Movies by John Candy
As part of the cast:
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Kavik the Wolf Dog (2002)
Cast: John Ireland, Ronny Cox, Andrew Ian McMillan …
Based on Walt Morey's 1968 novel, this moving drama centers on the relationship between Alaskan lad Andy Evans (Andrew Ian McMillan) and an injured wolf dog named Kavik rescued by Andy…
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100 Years of Comedy (1997)
Cast: Danny Kaye, John Candy, Marx Brothers …
From Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope to John Belushi, Leslie Nielsen, Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey, this compilation features a host of comedy legends and showcases 100…
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Canadian Bacon (1995)
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman …
Directed by: Michael Moore
A U.S. president (Alan Alda) tries to bolster his sagging approval rating by picking a fight with the unlikeliest of foes: Canada. After slick propaganda campaigns convince the American…
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Wagons East (1994)
Cast: John Candy, Richard Lewis, Ellen Greene …
Directed by: Peter Markle
Comedians John Candy and Richard Lewis saddle up and give new meaning to the ol' Wild West. Unlike Julius Caesar, Candy and Lewis came, they saw ... and they changed their minds! When…
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Cool Runnings (1993)
Cast: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug …
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
A fictionalized account of the unlikely story of Jamaica's first bobsled team, Cool Runnings follows their journey to the 1988 Olympics. When Derice Bannock's (Leon) chances of…
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Boris and Natasha (1992)
Cast: Sally Kellerman, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin …
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
A live-action comedy featuring the villains from the Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons. The Cold War has yet to thaw in Pottsylvania, and Fearless Leader (Christopher Neame) is using bumbling spies…
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Once Upon a Crime (1992)
Cast: John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd …
Directed by: Eugene Levy
A woman (Cybill Shepherd) and an unemployed actor (John Candy) travel to Monte Carlo to deliver a lost dachshund to its owner and collect a $5,000 reward. But the dog's owner is…
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Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Chevy Chase …
Directed by: Dan Aykroyd
Stock market millionaire Chris Thorne (Chevy Chase) and investment lawyer Diane Lightson (Demi Moore) are headed to Atlantic City when they take the wrong exit off the New Jersey Turnpike. A…
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Delirious (1991)
Cast: John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms …
Directed by: Tom Mankiewicz
Funnyman John Candy stars as Jack, a soap opera writer who one day finds himself trapped inside his own daytime television show. But that's good; it affords him the opportunity to…
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Only the Lonely (1991)
Cast: John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy …
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Adapted from Paddy Chayefsky's Marty, this film from writer-director Chris Columbus stars John Candy as Danny Muldoon, a Chicago police officer who still lives at home with his…
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Home Alone (1990)
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, John Candy, Joe Pesci …
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Eight-year-old Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars (Joe Pesci…
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The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Cast: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy …
Directed by: Hendel Butoy
A lawless poacher (voiced by George C. Scott) wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid…
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Uncle Buck (1989)
Cast: John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann …
Directed by: John Hughes
Comedy acting legend John Candy turns in a signature performance in this effort from director John Hughes as a notoriously irresponsible uncle left to care for his brother's kids during…
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Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts …
Directed by: Paul Flaherty
Banished to the family detective agency's Midwest branch while oily Eliot Draisen (Jeffrey Jones) runs the company, bumbling gumshoe Harry Crumb (John Candy) gets called in on a…
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Speed Zone! (1989)
Cast: John Candy, Donna Dixon, Matt Frewer …
Directed by: Jim Drake
In this third installment of the Cannonball Run franchise, an all-star comic cast participates in an illegal cross-country race while Police Chief Spiro T. Edsel (Peter Boyle) tries to stop…
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The Great Outdoors (1988)
Cast: John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Stephanie Faracy …
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Chet Ripley takes his family to a lakeside resort for a quiet vacation away from it all. When his brother-in-law Roman shows up with his family, Mother Nature steps in to add her two cents.
