Head to headJohn Candy against John Hughes Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn CandyJohn Hughes
Tale of the tape
John Candy vs John Hughes
John Hughes averages 6.98 across 8 rated films as a director, ahead of John Candy at 6.27 as an actor.
- 30 (27 rated)
- Films
- 8
- 6.27
- Average
- 6.98▶
- 6.36
- Weighted
- 7.04▶
- ◀The Blues Brothers 7.9
- Best film
- The Breakfast Club 7.8
- 6.84, 1986 to 1988
- Peak five
- 7.36, 1984 to 1987▶
- ◀3 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 2 films
- 6.00 (−0.27)
- Current form
- 6.88 (−0.09)▶
- ◀1.55M
- IMDb votes
- 1.49M
- 1975 to 1995
- Career
- 1984 to 1991
- None
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
3 to 4
John Hughes ahead
Films together
2
averaging 7.35
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 Planes, Trains & Automobiles | 1987 | 7.6 | Director, Writer, Producer | as Del Griffith |
 The Great Outdoors | 1988 | 6.6 | Writer | as Chet Ripley |
 Uncle Buck | 1989 | 7.1 | Writer, Director, Producer | as Buck Russell |
 Only the Lonely | 1991 | 6.4 | Producer | as Danny Muldoon |