Head to headJohn Hughes against John Candy Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn HughesJohn Candy
Tale of the tape
John Hughes vs John Candy
John Hughes averages 6.98 across 8 rated films as a director, ahead of John Candy at 6.27 as an actor.
- 8
- Films
- 30 (27 rated)
- ◀6.98
- Average
- 6.27
- ◀7.04
- Weighted
- 6.36
- The Breakfast Club 7.8
- Best film
- The Blues Brothers 7.9▶
- ◀7.36, 1984 to 1987
- Peak five
- 6.84, 1986 to 1988
- 2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films▶
- ◀6.88 (−0.09)
- Current form
- 6.00 (−0.27)
- 1.49M
- IMDb votes
- 1.55M▶
- 1984 to 1991
- Career
- 1975 to 1995
- None
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
4 to 3
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 |