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Spaceballs (1987)
Cast: Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis …
Directed by: Mel Brooks
In this spoof of the Star Wars trilogy, nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air. Space bum Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to…
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins …
Directed by: John Hughes
Think you've had a bad day? At every turn, marketing exec Neal Page's (Steve Martin) plans to get home to his family for Thanksgiving get foiled, and somehow the loudmouthed,…
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Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: Frank Oz
Plant yourself in front of the tube and veg out with Frank Oz's horticultural horror flick. Gawky Seymour Krelborn looking for a way to save his job in a ramshackle, skid row flower…
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Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Cast: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Mark Lester directs this slapstick comedy about two down-and-out men, ex-cop Frank Dooley (John Candy) and disbarred lawyer Norman Kane (Eugene Levy), who try their bungling hands at private…
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Brewster's Millions (1985)
Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee …
Directed by: Walter Hill
Washed-up baseball player Montgomery Brewster (Richard Pryor) learns he's inherited a $300 million fortune from his deceased, rich uncle. To get the cash, however, Brewster must spend…
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Volunteers (1985)
Cast: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks, at his obnoxious best) is having a bad day: He's on the lam for a gambling debt, and ends up in the Peace Corps in Thailand. A misfit amongst do-gooders…
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Summer Rental (1985)
Cast: John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Overworked air-traffic controller Jack Chester is good at his job, until he mistakes a fly on his radar screen for a low-flying plane. His boss prescribes a vacation, but once he and his…
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Follow That Bird (1985)
Cast: Carroll Spinney, Chevy Chase, Emilio Delgado …
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
After the Feathered Friends Society decides that Big Bird should be living with "his own kind," he's shipped to a new home with the Dodo family. But homesick and lonely, Big Bird flies…
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Splash: 20th Anniversary Edition (1984)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy …
Directed by: Ron Howard
In Ron Howard's first directorial hit, Tom Hanks stars as workaholic Allen Bauer, who's convinced he can't fall in love until he's rescued from a boating accident by the…
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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca …
Directed by: Harold Ramis
The wacky Griswold clan is hell-bent on getting to their favorite theme park, Walley World. Naturally, Murphy's Law kicks in the minute they embark on their ill-fated cross-country…
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Going Berserk (1983)
Cast: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy …
Directed by: David Steinberg
When limo driver John Bourgignon (John Candy) gets engaged to Nancy Reese (Alley Mills) -- much to the chagrin of her congressman father (Pat Hingle) -- John becomes the target of the…
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Stripes (1981)
Cast: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates …
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Bill Murray stars as John Winger, an indolent sad sack who impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his car, his girlfriend and his apartment and, for good measure, he cajoles…
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Heavy Metal (1981)
Cast: Rodger Bumpass, John Candy, Jackie Burroughs …
Directed by: Gerald Potterton
This animated extravaganza -- a cult classic featuring a thumping heavy metal soundtrack -- revolves around a menacing meteorite thought to be the root of all evil. Celebrity voices include…
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown …
Directed by: John Landis
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd lay waste to Chicago as the title characters, a pair of two-bit crooks on a quest to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised by reuniting their former…
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1941 (1979)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In the days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, panic sets in among California's citizens, who imagine their shores as the next target. Military and civilian defenders of the West…
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The Silent Partner (1978)
Cast: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York …
Directed by: Daryl Duke
After discovering a secret plot to rob the bank at which he works, timid teller Miles Cullen (Elliott Gould) cunningly hides a large portion of the cash in his own safe-deposit box in this…
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Tunnel Vision (1976)
Cast: Chevy Chase, John Candy, Howard Hesseman …
Directed by: Neal Israel, Brad Swirnoff
A committee investigating television's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs -- you name it. What they…
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The Clown Murders (1976)
Cast: John Candy, Gary Reineke, Stephen Young …
Directed by: Martyn Burke
A seemingly harmless Halloween prank -- a plot that involves donning clown outfits to kidnap an ex-girlfriend -- goes awry for four friends when they discover that one seriously unfunny clown…
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)
Cast: Anthony Newley, Stefanie Powers, Isaac Hayes …
Directed by: John Trent
Stefanie Powers, Isaac Hayes, Anthony Newley, Lloyd Bochner and John Candy star in this broad, slapstick comedy about a divorced couple who still make time for a weekly rendezvous. But since…
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The Best of the David Steinberg Show (1972)
Cast: Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Andrea Martin …
David Steinberg stars as the host of a fictional variety show in this groundbreaking 1970s comedy series -- a precursor to the hit sketch show "SCTV" -- that features early turns from future…