Uncle Buck (
1989) | IMDb:
7.1
Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.
Starring:
John Candy
,
Jean Louisa Kelly
,
Gaby Hoffmann
,
Macaulay Culkin
,
Amy Madigan
,
Elaine Bromka
She's Having a Baby (
1988) | IMDb:
5.9
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Starring:
Kevin Bacon
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Alec Baldwin
,
William Windom
,
Holland Taylor
,
Cathryn Damon
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (
1987) | IMDb:
7.6
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (
1986) | IMDb:
7.8
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
Weird Science (
1985) | IMDb:
6.6
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
Starring:
Anthony Michael Hall
,
Kelly LeBrock
,
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
,
Bill Paxton
,
Suzanne Snyder
,
Judie Aronson
Sixteen Candles (
1984) | IMDb:
7
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
Starring:
Molly Ringwald
,
Justin Henry
,
Michael Schoeffling
,
Haviland Morris
,
Gedde Watanabe
,
Anthony Michael Hall