John Hughes
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
The all-American Clark family wins a deluxe European vacation tour. Ecstatic Mr. Clark (who seems to have O.D.'d on "Father Knows Best" reruns) plans a getaway jammed with forced family togetherness, two weeks sure to become a treasure trove of golden Griswald memories. For the Griswalds, it's typical holiday road havoc.
4) Uncle Buck
Pub. Date
1989.
Description
Uncle Buck, an idle good-natured bachelor, is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. While his carefree ways easily charm the younger relatives, he meets more than a little hostility from Tia, his rebellious teenage niece, and Chanice, his impatient girlfriend.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Uncle Buck (1989, 100 min.): As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces.
Great outdoors (1988, 91 min.): When an unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving misfits converge upon a lakeside resort to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation, the result is anything but restful.
Description
A suburban Chicago family travels across the United States and encounters a series of disasters; when the Griswolds win a two-week vacation in Europe they have no idea the havoc they will create; the Griswolds have a series of comedic adventures when they spend their family vacation in Las Vegas.
10) Home alone
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
An eight-year-old boy is left home alone on Christmas, and has to defend his home against two bumbling burglars.
When eight-year-old Kevin is inadvertently left at home when his family leaves for Paris, he does his best to defend the house against burglars.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
It's Christmas time and Clark decides to invite all the family to have 'the most fun-filled old-fashioned family Christmas, that no one will ever forget.' When the first relatives arrive, Clark goes out on the roof to rig the lighting. The one thing that Clark wants is to surprise the whole family with is the installation of a pool, which he already ordered. Unfortunately, the bonus check Clark expects any minute is overdue. Tempers rise and not just...
13) Sixteen candles
Pub. Date
©2003, ©1984.
Description
It's Samantha Baker's sweet sixteen and no one in her family remembers the important occasion. But wait...the day isn't over yet!
Description
Updated version of the 1947 Christmas classic. Six year old Susan has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle Santa Claus. Her mother told her the 'secret' about Santa a long time ago, so Susan doesn't expect to receive the most important gifts on her Christmas list. This title has been repackaged.
Description
"Kevin McCallister is ... ready to turn the Big Apple into his own playground. ... The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps that the bumbling bandits will never forget"--Container.
17) Curly Sue
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
Chicago. Another town, another innocent scam for vagabond Bill Dancer and the curly-topped orphan he's cared for since infancy. This time, however, Bill hits the jackpot and his newest con whisks them both from the poorhouse to the penthouse with lots of laughs along the way.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When a family crisis happens, Uncle Buck, an idle, good-natured bachelor, is left in charge of his nephew and nieces; an unwelcome brother-in-law and his family show up unannounced at the lakeside resort of their straight-laced relatives and soon compete in their attempts to enjoy the outdoors.
20) Home alone 3
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
A band of international crooks hides a stolen military computer chip in a toy car, but an airport mix-up puts it in the hands of whiz-kid Alex Pruitt. When the criminals zero in on him, he sets an array of ambushes and booby traps.
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