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John Candy Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
John Candy appears in the billed cast of 11 films in our catalog, from 1981 to 1993. Top of the list is Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), at 7.6 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.8. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Great Outdoors, 6.6 on IMDb against 24 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles '1987 | Comedy | 7.6 | 93% | 72 | 7.3 | John Hughes |
| 2 | Spaceballs '1987 | Comedy / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 53% | 46 | 6.9 | Mel Brooks |
| 3 | Uncle Buck '1989 | Comedy / Drama | 7.1 | 61% | 51 | 6.8 | John Hughes |
| 4 | Cool Runnings '1993 | Comedy / Drama | 7.0 | 75% | 60 | 7.0 | Jon Turteltaub |
| 5 | Stripes '1981 | Action / Comedy | 6.8 | 67% | 68 | 6.6 | Ivan Reitman |
| 6 | Heavy Metal '1981 | Animation / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Musical | 6.6 | 66% | 51 | 6.5 | Gerald Potterton |
| 7 | The Rescuers Down Under '1990 | Animation / Action / Comedy | 6.8 | 85% | 68 | 6.6 | Hendel Butoy |
| 8 | The Great Outdoors '1988 | Comedy | 6.6 | 44% | 24 | 6.5 | Howard Deutch |
| 9 | Brewster's Millions '1985 | Comedy | 6.5 | 39% | 37 | 6.6 | Walter Hill |
| 10 | Who's Harry Crumb? '1989 | Comedy / Crime / Mystery | 5.9 | 33% | 44 | 6.0 | Paul Flaherty |
| 11 | Splash '1984 | Comedy / Romance / Fantasy | 6.3 | - | 71 | 6.3 | Ron Howard |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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