The Late Great John Candy
by Ziglet_mir | created - 17 Dec 2013 | updated - 20 May 2017 | PublicA list in order of his best performances. Del Griffith sits on top.
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1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean
Votes: 160,139 | Gross: $49.53M
2. Only the Lonely (1991)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A Chicago cop must balance loyalty to his controlling mother and a relationship with a shy funeral home worker.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Dunn
Votes: 12,338 | Gross: $21.83M
3. Delirious (1991)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Director: Tom Mankiewicz | Stars: John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr
Votes: 9,523 | Gross: $5.55M
4. Uncle Buck (1989)
PG | 100 min | Comedy
Laid back commitment-phobe Buck babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann
Votes: 107,651 | Gross: $66.76M
5. Nothing But Trouble (1991)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
A businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.
Director: Dan Aykroyd | Stars: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore
Votes: 27,380 | Gross: $8.48M
6. Armed and Dangerous (1986)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: John Candy, Meg Ryan, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia
Votes: 12,724 | Gross: $15.95M
7. Spaceballs (1987)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman
Votes: 206,362 | Gross: $38.12M
8. Splash (1983)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy
Votes: 83,378 | Gross: $62.10M
9. The Blues Brothers (1980)
R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy
Votes: 214,362 | Gross: $57.23M
10. Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Director: Paul Flaherty | Stars: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Tim Thomerson
Votes: 17,776 | Gross: $10.98M
11. JFK (1991)
R | 189 min | Drama, History, Thriller
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
Votes: 169,844 | Gross: $70.41M
12. Home Alone (1990)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Family
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
Votes: 652,538 | Gross: $285.76M
13. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
R.A.S. agents Miss Bianca and Bernard race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.
Directors: Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel | Stars: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers
Votes: 47,233 | Gross: $27.93M
14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs
Votes: 86,303 | Gross: $38.75M
15. Wagons East (1994)
PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
In the 1860s Wild West, a ragged bunch of misfit settlers decides they cannot stand living in their current situation and they hire a grizzled cowboy to take them on a journey back East to their hometowns.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: John Candy, Joe Bays, Abraham Benrubi, Jill Boyd
Votes: 6,172 | Gross: $4.36M
16. The Great Outdoors (1988)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.
Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening
Votes: 51,449 | Gross: $41.46M
17. Stripes (1981)
R | 106 min | Comedy, War
Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates
Votes: 79,957 | Gross: $85.30M
18. Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Phoebe and a fellow American in Rome find a dog with a $5000 reward. They take a train to the owner in Monte Carlo. She turns up murdered. They run and become suspects just as 3 other Americans on the train.
Director: Eugene Levy | Stars: John Candy, Jim Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young
Votes: 5,302 | Gross: $8.67M
19. Going Berserk (1983)
R | 85 min | Comedy
A clumsy chauffeur is hypnotized by a cult to kill the father of his fiancée, a congressman who's suing the cult for fraud, and encounters several weird characters during the days leading up to his wedding.
Director: David Steinberg | Stars: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Alley Mills
Votes: 2,025 | Gross: $0.23M
20. The Clown Murders (1976)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Four men kidnap an old girlfriend on Halloween night as a joke to ruin a real estate deal, only to have a very real clown-masked killer stalk them seeking revenge.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Stephen Young, Susan Keller, Lawrence Dane, John Candy
Votes: 478
21. Cool Runnings (1993)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis
Votes: 113,703 | Gross: $68.86M
22. 1941 (1979)
PG | 118 min | Action, Comedy, War
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen
Votes: 36,246 | Gross: $31.76M
23. Career Opportunities (1991)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
Jim is the dorky son of a local cement contractor who lives at home and has no direction. Josie is the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy businessman who dreams of leaving town. They find they have a lot in common.
Director: Bryan Gordon | Stars: Frank Whaley, Jennifer Connelly, Dermot Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney
Votes: 17,382 | Gross: $11.34M
24. Summer Rental (1985)
PG | 87 min | Comedy
An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, Karen Austin
Votes: 18,354 | Gross: $24.69M
25. Speed Zone (1989)
PG | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
Despite the police's preemptive strike, the illegal coast-to-coast car race is still on with new drivers. It's a race where fair play, red lights, stop signs, police roadblocks and traffic rules in general have no validity.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Peter Boyle, Donna Dixon, John Candy, Matt Frewer
Votes: 3,699 | Gross: $3.08M
26. Volunteers (1985)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy
1962, after Yale graduation, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay. He takes his roomie's place as Peace Corps Volunteer in Thai Golden Triangle with 2 other PCVs. Will he survive 2 years?
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson
Votes: 10,505 | Gross: $19.88M
27. Brewster's Millions (1985)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
A minor-league baseball player must spend $30 million in 30 days in order to inherit $300 million. However, he's not allowed to own any assets, destroy the money, gift it, give it to charity, or tell anyone about the deal.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins
Votes: 43,066 | Gross: $38.80M
28. Heavy Metal (1981)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker | Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks
Votes: 38,128
29. Canadian Bacon (1995)
PG | 91 min | Action, Comedy
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 17,985 | Gross: $0.18M
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