After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.

Follow That Bird

1985

English

6.7

♡ 16

Ken Kwapis Director

Kevin Clash as Additional Muppet Performer / Yellow AM Monster

Sandra Bernhard as Grouch Waitress

Sally Kellerman as Miss Finch

John Candy as State Trooper

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

Canadian Bacon

1995

English

5.9

♡ 16

15%

53%

Action

Comedy

international relations

political satire

the white house

war plan red

Michael Moore Director

Wallace Shawn as Canadian Prime Minister

Roger Dunn as Mountie Major

Steven Wright as Niagara Mountie

John Candy as Sheriff Bud Boomer

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.

Summer Rental

1985

English

6.3

♡ 18

19%

Carl Reiner Director

Richard Herd as Angus MacLachlan

Reni Santoni as Announcer

Carmine Caridi as Ed

John Candy as Jack Chester

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.

Going Berserk

1983

English

5.2

♡ 7

33%

David Steinberg Director

John Candy as John Bourgignon

Eve Brent as Mrs. Reese

Alley Mills as Nancy Reese

Richard Libertini as Rev. Sun Yi Day

John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters in the days leading up to his wedding.

Delirious

1991

English

5.8

♡ 7

27%

parent child relationship

writer

Tom Mankiewicz Director

Patrick Bristow as Bellboy

John Candy as Jack Gable

Robert Wagner as Jack Gates

Charles Rocket as Ty Hedison

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.

Armed and Dangerous

1986

English

5.7

♡ 17

9%

Mark L. Lester Director

Jonathan Banks as Clyde Klepper

John Candy as Frank Dooley

Manny Perry as Man in class room.

Eugene Levy as Norman Kane

After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.

Volunteers

1985

English

5.5

♡ 23

67%

33%

Action

Adventure

central intelligence agency (cia)

Nicholas Meyer Director

Tom Hanks as Lawrence Bourne III

George Plimpton as Lawrence Bourne Jr.

Shakti Chen as Lucille

John Candy as Tom Tuttle from Tacoma

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.

Draft Day

2014

English

6.8

♡ 46

60%

nfl (national football league)

Sport

sports

Ivan Reitman Director

Sam Elliott as Coach Moore

John Candy as Himself

Roger Jackson as Mac

Kevin Costner as Sonny Weaver Jr.

At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.

Only the Lonely

1991

English

6.4

♡ 22

67%

Chris Columbus Director

John Candy as Danny Muldoon

Marvin J. McIntyre as Father Strapovic

Maureen O'Hara as Rose Muldoon

Bert Remsen as Spats

Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.

Once Upon a Crime...

1992

English

5.8

♡ 8

Eugene Levy Director

John Candy as Augie Morosco

Eugene Levy as Casino Cashier

Ornella Muti as Elena Morosco

Giancarlo Giannini as Inspector Bonnard

On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the dog's mistress is murdered, the travelers become the prime suspects, and Inspector Bonnard is determined to track them all down.

The Silent Partner

1978

English

7.4

♡ 12

78%

83%

Action

bank robbery

based on novel or book

Curtis Hanson Director

John Kerr as Detective #3

Susannah York as Julie

Elliott Gould as Miles Cullen

John Candy as Simonsen

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.

Rookie of the Year

1993

English

6.1

♡ 28

41%

Daniel Stern Director

Daniel Stern as Brickma

John Candy as Cliff Murdoch - Announcer

John Gegenhuber as Derkin

Ian Gomez as Odd Bellman

12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in that arm heals too tightly, allowing Henry to throw pitches that are as fast as 103 mph. Henry is spotted at nearby Wrigley Field by Larry "Fish" Fisher, the general manager of the struggling Chicago Cubs, after Henry throws an opponent's home-run ball all the way from the outfield bleachers back to the catcher, and it seems that Henry may be the pitcher that team owner Bob Carson has been praying for.

Boris and Natasha

1991

English

4.8

♡ 3

37%

Action

Comedy

Charles Martin Smith Director

Arye Gross as Bellhop

John Travolta as John Travolta

John Candy as Kalishak

Sally Kellerman as Natasha Fatale

Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning who they're working for and why.

Cool Runnings

1993

English

7.0

♡ 67

75%

Jon Turteltaub Director

John Candy as Irv

Peter Outerbridge as Josef Grool

Raymond J. Barry as Kurt Hemphill

Malik Yoba as Yul Brenner

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.

Love, Gilda

2018

English

7.4

♡ 13

89%

Lisa Dapolito Director

Merv Griffin as Himself

Garry Shandling as Himself

Lorne Michaels as Himself

John Candy as Himself

Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonials from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an icon on Saturday Night Live.

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

2015

English

7.2

♡ 17

87%

Douglas Tirola Director

John Lennon as Himself

Kevin Bacon as Himself / Actor

John Candy as Himself / Actor

Tim Matheson as Himself / Actor / Director / Producer

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.

Heavy Metal

1981

English

6.6

♡ 65

66%

John Bruno Director

John Candy as Desk Sergeant

Robby the Robot as Hot Dog Vendor

Al Waxman as Rudnick

Eugene Levy as Sternn

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Splash

1984

English

6.3

♡ 58

91%

Ron Howard Director

Tom Hanks as Allen Bauer

Howard Morris as Dr. Zidell

John Candy as Freddie Bauer

Dody Goodman as Mrs. Stimler

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.