullplot:

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.

The Rescuers Down Under

The Rescuers Down Under

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-11-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

77 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (24223 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Cox (animation screenplay)

Karey Kirkpatrick (animation screenplay)

Byron Simpson (animation screenplay)

Joe Ranft (animation screenplay)

Joe Ranft (story)

Margery Sharp (characters)

Fullplot:

Cody, a boy from Mugwomp Flats responds to a distress call about a trapped giant Golden Eagle called Marahute. Freeing her, he gains a close friendship with the bird. However, Cody is soon abducted by the murderous poacher, Percival McLeach, who is after that bird which is of a highly endangered species and therefore an extremely profitable quarry. In a panic, a mouse Cody freed from one of McLeach's traps sends a desperate call for help to the Rescue Aid Society in New York City who assigns their top agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, to the task. With transportation provided by the goofy albatross, Wilbur, the agents arrive in Australia and link up with the RAS' local field operative, Jake the Kangaroo Rat. Together, the trio must race against time to find Cody, stop McLeach, and save Marahute.

Once Upon a Crime...

Once Upon a Crime...

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-03-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (2645 Reviews)

Director:

Eugene Levy

Cast:

Writer:

Rodolfo Sonego (story)

Rodolfo Sonego (earlier screenplay)

Giorgio Arlorio (earlier screenplay)

Stefano Strucchi (earlier screenplay)

Luciano Vincenzoni (earlier screenplay)

Charles Shyer (screenplay)

Nancy Meyers (screenplay)

Steve Kluger (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Phoebe and fellow American Julian Peters meet in Rome, find a lost dog, and agree to return it to Monte Carlo to split the five thousand dollar reward. Discovering the dog's owner dead, they panic and become fugitives. Other victims of misfortune also become suspects, as the plot twists and luck and judgment desert everyone.

Nothing But Trouble

Nothing But Trouble

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-02-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (16635 Reviews)

Director:

Dan Aykroyd

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Aykroyd (story)

Dan Aykroyd (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A financier [Chevy Chase] meets a spurned lover [Demi Moore] and agrees to take her to a business meeting. On the way there, they run a stop sign in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. They are arrested and taken to the local court. But all is not as it seems: the courthouse and the "prison" are a maze of zany booby- traps and deadly contraptions. The antics of the captured couple as they try to escape from the mad judge and his bizarre family make up the rest of this unusual film.

Once Upon a Crime...

Once Upon a Crime...

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-03-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (2672 Reviews)

Director:

Eugene Levy

Cast:

Writer:

Rodolfo Sonego (story)

Rodolfo Sonego (earlier screenplay)

Giorgio Arlorio (earlier screenplay)

Stefano Strucchi (earlier screenplay)

Luciano Vincenzoni (earlier screenplay)

Charles Shyer (screenplay)

Nancy Meyers (screenplay)

Steve Kluger (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Phoebe and fellow American Julian Peters meet in Rome, find a lost dog, and agree to return it to Monte Carlo to split the five thousand dollar reward. Discovering the dog's owner dead, they panic and become fugitives. Other victims of misfortune also become suspects, as the plot twists and luck and judgment desert everyone.

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